Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Middle East & North Africa

Human development index in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 0.742 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 29.3%.

2023 0.742 index +0.33% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.742 index2023
Period minimum 0.574 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Middle East & North Africa, 1990–20230.550.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.574 index1991: 0.58 index1992: 0.588 index1993: 0.595 index1994: 0.6 index1995: 0.605 index1996: 0.614 index1997: 0.621 index1998: 0.628 index1999: 0.635 index2000: 0.642 index2001: 0.649 index2002: 0.655 index2003: 0.659 index2004: 0.667 index2005: 0.673 index2006: 0.679 index2007: 0.685 index2008: 0.691 index2009: 0.697 index2010: 0.702 index2011: 0.706 index2012: 0.711 index2013: 0.712 index2014: 0.716 index2015: 0.717 index2016: 0.722 index2017: 0.726 index2018: 0.729 index2019: 0.732 index2020: 0.725 index2021: 0.727 index2022: 0.739 index2023: 0.742 index
Change over the period: +0.168 (+29.25%) Average annual rate: 0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 0.742 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.742 +0.002 +0.33%
2022 0.739 +0.012 +1.63%
2021 0.727 +0.002 +0.33%
2020 0.725 −0.007 −0.93%
2019 0.732 +0.003 +0.43%
2018 0.729 +0.003 +0.42%
2017 0.726 +0.004 +0.58%
2016 0.722 +0.004 +0.59%
2015 0.717 +0.001 +0.2%
2014 0.716 +0.003 +0.48%
2013 0.712 +0.001 +0.15%
2012 0.711 +0.005 +0.74%
2011 0.706 +0.004 +0.57%
2010 0.702 +0.005 +0.74%
2009 0.697 +0.006 +0.8%
2008 0.691 +0.006 +0.87%
2007 0.685 +0.006 +0.9%
2006 0.679 +0.006 +0.94%
2005 0.673 +0.006 +0.94%
2004 0.667 +0.008 +1.24%
2003 0.659 +0.004 +0.57%
2002 0.655 +0.006 +0.92%
2001 0.649 +0.007 +1.09%
2000 0.642 +0.007 +1.07%
1999 0.635 +0.007 +1.07%
1998 0.628 +0.008 +1.25%
1997 0.621 +0.006 +1.02%
1996 0.614 +0.009 +1.46%
1995 0.605 +0.005 +0.9%
1994 0.6 +0.005 +0.92%
1993 0.595 +0.006 +1.04%
1992 0.588 +0.008 +1.4%
1991 0.58 +0.006 +1.12%
1990 0.574

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.