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Human development index — Rwanda

Human development index in Rwanda in 2023 — 0.578 index. Ranked 159 in the world out of 193. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 96.6%.

2023 0.578 index +1.4% vs 2022
World rank 159of 193
Period maximum 0.578 index2023
Period minimum 0.294 index1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Rwanda, 1995–20230.20.30.40.50.619951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.294 index1996: 0.297 index1997: 0.295 index1998: 0.304 index1999: 0.317 index2000: 0.34 index2001: 0.37 index2002: 0.385 index2003: 0.398 index2004: 0.417 index2005: 0.433 index2006: 0.452 index2007: 0.467 index2008: 0.479 index2009: 0.493 index2010: 0.504 index2011: 0.512 index2012: 0.521 index2013: 0.499 index2014: 0.525 index2015: 0.525 index2016: 0.534 index2017: 0.539 index2018: 0.54 index2019: 0.55 index2020: 0.555 index2021: 0.562 index2022: 0.57 index2023: 0.578 index
Change over the period: +0.284 (+96.6%) Average annual rate: 2.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 0.578 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.578 +0.008 +1.4%
2022 0.57 +0.008 +1.42%
2021 0.562 +0.007 +1.26%
2020 0.555 +0.005 +0.91%
2019 0.55 +0.01 +1.85%
2018 0.54 +0.001 +0.19%
2017 0.539 +0.005 +0.94%
2016 0.534 +0.009 +1.71%
2015 0.525 +0 +0%
2014 0.525 +0.026 +5.21%
2013 0.499 −0.022 −4.22%
2012 0.521 +0.009 +1.76%
2011 0.512 +0.008 +1.59%
2010 0.504 +0.011 +2.23%
2009 0.493 +0.014 +2.92%
2008 0.479 +0.012 +2.57%
2007 0.467 +0.015 +3.32%
2006 0.452 +0.019 +4.39%
2005 0.433 +0.016 +3.84%
2004 0.417 +0.019 +4.77%
2003 0.398 +0.013 +3.38%
2002 0.385 +0.015 +4.05%
2001 0.37 +0.03 +8.82%
2000 0.34 +0.023 +7.26%
1999 0.317 +0.013 +4.28%
1998 0.304 +0.009 +3.05%
1997 0.295 −0.002 −0.67%
1996 0.297 +0.003 +1.02%
1995 0.294 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 0.848 MU Mauritius 0.806 KE Kenya 0.628 KM Comoros 0.603 ZW Zimbabwe 0.598 ZM Zambia 0.595 UG Uganda 0.582 RW Rwanda 0.578 TZ Tanzania 0.555 MW Malawi 0.517 DJ Djibouti 0.513 ER Eritrea 0.503 ET Ethiopia 0.497 MZ Mozambique 0.493 MG Madagascar 0.487 BI Burundi 0.439 SO Somalia 0.404 SS South Sudan 0.388
Full table for all countries

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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