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Human development index — Sri Lanka

Human development index in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 0.776 index. Ranked 89 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 21.6%.

2023 0.776 index −0.13% vs 2022
World rank 89of 193
Period maximum 0.782 index2018
Period minimum 0.638 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Sri Lanka, 1990–20230.60.650.70.750.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.638 index1991: 0.642 index1992: 0.65 index1993: 0.658 index1994: 0.664 index1995: 0.667 index1996: 0.672 index1997: 0.679 index1998: 0.685 index1999: 0.692 index2000: 0.702 index2001: 0.704 index2002: 0.709 index2003: 0.713 index2004: 0.695 index2005: 0.721 index2006: 0.724 index2007: 0.729 index2008: 0.73 index2009: 0.723 index2010: 0.748 index2011: 0.753 index2012: 0.759 index2013: 0.764 index2014: 0.767 index2015: 0.769 index2016: 0.772 index2017: 0.777 index2018: 0.782 index2019: 0.781 index2020: 0.78 index2021: 0.777 index2022: 0.777 index2023: 0.776 index
Change over the period: +0.138 (+21.63%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sri Lanka 0.776 index
World 0.756 index
South Asia computed 0.663 index
Southern Asia computed 0.669 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.776 −0.001 −0.13%
2022 0.777 +0 +0%
2021 0.777 −0.003 −0.38%
2020 0.78 −0.001 −0.13%
2019 0.781 −0.001 −0.13%
2018 0.782 +0.005 +0.64%
2017 0.777 +0.005 +0.65%
2016 0.772 +0.003 +0.39%
2015 0.769 +0.002 +0.26%
2014 0.767 +0.003 +0.39%
2013 0.764 +0.005 +0.66%
2012 0.759 +0.006 +0.8%
2011 0.753 +0.005 +0.67%
2010 0.748 +0.025 +3.46%
2009 0.723 −0.007 −0.96%
2008 0.73 +0.001 +0.14%
2007 0.729 +0.005 +0.69%
2006 0.724 +0.003 +0.42%
2005 0.721 +0.026 +3.74%
2004 0.695 −0.018 −2.52%
2003 0.713 +0.004 +0.56%
2002 0.709 +0.005 +0.71%
2001 0.704 +0.002 +0.28%
2000 0.702 +0.01 +1.45%
1999 0.692 +0.007 +1.02%
1998 0.685 +0.006 +0.88%
1997 0.679 +0.007 +1.04%
1996 0.672 +0.005 +0.75%
1995 0.667 +0.003 +0.45%
1994 0.664 +0.006 +0.91%
1993 0.658 +0.008 +1.23%
1992 0.65 +0.008 +1.25%
1991 0.642 +0.004 +0.63%
1990 0.638 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

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

IR Iran 0.799 LK Sri Lanka 0.776 MV Maldives 0.766 BT Bhutan 0.698 BD Bangladesh 0.685 IN India 0.685 NP Nepal 0.622 PK Pakistan 0.544 AF Afghanistan 0.496
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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