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Human development index — Liberia

Human development index in Liberia in 2023 — 0.51 index. Ranked 177 in the world out of 193. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 26.6%.

2023 0.51 index +0.39% vs 2022
World rank 177of 193
Period maximum 0.51 index2023
Period minimum 0.403 index1999

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Liberia, 1999–20230.40.450.50.551999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.403 index2000: 0.443 index2001: 0.448 index2002: 0.453 index2003: 0.429 index2004: 0.442 index2005: 0.446 index2006: 0.45 index2007: 0.455 index2008: 0.459 index2009: 0.463 index2010: 0.467 index2011: 0.471 index2012: 0.475 index2013: 0.481 index2014: 0.479 index2015: 0.48 index2016: 0.485 index2017: 0.491 index2018: 0.495 index2019: 0.497 index2020: 0.498 index2021: 0.503 index2022: 0.508 index2023: 0.51 index
Change over the period: +0.107 (+26.55%) Average annual rate: 0.99 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 0.51 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.51 +0.002 +0.39%
2022 0.508 +0.005 +0.99%
2021 0.503 +0.005 +1%
2020 0.498 +0.001 +0.2%
2019 0.497 +0.002 +0.4%
2018 0.495 +0.004 +0.81%
2017 0.491 +0.006 +1.24%
2016 0.485 +0.005 +1.04%
2015 0.48 +0.001 +0.21%
2014 0.479 −0.002 −0.42%
2013 0.481 +0.006 +1.26%
2012 0.475 +0.004 +0.85%
2011 0.471 +0.004 +0.86%
2010 0.467 +0.004 +0.86%
2009 0.463 +0.004 +0.87%
2008 0.459 +0.004 +0.88%
2007 0.455 +0.005 +1.11%
2006 0.45 +0.004 +0.9%
2005 0.446 +0.004 +0.9%
2004 0.442 +0.013 +3.03%
2003 0.429 −0.024 −5.3%
2002 0.453 +0.005 +1.12%
2001 0.448 +0.005 +1.13%
2000 0.443 +0.04 +9.93%
1999 0.403 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.668 GH Ghana 0.628 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.582 TG Togo 0.571 MR Mauritania 0.563 NG Nigeria 0.56 SN Senegal 0.53 GM Gambia 0.524 BJ Benin 0.515 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.514 LR Liberia 0.51 GN Guinea 0.5 SL Sierra Leone 0.467 BF Burkina Faso 0.459 ML Mali 0.419 NE Niger 0.419
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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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