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Human development index — Palestine

Human development index in Palestine in 2023 — 0.674 index. Ranked 133 in the world out of 193. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 3.1%.

2023 0.674 index −8.05% vs 2022
World rank 133of 193
Period maximum 0.733 index2022
Period minimum 0.654 index2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Palestine, 2004–20230.640.660.680.70.720.74200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.654 index2005: 0.663 index2006: 0.664 index2007: 0.674 index2008: 0.679 index2009: 0.685 index2010: 0.691 index2011: 0.698 index2012: 0.704 index2013: 0.706 index2014: 0.7 index2015: 0.712 index2016: 0.717 index2017: 0.721 index2018: 0.725 index2019: 0.729 index2020: 0.718 index2021: 0.718 index2022: 0.733 index2023: 0.674 index
Change over the period: +0.02 (+3.06%) Average annual rate: 0.16 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 0.674 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.674 −0.059 −8.05%
2022 0.733 +0.015 +2.09%
2021 0.718 +0 +0%
2020 0.718 −0.011 −1.51%
2019 0.729 +0.004 +0.55%
2018 0.725 +0.004 +0.55%
2017 0.721 +0.004 +0.56%
2016 0.717 +0.005 +0.7%
2015 0.712 +0.012 +1.71%
2014 0.7 −0.006 −0.85%
2013 0.706 +0.002 +0.28%
2012 0.704 +0.006 +0.86%
2011 0.698 +0.007 +1.01%
2010 0.691 +0.006 +0.88%
2009 0.685 +0.006 +0.88%
2008 0.679 +0.005 +0.74%
2007 0.674 +0.01 +1.51%
2006 0.664 +0.001 +0.15%
2005 0.663 +0.009 +1.38%
2004 0.654 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

AE United Arab Emirates 0.94 IL Israel 0.919 CY Cyprus 0.913 SA Saudi Arabia 0.9 BH Bahrain 0.899 QA Qatar 0.886 OM Oman 0.858 TR Türkiye 0.853 KW Kuwait 0.852 GE Georgia 0.844 AM Armenia 0.811 AZ Azerbaijan 0.789 JO Jordan 0.754 LB Lebanon 0.752 IQ Iraq 0.695 PS Palestine 0.674 SY Syria 0.564 YE Yemen 0.47
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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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