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Human development index — Singapore

Human development index in Singapore in 2023 — 0.946 index. Ranked 13 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.5%.

2023 0.946 index +0.42% vs 2022
World rank 13of 193
Period maximum 0.948 index2021
Period minimum 0.819 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Singapore, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.819 index1991: 0.826 index1992: 0.833 index1993: 0.84 index1994: 0.848 index1995: 0.854 index1996: 0.859 index1997: 0.866 index1998: 0.869 index1999: 0.875 index2000: 0.882 index2001: 0.885 index2002: 0.891 index2003: 0.897 index2004: 0.905 index2005: 0.911 index2006: 0.911 index2007: 0.914 index2008: 0.924 index2009: 0.928 index2010: 0.932 index2011: 0.933 index2012: 0.933 index2013: 0.934 index2014: 0.934 index2015: 0.935 index2016: 0.934 index2017: 0.935 index2018: 0.939 index2019: 0.942 index2020: 0.944 index2021: 0.948 index2022: 0.942 index2023: 0.946 index
Change over the period: +0.127 (+15.51%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Singapore 0.946 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.732 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.946 +0.004 +0.42%
2022 0.942 −0.006 −0.63%
2021 0.948 +0.004 +0.42%
2020 0.944 +0.002 +0.21%
2019 0.942 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.939 +0.004 +0.43%
2017 0.935 +0.001 +0.11%
2016 0.934 −0.001 −0.11%
2015 0.935 +0.001 +0.11%
2014 0.934 +0 +0%
2013 0.934 +0.001 +0.11%
2012 0.933 +0 +0%
2011 0.933 +0.001 +0.11%
2010 0.932 +0.004 +0.43%
2009 0.928 +0.004 +0.43%
2008 0.924 +0.01 +1.09%
2007 0.914 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.911 +0 +0%
2005 0.911 +0.006 +0.66%
2004 0.905 +0.008 +0.89%
2003 0.897 +0.006 +0.67%
2002 0.891 +0.006 +0.68%
2001 0.885 +0.003 +0.34%
2000 0.882 +0.007 +0.8%
1999 0.875 +0.006 +0.69%
1998 0.869 +0.003 +0.35%
1997 0.866 +0.007 +0.81%
1996 0.859 +0.005 +0.59%
1995 0.854 +0.006 +0.71%
1994 0.848 +0.008 +0.95%
1993 0.84 +0.007 +0.84%
1992 0.833 +0.007 +0.85%
1991 0.826 +0.007 +0.85%
1990 0.819 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

SG Singapore 0.946 BN Brunei Darussalam 0.837 MY Malaysia 0.819 TH Thailand 0.798 VN Vietnam 0.766 ID Indonesia 0.728 PH Philippines 0.72 TL Timor-Leste 0.634 LA Laos 0.617 MM Myanmar 0.609 KH Cambodia 0.606
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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