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Human development index — Netherlands

Human development index in the Netherlands in 2023 — 0.955 index. Ranked 8 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 11.7%.

2023 0.955 index +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 8of 193
Period maximum 0.955 index2023
Period minimum 0.855 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Netherlands, 1990–20230.850.8750.90.9250.950.9751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.855 index1991: 0.86 index1992: 0.861 index1993: 0.863 index1994: 0.889 index1995: 0.886 index1996: 0.89 index1997: 0.891 index1998: 0.893 index1999: 0.894 index2000: 0.9 index2001: 0.902 index2002: 0.898 index2003: 0.901 index2004: 0.904 index2005: 0.907 index2006: 0.914 index2007: 0.92 index2008: 0.92 index2009: 0.92 index2010: 0.925 index2011: 0.935 index2012: 0.935 index2013: 0.937 index2014: 0.939 index2015: 0.94 index2016: 0.941 index2017: 0.945 index2018: 0.947 index2019: 0.95 index2020: 0.945 index2021: 0.951 index2022: 0.953 index2023: 0.955 index
Change over the period: +0.1 (+11.7%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Netherlands 0.955 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Western Europe computed 0.944 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.955 +0.002 +0.21%
2022 0.953 +0.002 +0.21%
2021 0.951 +0.006 +0.63%
2020 0.945 −0.005 −0.53%
2019 0.95 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.947 +0.002 +0.21%
2017 0.945 +0.004 +0.43%
2016 0.941 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.94 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.939 +0.002 +0.21%
2013 0.937 +0.002 +0.21%
2012 0.935 +0 +0%
2011 0.935 +0.01 +1.08%
2010 0.925 +0.005 +0.54%
2009 0.92 +0 +0%
2008 0.92 +0 +0%
2007 0.92 +0.006 +0.66%
2006 0.914 +0.007 +0.77%
2005 0.907 +0.003 +0.33%
2004 0.904 +0.003 +0.33%
2003 0.901 +0.003 +0.33%
2002 0.898 −0.004 −0.44%
2001 0.902 +0.002 +0.22%
2000 0.9 +0.006 +0.67%
1999 0.894 +0.001 +0.11%
1998 0.893 +0.002 +0.22%
1997 0.891 +0.001 +0.11%
1996 0.89 +0.004 +0.45%
1995 0.886 −0.003 −0.34%
1994 0.889 +0.026 +3.01%
1993 0.863 +0.002 +0.23%
1992 0.861 +0.001 +0.12%
1991 0.86 +0.005 +0.58%
1990 0.855 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

CH Switzerland 0.97 DE Germany 0.959 NL Netherlands 0.955 BE Belgium 0.951 LI Liechtenstein 0.938 AT Austria 0.93 LU Luxembourg 0.922 FR France 0.92
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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