Human development index — all countries

Human development index — European Union

Human development index in the European Union in 2023 — 0.922 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 17.8%.

2023 0.922 index +0.58% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.922 index2023
Period minimum 0.783 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — European Union, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.783 index1991: 0.787 index1992: 0.792 index1993: 0.799 index1994: 0.809 index1995: 0.813 index1996: 0.82 index1997: 0.826 index1998: 0.832 index1999: 0.838 index2000: 0.843 index2001: 0.85 index2002: 0.855 index2003: 0.86 index2004: 0.865 index2005: 0.87 index2006: 0.875 index2007: 0.879 index2008: 0.882 index2009: 0.883 index2010: 0.888 index2011: 0.892 index2012: 0.893 index2013: 0.897 index2014: 0.9 index2015: 0.902 index2016: 0.905 index2017: 0.908 index2018: 0.91 index2019: 0.914 index2020: 0.91 index2021: 0.915 index2022: 0.917 index2023: 0.922 index
Change over the period: +0.139 (+17.8%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2023

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

European Union 0.922 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.922 +0.005 +0.58%
2022 0.917 +0.002 +0.26%
2021 0.915 +0.005 +0.54%
2020 0.91 −0.005 −0.52%
2019 0.914 +0.004 +0.44%
2018 0.91 +0.003 +0.31%
2017 0.908 +0.003 +0.28%
2016 0.905 +0.003 +0.36%
2015 0.902 +0.002 +0.21%
2014 0.9 +0.003 +0.35%
2013 0.897 +0.004 +0.45%
2012 0.893 +0.001 +0.1%
2011 0.892 +0.004 +0.47%
2010 0.888 +0.004 +0.48%
2009 0.883 +0.001 +0.13%
2008 0.882 +0.003 +0.34%
2007 0.879 +0.004 +0.47%
2006 0.875 +0.005 +0.62%
2005 0.87 +0.004 +0.51%
2004 0.865 +0.006 +0.68%
2003 0.86 +0.005 +0.55%
2002 0.855 +0.005 +0.6%
2001 0.85 +0.007 +0.79%
2000 0.843 +0.005 +0.62%
1999 0.838 +0.005 +0.66%
1998 0.832 +0.006 +0.76%
1997 0.826 +0.006 +0.75%
1996 0.82 +0.007 +0.83%
1995 0.813 +0.004 +0.55%
1994 0.809 +0.009 +1.18%
1993 0.799 +0.007 +0.89%
1992 0.792 +0.005 +0.68%
1991 0.787 +0.004 +0.51%
1990 0.783

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.