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Human development index — Senegal

Human development index in Senegal in 2023 — 0.53 index. Ranked 169 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 40.6%.

2023 0.53 index +0.76% vs 2022
World rank 169of 193
Period maximum 0.53 index2023
Period minimum 0.377 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Senegal, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.377 index1991: 0.379 index1992: 0.381 index1993: 0.382 index1994: 0.382 index1995: 0.384 index1996: 0.385 index1997: 0.386 index1998: 0.389 index1999: 0.392 index2000: 0.398 index2001: 0.404 index2002: 0.409 index2003: 0.416 index2004: 0.423 index2005: 0.43 index2006: 0.438 index2007: 0.45 index2008: 0.462 index2009: 0.47 index2010: 0.477 index2011: 0.491 index2012: 0.499 index2013: 0.504 index2014: 0.508 index2015: 0.509 index2016: 0.516 index2017: 0.517 index2018: 0.522 index2019: 0.52 index2020: 0.522 index2021: 0.522 index2022: 0.526 index2023: 0.53 index
Change over the period: +0.153 (+40.58%) Average annual rate: 1.04 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 0.53 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.53 +0.004 +0.76%
2022 0.526 +0.004 +0.77%
2021 0.522 +0 +0%
2020 0.522 +0.002 +0.38%
2019 0.52 −0.002 −0.38%
2018 0.522 +0.005 +0.97%
2017 0.517 +0.001 +0.19%
2016 0.516 +0.007 +1.38%
2015 0.509 +0.001 +0.2%
2014 0.508 +0.004 +0.79%
2013 0.504 +0.005 +1%
2012 0.499 +0.008 +1.63%
2011 0.491 +0.014 +2.94%
2010 0.477 +0.007 +1.49%
2009 0.47 +0.008 +1.73%
2008 0.462 +0.012 +2.67%
2007 0.45 +0.012 +2.74%
2006 0.438 +0.008 +1.86%
2005 0.43 +0.007 +1.65%
2004 0.423 +0.007 +1.68%
2003 0.416 +0.007 +1.71%
2002 0.409 +0.005 +1.24%
2001 0.404 +0.006 +1.51%
2000 0.398 +0.006 +1.53%
1999 0.392 +0.003 +0.77%
1998 0.389 +0.003 +0.78%
1997 0.386 +0.001 +0.26%
1996 0.385 +0.001 +0.26%
1995 0.384 +0.002 +0.52%
1994 0.382 +0 +0%
1993 0.382 +0.001 +0.26%
1992 0.381 +0.002 +0.53%
1991 0.379 +0.002 +0.53%
1990 0.377

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.