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Human development index — Latvia

Human development index in Latvia in 2023 — 0.889 index. Ranked 41 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 20.8%.

2023 0.889 index +0.91% vs 2022
World rank 41of 193
Period maximum 0.889 index2023
Period minimum 0.686 index1994

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Latvia, 1990–20230.60.70.80.91990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.736 index1991: 0.733 index1992: 0.709 index1993: 0.692 index1994: 0.686 index1995: 0.695 index1996: 0.714 index1997: 0.727 index1998: 0.738 index1999: 0.753 index2000: 0.764 index2001: 0.775 index2002: 0.786 index2003: 0.798 index2004: 0.809 index2005: 0.818 index2006: 0.823 index2007: 0.829 index2008: 0.837 index2009: 0.836 index2010: 0.833 index2011: 0.84 index2012: 0.843 index2013: 0.852 index2014: 0.854 index2015: 0.859 index2016: 0.864 index2017: 0.87 index2018: 0.875 index2019: 0.88 index2020: 0.879 index2021: 0.871 index2022: 0.881 index2023: 0.889 index
Change over the period: +0.153 (+20.79%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Latvia 0.889 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 — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.889 +0.008 +0.91%
2022 0.881 +0.01 +1.15%
2021 0.871 −0.008 −0.91%
2020 0.879 −0.001 −0.11%
2019 0.88 +0.005 +0.57%
2018 0.875 +0.005 +0.57%
2017 0.87 +0.006 +0.69%
2016 0.864 +0.005 +0.58%
2015 0.859 +0.005 +0.59%
2014 0.854 +0.002 +0.23%
2013 0.852 +0.009 +1.07%
2012 0.843 +0.003 +0.36%
2011 0.84 +0.007 +0.84%
2010 0.833 −0.003 −0.36%
2009 0.836 −0.001 −0.12%
2008 0.837 +0.008 +0.97%
2007 0.829 +0.006 +0.73%
2006 0.823 +0.005 +0.61%
2005 0.818 +0.009 +1.11%
2004 0.809 +0.011 +1.38%
2003 0.798 +0.012 +1.53%
2002 0.786 +0.011 +1.42%
2001 0.775 +0.011 +1.44%
2000 0.764 +0.011 +1.46%
1999 0.753 +0.015 +2.03%
1998 0.738 +0.011 +1.51%
1997 0.727 +0.013 +1.82%
1996 0.714 +0.019 +2.73%
1995 0.695 +0.009 +1.31%
1994 0.686 −0.006 −0.87%
1993 0.692 −0.017 −2.4%
1992 0.709 −0.024 −3.27%
1991 0.733 −0.003 −0.41%
1990 0.736

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.