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Human development index — Switzerland

Human development index in Switzerland in 2023 — 0.97 index. Ranked 2 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.1%.

2023 0.97 index +0.41% vs 2022
World rank 2of 193
Period maximum 0.97 index2023
Period minimum 0.858 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Switzerland, 1990–20230.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.858 index1991: 0.86 index1992: 0.863 index1993: 0.867 index1994: 0.87 index1995: 0.872 index1996: 0.875 index1997: 0.88 index1998: 0.886 index1999: 0.889 index2000: 0.892 index2001: 0.895 index2002: 0.896 index2003: 0.901 index2004: 0.906 index2005: 0.909 index2006: 0.918 index2007: 0.926 index2008: 0.934 index2009: 0.942 index2010: 0.945 index2011: 0.946 index2012: 0.949 index2013: 0.952 index2014: 0.956 index2015: 0.957 index2016: 0.959 index2017: 0.96 index2018: 0.962 index2019: 0.965 index2020: 0.963 index2021: 0.968 index2022: 0.966 index2023: 0.97 index
Change over the period: +0.112 (+13.05%) Average annual rate: 0.37 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Switzerland 0.97 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Western Europe computed 0.944 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.97 +0.004 +0.41%
2022 0.966 −0.002 −0.21%
2021 0.968 +0.005 +0.52%
2020 0.963 −0.002 −0.21%
2019 0.965 +0.003 +0.31%
2018 0.962 +0.002 +0.21%
2017 0.96 +0.001 +0.1%
2016 0.959 +0.002 +0.21%
2015 0.957 +0.001 +0.1%
2014 0.956 +0.004 +0.42%
2013 0.952 +0.003 +0.32%
2012 0.949 +0.003 +0.32%
2011 0.946 +0.001 +0.11%
2010 0.945 +0.003 +0.32%
2009 0.942 +0.008 +0.86%
2008 0.934 +0.008 +0.86%
2007 0.926 +0.008 +0.87%
2006 0.918 +0.009 +0.99%
2005 0.909 +0.003 +0.33%
2004 0.906 +0.005 +0.55%
2003 0.901 +0.005 +0.56%
2002 0.896 +0.001 +0.11%
2001 0.895 +0.003 +0.34%
2000 0.892 +0.003 +0.34%
1999 0.889 +0.003 +0.34%
1998 0.886 +0.006 +0.68%
1997 0.88 +0.005 +0.57%
1996 0.875 +0.003 +0.34%
1995 0.872 +0.002 +0.23%
1994 0.87 +0.003 +0.35%
1993 0.867 +0.004 +0.46%
1992 0.863 +0.003 +0.35%
1991 0.86 +0.002 +0.23%
1990 0.858 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

CH Switzerland 0.97 DE Germany 0.959 NL Netherlands 0.955 BE Belgium 0.951 LI Liechtenstein 0.938 AT Austria 0.93 LU Luxembourg 0.922 FR France 0.92
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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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