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Human development index — Mauritius

Human development index in Mauritius in 2023 — 0.806 index. Ranked 73 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 28.5%.

2023 0.806 index +1.51% vs 2022
World rank 73of 193
Period maximum 0.806 index2023
Period minimum 0.627 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Mauritius, 1990–20230.60.650.70.750.80.851990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.627 index1991: 0.632 index1992: 0.637 index1993: 0.641 index1994: 0.645 index1995: 0.65 index1996: 0.653 index1997: 0.659 index1998: 0.667 index1999: 0.675 index2000: 0.683 index2001: 0.697 index2002: 0.701 index2003: 0.709 index2004: 0.716 index2005: 0.723 index2006: 0.729 index2007: 0.736 index2008: 0.742 index2009: 0.748 index2010: 0.755 index2011: 0.762 index2012: 0.778 index2013: 0.781 index2014: 0.79 index2015: 0.792 index2016: 0.795 index2017: 0.799 index2018: 0.801 index2019: 0.803 index2020: 0.795 index2021: 0.789 index2022: 0.794 index2023: 0.806 index
Change over the period: +0.179 (+28.55%) Average annual rate: 0.76 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritius 0.806 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.806 +0.012 +1.51%
2022 0.794 +0.005 +0.63%
2021 0.789 −0.006 −0.75%
2020 0.795 −0.008 −1%
2019 0.803 +0.002 +0.25%
2018 0.801 +0.002 +0.25%
2017 0.799 +0.004 +0.5%
2016 0.795 +0.003 +0.38%
2015 0.792 +0.002 +0.25%
2014 0.79 +0.009 +1.15%
2013 0.781 +0.003 +0.39%
2012 0.778 +0.016 +2.1%
2011 0.762 +0.007 +0.93%
2010 0.755 +0.007 +0.94%
2009 0.748 +0.006 +0.81%
2008 0.742 +0.006 +0.82%
2007 0.736 +0.007 +0.96%
2006 0.729 +0.006 +0.83%
2005 0.723 +0.007 +0.98%
2004 0.716 +0.007 +0.99%
2003 0.709 +0.008 +1.14%
2002 0.701 +0.004 +0.57%
2001 0.697 +0.014 +2.05%
2000 0.683 +0.008 +1.19%
1999 0.675 +0.008 +1.2%
1998 0.667 +0.008 +1.21%
1997 0.659 +0.006 +0.92%
1996 0.653 +0.003 +0.46%
1995 0.65 +0.005 +0.78%
1994 0.645 +0.004 +0.62%
1993 0.641 +0.004 +0.63%
1992 0.637 +0.005 +0.79%
1991 0.632 +0.005 +0.8%
1990 0.627

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.