Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Middle Africa

Human development index in Middle Africa in 2023 — 0.543 index. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 36.4%.

2023 0.543 index +0.4% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.543 index2023
Period minimum 0.398 index2000

Trend over time

1999–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Middle Africa, 1999–20230.350.40.450.50.551999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 0.398 index2000: 0.398 index2001: 0.402 index2002: 0.407 index2003: 0.414 index2004: 0.422 index2005: 0.428 index2006: 0.434 index2007: 0.442 index2008: 0.452 index2009: 0.464 index2010: 0.47 index2011: 0.479 index2012: 0.486 index2013: 0.492 index2014: 0.5 index2015: 0.513 index2016: 0.52 index2017: 0.522 index2018: 0.526 index2019: 0.526 index2020: 0.531 index2021: 0.53 index2022: 0.541 index2023: 0.543 index
Change over the period: +0.145 (+36.43%) Average annual rate: 1.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 0.543 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.543 +0.002 +0.4%
2022 0.541 +0.011 +2.09%
2021 0.53 −0.001 −0.24%
2020 0.531 +0.005 +1.02%
2019 0.526 −0.001 −0.14%
2018 0.526 +0.005 +0.95%
2017 0.522 +0.002 +0.36%
2016 0.52 +0.007 +1.3%
2015 0.513 +0.013 +2.5%
2014 0.5 +0.008 +1.69%
2013 0.492 +0.006 +1.16%
2012 0.486 +0.007 +1.51%
2011 0.479 +0.01 +2.04%
2010 0.47 +0.006 +1.22%
2009 0.464 +0.012 +2.75%
2008 0.452 +0.01 +2.25%
2007 0.442 +0.008 +1.87%
2006 0.434 +0.006 +1.29%
2005 0.428 +0.006 +1.49%
2004 0.422 +0.007 +1.77%
2003 0.414 +0.007 +1.76%
2002 0.407 +0.005 +1.25%
2001 0.402 +0.005 +1.19%
2000 0.398 −0.001 −0.14%
1999 0.398

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.