Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Eritrea

Human development index in Eritrea in 2023 — 0.503 index. Ranked 178 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 6.1%.

2023 0.503 index +0.8% vs 2022
World rank 178of 193
Period maximum 0.503 index2023
Period minimum 0.457 index2008

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Eritrea, 2005–20230.440.460.480.50.5220052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.474 index2006: 0.473 index2007: 0.472 index2008: 0.457 index2009: 0.462 index2010: 0.465 index2011: 0.48 index2012: 0.483 index2013: 0.479 index2014: 0.497 index2015: 0.48 index2016: 0.485 index2017: 0.48 index2018: 0.49 index2019: 0.495 index2020: 0.495 index2021: 0.496 index2022: 0.499 index2023: 0.503 index
Change over the period: +0.029 (+6.12%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 0.503 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.503 +0.004 +0.8%
2022 0.499 +0.003 +0.6%
2021 0.496 +0.001 +0.2%
2020 0.495 +0 +0%
2019 0.495 +0.005 +1.02%
2018 0.49 +0.01 +2.08%
2017 0.48 −0.005 −1.03%
2016 0.485 +0.005 +1.04%
2015 0.48 −0.017 −3.42%
2014 0.497 +0.018 +3.76%
2013 0.479 −0.004 −0.83%
2012 0.483 +0.003 +0.63%
2011 0.48 +0.015 +3.23%
2010 0.465 +0.003 +0.65%
2009 0.462 +0.005 +1.09%
2008 0.457 −0.015 −3.18%
2007 0.472 −0.001 −0.21%
2006 0.473 −0.001 −0.21%
2005 0.474

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.