Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Eastern Africa

Human development index in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 0.532 index. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 29.5%.

2023 0.532 index +0.66% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.532 index2023
Period minimum 0.382 index2000

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Eastern Africa, 1999–20230.350.40.450.50.551999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.41 index2000: 0.382 index2001: 0.392 index2002: 0.399 index2003: 0.408 index2004: 0.419 index2005: 0.431 index2006: 0.442 index2007: 0.454 index2008: 0.464 index2009: 0.471 index2010: 0.477 index2011: 0.484 index2012: 0.489 index2013: 0.494 index2014: 0.499 index2015: 0.503 index2016: 0.507 index2017: 0.512 index2018: 0.52 index2019: 0.525 index2020: 0.526 index2021: 0.526 index2022: 0.528 index2023: 0.532 index
Change over the period: +0.121 (+29.51%) Average annual rate: 1.08 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Africa 0.532 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.532 +0.003 +0.66%
2022 0.528 +0.002 +0.45%
2021 0.526 +0 +0.04%
2020 0.526 +0 +0.05%
2019 0.525 +0.006 +1.07%
2018 0.52 +0.007 +1.46%
2017 0.512 +0.005 +1.03%
2016 0.507 +0.004 +0.88%
2015 0.503 +0.004 +0.8%
2014 0.499 +0.005 +0.92%
2013 0.494 +0.005 +0.98%
2012 0.489 +0.005 +1.05%
2011 0.484 +0.007 +1.49%
2010 0.477 +0.006 +1.21%
2009 0.471 +0.008 +1.68%
2008 0.464 +0.01 +2.18%
2007 0.454 +0.011 +2.57%
2006 0.442 +0.012 +2.69%
2005 0.431 +0.012 +2.79%
2004 0.419 +0.012 +2.82%
2003 0.408 +0.008 +2.04%
2002 0.399 +0.007 +1.76%
2001 0.392 +0.01 +2.65%
2000 0.382 −0.028 −6.85%
1999 0.41

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.