Human development index — all countries

Human development index — East Asia & Pacific

Human development index in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 0.789 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.1%.

2023 0.789 index +0.26% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.789 index2023
Period minimum 0.626 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — East Asia & Pacific, 2000–20230.60.650.70.750.82000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.626 index2001: 0.635 index2002: 0.644 index2003: 0.654 index2004: 0.663 index2005: 0.673 index2006: 0.682 index2007: 0.693 index2008: 0.699 index2009: 0.709 index2010: 0.717 index2011: 0.724 index2012: 0.731 index2013: 0.737 index2014: 0.745 index2015: 0.752 index2016: 0.758 index2017: 0.764 index2018: 0.771 index2019: 0.776 index2020: 0.779 index2021: 0.782 index2022: 0.787 index2023: 0.789 index
Change over the period: +0.163 (+26.06%) Average annual rate: 1.01 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 0.789 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.789 +0.002 +0.26%
2022 0.787 +0.005 +0.59%
2021 0.782 +0.004 +0.49%
2020 0.779 +0.002 +0.31%
2019 0.776 +0.005 +0.69%
2018 0.771 +0.007 +0.92%
2017 0.764 +0.006 +0.81%
2016 0.758 +0.006 +0.82%
2015 0.752 +0.007 +0.91%
2014 0.745 +0.008 +1.06%
2013 0.737 +0.006 +0.88%
2012 0.731 +0.007 +0.96%
2011 0.724 +0.006 +0.87%
2010 0.717 +0.009 +1.25%
2009 0.709 +0.009 +1.33%
2008 0.699 +0.007 +0.94%
2007 0.693 +0.011 +1.56%
2006 0.682 +0.009 +1.4%
2005 0.673 +0.01 +1.54%
2004 0.663 +0.009 +1.38%
2003 0.654 +0.009 +1.46%
2002 0.644 +0.01 +1.51%
2001 0.635 +0.009 +1.37%
2000 0.626

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.