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Human development index — Maldives

Human development index in the Maldives in 2023 — 0.766 index. Ranked 93 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.9%.

2023 0.766 index +0.26% vs 2022
World rank 93of 193
Period maximum 0.766 index2023
Period minimum 0.639 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Maldives, 2000–20230.60.650.70.750.82000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.639 index2001: 0.639 index2002: 0.645 index2003: 0.654 index2004: 0.655 index2005: 0.657 index2006: 0.672 index2007: 0.672 index2008: 0.681 index2009: 0.682 index2010: 0.689 index2011: 0.698 index2012: 0.704 index2013: 0.71 index2014: 0.718 index2015: 0.725 index2016: 0.732 index2017: 0.739 index2018: 0.744 index2019: 0.749 index2020: 0.73 index2021: 0.745 index2022: 0.764 index2023: 0.766 index
Change over the period: +0.127 (+19.87%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Maldives 0.766 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.766 +0.002 +0.26%
2022 0.764 +0.019 +2.55%
2021 0.745 +0.015 +2.05%
2020 0.73 −0.019 −2.54%
2019 0.749 +0.005 +0.67%
2018 0.744 +0.005 +0.68%
2017 0.739 +0.007 +0.96%
2016 0.732 +0.007 +0.97%
2015 0.725 +0.007 +0.97%
2014 0.718 +0.008 +1.13%
2013 0.71 +0.006 +0.85%
2012 0.704 +0.006 +0.86%
2011 0.698 +0.009 +1.31%
2010 0.689 +0.007 +1.03%
2009 0.682 +0.001 +0.15%
2008 0.681 +0.009 +1.34%
2007 0.672 +0 +0%
2006 0.672 +0.015 +2.28%
2005 0.657 +0.002 +0.31%
2004 0.655 +0.001 +0.15%
2003 0.654 +0.009 +1.4%
2002 0.645 +0.006 +0.94%
2001 0.639 +0 +0%
2000 0.639 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

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

IR Iran 0.799 LK Sri Lanka 0.776 MV Maldives 0.766 BT Bhutan 0.698 BD Bangladesh 0.685 IN India 0.685 NP Nepal 0.622 PK Pakistan 0.544 AF Afghanistan 0.496
Full table for all countries

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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