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Human development index — Gabon

Human development index in Gabon in 2023 — 0.733 index. Ranked 108 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 18%.

2023 0.733 index +0.41% vs 2022
World rank 108of 193
Period maximum 0.733 index2023
Period minimum 0.621 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Gabon, 1990–20230.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.621 index1991: 0.627 index1992: 0.628 index1993: 0.631 index1994: 0.636 index1995: 0.64 index1996: 0.644 index1997: 0.648 index1998: 0.654 index1999: 0.653 index2000: 0.652 index2001: 0.657 index2002: 0.661 index2003: 0.664 index2004: 0.665 index2005: 0.671 index2006: 0.67 index2007: 0.674 index2008: 0.675 index2009: 0.681 index2010: 0.684 index2011: 0.69 index2012: 0.699 index2013: 0.707 index2014: 0.716 index2015: 0.72 index2016: 0.724 index2017: 0.726 index2018: 0.727 index2019: 0.73 index2020: 0.732 index2021: 0.72 index2022: 0.73 index2023: 0.733 index
Change over the period: +0.112 (+18.04%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 0.733 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Middle Africa computed 0.543 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.733 +0.003 +0.41%
2022 0.73 +0.01 +1.39%
2021 0.72 −0.012 −1.64%
2020 0.732 +0.002 +0.27%
2019 0.73 +0.003 +0.41%
2018 0.727 +0.001 +0.14%
2017 0.726 +0.002 +0.28%
2016 0.724 +0.004 +0.56%
2015 0.72 +0.004 +0.56%
2014 0.716 +0.009 +1.27%
2013 0.707 +0.008 +1.14%
2012 0.699 +0.009 +1.3%
2011 0.69 +0.006 +0.88%
2010 0.684 +0.003 +0.44%
2009 0.681 +0.006 +0.89%
2008 0.675 +0.001 +0.15%
2007 0.674 +0.004 +0.6%
2006 0.67 −0.001 −0.15%
2005 0.671 +0.006 +0.9%
2004 0.665 +0.001 +0.15%
2003 0.664 +0.003 +0.45%
2002 0.661 +0.004 +0.61%
2001 0.657 +0.005 +0.77%
2000 0.652 −0.001 −0.15%
1999 0.653 −0.001 −0.15%
1998 0.654 +0.006 +0.93%
1997 0.648 +0.004 +0.62%
1996 0.644 +0.004 +0.63%
1995 0.64 +0.004 +0.63%
1994 0.636 +0.005 +0.79%
1993 0.631 +0.003 +0.48%
1992 0.628 +0.001 +0.16%
1991 0.627 +0.006 +0.97%
1990 0.621 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

GA Gabon 0.733 GQ Equatorial Guinea 0.674 CG Republic of the Congo 0.649 ST Sao Tome and Principe 0.637 AO Angola 0.616 CM Cameroon 0.588 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.522 TD Chad 0.416 CF Central African Republic 0.414
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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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