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Human development index — Malaysia

Human development index in Malaysia in 2023 — 0.819 index. Ranked 67 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 25.4%.

2023 0.819 index +1.11% vs 2022
World rank 67of 193
Period maximum 0.819 index2023
Period minimum 0.653 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Malaysia, 1990–20230.650.70.750.80.851990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.653 index1991: 0.661 index1992: 0.67 index1993: 0.677 index1994: 0.684 index1995: 0.691 index1996: 0.701 index1997: 0.713 index1998: 0.718 index1999: 0.723 index2000: 0.733 index2001: 0.731 index2002: 0.732 index2003: 0.737 index2004: 0.739 index2005: 0.736 index2006: 0.742 index2007: 0.754 index2008: 0.765 index2009: 0.773 index2010: 0.779 index2011: 0.782 index2012: 0.787 index2013: 0.791 index2014: 0.795 index2015: 0.8 index2016: 0.805 index2017: 0.807 index2018: 0.809 index2019: 0.812 index2020: 0.81 index2021: 0.802 index2022: 0.81 index2023: 0.819 index
Change over the period: +0.166 (+25.42%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malaysia 0.819 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.732 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.819 +0.009 +1.11%
2022 0.81 +0.008 +1%
2021 0.802 −0.008 −0.99%
2020 0.81 −0.002 −0.25%
2019 0.812 +0.003 +0.37%
2018 0.809 +0.002 +0.25%
2017 0.807 +0.002 +0.25%
2016 0.805 +0.005 +0.63%
2015 0.8 +0.005 +0.63%
2014 0.795 +0.004 +0.51%
2013 0.791 +0.004 +0.51%
2012 0.787 +0.005 +0.64%
2011 0.782 +0.003 +0.39%
2010 0.779 +0.006 +0.78%
2009 0.773 +0.008 +1.05%
2008 0.765 +0.011 +1.46%
2007 0.754 +0.012 +1.62%
2006 0.742 +0.006 +0.82%
2005 0.736 −0.003 −0.41%
2004 0.739 +0.002 +0.27%
2003 0.737 +0.005 +0.68%
2002 0.732 +0.001 +0.14%
2001 0.731 −0.002 −0.27%
2000 0.733 +0.01 +1.38%
1999 0.723 +0.005 +0.7%
1998 0.718 +0.005 +0.7%
1997 0.713 +0.012 +1.71%
1996 0.701 +0.01 +1.45%
1995 0.691 +0.007 +1.02%
1994 0.684 +0.007 +1.03%
1993 0.677 +0.007 +1.04%
1992 0.67 +0.009 +1.36%
1991 0.661 +0.008 +1.23%
1990 0.653

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.