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Human development index — Central African Republic

Human development index in the Central African Republic in 2023 — 0.414 index. Ranked 191 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 21.1%.

2023 0.414 index +22.12% vs 2021
World rank 191of 193
Period maximum 0.414 index2023
Period minimum 0.279 index2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Central African Republic, 1990–20230.250.30.350.40.451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.342 index1991: 0.336 index1992: 0.321 index1993: 0.321 index1994: 0.323 index1995: 0.326 index1996: 0.323 index1997: 0.325 index1998: 0.328 index1999: 0.332 index2000: 0.333 index2001: 0.335 index2002: 0.337 index2003: 0.338 index2004: 0.342 index2005: 0.346 index2006: 0.35 index2007: 0.356 index2008: 0.362 index2010: 0.358 index2011: 0.377 index2012: 0.385 index2013: 0.359 index2014: 0.319 index2015: 0.377 index2016: 0.376 index2017: 0.356 index2018: 0.391 index2019: 0.279 index2020: 0.386 index2021: 0.339 index2023: 0.414 index
Change over the period: +0.072 (+21.05%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 0.414 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Middle Africa computed 0.543 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.414
2021 0.339 −0.047 −12.18%
2020 0.386 +0.107 +38.35%
2019 0.279 −0.112 −28.64%
2018 0.391 +0.035 +9.83%
2017 0.356 −0.02 −5.32%
2016 0.376 −0.001 −0.27%
2015 0.377 +0.058 +18.18%
2014 0.319 −0.04 −11.14%
2013 0.359 −0.026 −6.75%
2012 0.385 +0.008 +2.12%
2011 0.377 +0.019 +5.31%
2010 0.358
2008 0.362 +0.006 +1.69%
2007 0.356 +0.006 +1.71%
2006 0.35 +0.004 +1.16%
2005 0.346 +0.004 +1.17%
2004 0.342 +0.004 +1.18%
2003 0.338 +0.001 +0.3%
2002 0.337 +0.002 +0.6%
2001 0.335 +0.002 +0.6%
2000 0.333 +0.001 +0.3%
1999 0.332 +0.004 +1.22%
1998 0.328 +0.003 +0.92%
1997 0.325 +0.002 +0.62%
1996 0.323 −0.003 −0.92%
1995 0.326 +0.003 +0.93%
1994 0.323 +0.002 +0.62%
1993 0.321 +0 +0%
1992 0.321 −0.015 −4.46%
1991 0.336 −0.006 −1.75%
1990 0.342

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.