Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Hong Kong

Human development index in Hong Kong in 2023 — 0.955 index. Ranked 8 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 26.5%.

2023 0.955 index +0.53% vs 2022
World rank 8of 193
Period maximum 0.961 index2021
Period minimum 0.755 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Hong Kong, 1990–20230.70.80.911990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.755 index1991: 0.764 index1992: 0.773 index1993: 0.784 index1994: 0.793 index1995: 0.8 index1996: 0.808 index1997: 0.817 index1998: 0.823 index1999: 0.83 index2000: 0.839 index2001: 0.847 index2002: 0.854 index2003: 0.861 index2004: 0.866 index2005: 0.872 index2006: 0.879 index2007: 0.891 index2008: 0.907 index2009: 0.909 index2010: 0.912 index2011: 0.918 index2012: 0.923 index2013: 0.928 index2014: 0.932 index2015: 0.937 index2016: 0.94 index2017: 0.946 index2018: 0.952 index2019: 0.952 index2020: 0.95 index2021: 0.961 index2022: 0.95 index2023: 0.955 index
Change over the period: +0.2 (+26.49%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Hong Kong 0.955 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Eastern Asia computed 0.812 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.955 +0.005 +0.53%
2022 0.95 −0.011 −1.14%
2021 0.961 +0.011 +1.16%
2020 0.95 −0.002 −0.21%
2019 0.952 +0 +0%
2018 0.952 +0.006 +0.63%
2017 0.946 +0.006 +0.64%
2016 0.94 +0.003 +0.32%
2015 0.937 +0.005 +0.54%
2014 0.932 +0.004 +0.43%
2013 0.928 +0.005 +0.54%
2012 0.923 +0.005 +0.54%
2011 0.918 +0.006 +0.66%
2010 0.912 +0.003 +0.33%
2009 0.909 +0.002 +0.22%
2008 0.907 +0.016 +1.8%
2007 0.891 +0.012 +1.37%
2006 0.879 +0.007 +0.8%
2005 0.872 +0.006 +0.69%
2004 0.866 +0.005 +0.58%
2003 0.861 +0.007 +0.82%
2002 0.854 +0.007 +0.83%
2001 0.847 +0.008 +0.95%
2000 0.839 +0.009 +1.08%
1999 0.83 +0.007 +0.85%
1998 0.823 +0.006 +0.73%
1997 0.817 +0.009 +1.11%
1996 0.808 +0.008 +1%
1995 0.8 +0.007 +0.88%
1994 0.793 +0.009 +1.15%
1993 0.784 +0.011 +1.42%
1992 0.773 +0.009 +1.18%
1991 0.764 +0.009 +1.19%
1990 0.755

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

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.