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Human development index — Pakistan

Human development index in Pakistan in 2023 — 0.544 index. Ranked 168 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 37.4%.

2023 0.544 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 168of 193
Period maximum 0.544 index2022
Period minimum 0.396 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Pakistan, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.396 index1991: 0.4 index1992: 0.405 index1993: 0.408 index1994: 0.412 index1995: 0.415 index1996: 0.42 index1997: 0.422 index1998: 0.426 index1999: 0.431 index2000: 0.436 index2001: 0.443 index2002: 0.45 index2003: 0.458 index2004: 0.472 index2005: 0.48 index2006: 0.489 index2007: 0.495 index2008: 0.496 index2009: 0.497 index2010: 0.5 index2011: 0.504 index2012: 0.508 index2013: 0.512 index2014: 0.522 index2015: 0.527 index2016: 0.535 index2017: 0.537 index2018: 0.538 index2019: 0.54 index2020: 0.536 index2021: 0.537 index2022: 0.544 index2023: 0.544 index
Change over the period: +0.148 (+37.37%) Average annual rate: 0.97 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Pakistan 0.544 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.544 +0 +0%
2022 0.544 +0.007 +1.3%
2021 0.537 +0.001 +0.19%
2020 0.536 −0.004 −0.74%
2019 0.54 +0.002 +0.37%
2018 0.538 +0.001 +0.19%
2017 0.537 +0.002 +0.37%
2016 0.535 +0.008 +1.52%
2015 0.527 +0.005 +0.96%
2014 0.522 +0.01 +1.95%
2013 0.512 +0.004 +0.79%
2012 0.508 +0.004 +0.79%
2011 0.504 +0.004 +0.8%
2010 0.5 +0.003 +0.6%
2009 0.497 +0.001 +0.2%
2008 0.496 +0.001 +0.2%
2007 0.495 +0.006 +1.23%
2006 0.489 +0.009 +1.88%
2005 0.48 +0.008 +1.69%
2004 0.472 +0.014 +3.06%
2003 0.458 +0.008 +1.78%
2002 0.45 +0.007 +1.58%
2001 0.443 +0.007 +1.61%
2000 0.436 +0.005 +1.16%
1999 0.431 +0.005 +1.17%
1998 0.426 +0.004 +0.95%
1997 0.422 +0.002 +0.48%
1996 0.42 +0.005 +1.2%
1995 0.415 +0.003 +0.73%
1994 0.412 +0.004 +0.98%
1993 0.408 +0.003 +0.74%
1992 0.405 +0.005 +1.25%
1991 0.4 +0.004 +1.01%
1990 0.396 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

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

IR Iran 0.799 LK Sri Lanka 0.776 MV Maldives 0.766 BT Bhutan 0.698 BD Bangladesh 0.685 IN India 0.685 NP Nepal 0.622 PK Pakistan 0.544 AF Afghanistan 0.496
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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