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Human development index — Myanmar

Human development index in Myanmar in 2023 — 0.609 index. Ranked 150 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 75.5%.

2023 0.609 index +0.5% vs 2022
World rank 150of 193
Period maximum 0.61 index2019
Period minimum 0.347 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Myanmar, 1990–20230.30.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.347 index1991: 0.354 index1992: 0.368 index1993: 0.374 index1994: 0.381 index1995: 0.385 index1996: 0.391 index1997: 0.396 index1998: 0.399 index1999: 0.406 index2000: 0.415 index2001: 0.423 index2002: 0.433 index2003: 0.443 index2004: 0.453 index2005: 0.463 index2006: 0.473 index2007: 0.483 index2008: 0.468 index2009: 0.504 index2010: 0.515 index2011: 0.525 index2012: 0.535 index2013: 0.546 index2014: 0.557 index2015: 0.566 index2016: 0.574 index2017: 0.587 index2018: 0.6 index2019: 0.61 index2020: 0.609 index2021: 0.605 index2022: 0.606 index2023: 0.609 index
Change over the period: +0.262 (+75.5%) Average annual rate: 1.72 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Myanmar 0.609 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.732 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.609 +0.003 +0.5%
2022 0.606 +0.001 +0.17%
2021 0.605 −0.004 −0.66%
2020 0.609 −0.001 −0.16%
2019 0.61 +0.01 +1.67%
2018 0.6 +0.013 +2.21%
2017 0.587 +0.013 +2.26%
2016 0.574 +0.008 +1.41%
2015 0.566 +0.009 +1.62%
2014 0.557 +0.011 +2.01%
2013 0.546 +0.011 +2.06%
2012 0.535 +0.01 +1.9%
2011 0.525 +0.01 +1.94%
2010 0.515 +0.011 +2.18%
2009 0.504 +0.036 +7.69%
2008 0.468 −0.015 −3.11%
2007 0.483 +0.01 +2.11%
2006 0.473 +0.01 +2.16%
2005 0.463 +0.01 +2.21%
2004 0.453 +0.01 +2.26%
2003 0.443 +0.01 +2.31%
2002 0.433 +0.01 +2.36%
2001 0.423 +0.008 +1.93%
2000 0.415 +0.009 +2.22%
1999 0.406 +0.007 +1.75%
1998 0.399 +0.003 +0.76%
1997 0.396 +0.005 +1.28%
1996 0.391 +0.006 +1.56%
1995 0.385 +0.004 +1.05%
1994 0.381 +0.007 +1.87%
1993 0.374 +0.006 +1.63%
1992 0.368 +0.014 +3.95%
1991 0.354 +0.007 +2.02%
1990 0.347 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

SG Singapore 0.946 BN Brunei Darussalam 0.837 MY Malaysia 0.819 TH Thailand 0.798 VN Vietnam 0.766 ID Indonesia 0.728 PH Philippines 0.72 TL Timor-Leste 0.634 LA Laos 0.617 MM Myanmar 0.609 KH Cambodia 0.606
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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