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Human development index — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Human development index in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2023 — 0.798 index. Ranked 76 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14%.

2023 0.798 index +0.5% vs 2022
World rank 76of 193
Period maximum 0.798 index2023
Period minimum 0.7 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2000–20230.6750.70.7250.750.7750.82000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.7 index2001: 0.704 index2002: 0.71 index2003: 0.715 index2004: 0.719 index2005: 0.724 index2006: 0.731 index2007: 0.737 index2008: 0.741 index2009: 0.745 index2010: 0.746 index2011: 0.749 index2012: 0.753 index2013: 0.755 index2014: 0.759 index2015: 0.765 index2016: 0.771 index2017: 0.778 index2018: 0.783 index2019: 0.787 index2020: 0.781 index2021: 0.781 index2022: 0.794 index2023: 0.798 index
Change over the period: +0.098 (+14%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.798 +0.004 +0.5%
2022 0.794 +0.013 +1.66%
2021 0.781 +0 +0%
2020 0.781 −0.006 −0.76%
2019 0.787 +0.004 +0.51%
2018 0.783 +0.005 +0.64%
2017 0.778 +0.007 +0.91%
2016 0.771 +0.006 +0.78%
2015 0.765 +0.006 +0.79%
2014 0.759 +0.004 +0.53%
2013 0.755 +0.002 +0.27%
2012 0.753 +0.004 +0.53%
2011 0.749 +0.003 +0.4%
2010 0.746 +0.001 +0.13%
2009 0.745 +0.004 +0.54%
2008 0.741 +0.004 +0.54%
2007 0.737 +0.006 +0.82%
2006 0.731 +0.007 +0.97%
2005 0.724 +0.005 +0.7%
2004 0.719 +0.004 +0.56%
2003 0.715 +0.005 +0.7%
2002 0.71 +0.006 +0.85%
2001 0.704 +0.004 +0.57%
2000 0.7

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.