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Human development index — Ethiopia

Human development index in Ethiopia in 2023 — 0.497 index. Ranked 180 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 69.6%.

2023 0.497 index +0.61% vs 2022
World rank 180of 193
Period maximum 0.497 index2023
Period minimum 0.293 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Ethiopia, 2000–20230.20.30.40.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.293 index2001: 0.307 index2002: 0.314 index2003: 0.317 index2004: 0.331 index2005: 0.35 index2006: 0.366 index2007: 0.383 index2008: 0.398 index2009: 0.405 index2010: 0.415 index2011: 0.425 index2012: 0.433 index2013: 0.441 index2014: 0.449 index2015: 0.456 index2016: 0.463 index2017: 0.47 index2018: 0.476 index2019: 0.482 index2020: 0.486 index2021: 0.487 index2022: 0.494 index2023: 0.497 index
Change over the period: +0.204 (+69.62%) Average annual rate: 2.32 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ethiopia 0.497 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 — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.497 +0.003 +0.61%
2022 0.494 +0.007 +1.44%
2021 0.487 +0.001 +0.21%
2020 0.486 +0.004 +0.83%
2019 0.482 +0.006 +1.26%
2018 0.476 +0.006 +1.28%
2017 0.47 +0.007 +1.51%
2016 0.463 +0.007 +1.54%
2015 0.456 +0.007 +1.56%
2014 0.449 +0.008 +1.81%
2013 0.441 +0.008 +1.85%
2012 0.433 +0.008 +1.88%
2011 0.425 +0.01 +2.41%
2010 0.415 +0.01 +2.47%
2009 0.405 +0.007 +1.76%
2008 0.398 +0.015 +3.92%
2007 0.383 +0.017 +4.64%
2006 0.366 +0.016 +4.57%
2005 0.35 +0.019 +5.74%
2004 0.331 +0.014 +4.42%
2003 0.317 +0.003 +0.96%
2002 0.314 +0.007 +2.28%
2001 0.307 +0.014 +4.78%
2000 0.293 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 0.848 MU Mauritius 0.806 KE Kenya 0.628 KM Comoros 0.603 ZW Zimbabwe 0.598 ZM Zambia 0.595 UG Uganda 0.582 RW Rwanda 0.578 TZ Tanzania 0.555 MW Malawi 0.517 DJ Djibouti 0.513 ER Eritrea 0.503 ET Ethiopia 0.497 MZ Mozambique 0.493 MG Madagascar 0.487 BI Burundi 0.439 SO Somalia 0.404 SS South Sudan 0.388
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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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