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Human development index — Qatar

Human development index in Qatar in 2023 — 0.886 index. Ranked 43 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.5%.

2023 0.886 index +0.34% vs 2022
World rank 43of 193
Period maximum 0.886 index2023
Period minimum 0.767 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Qatar, 1990–20230.750.80.850.91990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.767 index1991: 0.768 index1992: 0.77 index1993: 0.778 index1994: 0.784 index1995: 0.788 index1996: 0.791 index1997: 0.794 index1998: 0.796 index1999: 0.796 index2000: 0.795 index2001: 0.795 index2002: 0.798 index2003: 0.804 index2004: 0.807 index2005: 0.815 index2006: 0.822 index2007: 0.831 index2008: 0.839 index2009: 0.838 index2010: 0.834 index2011: 0.835 index2012: 0.846 index2013: 0.859 index2014: 0.857 index2015: 0.86 index2016: 0.861 index2017: 0.87 index2018: 0.876 index2019: 0.88 index2020: 0.872 index2021: 0.866 index2022: 0.883 index2023: 0.886 index
Change over the period: +0.119 (+15.51%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Qatar 0.886 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.886 +0.003 +0.34%
2022 0.883 +0.017 +1.96%
2021 0.866 −0.006 −0.69%
2020 0.872 −0.008 −0.91%
2019 0.88 +0.004 +0.46%
2018 0.876 +0.006 +0.69%
2017 0.87 +0.009 +1.05%
2016 0.861 +0.001 +0.12%
2015 0.86 +0.003 +0.35%
2014 0.857 −0.002 −0.23%
2013 0.859 +0.013 +1.54%
2012 0.846 +0.011 +1.32%
2011 0.835 +0.001 +0.12%
2010 0.834 −0.004 −0.48%
2009 0.838 −0.001 −0.12%
2008 0.839 +0.008 +0.96%
2007 0.831 +0.009 +1.09%
2006 0.822 +0.007 +0.86%
2005 0.815 +0.008 +0.99%
2004 0.807 +0.003 +0.37%
2003 0.804 +0.006 +0.75%
2002 0.798 +0.003 +0.38%
2001 0.795 +0 +0%
2000 0.795 −0.001 −0.13%
1999 0.796 +0 +0%
1998 0.796 +0.002 +0.25%
1997 0.794 +0.003 +0.38%
1996 0.791 +0.003 +0.38%
1995 0.788 +0.004 +0.51%
1994 0.784 +0.006 +0.77%
1993 0.778 +0.008 +1.04%
1992 0.77 +0.002 +0.26%
1991 0.768 +0.001 +0.13%
1990 0.767

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.