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Human development index — Norway

Human development index in Norway in 2023 — 0.97 index. Ranked 2 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.3%.

2023 0.97 index +0.31% vs 2022
World rank 2of 193
Period maximum 0.97 index2023
Period minimum 0.856 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Norway, 1990–20230.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.856 index1991: 0.863 index1992: 0.868 index1993: 0.875 index1994: 0.89 index1995: 0.887 index1996: 0.894 index1997: 0.9 index1998: 0.908 index1999: 0.913 index2000: 0.924 index2001: 0.923 index2002: 0.923 index2003: 0.93 index2004: 0.937 index2005: 0.939 index2006: 0.942 index2007: 0.943 index2008: 0.943 index2009: 0.944 index2010: 0.947 index2011: 0.949 index2012: 0.95 index2013: 0.953 index2014: 0.956 index2015: 0.959 index2016: 0.962 index2017: 0.965 index2018: 0.966 index2019: 0.967 index2020: 0.969 index2021: 0.969 index2022: 0.967 index2023: 0.97 index
Change over the period: +0.114 (+13.32%) Average annual rate: 0.38 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Norway 0.97 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Northern Europe computed 0.947 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.97 +0.003 +0.31%
2022 0.967 −0.002 −0.21%
2021 0.969 +0 +0%
2020 0.969 +0.002 +0.21%
2019 0.967 +0.001 +0.1%
2018 0.966 +0.001 +0.1%
2017 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2016 0.962 +0.003 +0.31%
2015 0.959 +0.003 +0.31%
2014 0.956 +0.003 +0.31%
2013 0.953 +0.003 +0.32%
2012 0.95 +0.001 +0.11%
2011 0.949 +0.002 +0.21%
2010 0.947 +0.003 +0.32%
2009 0.944 +0.001 +0.11%
2008 0.943 +0 +0%
2007 0.943 +0.001 +0.11%
2006 0.942 +0.003 +0.32%
2005 0.939 +0.002 +0.21%
2004 0.937 +0.007 +0.75%
2003 0.93 +0.007 +0.76%
2002 0.923 +0 +0%
2001 0.923 −0.001 −0.11%
2000 0.924 +0.011 +1.2%
1999 0.913 +0.005 +0.55%
1998 0.908 +0.008 +0.89%
1997 0.9 +0.006 +0.67%
1996 0.894 +0.007 +0.79%
1995 0.887 −0.003 −0.34%
1994 0.89 +0.015 +1.71%
1993 0.875 +0.007 +0.81%
1992 0.868 +0.005 +0.58%
1991 0.863 +0.007 +0.82%
1990 0.856 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

IS Iceland 0.972 NO Norway 0.97 DK Denmark 0.962 SE Sweden 0.959 IE Ireland 0.949 FI Finland 0.948 GB United Kingdom 0.946 EE Estonia 0.905 LT Lithuania 0.895 LV Latvia 0.889
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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