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Human development index — Namibia

Human development index in Namibia in 2023 — 0.665 index. Ranked 136 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 11.4%.

2023 0.665 index +2.47% vs 2022
World rank 136of 193
Period maximum 0.665 index2023
Period minimum 0.555 index2001

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Namibia, 1990–20230.550.60.650.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.597 index1991: 0.602 index1992: 0.603 index1993: 0.601 index1994: 0.6 index1995: 0.595 index1996: 0.587 index1997: 0.58 index1998: 0.574 index1999: 0.565 index2000: 0.561 index2001: 0.555 index2002: 0.555 index2003: 0.558 index2004: 0.563 index2005: 0.564 index2006: 0.569 index2007: 0.576 index2008: 0.581 index2009: 0.585 index2010: 0.591 index2011: 0.598 index2012: 0.607 index2013: 0.616 index2014: 0.624 index2015: 0.63 index2016: 0.634 index2017: 0.638 index2018: 0.642 index2019: 0.647 index2020: 0.647 index2021: 0.631 index2022: 0.649 index2023: 0.665 index
Change over the period: +0.068 (+11.39%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Namibia 0.665 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Southern Africa computed 0.731 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.665 +0.016 +2.47%
2022 0.649 +0.018 +2.85%
2021 0.631 −0.016 −2.47%
2020 0.647 +0 +0%
2019 0.647 +0.005 +0.78%
2018 0.642 +0.004 +0.63%
2017 0.638 +0.004 +0.63%
2016 0.634 +0.004 +0.63%
2015 0.63 +0.006 +0.96%
2014 0.624 +0.008 +1.3%
2013 0.616 +0.009 +1.48%
2012 0.607 +0.009 +1.51%
2011 0.598 +0.007 +1.18%
2010 0.591 +0.006 +1.03%
2009 0.585 +0.004 +0.69%
2008 0.581 +0.005 +0.87%
2007 0.576 +0.007 +1.23%
2006 0.569 +0.005 +0.89%
2005 0.564 +0.001 +0.18%
2004 0.563 +0.005 +0.9%
2003 0.558 +0.003 +0.54%
2002 0.555 +0 +0%
2001 0.555 −0.006 −1.07%
2000 0.561 −0.004 −0.71%
1999 0.565 −0.009 −1.57%
1998 0.574 −0.006 −1.03%
1997 0.58 −0.007 −1.19%
1996 0.587 −0.008 −1.34%
1995 0.595 −0.005 −0.83%
1994 0.6 −0.001 −0.17%
1993 0.601 −0.002 −0.33%
1992 0.603 +0.001 +0.17%
1991 0.602 +0.005 +0.84%
1990 0.597 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

ZA South Africa 0.741 BW Botswana 0.731 SZ Eswatini 0.695 NA Namibia 0.665 LS Lesotho 0.55
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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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