Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Burundi

Human development index in Burundi in 2023 — 0.439 index. Ranked 187 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 49.3%.

2023 0.439 index +0.46% vs 2022
World rank 187of 193
Period maximum 0.439 index2023
Period minimum 0.265 index1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Burundi, 1990–20230.250.30.350.40.451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.294 index1991: 0.296 index1992: 0.294 index1993: 0.265 index1994: 0.298 index1995: 0.294 index1996: 0.292 index1997: 0.297 index1998: 0.303 index1999: 0.306 index2000: 0.308 index2001: 0.311 index2002: 0.324 index2003: 0.332 index2004: 0.344 index2005: 0.352 index2006: 0.376 index2007: 0.389 index2008: 0.401 index2009: 0.409 index2010: 0.416 index2011: 0.42 index2012: 0.425 index2013: 0.428 index2014: 0.431 index2015: 0.432 index2016: 0.436 index2017: 0.434 index2018: 0.434 index2019: 0.435 index2020: 0.435 index2021: 0.435 index2022: 0.437 index2023: 0.439 index
Change over the period: +0.145 (+49.32%) Average annual rate: 1.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Burundi 0.439 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.439 +0.002 +0.46%
2022 0.437 +0.002 +0.46%
2021 0.435 +0 +0%
2020 0.435 +0 +0%
2019 0.435 +0.001 +0.23%
2018 0.434 +0 +0%
2017 0.434 −0.002 −0.46%
2016 0.436 +0.004 +0.93%
2015 0.432 +0.001 +0.23%
2014 0.431 +0.003 +0.7%
2013 0.428 +0.003 +0.71%
2012 0.425 +0.005 +1.19%
2011 0.42 +0.004 +0.96%
2010 0.416 +0.007 +1.71%
2009 0.409 +0.008 +2%
2008 0.401 +0.012 +3.08%
2007 0.389 +0.013 +3.46%
2006 0.376 +0.024 +6.82%
2005 0.352 +0.008 +2.33%
2004 0.344 +0.012 +3.61%
2003 0.332 +0.008 +2.47%
2002 0.324 +0.013 +4.18%
2001 0.311 +0.003 +0.97%
2000 0.308 +0.002 +0.65%
1999 0.306 +0.003 +0.99%
1998 0.303 +0.006 +2.02%
1997 0.297 +0.005 +1.71%
1996 0.292 −0.002 −0.68%
1995 0.294 −0.004 −1.34%
1994 0.298 +0.033 +12.45%
1993 0.265 −0.029 −9.86%
1992 0.294 −0.002 −0.68%
1991 0.296 +0.002 +0.68%
1990 0.294

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.