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Human development index — Sweden

Human development index in Sweden in 2023 — 0.959 index. Ranked 5 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 17.2%.

2023 0.959 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 5of 193
Period maximum 0.959 index2022
Period minimum 0.818 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Sweden, 1990–20230.80.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.818 index1991: 0.821 index1992: 0.829 index1993: 0.85 index1994: 0.862 index1995: 0.869 index1996: 0.877 index1997: 0.888 index1998: 0.901 index1999: 0.906 index2000: 0.912 index2001: 0.915 index2002: 0.918 index2003: 0.923 index2004: 0.908 index2005: 0.911 index2006: 0.915 index2007: 0.917 index2008: 0.913 index2009: 0.912 index2010: 0.918 index2011: 0.92 index2012: 0.92 index2013: 0.94 index2014: 0.943 index2015: 0.945 index2016: 0.947 index2017: 0.949 index2018: 0.95 index2019: 0.955 index2020: 0.951 index2021: 0.958 index2022: 0.959 index2023: 0.959 index
Change over the period: +0.141 (+17.24%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sweden 0.959 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Northern Europe computed 0.947 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.959 +0 +0%
2022 0.959 +0.001 +0.1%
2021 0.958 +0.007 +0.74%
2020 0.951 −0.004 −0.42%
2019 0.955 +0.005 +0.53%
2018 0.95 +0.001 +0.11%
2017 0.949 +0.002 +0.21%
2016 0.947 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.945 +0.002 +0.21%
2014 0.943 +0.003 +0.32%
2013 0.94 +0.02 +2.17%
2012 0.92 +0 +0%
2011 0.92 +0.002 +0.22%
2010 0.918 +0.006 +0.66%
2009 0.912 −0.001 −0.11%
2008 0.913 −0.004 −0.44%
2007 0.917 +0.002 +0.22%
2006 0.915 +0.004 +0.44%
2005 0.911 +0.003 +0.33%
2004 0.908 −0.015 −1.63%
2003 0.923 +0.005 +0.54%
2002 0.918 +0.003 +0.33%
2001 0.915 +0.003 +0.33%
2000 0.912 +0.006 +0.66%
1999 0.906 +0.005 +0.55%
1998 0.901 +0.013 +1.46%
1997 0.888 +0.011 +1.25%
1996 0.877 +0.008 +0.92%
1995 0.869 +0.007 +0.81%
1994 0.862 +0.012 +1.41%
1993 0.85 +0.021 +2.53%
1992 0.829 +0.008 +0.97%
1991 0.821 +0.003 +0.37%
1990 0.818 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IS Iceland 0.972 NO Norway 0.97 DK Denmark 0.962 SE Sweden 0.959 IE Ireland 0.949 FI Finland 0.948 GB United Kingdom 0.946 EE Estonia 0.905 LT Lithuania 0.895 LV Latvia 0.889
Full table for all countries

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.

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