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Human development index — Dominican Republic

Human development index in the Dominican Republic in 2023 — 0.776 index. Ranked 89 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 31.7%.

2023 0.776 index −0.26% vs 2022
World rank 89of 193
Period maximum 0.778 index2022
Period minimum 0.589 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Dominican Republic, 1990–20230.550.60.650.70.750.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.589 index1991: 0.594 index1992: 0.604 index1993: 0.611 index1994: 0.617 index1995: 0.624 index1996: 0.631 index1997: 0.639 index1998: 0.645 index1999: 0.652 index2000: 0.658 index2001: 0.663 index2002: 0.668 index2003: 0.67 index2004: 0.673 index2005: 0.683 index2006: 0.691 index2007: 0.698 index2008: 0.704 index2009: 0.707 index2010: 0.715 index2011: 0.721 index2012: 0.727 index2013: 0.731 index2014: 0.737 index2015: 0.747 index2016: 0.766 index2017: 0.77 index2018: 0.773 index2019: 0.771 index2020: 0.767 index2021: 0.762 index2022: 0.778 index2023: 0.776 index
Change over the period: +0.187 (+31.75%) Average annual rate: 0.84 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Dominican Republic 0.776 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.776 −0.002 −0.26%
2022 0.778 +0.016 +2.1%
2021 0.762 −0.005 −0.65%
2020 0.767 −0.004 −0.52%
2019 0.771 −0.002 −0.26%
2018 0.773 +0.003 +0.39%
2017 0.77 +0.004 +0.52%
2016 0.766 +0.019 +2.54%
2015 0.747 +0.01 +1.36%
2014 0.737 +0.006 +0.82%
2013 0.731 +0.004 +0.55%
2012 0.727 +0.006 +0.83%
2011 0.721 +0.006 +0.84%
2010 0.715 +0.008 +1.13%
2009 0.707 +0.003 +0.43%
2008 0.704 +0.006 +0.86%
2007 0.698 +0.007 +1.01%
2006 0.691 +0.008 +1.17%
2005 0.683 +0.01 +1.49%
2004 0.673 +0.003 +0.45%
2003 0.67 +0.002 +0.3%
2002 0.668 +0.005 +0.75%
2001 0.663 +0.005 +0.76%
2000 0.658 +0.006 +0.92%
1999 0.652 +0.007 +1.09%
1998 0.645 +0.006 +0.94%
1997 0.639 +0.008 +1.27%
1996 0.631 +0.007 +1.12%
1995 0.624 +0.007 +1.13%
1994 0.617 +0.006 +0.98%
1993 0.611 +0.007 +1.16%
1992 0.604 +0.01 +1.68%
1991 0.594 +0.005 +0.85%
1990 0.589

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.