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Human development index — Uganda

Human development index in Uganda in 2023 — 0.582 index. Ranked 157 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 70.2%.

2023 0.582 index +0.69% vs 2022
World rank 157of 193
Period maximum 0.582 index2023
Period minimum 0.339 index1992

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Uganda, 1990–20230.30.40.50.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.342 index1991: 0.345 index1992: 0.339 index1993: 0.347 index1994: 0.35 index1995: 0.356 index1996: 0.367 index1997: 0.376 index1998: 0.386 index1999: 0.398 index2000: 0.407 index2001: 0.418 index2002: 0.432 index2003: 0.446 index2004: 0.461 index2005: 0.47 index2006: 0.481 index2007: 0.492 index2008: 0.502 index2009: 0.509 index2010: 0.514 index2011: 0.522 index2012: 0.526 index2013: 0.532 index2014: 0.539 index2015: 0.547 index2016: 0.553 index2017: 0.557 index2018: 0.563 index2019: 0.569 index2020: 0.571 index2021: 0.573 index2022: 0.578 index2023: 0.582 index
Change over the period: +0.24 (+70.18%) Average annual rate: 1.62 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uganda 0.582 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.582 +0.004 +0.69%
2022 0.578 +0.005 +0.87%
2021 0.573 +0.002 +0.35%
2020 0.571 +0.002 +0.35%
2019 0.569 +0.006 +1.07%
2018 0.563 +0.006 +1.08%
2017 0.557 +0.004 +0.72%
2016 0.553 +0.006 +1.1%
2015 0.547 +0.008 +1.48%
2014 0.539 +0.007 +1.32%
2013 0.532 +0.006 +1.14%
2012 0.526 +0.004 +0.77%
2011 0.522 +0.008 +1.56%
2010 0.514 +0.005 +0.98%
2009 0.509 +0.007 +1.39%
2008 0.502 +0.01 +2.03%
2007 0.492 +0.011 +2.29%
2006 0.481 +0.011 +2.34%
2005 0.47 +0.009 +1.95%
2004 0.461 +0.015 +3.36%
2003 0.446 +0.014 +3.24%
2002 0.432 +0.014 +3.35%
2001 0.418 +0.011 +2.7%
2000 0.407 +0.009 +2.26%
1999 0.398 +0.012 +3.11%
1998 0.386 +0.01 +2.66%
1997 0.376 +0.009 +2.45%
1996 0.367 +0.011 +3.09%
1995 0.356 +0.006 +1.71%
1994 0.35 +0.003 +0.86%
1993 0.347 +0.008 +2.36%
1992 0.339 −0.006 −1.74%
1991 0.345 +0.003 +0.88%
1990 0.342

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.