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Human development index — Italy

Human development index in Italy in 2023 — 0.915 index. Ranked 29 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 16.3%.

2023 0.915 index +1.1% vs 2022
World rank 29of 193
Period maximum 0.915 index2023
Period minimum 0.787 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Italy, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.787 index1991: 0.792 index1992: 0.8 index1993: 0.806 index1994: 0.816 index1995: 0.823 index1996: 0.829 index1997: 0.836 index1998: 0.84 index1999: 0.845 index2000: 0.849 index2001: 0.856 index2002: 0.862 index2003: 0.866 index2004: 0.874 index2005: 0.876 index2006: 0.881 index2007: 0.885 index2008: 0.885 index2009: 0.884 index2010: 0.887 index2011: 0.89 index2012: 0.887 index2013: 0.887 index2014: 0.89 index2015: 0.889 index2016: 0.894 index2017: 0.897 index2018: 0.902 index2019: 0.906 index2020: 0.899 index2021: 0.908 index2022: 0.905 index2023: 0.915 index
Change over the period: +0.128 (+16.26%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Italy 0.915 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Southern Europe computed 0.904 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.915 +0.01 +1.1%
2022 0.905 −0.003 −0.33%
2021 0.908 +0.009 +1%
2020 0.899 −0.007 −0.77%
2019 0.906 +0.004 +0.44%
2018 0.902 +0.005 +0.56%
2017 0.897 +0.003 +0.34%
2016 0.894 +0.005 +0.56%
2015 0.889 −0.001 −0.11%
2014 0.89 +0.003 +0.34%
2013 0.887 +0 +0%
2012 0.887 −0.003 −0.34%
2011 0.89 +0.003 +0.34%
2010 0.887 +0.003 +0.34%
2009 0.884 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.885 +0 +0%
2007 0.885 +0.004 +0.45%
2006 0.881 +0.005 +0.57%
2005 0.876 +0.002 +0.23%
2004 0.874 +0.008 +0.92%
2003 0.866 +0.004 +0.46%
2002 0.862 +0.006 +0.7%
2001 0.856 +0.007 +0.82%
2000 0.849 +0.004 +0.47%
1999 0.845 +0.005 +0.6%
1998 0.84 +0.004 +0.48%
1997 0.836 +0.007 +0.84%
1996 0.829 +0.006 +0.73%
1995 0.823 +0.007 +0.86%
1994 0.816 +0.01 +1.24%
1993 0.806 +0.006 +0.75%
1992 0.8 +0.008 +1.01%
1991 0.792 +0.005 +0.64%
1990 0.787 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

SI Slovenia 0.931 MT Malta 0.924 ES Spain 0.918 IT Italy 0.915 SM San Marino 0.915 AD Andorra 0.913 GR Greece 0.908 PT Portugal 0.89 HR Croatia 0.889 ME Montenegro 0.862 RS Serbia 0.833 MK North Macedonia 0.815 AL Albania 0.81 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.804
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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