Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Bhutan

Human development index in Bhutan in 2023 — 0.698 index. Ranked 125 in the world out of 193. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 17.7%.

2023 0.698 index +0.43% vs 2022
World rank 125of 193
Period maximum 0.698 index2023
Period minimum 0.593 index2010

Trend over time

2010–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Bhutan, 2010–20230.550.60.650.7201020122014201620182020202220232010: 0.593 index2011: 0.603 index2012: 0.609 index2013: 0.616 index2014: 0.626 index2015: 0.637 index2016: 0.647 index2017: 0.656 index2018: 0.667 index2019: 0.68 index2020: 0.688 index2021: 0.691 index2022: 0.695 index2023: 0.698 index
Change over the period: +0.105 (+17.71%) Average annual rate: 1.26 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bhutan

Bhutan 0.698 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.698 +0.003 +0.43%
2022 0.695 +0.004 +0.58%
2021 0.691 +0.003 +0.44%
2020 0.688 +0.008 +1.18%
2019 0.68 +0.013 +1.95%
2018 0.667 +0.011 +1.68%
2017 0.656 +0.009 +1.39%
2016 0.647 +0.01 +1.57%
2015 0.637 +0.011 +1.76%
2014 0.626 +0.01 +1.62%
2013 0.616 +0.007 +1.15%
2012 0.609 +0.006 +1%
2011 0.603 +0.01 +1.69%
2010 0.593

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.