Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Western Asia

Human development index in Western Asia in 2023 — 0.757 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 30.3%.

2023 0.757 index +0.06% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.757 index2023
Period minimum 0.581 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Western Asia, 1990–20230.550.60.650.70.750.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.581 index1991: 0.581 index1992: 0.589 index1993: 0.596 index1994: 0.598 index1995: 0.603 index1996: 0.611 index1997: 0.618 index1998: 0.628 index1999: 0.632 index2000: 0.644 index2001: 0.651 index2002: 0.659 index2003: 0.663 index2004: 0.672 index2005: 0.679 index2006: 0.687 index2007: 0.694 index2008: 0.699 index2009: 0.705 index2010: 0.714 index2011: 0.721 index2012: 0.723 index2013: 0.731 index2014: 0.737 index2015: 0.739 index2016: 0.742 index2017: 0.746 index2018: 0.749 index2019: 0.752 index2020: 0.745 index2021: 0.746 index2022: 0.756 index2023: 0.757 index
Change over the period: +0.176 (+30.34%) Average annual rate: 0.81 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Asia 0.757 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.757 +0 +0.06%
2022 0.756 +0.011 +1.42%
2021 0.746 +0 +0.04%
2020 0.745 −0.006 −0.86%
2019 0.752 +0.003 +0.41%
2018 0.749 +0.003 +0.42%
2017 0.746 +0.004 +0.51%
2016 0.742 +0.003 +0.42%
2015 0.739 +0.002 +0.29%
2014 0.737 +0.006 +0.82%
2013 0.731 +0.007 +1.03%
2012 0.723 +0.002 +0.33%
2011 0.721 +0.007 +0.94%
2010 0.714 +0.009 +1.32%
2009 0.705 +0.006 +0.9%
2008 0.699 +0.005 +0.69%
2007 0.694 +0.007 +1.04%
2006 0.687 +0.008 +1.13%
2005 0.679 +0.007 +1.09%
2004 0.672 +0.009 +1.35%
2003 0.663 +0.004 +0.64%
2002 0.659 +0.008 +1.18%
2001 0.651 +0.007 +1.04%
2000 0.644 +0.012 +1.87%
1999 0.632 +0.005 +0.74%
1998 0.628 +0.01 +1.55%
1997 0.618 +0.007 +1.13%
1996 0.611 +0.008 +1.36%
1995 0.603 +0.005 +0.83%
1994 0.598 +0.002 +0.35%
1993 0.596 +0.007 +1.22%
1992 0.589 +0.008 +1.4%
1991 0.581 +0 +0%
1990 0.581

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.