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Human development index — Spain

Human development index in Spain in 2023 — 0.918 index. Ranked 28 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 19.8%.

2023 0.918 index +0.77% vs 2022
World rank 28of 193
Period maximum 0.918 index2023
Period minimum 0.766 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Spain, 1990–20230.750.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.766 index1991: 0.774 index1992: 0.781 index1993: 0.789 index1994: 0.798 index1995: 0.804 index1996: 0.811 index1997: 0.816 index1998: 0.821 index1999: 0.825 index2000: 0.833 index2001: 0.839 index2002: 0.844 index2003: 0.846 index2004: 0.852 index2005: 0.857 index2006: 0.862 index2007: 0.864 index2008: 0.865 index2009: 0.867 index2010: 0.875 index2011: 0.879 index2012: 0.881 index2013: 0.886 index2014: 0.89 index2015: 0.895 index2016: 0.9 index2017: 0.902 index2018: 0.905 index2019: 0.91 index2020: 0.901 index2021: 0.912 index2022: 0.911 index2023: 0.918 index
Change over the period: +0.152 (+19.84%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Spain 0.918 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Southern Europe computed 0.904 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.918 +0.007 +0.77%
2022 0.911 −0.001 −0.11%
2021 0.912 +0.011 +1.22%
2020 0.901 −0.009 −0.99%
2019 0.91 +0.005 +0.55%
2018 0.905 +0.003 +0.33%
2017 0.902 +0.002 +0.22%
2016 0.9 +0.005 +0.56%
2015 0.895 +0.005 +0.56%
2014 0.89 +0.004 +0.45%
2013 0.886 +0.005 +0.57%
2012 0.881 +0.002 +0.23%
2011 0.879 +0.004 +0.46%
2010 0.875 +0.008 +0.92%
2009 0.867 +0.002 +0.23%
2008 0.865 +0.001 +0.12%
2007 0.864 +0.002 +0.23%
2006 0.862 +0.005 +0.58%
2005 0.857 +0.005 +0.59%
2004 0.852 +0.006 +0.71%
2003 0.846 +0.002 +0.24%
2002 0.844 +0.005 +0.6%
2001 0.839 +0.006 +0.72%
2000 0.833 +0.008 +0.97%
1999 0.825 +0.004 +0.49%
1998 0.821 +0.005 +0.61%
1997 0.816 +0.005 +0.62%
1996 0.811 +0.007 +0.87%
1995 0.804 +0.006 +0.75%
1994 0.798 +0.009 +1.14%
1993 0.789 +0.008 +1.02%
1992 0.781 +0.007 +0.9%
1991 0.774 +0.008 +1.04%
1990 0.766 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

SI Slovenia 0.931 MT Malta 0.924 ES Spain 0.918 IT Italy 0.915 SM San Marino 0.915 AD Andorra 0.913 GR Greece 0.908 PT Portugal 0.89 HR Croatia 0.889 ME Montenegro 0.862 RS Serbia 0.833 MK North Macedonia 0.815 AL Albania 0.81 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.804
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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