Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Lower-middle-income countries

Human development index in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 0.664 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 43.9%.

2023 0.664 index +0.84% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.664 index2023
Period minimum 0.462 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Lower-middle-income countries, 1990–20230.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.462 index1991: 0.465 index1992: 0.47 index1993: 0.474 index1994: 0.478 index1995: 0.484 index1996: 0.49 index1997: 0.495 index1998: 0.501 index1999: 0.507 index2000: 0.513 index2001: 0.521 index2002: 0.527 index2003: 0.537 index2004: 0.546 index2005: 0.554 index2006: 0.562 index2007: 0.57 index2008: 0.576 index2009: 0.581 index2010: 0.59 index2011: 0.599 index2012: 0.605 index2013: 0.611 index2014: 0.618 index2015: 0.625 index2016: 0.633 index2017: 0.637 index2018: 0.639 index2019: 0.643 index2020: 0.643 index2021: 0.641 index2022: 0.659 index2023: 0.664 index
Change over the period: +0.203 (+43.9%) Average annual rate: 1.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lower-middle-income countries 0.664 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.664 +0.006 +0.84%
2022 0.659 +0.018 +2.87%
2021 0.641 −0.002 −0.37%
2020 0.643 −0.001 −0.08%
2019 0.643 +0.004 +0.63%
2018 0.639 +0.002 +0.33%
2017 0.637 +0.004 +0.66%
2016 0.633 +0.008 +1.25%
2015 0.625 +0.007 +1.1%
2014 0.618 +0.008 +1.29%
2013 0.611 +0.005 +0.89%
2012 0.605 +0.006 +1.02%
2011 0.599 +0.009 +1.59%
2010 0.59 +0.009 +1.47%
2009 0.581 +0.005 +0.94%
2008 0.576 +0.006 +1.04%
2007 0.57 +0.008 +1.35%
2006 0.562 +0.008 +1.46%
2005 0.554 +0.008 +1.5%
2004 0.546 +0.009 +1.62%
2003 0.537 +0.01 +1.89%
2002 0.527 +0.006 +1.17%
2001 0.521 +0.008 +1.54%
2000 0.513 +0.007 +1.31%
1999 0.507 +0.006 +1.18%
1998 0.501 +0.005 +1.1%
1997 0.495 +0.005 +1.1%
1996 0.49 +0.006 +1.31%
1995 0.484 +0.005 +1.06%
1994 0.478 +0.004 +0.88%
1993 0.474 +0.004 +0.94%
1992 0.47 +0.005 +1.14%
1991 0.465 +0.003 +0.6%
1990 0.462

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.