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Human development index — Denmark

Human development index in Denmark in 2023 — 0.962 index. Ranked 4 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 14%.

2023 0.962 index +0.31% vs 2022
World rank 4of 193
Period maximum 0.962 index2023
Period minimum 0.844 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Denmark, 1990–20230.80.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.844 index1991: 0.848 index1992: 0.85 index1993: 0.853 index1994: 0.859 index1995: 0.862 index1996: 0.87 index1997: 0.876 index1998: 0.883 index1999: 0.894 index2000: 0.896 index2001: 0.902 index2002: 0.902 index2003: 0.907 index2004: 0.912 index2005: 0.917 index2006: 0.917 index2007: 0.918 index2008: 0.922 index2009: 0.915 index2010: 0.92 index2011: 0.934 index2012: 0.938 index2013: 0.941 index2014: 0.939 index2015: 0.943 index2016: 0.951 index2017: 0.951 index2018: 0.95 index2019: 0.953 index2020: 0.954 index2021: 0.958 index2022: 0.959 index2023: 0.962 index
Change over the period: +0.118 (+13.98%) Average annual rate: 0.4 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Denmark 0.962 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Northern Europe computed 0.947 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.962 +0.003 +0.31%
2022 0.959 +0.001 +0.1%
2021 0.958 +0.004 +0.42%
2020 0.954 +0.001 +0.1%
2019 0.953 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.95 −0.001 −0.11%
2017 0.951 +0 +0%
2016 0.951 +0.008 +0.85%
2015 0.943 +0.004 +0.43%
2014 0.939 −0.002 −0.21%
2013 0.941 +0.003 +0.32%
2012 0.938 +0.004 +0.43%
2011 0.934 +0.014 +1.52%
2010 0.92 +0.005 +0.55%
2009 0.915 −0.007 −0.76%
2008 0.922 +0.004 +0.44%
2007 0.918 +0.001 +0.11%
2006 0.917 +0 +0%
2005 0.917 +0.005 +0.55%
2004 0.912 +0.005 +0.55%
2003 0.907 +0.005 +0.55%
2002 0.902 +0 +0%
2001 0.902 +0.006 +0.67%
2000 0.896 +0.002 +0.22%
1999 0.894 +0.011 +1.25%
1998 0.883 +0.007 +0.8%
1997 0.876 +0.006 +0.69%
1996 0.87 +0.008 +0.93%
1995 0.862 +0.003 +0.35%
1994 0.859 +0.006 +0.7%
1993 0.853 +0.003 +0.35%
1992 0.85 +0.002 +0.24%
1991 0.848 +0.004 +0.47%
1990 0.844 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

IS Iceland 0.972 NO Norway 0.97 DK Denmark 0.962 SE Sweden 0.959 IE Ireland 0.949 FI Finland 0.948 GB United Kingdom 0.946 EE Estonia 0.905 LT Lithuania 0.895 LV Latvia 0.889
Full table for all countries

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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