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Human development index — Samoa

Human development index in Samoa in 2023 — 0.708 index. Ranked 122 in the world out of 193. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 8.1%.

2023 0.708 index +0.71% vs 2022
World rank 122of 193
Period maximum 0.712 index2016
Period minimum 0.655 index1995

Trend over time

1995–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Samoa, 1995–20230.640.660.680.70.7219951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 0.655 index1996: 0.663 index1997: 0.665 index1998: 0.669 index1999: 0.672 index2000: 0.676 index2001: 0.683 index2002: 0.682 index2003: 0.687 index2004: 0.691 index2005: 0.694 index2006: 0.697 index2007: 0.701 index2008: 0.702 index2009: 0.694 index2010: 0.708 index2011: 0.711 index2012: 0.707 index2013: 0.706 index2014: 0.706 index2015: 0.708 index2016: 0.712 index2017: 0.712 index2018: 0.711 index2019: 0.708 index2020: 0.708 index2021: 0.706 index2022: 0.703 index2023: 0.708 index
Change over the period: +0.053 (+8.09%) Average annual rate: 0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Samoa 0.708 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.708 +0.005 +0.71%
2022 0.703 −0.003 −0.42%
2021 0.706 −0.002 −0.28%
2020 0.708 +0 +0%
2019 0.708 −0.003 −0.42%
2018 0.711 −0.001 −0.14%
2017 0.712 +0 +0%
2016 0.712 +0.004 +0.56%
2015 0.708 +0.002 +0.28%
2014 0.706 +0 +0%
2013 0.706 −0.001 −0.14%
2012 0.707 −0.004 −0.56%
2011 0.711 +0.003 +0.42%
2010 0.708 +0.014 +2.02%
2009 0.694 −0.008 −1.14%
2008 0.702 +0.001 +0.14%
2007 0.701 +0.004 +0.57%
2006 0.697 +0.003 +0.43%
2005 0.694 +0.003 +0.43%
2004 0.691 +0.004 +0.58%
2003 0.687 +0.005 +0.73%
2002 0.682 −0.001 −0.15%
2001 0.683 +0.007 +1.04%
2000 0.676 +0.004 +0.6%
1999 0.672 +0.003 +0.45%
1998 0.669 +0.004 +0.6%
1997 0.665 +0.002 +0.3%
1996 0.663 +0.008 +1.22%
1995 0.655 — —

Polynesia, 2023

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

TO Tonga 0.769 WS Samoa 0.708 TV Tuvalu 0.689
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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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