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Human development index — New Zealand

Human development index in New Zealand in 2023 — 0.938 index. Ranked 17 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.7%.

2023 0.938 index +0.54% vs 2022
World rank 17of 193
Period maximum 0.94 index2020
Period minimum 0.811 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — New Zealand, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.811 index1991: 0.813 index1992: 0.822 index1993: 0.838 index1994: 0.852 index1995: 0.858 index1996: 0.862 index1997: 0.871 index1998: 0.881 index1999: 0.886 index2000: 0.896 index2001: 0.902 index2002: 0.905 index2003: 0.91 index2004: 0.912 index2005: 0.917 index2006: 0.918 index2007: 0.921 index2008: 0.92 index2009: 0.923 index2010: 0.926 index2011: 0.927 index2012: 0.929 index2013: 0.933 index2014: 0.932 index2015: 0.934 index2016: 0.938 index2017: 0.936 index2018: 0.938 index2019: 0.938 index2020: 0.94 index2021: 0.939 index2022: 0.933 index2023: 0.938 index
Change over the period: +0.127 (+15.66%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

New Zealand 0.938 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Australia and New Zealand computed 0.955 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.938 +0.005 +0.54%
2022 0.933 −0.006 −0.64%
2021 0.939 −0.001 −0.11%
2020 0.94 +0.002 +0.21%
2019 0.938 +0 +0%
2018 0.938 +0.002 +0.21%
2017 0.936 −0.002 −0.21%
2016 0.938 +0.004 +0.43%
2015 0.934 +0.002 +0.21%
2014 0.932 −0.001 −0.11%
2013 0.933 +0.004 +0.43%
2012 0.929 +0.002 +0.22%
2011 0.927 +0.001 +0.11%
2010 0.926 +0.003 +0.33%
2009 0.923 +0.003 +0.33%
2008 0.92 −0.001 −0.11%
2007 0.921 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.918 +0.001 +0.11%
2005 0.917 +0.005 +0.55%
2004 0.912 +0.002 +0.22%
2003 0.91 +0.005 +0.55%
2002 0.905 +0.003 +0.33%
2001 0.902 +0.006 +0.67%
2000 0.896 +0.01 +1.13%
1999 0.886 +0.005 +0.57%
1998 0.881 +0.01 +1.15%
1997 0.871 +0.009 +1.04%
1996 0.862 +0.004 +0.47%
1995 0.858 +0.006 +0.7%
1994 0.852 +0.014 +1.67%
1993 0.838 +0.016 +1.95%
1992 0.822 +0.009 +1.11%
1991 0.813 +0.002 +0.25%
1990 0.811 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2023

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

AU Australia 0.958 NZ New Zealand 0.938
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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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