Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Southern Asia

Human development index in Southern Asia in 2023 — 0.669 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 50.2%.

2023 0.669 index +1.08% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.669 index2023
Period minimum 0.446 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Southern Asia, 1990–20230.40.50.60.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.446 index1991: 0.448 index1992: 0.455 index1993: 0.459 index1994: 0.464 index1995: 0.47 index1996: 0.477 index1997: 0.483 index1998: 0.488 index1999: 0.496 index2000: 0.502 index2001: 0.511 index2002: 0.516 index2003: 0.528 index2004: 0.537 index2005: 0.546 index2006: 0.555 index2007: 0.563 index2008: 0.57 index2009: 0.575 index2010: 0.585 index2011: 0.596 index2012: 0.602 index2013: 0.608 index2014: 0.617 index2015: 0.625 index2016: 0.635 index2017: 0.639 index2018: 0.639 index2019: 0.642 index2020: 0.642 index2021: 0.638 index2022: 0.662 index2023: 0.669 index
Change over the period: +0.224 (+50.16%) Average annual rate: 1.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Asia 0.669 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.669 +0.007 +1.08%
2022 0.662 +0.024 +3.7%
2021 0.638 −0.004 −0.6%
2020 0.642 −0 −0.02%
2019 0.642 +0.003 +0.5%
2018 0.639 +0 +0.08%
2017 0.639 +0.004 +0.65%
2016 0.635 +0.01 +1.58%
2015 0.625 +0.008 +1.25%
2014 0.617 +0.009 +1.54%
2013 0.608 +0.005 +0.89%
2012 0.602 +0.006 +1.05%
2011 0.596 +0.011 +1.92%
2010 0.585 +0.01 +1.71%
2009 0.575 +0.005 +0.92%
2008 0.57 +0.006 +1.14%
2007 0.563 +0.008 +1.47%
2006 0.555 +0.01 +1.75%
2005 0.546 +0.009 +1.65%
2004 0.537 +0.009 +1.73%
2003 0.528 +0.011 +2.18%
2002 0.516 +0.006 +1.13%
2001 0.511 +0.009 +1.82%
2000 0.502 +0.005 +1.1%
1999 0.496 +0.008 +1.55%
1998 0.488 +0.006 +1.21%
1997 0.483 +0.006 +1.19%
1996 0.477 +0.007 +1.44%
1995 0.47 +0.006 +1.28%
1994 0.464 +0.005 +1.03%
1993 0.459 +0.005 +1.07%
1992 0.455 +0.006 +1.36%
1991 0.448 +0.003 +0.63%
1990 0.446

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.