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Human development index — Canada

Human development index in Canada in 2023 — 0.939 index. Ranked 16 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 8.6%.

2023 0.939 index +0.43% vs 2022
World rank 16of 193
Period maximum 0.939 index2023
Period minimum 0.865 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Canada, 1990–20230.860.880.90.920.941990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.865 index1991: 0.868 index1992: 0.873 index1993: 0.871 index1994: 0.877 index1995: 0.881 index1996: 0.884 index1997: 0.884 index1998: 0.883 index1999: 0.888 index2000: 0.894 index2001: 0.897 index2002: 0.899 index2003: 0.902 index2004: 0.906 index2005: 0.909 index2006: 0.913 index2007: 0.914 index2008: 0.916 index2009: 0.915 index2010: 0.918 index2011: 0.921 index2012: 0.927 index2013: 0.93 index2014: 0.932 index2015: 0.932 index2016: 0.933 index2017: 0.935 index2018: 0.935 index2019: 0.937 index2020: 0.931 index2021: 0.937 index2022: 0.935 index2023: 0.939 index
Change over the period: +0.074 (+8.55%) Average annual rate: 0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Canada 0.939 index
World 0.756 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.939 +0.004 +0.43%
2022 0.935 −0.002 −0.21%
2021 0.937 +0.006 +0.64%
2020 0.931 −0.006 −0.64%
2019 0.937 +0.002 +0.21%
2018 0.935 +0 +0%
2017 0.935 +0.002 +0.21%
2016 0.933 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.932 +0 +0%
2014 0.932 +0.002 +0.22%
2013 0.93 +0.003 +0.32%
2012 0.927 +0.006 +0.65%
2011 0.921 +0.003 +0.33%
2010 0.918 +0.003 +0.33%
2009 0.915 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.916 +0.002 +0.22%
2007 0.914 +0.001 +0.11%
2006 0.913 +0.004 +0.44%
2005 0.909 +0.003 +0.33%
2004 0.906 +0.004 +0.44%
2003 0.902 +0.003 +0.33%
2002 0.899 +0.002 +0.22%
2001 0.897 +0.003 +0.34%
2000 0.894 +0.006 +0.68%
1999 0.888 +0.005 +0.57%
1998 0.883 −0.001 −0.11%
1997 0.884 +0 +0%
1996 0.884 +0.003 +0.34%
1995 0.881 +0.004 +0.46%
1994 0.877 +0.006 +0.69%
1993 0.871 −0.002 −0.23%
1992 0.873 +0.005 +0.58%
1991 0.868 +0.003 +0.35%
1990 0.865 — —

Northern America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CA Canada 0.939 US United States 0.938
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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.

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