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Human development index — Syria

Human development index in Syria in 2023 — 0.564 index. Ranked 162 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 1.4%.

2023 0.564 index −1.23% vs 2022
World rank 162of 193
Period maximum 0.669 index2010
Period minimum 0.549 index2015

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Syria, 1990–20230.50.550.60.650.71990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.572 index1991: 0.577 index1992: 0.582 index1993: 0.583 index1994: 0.587 index1995: 0.587 index1996: 0.59 index1997: 0.593 index1998: 0.595 index1999: 0.595 index2000: 0.594 index2001: 0.602 index2002: 0.61 index2003: 0.621 index2004: 0.635 index2005: 0.646 index2006: 0.658 index2007: 0.665 index2008: 0.66 index2009: 0.668 index2010: 0.669 index2011: 0.664 index2012: 0.626 index2013: 0.567 index2014: 0.561 index2015: 0.549 index2016: 0.552 index2017: 0.551 index2018: 0.557 index2019: 0.569 index2020: 0.57 index2021: 0.571 index2022: 0.571 index2023: 0.564 index
Change over the period: −0.008 (−1.4%) Average annual rate: -0.04 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Syria 0.564 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.564 −0.007 −1.23%
2022 0.571 +0 +0%
2021 0.571 +0.001 +0.18%
2020 0.57 +0.001 +0.18%
2019 0.569 +0.012 +2.15%
2018 0.557 +0.006 +1.09%
2017 0.551 −0.001 −0.18%
2016 0.552 +0.003 +0.55%
2015 0.549 −0.012 −2.14%
2014 0.561 −0.006 −1.06%
2013 0.567 −0.059 −9.42%
2012 0.626 −0.038 −5.72%
2011 0.664 −0.005 −0.75%
2010 0.669 +0.001 +0.15%
2009 0.668 +0.008 +1.21%
2008 0.66 −0.005 −0.75%
2007 0.665 +0.007 +1.06%
2006 0.658 +0.012 +1.86%
2005 0.646 +0.011 +1.73%
2004 0.635 +0.014 +2.25%
2003 0.621 +0.011 +1.8%
2002 0.61 +0.008 +1.33%
2001 0.602 +0.008 +1.35%
2000 0.594 −0.001 −0.17%
1999 0.595 +0 +0%
1998 0.595 +0.002 +0.34%
1997 0.593 +0.003 +0.51%
1996 0.59 +0.003 +0.51%
1995 0.587 +0 +0%
1994 0.587 +0.004 +0.69%
1993 0.583 +0.001 +0.17%
1992 0.582 +0.005 +0.87%
1991 0.577 +0.005 +0.87%
1990 0.572 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

AE United Arab Emirates 0.94 IL Israel 0.919 CY Cyprus 0.913 SA Saudi Arabia 0.9 BH Bahrain 0.899 QA Qatar 0.886 OM Oman 0.858 TR Türkiye 0.853 KW Kuwait 0.852 GE Georgia 0.844 AM Armenia 0.811 AZ Azerbaijan 0.789 JO Jordan 0.754 LB Lebanon 0.752 IQ Iraq 0.695 PS Palestine 0.674 SY Syria 0.564 YE Yemen 0.47
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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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