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Human development index — Nicaragua

Human development index in Nicaragua in 2023 — 0.706 index. Ranked 123 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 37.1%.

2023 0.706 index +0.71% vs 2022
World rank 123of 193
Period maximum 0.706 index2023
Period minimum 0.515 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Nicaragua, 1990–20230.50.550.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.515 index1991: 0.526 index1992: 0.531 index1993: 0.534 index1994: 0.54 index1995: 0.549 index1996: 0.559 index1997: 0.568 index1998: 0.569 index1999: 0.585 index2000: 0.593 index2001: 0.601 index2002: 0.609 index2003: 0.615 index2004: 0.623 index2005: 0.63 index2006: 0.636 index2007: 0.642 index2008: 0.646 index2009: 0.646 index2010: 0.651 index2011: 0.657 index2012: 0.664 index2013: 0.668 index2014: 0.674 index2015: 0.679 index2016: 0.684 index2017: 0.688 index2018: 0.69 index2019: 0.69 index2020: 0.676 index2021: 0.682 index2022: 0.701 index2023: 0.706 index
Change over the period: +0.191 (+37.09%) Average annual rate: 0.96 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nicaragua 0.706 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Central America computed 0.763 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.706 +0.005 +0.71%
2022 0.701 +0.019 +2.79%
2021 0.682 +0.006 +0.89%
2020 0.676 −0.014 −2.03%
2019 0.69 +0 +0%
2018 0.69 +0.002 +0.29%
2017 0.688 +0.004 +0.58%
2016 0.684 +0.005 +0.74%
2015 0.679 +0.005 +0.74%
2014 0.674 +0.006 +0.9%
2013 0.668 +0.004 +0.6%
2012 0.664 +0.007 +1.07%
2011 0.657 +0.006 +0.92%
2010 0.651 +0.005 +0.77%
2009 0.646 +0 +0%
2008 0.646 +0.004 +0.62%
2007 0.642 +0.006 +0.94%
2006 0.636 +0.006 +0.95%
2005 0.63 +0.007 +1.12%
2004 0.623 +0.008 +1.3%
2003 0.615 +0.006 +0.99%
2002 0.609 +0.008 +1.33%
2001 0.601 +0.008 +1.35%
2000 0.593 +0.008 +1.37%
1999 0.585 +0.016 +2.81%
1998 0.569 +0.001 +0.18%
1997 0.568 +0.009 +1.61%
1996 0.559 +0.01 +1.82%
1995 0.549 +0.009 +1.67%
1994 0.54 +0.006 +1.12%
1993 0.534 +0.003 +0.56%
1992 0.531 +0.005 +0.95%
1991 0.526 +0.011 +2.14%
1990 0.515 — —

Central America, 2023

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

PA Panama 0.839 CR Costa Rica 0.833 MX Mexico 0.789 BZ Belize 0.721 NI Nicaragua 0.706 SV El Salvador 0.678 GT Guatemala 0.662 HN Honduras 0.645
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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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