Human development index — all countries

Human development index — OECD

Human development index in the OECD in 2023 — 0.909 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 14.4%.

2023 0.909 index +0.6% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.909 index2023
Period minimum 0.794 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — OECD, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.794 index1991: 0.798 index1992: 0.803 index1993: 0.808 index1994: 0.814 index1995: 0.818 index1996: 0.823 index1997: 0.828 index1998: 0.832 index1999: 0.836 index2000: 0.84 index2001: 0.844 index2002: 0.848 index2003: 0.852 index2004: 0.857 index2005: 0.861 index2006: 0.865 index2007: 0.869 index2008: 0.871 index2009: 0.872 index2010: 0.877 index2011: 0.88 index2012: 0.883 index2013: 0.888 index2014: 0.891 index2015: 0.893 index2016: 0.896 index2017: 0.898 index2018: 0.901 index2019: 0.903 index2020: 0.895 index2021: 0.897 index2022: 0.903 index2023: 0.909 index
Change over the period: +0.114 (+14.37%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 0.909 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.909 +0.005 +0.6%
2022 0.903 +0.006 +0.68%
2021 0.897 +0.002 +0.18%
2020 0.895 −0.008 −0.88%
2019 0.903 +0.003 +0.3%
2018 0.901 +0.002 +0.27%
2017 0.898 +0.002 +0.28%
2016 0.896 +0.003 +0.3%
2015 0.893 +0.002 +0.27%
2014 0.891 +0.003 +0.33%
2013 0.888 +0.005 +0.59%
2012 0.883 +0.003 +0.33%
2011 0.88 +0.003 +0.34%
2010 0.877 +0.005 +0.58%
2009 0.872 +0.001 +0.14%
2008 0.871 +0.002 +0.19%
2007 0.869 +0.004 +0.42%
2006 0.865 +0.004 +0.52%
2005 0.861 +0.004 +0.43%
2004 0.857 +0.005 +0.61%
2003 0.852 +0.004 +0.45%
2002 0.848 +0.004 +0.45%
2001 0.844 +0.004 +0.5%
2000 0.84 +0.005 +0.55%
1999 0.836 +0.003 +0.39%
1998 0.832 +0.004 +0.51%
1997 0.828 +0.005 +0.64%
1996 0.823 +0.005 +0.65%
1995 0.818 +0.003 +0.42%
1994 0.814 +0.006 +0.79%
1993 0.808 +0.005 +0.62%
1992 0.803 +0.005 +0.62%
1991 0.798 +0.003 +0.43%
1990 0.794

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.