Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Southern Europe

Human development index in Southern Europe in 2023 — 0.904 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.6%.

2023 0.904 index +0.93% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.904 index2023
Period minimum 0.817 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Southern Europe, 2000–20230.80.8250.850.8750.90.9252000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.817 index2001: 0.824 index2002: 0.829 index2003: 0.833 index2004: 0.841 index2005: 0.845 index2006: 0.851 index2007: 0.855 index2008: 0.858 index2009: 0.859 index2010: 0.864 index2011: 0.868 index2012: 0.868 index2013: 0.872 index2014: 0.876 index2015: 0.878 index2016: 0.882 index2017: 0.885 index2018: 0.889 index2019: 0.894 index2020: 0.887 index2021: 0.895 index2022: 0.896 index2023: 0.904 index
Change over the period: +0.087 (+10.64%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 0.904 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.904 +0.008 +0.93%
2022 0.896 +0.001 +0.14%
2021 0.895 +0.008 +0.89%
2020 0.887 −0.007 −0.77%
2019 0.894 +0.004 +0.48%
2018 0.889 +0.004 +0.49%
2017 0.885 +0.003 +0.35%
2016 0.882 +0.004 +0.46%
2015 0.878 +0.002 +0.26%
2014 0.876 +0.004 +0.45%
2013 0.872 +0.003 +0.39%
2012 0.868 +0 +0.05%
2011 0.868 +0.004 +0.47%
2010 0.864 +0.005 +0.58%
2009 0.859 +0.001 +0.15%
2008 0.858 +0.003 +0.31%
2007 0.855 +0.004 +0.44%
2006 0.851 +0.006 +0.68%
2005 0.845 +0.005 +0.58%
2004 0.841 +0.007 +0.87%
2003 0.833 +0.004 +0.49%
2002 0.829 +0.005 +0.61%
2001 0.824 +0.007 +0.86%
2000 0.817

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.