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Human development index — Romania

Human development index in Romania in 2023 — 0.845 index. Ranked 55 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 17.5%.

2023 0.845 index +0.6% vs 2022
World rank 55of 193
Period maximum 0.845 index2023
Period minimum 0.692 index1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Romania, 1990–20230.650.70.750.80.851990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.719 index1991: 0.705 index1992: 0.694 index1993: 0.692 index1994: 0.695 index1995: 0.701 index1996: 0.707 index1997: 0.709 index1998: 0.715 index1999: 0.724 index2000: 0.73 index2001: 0.737 index2002: 0.745 index2003: 0.749 index2004: 0.757 index2005: 0.765 index2006: 0.781 index2007: 0.792 index2008: 0.815 index2009: 0.826 index2010: 0.822 index2011: 0.823 index2012: 0.817 index2013: 0.821 index2014: 0.82 index2015: 0.823 index2016: 0.823 index2017: 0.828 index2018: 0.833 index2019: 0.838 index2020: 0.832 index2021: 0.829 index2022: 0.84 index2023: 0.845 index
Change over the period: +0.126 (+17.52%) Average annual rate: 0.49 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Romania 0.845 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 — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.845 +0.005 +0.6%
2022 0.84 +0.011 +1.33%
2021 0.829 −0.003 −0.36%
2020 0.832 −0.006 −0.72%
2019 0.838 +0.005 +0.6%
2018 0.833 +0.005 +0.6%
2017 0.828 +0.005 +0.61%
2016 0.823 +0 +0%
2015 0.823 +0.003 +0.37%
2014 0.82 −0.001 −0.12%
2013 0.821 +0.004 +0.49%
2012 0.817 −0.006 −0.73%
2011 0.823 +0.001 +0.12%
2010 0.822 −0.004 −0.48%
2009 0.826 +0.011 +1.35%
2008 0.815 +0.023 +2.9%
2007 0.792 +0.011 +1.41%
2006 0.781 +0.016 +2.09%
2005 0.765 +0.008 +1.06%
2004 0.757 +0.008 +1.07%
2003 0.749 +0.004 +0.54%
2002 0.745 +0.008 +1.09%
2001 0.737 +0.007 +0.96%
2000 0.73 +0.006 +0.83%
1999 0.724 +0.009 +1.26%
1998 0.715 +0.006 +0.85%
1997 0.709 +0.002 +0.28%
1996 0.707 +0.006 +0.86%
1995 0.701 +0.006 +0.86%
1994 0.695 +0.003 +0.43%
1993 0.692 −0.002 −0.29%
1992 0.694 −0.011 −1.56%
1991 0.705 −0.014 −1.95%
1990 0.719

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.