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Human development index — Iceland

Human development index in Iceland in 2023 — 0.972 index. Ranked 1 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.6%.

2023 0.972 index +0.83% vs 2022
World rank 1of 193
Period maximum 0.972 index2023
Period minimum 0.841 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Iceland, 1990–20230.80.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.841 index1991: 0.853 index1992: 0.86 index1993: 0.863 index1994: 0.868 index1995: 0.863 index1996: 0.873 index1997: 0.881 index1998: 0.893 index1999: 0.895 index2000: 0.902 index2001: 0.91 index2002: 0.917 index2003: 0.925 index2004: 0.928 index2005: 0.935 index2006: 0.936 index2007: 0.941 index2008: 0.935 index2009: 0.934 index2010: 0.935 index2011: 0.941 index2012: 0.946 index2013: 0.95 index2014: 0.954 index2015: 0.956 index2016: 0.959 index2017: 0.962 index2018: 0.966 index2019: 0.969 index2020: 0.965 index2021: 0.967 index2022: 0.964 index2023: 0.972 index
Change over the period: +0.131 (+15.58%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iceland 0.972 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Northern Europe computed 0.947 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.972 +0.008 +0.83%
2022 0.964 −0.003 −0.31%
2021 0.967 +0.002 +0.21%
2020 0.965 −0.004 −0.41%
2019 0.969 +0.003 +0.31%
2018 0.966 +0.004 +0.42%
2017 0.962 +0.003 +0.31%
2016 0.959 +0.003 +0.31%
2015 0.956 +0.002 +0.21%
2014 0.954 +0.004 +0.42%
2013 0.95 +0.004 +0.42%
2012 0.946 +0.005 +0.53%
2011 0.941 +0.006 +0.64%
2010 0.935 +0.001 +0.11%
2009 0.934 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.935 −0.006 −0.64%
2007 0.941 +0.005 +0.53%
2006 0.936 +0.001 +0.11%
2005 0.935 +0.007 +0.75%
2004 0.928 +0.003 +0.32%
2003 0.925 +0.008 +0.87%
2002 0.917 +0.007 +0.77%
2001 0.91 +0.008 +0.89%
2000 0.902 +0.007 +0.78%
1999 0.895 +0.002 +0.22%
1998 0.893 +0.012 +1.36%
1997 0.881 +0.008 +0.92%
1996 0.873 +0.01 +1.16%
1995 0.863 −0.005 −0.58%
1994 0.868 +0.005 +0.58%
1993 0.863 +0.003 +0.35%
1992 0.86 +0.007 +0.82%
1991 0.853 +0.012 +1.43%
1990 0.841 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

IS Iceland 0.972 NO Norway 0.97 DK Denmark 0.962 SE Sweden 0.959 IE Ireland 0.949 FI Finland 0.948 GB United Kingdom 0.946 EE Estonia 0.905 LT Lithuania 0.895 LV Latvia 0.889
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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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