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Human development index — Iraq

Human development index in Iraq in 2023 — 0.695 index. Ranked 126 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 30.9%.

2023 0.695 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 126of 193
Period maximum 0.695 index2022
Period minimum 0.504 index1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Iraq, 1990–20230.50.550.60.650.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.531 index1991: 0.504 index1992: 0.532 index1993: 0.55 index1994: 0.547 index1995: 0.538 index1996: 0.557 index1997: 0.565 index1998: 0.58 index1999: 0.589 index2000: 0.592 index2001: 0.598 index2002: 0.6 index2003: 0.582 index2004: 0.604 index2005: 0.609 index2006: 0.611 index2007: 0.618 index2008: 0.634 index2009: 0.644 index2010: 0.65 index2011: 0.656 index2012: 0.664 index2013: 0.668 index2014: 0.671 index2015: 0.675 index2016: 0.676 index2017: 0.681 index2018: 0.689 index2019: 0.693 index2020: 0.68 index2021: 0.687 index2022: 0.695 index2023: 0.695 index
Change over the period: +0.164 (+30.89%) Average annual rate: 0.82 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iraq 0.695 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.695 +0 +0%
2022 0.695 +0.008 +1.16%
2021 0.687 +0.007 +1.03%
2020 0.68 −0.013 −1.88%
2019 0.693 +0.004 +0.58%
2018 0.689 +0.008 +1.17%
2017 0.681 +0.005 +0.74%
2016 0.676 +0.001 +0.15%
2015 0.675 +0.004 +0.6%
2014 0.671 +0.003 +0.45%
2013 0.668 +0.004 +0.6%
2012 0.664 +0.008 +1.22%
2011 0.656 +0.006 +0.92%
2010 0.65 +0.006 +0.93%
2009 0.644 +0.01 +1.58%
2008 0.634 +0.016 +2.59%
2007 0.618 +0.007 +1.15%
2006 0.611 +0.002 +0.33%
2005 0.609 +0.005 +0.83%
2004 0.604 +0.022 +3.78%
2003 0.582 −0.018 −3%
2002 0.6 +0.002 +0.33%
2001 0.598 +0.006 +1.01%
2000 0.592 +0.003 +0.51%
1999 0.589 +0.009 +1.55%
1998 0.58 +0.015 +2.65%
1997 0.565 +0.008 +1.44%
1996 0.557 +0.019 +3.53%
1995 0.538 −0.009 −1.65%
1994 0.547 −0.003 −0.55%
1993 0.55 +0.018 +3.38%
1992 0.532 +0.028 +5.56%
1991 0.504 −0.027 −5.08%
1990 0.531

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.