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Human development index — Eswatini

Human development index in Eswatini in 2023 — 0.695 index. Ranked 126 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 21.9%.

2023 0.695 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 126of 193
Period maximum 0.695 index2022
Period minimum 0.467 index2004

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Eswatini, 1990–20230.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.57 index1991: 0.565 index1992: 0.558 index1993: 0.55 index1994: 0.543 index1995: 0.54 index1996: 0.532 index1997: 0.523 index1998: 0.511 index1999: 0.504 index2000: 0.493 index2001: 0.484 index2002: 0.473 index2003: 0.469 index2004: 0.467 index2005: 0.472 index2006: 0.485 index2007: 0.497 index2008: 0.507 index2009: 0.519 index2010: 0.534 index2011: 0.545 index2012: 0.562 index2013: 0.578 index2014: 0.592 index2015: 0.607 index2016: 0.619 index2017: 0.631 index2018: 0.643 index2019: 0.653 index2020: 0.657 index2021: 0.658 index2022: 0.695 index2023: 0.695 index
Change over the period: +0.125 (+21.93%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 0.695 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Southern Africa computed 0.731 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.695 +0 +0%
2022 0.695 +0.037 +5.62%
2021 0.658 +0.001 +0.15%
2020 0.657 +0.004 +0.61%
2019 0.653 +0.01 +1.56%
2018 0.643 +0.012 +1.9%
2017 0.631 +0.012 +1.94%
2016 0.619 +0.012 +1.98%
2015 0.607 +0.015 +2.53%
2014 0.592 +0.014 +2.42%
2013 0.578 +0.016 +2.85%
2012 0.562 +0.017 +3.12%
2011 0.545 +0.011 +2.06%
2010 0.534 +0.015 +2.89%
2009 0.519 +0.012 +2.37%
2008 0.507 +0.01 +2.01%
2007 0.497 +0.012 +2.47%
2006 0.485 +0.013 +2.75%
2005 0.472 +0.005 +1.07%
2004 0.467 −0.002 −0.43%
2003 0.469 −0.004 −0.85%
2002 0.473 −0.011 −2.27%
2001 0.484 −0.009 −1.83%
2000 0.493 −0.011 −2.18%
1999 0.504 −0.007 −1.37%
1998 0.511 −0.012 −2.29%
1997 0.523 −0.009 −1.69%
1996 0.532 −0.008 −1.48%
1995 0.54 −0.003 −0.55%
1994 0.543 −0.007 −1.27%
1993 0.55 −0.008 −1.43%
1992 0.558 −0.007 −1.24%
1991 0.565 −0.005 −0.88%
1990 0.57 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

ZA South Africa 0.741 BW Botswana 0.731 SZ Eswatini 0.695 NA Namibia 0.665 LS Lesotho 0.55
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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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