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Human development index — Guinea

Human development index in Guinea in 2023 — 0.5 index. Ranked 179 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 77.3%.

2023 0.5 index +0.4% vs 2022
World rank 179of 193
Period maximum 0.5 index2023
Period minimum 0.282 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Guinea, 1990–20230.20.30.40.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.282 index1991: 0.287 index1992: 0.293 index1993: 0.3 index1994: 0.307 index1995: 0.314 index1996: 0.323 index1997: 0.332 index1998: 0.342 index1999: 0.351 index2000: 0.359 index2001: 0.366 index2002: 0.377 index2003: 0.384 index2004: 0.391 index2005: 0.401 index2006: 0.409 index2007: 0.416 index2008: 0.422 index2009: 0.424 index2010: 0.43 index2011: 0.436 index2012: 0.44 index2013: 0.445 index2014: 0.451 index2015: 0.465 index2016: 0.482 index2017: 0.482 index2018: 0.479 index2019: 0.486 index2020: 0.488 index2021: 0.49 index2022: 0.498 index2023: 0.5 index
Change over the period: +0.218 (+77.3%) Average annual rate: 1.75 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guinea 0.5 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 — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.5 +0.002 +0.4%
2022 0.498 +0.008 +1.63%
2021 0.49 +0.002 +0.41%
2020 0.488 +0.002 +0.41%
2019 0.486 +0.007 +1.46%
2018 0.479 −0.003 −0.62%
2017 0.482 +0 +0%
2016 0.482 +0.017 +3.66%
2015 0.465 +0.014 +3.1%
2014 0.451 +0.006 +1.35%
2013 0.445 +0.005 +1.14%
2012 0.44 +0.004 +0.92%
2011 0.436 +0.006 +1.4%
2010 0.43 +0.006 +1.42%
2009 0.424 +0.002 +0.47%
2008 0.422 +0.006 +1.44%
2007 0.416 +0.007 +1.71%
2006 0.409 +0.008 +2%
2005 0.401 +0.01 +2.56%
2004 0.391 +0.007 +1.82%
2003 0.384 +0.007 +1.86%
2002 0.377 +0.011 +3.01%
2001 0.366 +0.007 +1.95%
2000 0.359 +0.008 +2.28%
1999 0.351 +0.009 +2.63%
1998 0.342 +0.01 +3.01%
1997 0.332 +0.009 +2.79%
1996 0.323 +0.009 +2.87%
1995 0.314 +0.007 +2.28%
1994 0.307 +0.007 +2.33%
1993 0.3 +0.007 +2.39%
1992 0.293 +0.006 +2.09%
1991 0.287 +0.005 +1.77%
1990 0.282 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.668 GH Ghana 0.628 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.582 TG Togo 0.571 MR Mauritania 0.563 NG Nigeria 0.56 SN Senegal 0.53 GM Gambia 0.524 BJ Benin 0.515 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.514 LR Liberia 0.51 GN Guinea 0.5 SL Sierra Leone 0.467 BF Burkina Faso 0.459 ML Mali 0.419 NE Niger 0.419
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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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