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Human development index — Low-income countries

Human development index in low-income countries in 2023 — 0.497 index. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 28.1%.

2023 0.497 index +0.55% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 0.497 index2023
Period minimum 0.371 index2000

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Low-income countries, 1999–20230.350.40.450.51999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.388 index2000: 0.371 index2001: 0.379 index2002: 0.387 index2003: 0.394 index2004: 0.404 index2005: 0.412 index2006: 0.421 index2007: 0.431 index2008: 0.441 index2009: 0.449 index2010: 0.453 index2011: 0.461 index2012: 0.463 index2013: 0.465 index2014: 0.469 index2015: 0.472 index2016: 0.475 index2017: 0.479 index2018: 0.485 index2019: 0.489 index2020: 0.491 index2021: 0.49 index2022: 0.494 index2023: 0.497 index
Change over the period: +0.109 (+28.13%) Average annual rate: 1.04 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 0.497 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.497 +0.003 +0.55%
2022 0.494 +0.004 +0.77%
2021 0.49 −0 −0.08%
2020 0.491 +0.001 +0.26%
2019 0.489 +0.004 +0.89%
2018 0.485 +0.006 +1.32%
2017 0.479 +0.003 +0.69%
2016 0.475 +0.004 +0.82%
2015 0.472 +0.002 +0.46%
2014 0.469 +0.004 +0.95%
2013 0.465 +0.002 +0.4%
2012 0.463 +0.003 +0.55%
2011 0.461 +0.007 +1.59%
2010 0.453 +0.004 +0.9%
2009 0.449 +0.008 +1.88%
2008 0.441 +0.01 +2.32%
2007 0.431 +0.01 +2.38%
2006 0.421 +0.009 +2.28%
2005 0.412 +0.007 +1.8%
2004 0.404 +0.01 +2.61%
2003 0.394 +0.007 +1.84%
2002 0.387 +0.008 +2.12%
2001 0.379 +0.008 +2.26%
2000 0.371 −0.017 −4.39%
1999 0.388 — —

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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