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Human development index — France

Human development index in France in 2023 — 0.92 index. Ranked 26 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.3%.

2023 0.92 index +0.44% vs 2022
World rank 26of 193
Period maximum 0.92 index2023
Period minimum 0.798 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — France, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.798 index1991: 0.807 index1992: 0.814 index1993: 0.818 index1994: 0.832 index1995: 0.837 index1996: 0.842 index1997: 0.847 index1998: 0.851 index1999: 0.856 index2000: 0.852 index2001: 0.855 index2002: 0.858 index2003: 0.862 index2004: 0.869 index2005: 0.877 index2006: 0.881 index2007: 0.884 index2008: 0.884 index2009: 0.883 index2010: 0.888 index2011: 0.892 index2012: 0.893 index2013: 0.896 index2014: 0.9 index2015: 0.901 index2016: 0.905 index2017: 0.908 index2018: 0.911 index2019: 0.914 index2020: 0.909 index2021: 0.915 index2022: 0.916 index2023: 0.92 index
Change over the period: +0.122 (+15.29%) Average annual rate: 0.43 %

Comparison, 2023

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

France 0.92 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Western Europe computed 0.944 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.92 +0.004 +0.44%
2022 0.916 +0.001 +0.11%
2021 0.915 +0.006 +0.66%
2020 0.909 −0.005 −0.55%
2019 0.914 +0.003 +0.33%
2018 0.911 +0.003 +0.33%
2017 0.908 +0.003 +0.33%
2016 0.905 +0.004 +0.44%
2015 0.901 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.9 +0.004 +0.45%
2013 0.896 +0.003 +0.34%
2012 0.893 +0.001 +0.11%
2011 0.892 +0.004 +0.45%
2010 0.888 +0.005 +0.57%
2009 0.883 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.884 +0 +0%
2007 0.884 +0.003 +0.34%
2006 0.881 +0.004 +0.46%
2005 0.877 +0.008 +0.92%
2004 0.869 +0.007 +0.81%
2003 0.862 +0.004 +0.47%
2002 0.858 +0.003 +0.35%
2001 0.855 +0.003 +0.35%
2000 0.852 −0.004 −0.47%
1999 0.856 +0.005 +0.59%
1998 0.851 +0.004 +0.47%
1997 0.847 +0.005 +0.59%
1996 0.842 +0.005 +0.6%
1995 0.837 +0.005 +0.6%
1994 0.832 +0.014 +1.71%
1993 0.818 +0.004 +0.49%
1992 0.814 +0.007 +0.87%
1991 0.807 +0.009 +1.13%
1990 0.798 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

CH Switzerland 0.97 DE Germany 0.959 NL Netherlands 0.955 BE Belgium 0.951 LI Liechtenstein 0.938 AT Austria 0.93 LU Luxembourg 0.922 FR France 0.92
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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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