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Human development index — Madagascar

Human development index in Madagascar in 2023 — 0.487 index. Ranked 183 in the world out of 193. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 11.7%.

2023 0.487 index +0.83% vs 2022
World rank 183of 193
Period maximum 0.505 index2017
Period minimum 0.436 index1999

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Madagascar, 1999–20230.420.440.460.480.50.521999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.436 index2000: 0.443 index2001: 0.451 index2002: 0.448 index2003: 0.458 index2004: 0.465 index2005: 0.47 index2006: 0.474 index2007: 0.482 index2008: 0.49 index2009: 0.493 index2010: 0.493 index2011: 0.494 index2012: 0.496 index2013: 0.497 index2014: 0.5 index2015: 0.501 index2016: 0.501 index2017: 0.505 index2018: 0.501 index2019: 0.495 index2020: 0.483 index2021: 0.481 index2022: 0.483 index2023: 0.487 index
Change over the period: +0.051 (+11.7%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Madagascar 0.487 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.487 +0.004 +0.83%
2022 0.483 +0.002 +0.42%
2021 0.481 −0.002 −0.41%
2020 0.483 −0.012 −2.42%
2019 0.495 −0.006 −1.2%
2018 0.501 −0.004 −0.79%
2017 0.505 +0.004 +0.8%
2016 0.501 +0 +0%
2015 0.501 +0.001 +0.2%
2014 0.5 +0.003 +0.6%
2013 0.497 +0.001 +0.2%
2012 0.496 +0.002 +0.4%
2011 0.494 +0.001 +0.2%
2010 0.493 +0 +0%
2009 0.493 +0.003 +0.61%
2008 0.49 +0.008 +1.66%
2007 0.482 +0.008 +1.69%
2006 0.474 +0.004 +0.85%
2005 0.47 +0.005 +1.08%
2004 0.465 +0.007 +1.53%
2003 0.458 +0.01 +2.23%
2002 0.448 −0.003 −0.67%
2001 0.451 +0.008 +1.81%
2000 0.443 +0.007 +1.61%
1999 0.436 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 0.848 MU Mauritius 0.806 KE Kenya 0.628 KM Comoros 0.603 ZW Zimbabwe 0.598 ZM Zambia 0.595 UG Uganda 0.582 RW Rwanda 0.578 TZ Tanzania 0.555 MW Malawi 0.517 DJ Djibouti 0.513 ER Eritrea 0.503 ET Ethiopia 0.497 MZ Mozambique 0.493 MG Madagascar 0.487 BI Burundi 0.439 SO Somalia 0.404 SS South Sudan 0.388
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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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