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Human development index — Poland

Human development index in Poland in 2023 — 0.906 index. Ranked 35 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 25.5%.

2023 0.906 index +0.44% vs 2022
World rank 35of 193
Period maximum 0.906 index2023
Period minimum 0.72 index1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Poland, 1990–20230.70.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.722 index1991: 0.72 index1992: 0.724 index1993: 0.737 index1994: 0.747 index1995: 0.754 index1996: 0.763 index1997: 0.775 index1998: 0.784 index1999: 0.793 index2000: 0.801 index2001: 0.809 index2002: 0.816 index2003: 0.822 index2004: 0.82 index2005: 0.826 index2006: 0.831 index2007: 0.836 index2008: 0.841 index2009: 0.846 index2010: 0.852 index2011: 0.858 index2012: 0.863 index2013: 0.873 index2014: 0.873 index2015: 0.879 index2016: 0.884 index2017: 0.882 index2018: 0.884 index2019: 0.887 index2020: 0.88 index2021: 0.884 index2022: 0.902 index2023: 0.906 index
Change over the period: +0.184 (+25.48%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Poland 0.906 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Eastern Europe computed 0.84 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.906 +0.004 +0.44%
2022 0.902 +0.018 +2.04%
2021 0.884 +0.004 +0.45%
2020 0.88 −0.007 −0.79%
2019 0.887 +0.003 +0.34%
2018 0.884 +0.002 +0.23%
2017 0.882 −0.002 −0.23%
2016 0.884 +0.005 +0.57%
2015 0.879 +0.006 +0.69%
2014 0.873 +0 +0%
2013 0.873 +0.01 +1.16%
2012 0.863 +0.005 +0.58%
2011 0.858 +0.006 +0.7%
2010 0.852 +0.006 +0.71%
2009 0.846 +0.005 +0.59%
2008 0.841 +0.005 +0.6%
2007 0.836 +0.005 +0.6%
2006 0.831 +0.005 +0.61%
2005 0.826 +0.006 +0.73%
2004 0.82 −0.002 −0.24%
2003 0.822 +0.006 +0.74%
2002 0.816 +0.007 +0.87%
2001 0.809 +0.008 +1%
2000 0.801 +0.008 +1.01%
1999 0.793 +0.009 +1.15%
1998 0.784 +0.009 +1.16%
1997 0.775 +0.012 +1.57%
1996 0.763 +0.009 +1.19%
1995 0.754 +0.007 +0.94%
1994 0.747 +0.01 +1.36%
1993 0.737 +0.013 +1.8%
1992 0.724 +0.004 +0.56%
1991 0.72 −0.002 −0.28%
1990 0.722

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.