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Human development index — Nigeria

Human development index in Nigeria in 2023 — 0.56 index. Ranked 164 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 47.8%.

2023 0.56 index +0.54% vs 2022
World rank 164of 193
Period maximum 0.56 index2023
Period minimum 0.379 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Nigeria, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.550.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.379 index1991: 0.383 index1992: 0.388 index1993: 0.393 index1994: 0.397 index1995: 0.402 index1996: 0.408 index1997: 0.413 index1998: 0.419 index1999: 0.425 index2000: 0.435 index2001: 0.438 index2002: 0.451 index2003: 0.464 index2004: 0.477 index2005: 0.484 index2006: 0.489 index2007: 0.492 index2008: 0.497 index2009: 0.499 index2010: 0.502 index2011: 0.508 index2012: 0.512 index2013: 0.517 index2014: 0.524 index2015: 0.53 index2016: 0.532 index2017: 0.534 index2018: 0.537 index2019: 0.544 index2020: 0.547 index2021: 0.554 index2022: 0.557 index2023: 0.56 index
Change over the period: +0.181 (+47.76%) Average annual rate: 1.19 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 0.56 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.56 +0.003 +0.54%
2022 0.557 +0.003 +0.54%
2021 0.554 +0.007 +1.28%
2020 0.547 +0.003 +0.55%
2019 0.544 +0.007 +1.3%
2018 0.537 +0.003 +0.56%
2017 0.534 +0.002 +0.38%
2016 0.532 +0.002 +0.38%
2015 0.53 +0.006 +1.15%
2014 0.524 +0.007 +1.35%
2013 0.517 +0.005 +0.98%
2012 0.512 +0.004 +0.79%
2011 0.508 +0.006 +1.2%
2010 0.502 +0.003 +0.6%
2009 0.499 +0.002 +0.4%
2008 0.497 +0.005 +1.02%
2007 0.492 +0.003 +0.61%
2006 0.489 +0.005 +1.03%
2005 0.484 +0.007 +1.47%
2004 0.477 +0.013 +2.8%
2003 0.464 +0.013 +2.88%
2002 0.451 +0.013 +2.97%
2001 0.438 +0.003 +0.69%
2000 0.435 +0.01 +2.35%
1999 0.425 +0.006 +1.43%
1998 0.419 +0.006 +1.45%
1997 0.413 +0.005 +1.23%
1996 0.408 +0.006 +1.49%
1995 0.402 +0.005 +1.26%
1994 0.397 +0.004 +1.02%
1993 0.393 +0.005 +1.29%
1992 0.388 +0.005 +1.31%
1991 0.383 +0.004 +1.06%
1990 0.379

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.