Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Melanesia

Human development index in Melanesia in 2023 — 0.589 index. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 20.9%.

2023 0.589 index +0.62% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.589 index2023
Period minimum 0.487 index1999

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Melanesia, 1999–20230.450.50.550.61999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.487 index2000: 0.488 index2001: 0.489 index2002: 0.491 index2003: 0.493 index2004: 0.497 index2005: 0.503 index2006: 0.508 index2007: 0.512 index2008: 0.516 index2009: 0.521 index2010: 0.527 index2011: 0.532 index2012: 0.536 index2013: 0.544 index2014: 0.554 index2015: 0.561 index2016: 0.567 index2017: 0.572 index2018: 0.575 index2019: 0.581 index2020: 0.581 index2021: 0.579 index2022: 0.586 index2023: 0.589 index
Change over the period: +0.102 (+20.91%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Melanesia 0.589 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.589 +0.004 +0.62%
2022 0.586 +0.006 +1.06%
2021 0.579 −0.001 −0.23%
2020 0.581 −0 −0.08%
2019 0.581 +0.006 +1%
2018 0.575 +0.003 +0.6%
2017 0.572 +0.005 +0.82%
2016 0.567 +0.006 +1.08%
2015 0.561 +0.007 +1.35%
2014 0.554 +0.01 +1.84%
2013 0.544 +0.008 +1.42%
2012 0.536 +0.004 +0.83%
2011 0.532 +0.004 +0.83%
2010 0.527 +0.007 +1.34%
2009 0.521 +0.005 +0.93%
2008 0.516 +0.004 +0.71%
2007 0.512 +0.005 +0.91%
2006 0.508 +0.005 +0.96%
2005 0.503 +0.006 +1.15%
2004 0.497 +0.004 +0.76%
2003 0.493 +0.003 +0.51%
2002 0.491 +0.002 +0.35%
2001 0.489 +0.001 +0.2%
2000 0.488 +0.001 +0.15%
1999 0.487

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.