Human development index — all countries

Human development index — United Arab Emirates

Human development index in the United Arab Emirates in 2023 — 0.94 index. Ranked 15 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 31.8%.

2023 0.94 index +2.06% vs 2022
World rank 15of 193
Period maximum 0.94 index2023
Period minimum 0.713 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — United Arab Emirates, 1990–20230.70.80.911990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.713 index1991: 0.724 index1992: 0.729 index1993: 0.736 index1994: 0.742 index1995: 0.747 index1996: 0.753 index1997: 0.761 index1998: 0.77 index1999: 0.78 index2000: 0.79 index2001: 0.798 index2002: 0.805 index2003: 0.81 index2004: 0.815 index2005: 0.819 index2006: 0.823 index2007: 0.827 index2008: 0.831 index2009: 0.832 index2010: 0.835 index2011: 0.839 index2012: 0.843 index2013: 0.846 index2014: 0.853 index2015: 0.857 index2016: 0.861 index2017: 0.884 index2018: 0.901 index2019: 0.915 index2020: 0.909 index2021: 0.903 index2022: 0.921 index2023: 0.94 index
Change over the period: +0.227 (+31.84%) Average annual rate: 0.84 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 0.94 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.94 +0.019 +2.06%
2022 0.921 +0.018 +1.99%
2021 0.903 −0.006 −0.66%
2020 0.909 −0.006 −0.66%
2019 0.915 +0.014 +1.55%
2018 0.901 +0.017 +1.92%
2017 0.884 +0.023 +2.67%
2016 0.861 +0.004 +0.47%
2015 0.857 +0.004 +0.47%
2014 0.853 +0.007 +0.83%
2013 0.846 +0.003 +0.36%
2012 0.843 +0.004 +0.48%
2011 0.839 +0.004 +0.48%
2010 0.835 +0.003 +0.36%
2009 0.832 +0.001 +0.12%
2008 0.831 +0.004 +0.48%
2007 0.827 +0.004 +0.49%
2006 0.823 +0.004 +0.49%
2005 0.819 +0.004 +0.49%
2004 0.815 +0.005 +0.62%
2003 0.81 +0.005 +0.62%
2002 0.805 +0.007 +0.88%
2001 0.798 +0.008 +1.01%
2000 0.79 +0.01 +1.28%
1999 0.78 +0.01 +1.3%
1998 0.77 +0.009 +1.18%
1997 0.761 +0.008 +1.06%
1996 0.753 +0.006 +0.8%
1995 0.747 +0.005 +0.67%
1994 0.742 +0.006 +0.82%
1993 0.736 +0.007 +0.96%
1992 0.729 +0.005 +0.69%
1991 0.724 +0.011 +1.54%
1990 0.713

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.