Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Northern Europe

Human development index in Northern Europe in 2023 — 0.947 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 17%.

2023 0.947 index +0.1% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.947 index2023
Period minimum 0.81 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Northern Europe, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.81 index1991: 0.813 index1992: 0.818 index1993: 0.822 index1994: 0.83 index1995: 0.832 index1996: 0.84 index1997: 0.848 index1998: 0.857 index1999: 0.864 index2000: 0.872 index2001: 0.878 index2002: 0.883 index2003: 0.889 index2004: 0.896 index2005: 0.902 index2006: 0.902 index2007: 0.905 index2008: 0.909 index2009: 0.911 index2010: 0.917 index2011: 0.915 index2012: 0.917 index2013: 0.929 index2014: 0.93 index2015: 0.931 index2016: 0.935 index2017: 0.938 index2018: 0.938 index2019: 0.942 index2020: 0.935 index2021: 0.943 index2022: 0.946 index2023: 0.947 index
Change over the period: +0.137 (+16.96%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Europe 0.947 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.947 +0.001 +0.1%
2022 0.946 +0.003 +0.36%
2021 0.943 +0.008 +0.83%
2020 0.935 −0.007 −0.78%
2019 0.942 +0.004 +0.47%
2018 0.938 +0 +0.01%
2017 0.938 +0.003 +0.33%
2016 0.935 +0.003 +0.36%
2015 0.931 +0.001 +0.08%
2014 0.93 +0.001 +0.16%
2013 0.929 +0.012 +1.34%
2012 0.917 +0.001 +0.14%
2011 0.915 −0.002 −0.17%
2010 0.917 +0.006 +0.61%
2009 0.911 +0.003 +0.28%
2008 0.909 +0.004 +0.39%
2007 0.905 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.902 +0.001 +0.08%
2005 0.902 +0.006 +0.63%
2004 0.896 +0.007 +0.79%
2003 0.889 +0.006 +0.65%
2002 0.883 +0.005 +0.56%
2001 0.878 +0.006 +0.69%
2000 0.872 +0.008 +0.97%
1999 0.864 +0.007 +0.78%
1998 0.857 +0.009 +1.08%
1997 0.848 +0.009 +1.03%
1996 0.84 +0.008 +0.91%
1995 0.832 +0.001 +0.17%
1994 0.83 +0.009 +1.05%
1993 0.822 +0.004 +0.45%
1992 0.818 +0.005 +0.65%
1991 0.813 +0.003 +0.41%
1990 0.81

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.