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Human development index — Estonia

Human development index in Estonia in 2023 — 0.905 index. Ranked 36 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 22.6%.

2023 0.905 index +0.33% vs 2022
World rank 36of 193
Period maximum 0.905 index2023
Period minimum 0.711 index1994

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Estonia, 1990–20230.70.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.738 index1991: 0.734 index1992: 0.722 index1993: 0.713 index1994: 0.711 index1995: 0.725 index1996: 0.746 index1997: 0.759 index1998: 0.767 index1999: 0.776 index2000: 0.793 index2001: 0.802 index2002: 0.813 index2003: 0.824 index2004: 0.834 index2005: 0.847 index2006: 0.855 index2007: 0.859 index2008: 0.864 index2009: 0.863 index2010: 0.868 index2011: 0.877 index2012: 0.88 index2013: 0.887 index2014: 0.885 index2015: 0.888 index2016: 0.89 index2017: 0.894 index2018: 0.897 index2019: 0.901 index2020: 0.901 index2021: 0.899 index2022: 0.902 index2023: 0.905 index
Change over the period: +0.167 (+22.63%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Estonia 0.905 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 — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.905 +0.003 +0.33%
2022 0.902 +0.003 +0.33%
2021 0.899 −0.002 −0.22%
2020 0.901 +0 +0%
2019 0.901 +0.004 +0.45%
2018 0.897 +0.003 +0.34%
2017 0.894 +0.004 +0.45%
2016 0.89 +0.002 +0.23%
2015 0.888 +0.003 +0.34%
2014 0.885 −0.002 −0.23%
2013 0.887 +0.007 +0.8%
2012 0.88 +0.003 +0.34%
2011 0.877 +0.009 +1.04%
2010 0.868 +0.005 +0.58%
2009 0.863 −0.001 −0.12%
2008 0.864 +0.005 +0.58%
2007 0.859 +0.004 +0.47%
2006 0.855 +0.008 +0.94%
2005 0.847 +0.013 +1.56%
2004 0.834 +0.01 +1.21%
2003 0.824 +0.011 +1.35%
2002 0.813 +0.011 +1.37%
2001 0.802 +0.009 +1.13%
2000 0.793 +0.017 +2.19%
1999 0.776 +0.009 +1.17%
1998 0.767 +0.008 +1.05%
1997 0.759 +0.013 +1.74%
1996 0.746 +0.021 +2.9%
1995 0.725 +0.014 +1.97%
1994 0.711 −0.002 −0.28%
1993 0.713 −0.009 −1.25%
1992 0.722 −0.012 −1.63%
1991 0.734 −0.004 −0.54%
1990 0.738 — —

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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