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Human development index — High-income countries

Human development index in high-income countries in 2023 — 0.919 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.1%.

2023 0.919 index +0.66% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.919 index2023
Period minimum 0.849 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — High-income countries, 2000–20230.840.860.880.90.922000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.849 index2001: 0.855 index2002: 0.859 index2003: 0.863 index2004: 0.868 index2005: 0.872 index2006: 0.877 index2007: 0.881 index2008: 0.884 index2009: 0.885 index2010: 0.889 index2011: 0.893 index2012: 0.895 index2013: 0.899 index2014: 0.901 index2015: 0.904 index2016: 0.906 index2017: 0.909 index2018: 0.912 index2019: 0.915 index2020: 0.906 index2021: 0.908 index2022: 0.913 index2023: 0.919 index
Change over the period: +0.069 (+8.15%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 0.919 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.919 +0.006 +0.66%
2022 0.913 +0.005 +0.54%
2021 0.908 +0.001 +0.16%
2020 0.906 −0.008 −0.92%
2019 0.915 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.912 +0.003 +0.35%
2017 0.909 +0.003 +0.31%
2016 0.906 +0.002 +0.26%
2015 0.904 +0.002 +0.24%
2014 0.901 +0.002 +0.27%
2013 0.899 +0.004 +0.44%
2012 0.895 +0.002 +0.27%
2011 0.893 +0.004 +0.4%
2010 0.889 +0.004 +0.48%
2009 0.885 +0.001 +0.11%
2008 0.884 +0.002 +0.28%
2007 0.881 +0.004 +0.5%
2006 0.877 +0.005 +0.57%
2005 0.872 +0.004 +0.42%
2004 0.868 +0.006 +0.64%
2003 0.863 +0.004 +0.51%
2002 0.859 +0.004 +0.46%
2001 0.855 +0.005 +0.61%
2000 0.849 — —

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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