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Human development index — Ghana

Human development index in Ghana in 2023 — 0.628 index. Ranked 143 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 45.4%.

2023 0.628 index +0.48% vs 2022
World rank 143of 193
Period maximum 0.628 index2023
Period minimum 0.432 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Ghana, 1990–20230.40.450.50.550.60.651990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.432 index1991: 0.438 index1992: 0.444 index1993: 0.45 index1994: 0.453 index1995: 0.459 index1996: 0.465 index1997: 0.469 index1998: 0.475 index1999: 0.48 index2000: 0.487 index2001: 0.486 index2002: 0.493 index2003: 0.495 index2004: 0.503 index2005: 0.515 index2006: 0.524 index2007: 0.534 index2008: 0.546 index2009: 0.551 index2010: 0.558 index2011: 0.568 index2012: 0.575 index2013: 0.582 index2014: 0.58 index2015: 0.588 index2016: 0.59 index2017: 0.594 index2018: 0.6 index2019: 0.609 index2020: 0.614 index2021: 0.618 index2022: 0.625 index2023: 0.628 index
Change over the period: +0.196 (+45.37%) Average annual rate: 1.14 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 0.628 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.628 +0.003 +0.48%
2022 0.625 +0.007 +1.13%
2021 0.618 +0.004 +0.65%
2020 0.614 +0.005 +0.82%
2019 0.609 +0.009 +1.5%
2018 0.6 +0.006 +1.01%
2017 0.594 +0.004 +0.68%
2016 0.59 +0.002 +0.34%
2015 0.588 +0.008 +1.38%
2014 0.58 −0.002 −0.34%
2013 0.582 +0.007 +1.22%
2012 0.575 +0.007 +1.23%
2011 0.568 +0.01 +1.79%
2010 0.558 +0.007 +1.27%
2009 0.551 +0.005 +0.92%
2008 0.546 +0.012 +2.25%
2007 0.534 +0.01 +1.91%
2006 0.524 +0.009 +1.75%
2005 0.515 +0.012 +2.39%
2004 0.503 +0.008 +1.62%
2003 0.495 +0.002 +0.41%
2002 0.493 +0.007 +1.44%
2001 0.486 −0.001 −0.21%
2000 0.487 +0.007 +1.46%
1999 0.48 +0.005 +1.05%
1998 0.475 +0.006 +1.28%
1997 0.469 +0.004 +0.86%
1996 0.465 +0.006 +1.31%
1995 0.459 +0.006 +1.32%
1994 0.453 +0.003 +0.67%
1993 0.45 +0.006 +1.35%
1992 0.444 +0.006 +1.37%
1991 0.438 +0.006 +1.39%
1990 0.432

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.