Human development index — all countries

Human development index — India

Human development index in India in 2023 — 0.685 index. Ranked 130 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 53.6%.

2023 0.685 index +1.33% vs 2022
World rank 130of 193
Period maximum 0.685 index2023
Period minimum 0.446 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — India, 1990–20230.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.446 index1991: 0.448 index1992: 0.453 index1993: 0.458 index1994: 0.463 index1995: 0.469 index1996: 0.476 index1997: 0.482 index1998: 0.488 index1999: 0.496 index2000: 0.501 index2001: 0.511 index2002: 0.516 index2003: 0.529 index2004: 0.538 index2005: 0.547 index2006: 0.557 index2007: 0.566 index2008: 0.574 index2009: 0.579 index2010: 0.59 index2011: 0.603 index2012: 0.609 index2013: 0.615 index2014: 0.625 index2015: 0.633 index2016: 0.644 index2017: 0.649 index2018: 0.648 index2019: 0.651 index2020: 0.652 index2021: 0.647 index2022: 0.676 index2023: 0.685 index
Change over the period: +0.239 (+53.59%) Average annual rate: 1.31 %

Comparison, 2023

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

India 0.685 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.685 +0.009 +1.33%
2022 0.676 +0.029 +4.48%
2021 0.647 −0.005 −0.77%
2020 0.652 +0.001 +0.15%
2019 0.651 +0.003 +0.46%
2018 0.648 −0.001 −0.15%
2017 0.649 +0.005 +0.78%
2016 0.644 +0.011 +1.74%
2015 0.633 +0.008 +1.28%
2014 0.625 +0.01 +1.63%
2013 0.615 +0.006 +0.99%
2012 0.609 +0.006 +1%
2011 0.603 +0.013 +2.2%
2010 0.59 +0.011 +1.9%
2009 0.579 +0.005 +0.87%
2008 0.574 +0.008 +1.41%
2007 0.566 +0.009 +1.62%
2006 0.557 +0.01 +1.83%
2005 0.547 +0.009 +1.67%
2004 0.538 +0.009 +1.7%
2003 0.529 +0.013 +2.52%
2002 0.516 +0.005 +0.98%
2001 0.511 +0.01 +2%
2000 0.501 +0.005 +1.01%
1999 0.496 +0.008 +1.64%
1998 0.488 +0.006 +1.24%
1997 0.482 +0.006 +1.26%
1996 0.476 +0.007 +1.49%
1995 0.469 +0.006 +1.3%
1994 0.463 +0.005 +1.09%
1993 0.458 +0.005 +1.1%
1992 0.453 +0.005 +1.12%
1991 0.448 +0.002 +0.45%
1990 0.446

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.