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Human development index — Gambia

Human development index in the Gambia in 2023 — 0.524 index. Ranked 170 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 58.3%.

2023 0.524 index +0.96% vs 2022
World rank 170of 193
Period maximum 0.524 index2023
Period minimum 0.331 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Gambia, 1990–20230.30.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.331 index1991: 0.339 index1992: 0.347 index1993: 0.355 index1994: 0.362 index1995: 0.37 index1996: 0.377 index1997: 0.381 index1998: 0.389 index1999: 0.396 index2000: 0.403 index2001: 0.41 index2002: 0.415 index2003: 0.422 index2004: 0.432 index2005: 0.436 index2006: 0.441 index2007: 0.447 index2008: 0.455 index2009: 0.459 index2010: 0.463 index2011: 0.463 index2012: 0.469 index2013: 0.474 index2014: 0.477 index2015: 0.482 index2016: 0.487 index2017: 0.493 index2018: 0.5 index2019: 0.508 index2020: 0.512 index2021: 0.513 index2022: 0.519 index2023: 0.524 index
Change over the period: +0.193 (+58.31%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 0.524 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.524 +0.005 +0.96%
2022 0.519 +0.006 +1.17%
2021 0.513 +0.001 +0.2%
2020 0.512 +0.004 +0.79%
2019 0.508 +0.008 +1.6%
2018 0.5 +0.007 +1.42%
2017 0.493 +0.006 +1.23%
2016 0.487 +0.005 +1.04%
2015 0.482 +0.005 +1.05%
2014 0.477 +0.003 +0.63%
2013 0.474 +0.005 +1.07%
2012 0.469 +0.006 +1.3%
2011 0.463 +0 +0%
2010 0.463 +0.004 +0.87%
2009 0.459 +0.004 +0.88%
2008 0.455 +0.008 +1.79%
2007 0.447 +0.006 +1.36%
2006 0.441 +0.005 +1.15%
2005 0.436 +0.004 +0.93%
2004 0.432 +0.01 +2.37%
2003 0.422 +0.007 +1.69%
2002 0.415 +0.005 +1.22%
2001 0.41 +0.007 +1.74%
2000 0.403 +0.007 +1.77%
1999 0.396 +0.007 +1.8%
1998 0.389 +0.008 +2.1%
1997 0.381 +0.004 +1.06%
1996 0.377 +0.007 +1.89%
1995 0.37 +0.008 +2.21%
1994 0.362 +0.007 +1.97%
1993 0.355 +0.008 +2.31%
1992 0.347 +0.008 +2.36%
1991 0.339 +0.008 +2.42%
1990 0.331

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.