Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Northern Africa

Human development index in Northern Africa in 2023 — 0.703 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 26.3%.

2023 0.703 index +0.16% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.703 index2023
Period minimum 0.557 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Northern Africa, 1990–20230.550.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.557 index1991: 0.562 index1992: 0.568 index1993: 0.574 index1994: 0.581 index1995: 0.588 index1996: 0.596 index1997: 0.603 index1998: 0.61 index1999: 0.617 index2000: 0.624 index2001: 0.63 index2002: 0.635 index2003: 0.64 index2004: 0.644 index2005: 0.649 index2006: 0.654 index2007: 0.66 index2008: 0.632 index2009: 0.638 index2010: 0.644 index2011: 0.646 index2012: 0.654 index2013: 0.66 index2014: 0.664 index2015: 0.67 index2016: 0.676 index2017: 0.681 index2018: 0.688 index2019: 0.692 index2020: 0.687 index2021: 0.692 index2022: 0.702 index2023: 0.703 index
Change over the period: +0.146 (+26.26%) Average annual rate: 0.71 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 0.703 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.703 +0.001 +0.16%
2022 0.702 +0.01 +1.45%
2021 0.692 +0.004 +0.64%
2020 0.687 −0.005 −0.75%
2019 0.692 +0.005 +0.7%
2018 0.688 +0.006 +0.92%
2017 0.681 +0.006 +0.84%
2016 0.676 +0.005 +0.81%
2015 0.67 +0.006 +0.86%
2014 0.664 +0.005 +0.71%
2013 0.66 +0.006 +0.85%
2012 0.654 +0.008 +1.31%
2011 0.646 +0.001 +0.21%
2010 0.644 +0.006 +1.01%
2009 0.638 +0.006 +0.94%
2008 0.632 −0.028 −4.28%
2007 0.66 +0.007 +1.01%
2006 0.654 +0.004 +0.69%
2005 0.649 +0.005 +0.74%
2004 0.644 +0.005 +0.74%
2003 0.64 +0.004 +0.66%
2002 0.635 +0.005 +0.83%
2001 0.63 +0.006 +0.95%
2000 0.624 +0.007 +1.13%
1999 0.617 +0.007 +1.17%
1998 0.61 +0.007 +1.22%
1997 0.603 +0.007 +1.1%
1996 0.596 +0.008 +1.44%
1995 0.588 +0.006 +1.11%
1994 0.581 +0.007 +1.27%
1993 0.574 +0.006 +1.02%
1992 0.568 +0.006 +1.15%
1991 0.562 +0.005 +0.94%
1990 0.557

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.