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Human development index — Germany

Human development index in Germany in 2023 — 0.959 index. Ranked 5 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15%.

2023 0.959 index +0.42% vs 2022
World rank 5of 193
Period maximum 0.959 index2023
Period minimum 0.834 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Germany, 1990–20230.80.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.834 index1991: 0.841 index1992: 0.849 index1993: 0.859 index1994: 0.865 index1995: 0.87 index1996: 0.875 index1997: 0.881 index1998: 0.887 index1999: 0.892 index2000: 0.897 index2001: 0.904 index2002: 0.909 index2003: 0.914 index2004: 0.923 index2005: 0.923 index2006: 0.927 index2007: 0.931 index2008: 0.933 index2009: 0.933 index2010: 0.936 index2011: 0.942 index2012: 0.944 index2013: 0.945 index2014: 0.949 index2015: 0.948 index2016: 0.949 index2017: 0.951 index2018: 0.952 index2019: 0.957 index2020: 0.955 index2021: 0.958 index2022: 0.955 index2023: 0.959 index
Change over the period: +0.125 (+14.99%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Germany 0.959 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 — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.959 +0.004 +0.42%
2022 0.955 −0.003 −0.31%
2021 0.958 +0.003 +0.31%
2020 0.955 −0.002 −0.21%
2019 0.957 +0.005 +0.53%
2018 0.952 +0.001 +0.11%
2017 0.951 +0.002 +0.21%
2016 0.949 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.948 −0.001 −0.11%
2014 0.949 +0.004 +0.42%
2013 0.945 +0.001 +0.11%
2012 0.944 +0.002 +0.21%
2011 0.942 +0.006 +0.64%
2010 0.936 +0.003 +0.32%
2009 0.933 +0 +0%
2008 0.933 +0.002 +0.21%
2007 0.931 +0.004 +0.43%
2006 0.927 +0.004 +0.43%
2005 0.923 +0 +0%
2004 0.923 +0.009 +0.98%
2003 0.914 +0.005 +0.55%
2002 0.909 +0.005 +0.55%
2001 0.904 +0.007 +0.78%
2000 0.897 +0.005 +0.56%
1999 0.892 +0.005 +0.56%
1998 0.887 +0.006 +0.68%
1997 0.881 +0.006 +0.69%
1996 0.875 +0.005 +0.57%
1995 0.87 +0.005 +0.58%
1994 0.865 +0.006 +0.7%
1993 0.859 +0.01 +1.18%
1992 0.849 +0.008 +0.95%
1991 0.841 +0.007 +0.84%
1990 0.834 — —

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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