Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Nepal

Human development index in Nepal in 2023 — 0.622 index. Ranked 145 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 54%.

2023 0.622 index +2.81% vs 2022
World rank 145of 193
Period maximum 0.622 index2023
Period minimum 0.404 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Nepal, 1990–20230.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.404 index1991: 0.412 index1992: 0.42 index1993: 0.425 index1994: 0.433 index1995: 0.438 index1996: 0.447 index1997: 0.453 index1998: 0.459 index1999: 0.464 index2000: 0.471 index2001: 0.472 index2002: 0.479 index2003: 0.486 index2004: 0.493 index2005: 0.5 index2006: 0.512 index2007: 0.516 index2008: 0.526 index2009: 0.538 index2010: 0.551 index2011: 0.559 index2012: 0.565 index2013: 0.57 index2014: 0.574 index2015: 0.575 index2016: 0.58 index2017: 0.588 index2018: 0.596 index2019: 0.604 index2020: 0.599 index2021: 0.596 index2022: 0.605 index2023: 0.622 index
Change over the period: +0.218 (+53.96%) Average annual rate: 1.32 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nepal 0.622 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.622 +0.017 +2.81%
2022 0.605 +0.009 +1.51%
2021 0.596 −0.003 −0.5%
2020 0.599 −0.005 −0.83%
2019 0.604 +0.008 +1.34%
2018 0.596 +0.008 +1.36%
2017 0.588 +0.008 +1.38%
2016 0.58 +0.005 +0.87%
2015 0.575 +0.001 +0.17%
2014 0.574 +0.004 +0.7%
2013 0.57 +0.005 +0.88%
2012 0.565 +0.006 +1.07%
2011 0.559 +0.008 +1.45%
2010 0.551 +0.013 +2.42%
2009 0.538 +0.012 +2.28%
2008 0.526 +0.01 +1.94%
2007 0.516 +0.004 +0.78%
2006 0.512 +0.012 +2.4%
2005 0.5 +0.007 +1.42%
2004 0.493 +0.007 +1.44%
2003 0.486 +0.007 +1.46%
2002 0.479 +0.007 +1.48%
2001 0.472 +0.001 +0.21%
2000 0.471 +0.007 +1.51%
1999 0.464 +0.005 +1.09%
1998 0.459 +0.006 +1.32%
1997 0.453 +0.006 +1.34%
1996 0.447 +0.009 +2.05%
1995 0.438 +0.005 +1.15%
1994 0.433 +0.008 +1.88%
1993 0.425 +0.005 +1.19%
1992 0.42 +0.008 +1.94%
1991 0.412 +0.008 +1.98%
1990 0.404

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.