Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Eastern Asia

Human development index in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 0.812 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 51.9%.

2023 0.812 index +0.19% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.812 index2023
Period minimum 0.535 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Eastern Asia, 1990–20230.50.60.70.80.91990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.535 index1991: 0.542 index1992: 0.553 index1993: 0.563 index1994: 0.572 index1995: 0.582 index1996: 0.593 index1997: 0.604 index1998: 0.612 index1999: 0.622 index2000: 0.632 index2001: 0.641 index2002: 0.651 index2003: 0.661 index2004: 0.672 index2005: 0.683 index2006: 0.694 index2007: 0.706 index2008: 0.714 index2009: 0.724 index2010: 0.733 index2011: 0.74 index2012: 0.747 index2013: 0.754 index2014: 0.762 index2015: 0.77 index2016: 0.777 index2017: 0.783 index2018: 0.791 index2019: 0.798 index2020: 0.802 index2021: 0.809 index2022: 0.811 index2023: 0.812 index
Change over the period: +0.278 (+51.93%) Average annual rate: 1.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 0.812 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.812 +0.002 +0.19%
2022 0.811 +0.001 +0.18%
2021 0.809 +0.007 +0.89%
2020 0.802 +0.004 +0.54%
2019 0.798 +0.006 +0.79%
2018 0.791 +0.008 +1.03%
2017 0.783 +0.006 +0.82%
2016 0.777 +0.007 +0.93%
2015 0.77 +0.007 +0.97%
2014 0.762 +0.008 +1.08%
2013 0.754 +0.007 +0.98%
2012 0.747 +0.007 +0.98%
2011 0.74 +0.006 +0.84%
2010 0.733 +0.009 +1.29%
2009 0.724 +0.01 +1.35%
2008 0.714 +0.008 +1.13%
2007 0.706 +0.013 +1.82%
2006 0.694 +0.011 +1.59%
2005 0.683 +0.011 +1.6%
2004 0.672 +0.011 +1.65%
2003 0.661 +0.01 +1.53%
2002 0.651 +0.01 +1.56%
2001 0.641 +0.009 +1.46%
2000 0.632 +0.01 +1.63%
1999 0.622 +0.01 +1.63%
1998 0.612 +0.009 +1.42%
1997 0.604 +0.01 +1.7%
1996 0.593 +0.011 +1.93%
1995 0.582 +0.01 +1.73%
1994 0.572 +0.009 +1.68%
1993 0.563 +0.01 +1.86%
1992 0.553 +0.011 +1.97%
1991 0.542 +0.007 +1.38%
1990 0.535

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.