Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Moldova

Human development index in Moldova in 2023 — 0.785 index. Ranked 86 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 11.8%.

2023 0.785 index +0.13% vs 2022
World rank 86of 193
Period maximum 0.785 index2023
Period minimum 0.702 index2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Moldova, 2005–20230.70.7250.750.7750.820052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.702 index2006: 0.711 index2007: 0.718 index2008: 0.728 index2009: 0.729 index2010: 0.739 index2011: 0.748 index2012: 0.754 index2013: 0.758 index2014: 0.762 index2015: 0.759 index2016: 0.763 index2017: 0.769 index2018: 0.772 index2019: 0.775 index2020: 0.77 index2021: 0.773 index2022: 0.784 index2023: 0.785 index
Change over the period: +0.083 (+11.82%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 0.785 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Eastern Europe computed 0.84 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.785 +0.001 +0.13%
2022 0.784 +0.011 +1.42%
2021 0.773 +0.003 +0.39%
2020 0.77 −0.005 −0.65%
2019 0.775 +0.003 +0.39%
2018 0.772 +0.003 +0.39%
2017 0.769 +0.006 +0.79%
2016 0.763 +0.004 +0.53%
2015 0.759 −0.003 −0.39%
2014 0.762 +0.004 +0.53%
2013 0.758 +0.004 +0.53%
2012 0.754 +0.006 +0.8%
2011 0.748 +0.009 +1.22%
2010 0.739 +0.01 +1.37%
2009 0.729 +0.001 +0.14%
2008 0.728 +0.01 +1.39%
2007 0.718 +0.007 +0.98%
2006 0.711 +0.009 +1.28%
2005 0.702

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.