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Human development index — Malta

Human development index in Malta in 2023 — 0.924 index. Ranked 24 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 25.7%.

2023 0.924 index +0.76% vs 2022
World rank 24of 193
Period maximum 0.924 index2023
Period minimum 0.735 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Malta, 1990–20230.70.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.735 index1991: 0.742 index1992: 0.748 index1993: 0.754 index1994: 0.758 index1995: 0.763 index1996: 0.763 index1997: 0.772 index1998: 0.781 index1999: 0.784 index2000: 0.79 index2001: 0.801 index2002: 0.806 index2003: 0.818 index2004: 0.832 index2005: 0.84 index2006: 0.838 index2007: 0.845 index2008: 0.848 index2009: 0.854 index2010: 0.867 index2011: 0.862 index2012: 0.87 index2013: 0.88 index2014: 0.886 index2015: 0.892 index2016: 0.891 index2017: 0.901 index2018: 0.908 index2019: 0.91 index2020: 0.903 index2021: 0.914 index2022: 0.917 index2023: 0.924 index
Change over the period: +0.189 (+25.71%) Average annual rate: 0.7 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malta 0.924 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Southern Europe computed 0.904 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.924 +0.007 +0.76%
2022 0.917 +0.003 +0.33%
2021 0.914 +0.011 +1.22%
2020 0.903 −0.007 −0.77%
2019 0.91 +0.002 +0.22%
2018 0.908 +0.007 +0.78%
2017 0.901 +0.01 +1.12%
2016 0.891 −0.001 −0.11%
2015 0.892 +0.006 +0.68%
2014 0.886 +0.006 +0.68%
2013 0.88 +0.01 +1.15%
2012 0.87 +0.008 +0.93%
2011 0.862 −0.005 −0.58%
2010 0.867 +0.013 +1.52%
2009 0.854 +0.006 +0.71%
2008 0.848 +0.003 +0.36%
2007 0.845 +0.007 +0.84%
2006 0.838 −0.002 −0.24%
2005 0.84 +0.008 +0.96%
2004 0.832 +0.014 +1.71%
2003 0.818 +0.012 +1.49%
2002 0.806 +0.005 +0.62%
2001 0.801 +0.011 +1.39%
2000 0.79 +0.006 +0.77%
1999 0.784 +0.003 +0.38%
1998 0.781 +0.009 +1.17%
1997 0.772 +0.009 +1.18%
1996 0.763 +0 +0%
1995 0.763 +0.005 +0.66%
1994 0.758 +0.004 +0.53%
1993 0.754 +0.006 +0.8%
1992 0.748 +0.006 +0.81%
1991 0.742 +0.007 +0.95%
1990 0.735

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.