Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Saudi Arabia

Human development index in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 0.9 index. Ranked 37 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 34.3%.

2023 0.9 index +0.78% vs 2022
World rank 37of 193
Period maximum 0.9 index2023
Period minimum 0.67 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Saudi Arabia, 1990–20230.60.70.80.91990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.67 index1991: 0.681 index1992: 0.688 index1993: 0.693 index1994: 0.699 index1995: 0.705 index1996: 0.711 index1997: 0.718 index1998: 0.725 index1999: 0.729 index2000: 0.737 index2001: 0.744 index2002: 0.75 index2003: 0.762 index2004: 0.773 index2005: 0.782 index2006: 0.785 index2007: 0.786 index2008: 0.792 index2009: 0.794 index2010: 0.801 index2011: 0.811 index2012: 0.819 index2013: 0.827 index2014: 0.841 index2015: 0.851 index2016: 0.86 index2017: 0.869 index2018: 0.875 index2019: 0.878 index2020: 0.875 index2021: 0.878 index2022: 0.893 index2023: 0.9 index
Change over the period: +0.23 (+34.33%) Average annual rate: 0.9 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Saudi Arabia 0.9 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 — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.9 +0.007 +0.78%
2022 0.893 +0.015 +1.71%
2021 0.878 +0.003 +0.34%
2020 0.875 −0.003 −0.34%
2019 0.878 +0.003 +0.34%
2018 0.875 +0.006 +0.69%
2017 0.869 +0.009 +1.05%
2016 0.86 +0.009 +1.06%
2015 0.851 +0.01 +1.19%
2014 0.841 +0.014 +1.69%
2013 0.827 +0.008 +0.98%
2012 0.819 +0.008 +0.99%
2011 0.811 +0.01 +1.25%
2010 0.801 +0.007 +0.88%
2009 0.794 +0.002 +0.25%
2008 0.792 +0.006 +0.76%
2007 0.786 +0.001 +0.13%
2006 0.785 +0.003 +0.38%
2005 0.782 +0.009 +1.16%
2004 0.773 +0.011 +1.44%
2003 0.762 +0.012 +1.6%
2002 0.75 +0.006 +0.81%
2001 0.744 +0.007 +0.95%
2000 0.737 +0.008 +1.1%
1999 0.729 +0.004 +0.55%
1998 0.725 +0.007 +0.97%
1997 0.718 +0.007 +0.98%
1996 0.711 +0.006 +0.85%
1995 0.705 +0.006 +0.86%
1994 0.699 +0.006 +0.87%
1993 0.693 +0.005 +0.73%
1992 0.688 +0.007 +1.03%
1991 0.681 +0.011 +1.64%
1990 0.67

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.