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Human development index — Palau

Human development index in Palau in 2023 — 0.786 index. Ranked 84 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.8%.

2023 0.786 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 84of 193
Period maximum 0.806 index2019
Period minimum 0.736 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Palau, 2000–20230.720.740.760.780.80.822000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.736 index2001: 0.741 index2002: 0.746 index2003: 0.749 index2004: 0.755 index2005: 0.761 index2006: 0.765 index2007: 0.771 index2008: 0.773 index2009: 0.776 index2010: 0.779 index2011: 0.784 index2012: 0.787 index2013: 0.791 index2014: 0.795 index2015: 0.802 index2016: 0.804 index2017: 0.804 index2018: 0.805 index2019: 0.806 index2020: 0.799 index2021: 0.789 index2022: 0.786 index2023: 0.786 index
Change over the period: +0.05 (+6.79%) Average annual rate: 0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Palau 0.786 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Micronesia (subregion) computed 0.655 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Palau, by year Palau All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.786 +0 +0%
2022 0.786 −0.003 −0.38%
2021 0.789 −0.01 −1.25%
2020 0.799 −0.007 −0.87%
2019 0.806 +0.001 +0.12%
2018 0.805 +0.001 +0.12%
2017 0.804 +0 +0%
2016 0.804 +0.002 +0.25%
2015 0.802 +0.007 +0.88%
2014 0.795 +0.004 +0.51%
2013 0.791 +0.004 +0.51%
2012 0.787 +0.003 +0.38%
2011 0.784 +0.005 +0.64%
2010 0.779 +0.003 +0.39%
2009 0.776 +0.003 +0.39%
2008 0.773 +0.002 +0.26%
2007 0.771 +0.006 +0.78%
2006 0.765 +0.004 +0.53%
2005 0.761 +0.006 +0.79%
2004 0.755 +0.006 +0.8%
2003 0.749 +0.003 +0.4%
2002 0.746 +0.005 +0.67%
2001 0.741 +0.005 +0.68%
2000 0.736 — —

Micronesia, 2023

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

PW Palau 0.786 MH Marshall Islands 0.733 NR Nauru 0.703 KI Kiribati 0.644 FM Micronesia 0.615
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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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