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Human development index — Ireland

Human development index in Ireland in 2023 — 0.949 index. Ranked 11 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 22.3%.

2023 0.949 index +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 11of 193
Period maximum 0.949 index2023
Period minimum 0.776 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Ireland, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.776 index1991: 0.78 index1992: 0.787 index1993: 0.794 index1994: 0.805 index1995: 0.809 index1996: 0.816 index1997: 0.823 index1998: 0.855 index1999: 0.858 index2000: 0.869 index2001: 0.876 index2002: 0.883 index2003: 0.891 index2004: 0.899 index2005: 0.905 index2006: 0.908 index2007: 0.911 index2008: 0.907 index2009: 0.907 index2010: 0.915 index2011: 0.909 index2012: 0.911 index2013: 0.915 index2014: 0.921 index2015: 0.931 index2016: 0.936 index2017: 0.941 index2018: 0.944 index2019: 0.947 index2020: 0.948 index2021: 0.946 index2022: 0.947 index2023: 0.949 index
Change over the period: +0.173 (+22.29%) Average annual rate: 0.61 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ireland 0.949 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.949 +0.002 +0.21%
2022 0.947 +0.001 +0.11%
2021 0.946 −0.002 −0.21%
2020 0.948 +0.001 +0.11%
2019 0.947 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.944 +0.003 +0.32%
2017 0.941 +0.005 +0.53%
2016 0.936 +0.005 +0.54%
2015 0.931 +0.01 +1.09%
2014 0.921 +0.006 +0.66%
2013 0.915 +0.004 +0.44%
2012 0.911 +0.002 +0.22%
2011 0.909 −0.006 −0.66%
2010 0.915 +0.008 +0.88%
2009 0.907 +0 +0%
2008 0.907 −0.004 −0.44%
2007 0.911 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.908 +0.003 +0.33%
2005 0.905 +0.006 +0.67%
2004 0.899 +0.008 +0.9%
2003 0.891 +0.008 +0.91%
2002 0.883 +0.007 +0.8%
2001 0.876 +0.007 +0.81%
2000 0.869 +0.011 +1.28%
1999 0.858 +0.003 +0.35%
1998 0.855 +0.032 +3.89%
1997 0.823 +0.007 +0.86%
1996 0.816 +0.007 +0.87%
1995 0.809 +0.004 +0.5%
1994 0.805 +0.011 +1.39%
1993 0.794 +0.007 +0.89%
1992 0.787 +0.007 +0.9%
1991 0.78 +0.004 +0.52%
1990 0.776 — —

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
Full table for all countries

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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