Human development index — all countries

Human development index — United Kingdom

Human development index in the United Kingdom in 2023 — 0.946 index. Ranked 13 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 16.5%.

2023 0.946 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 13of 193
Period maximum 0.946 index2022
Period minimum 0.812 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — United Kingdom, 1990–20230.80.850.90.951990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.812 index1991: 0.816 index1992: 0.824 index1993: 0.827 index1994: 0.836 index1995: 0.835 index1996: 0.841 index1997: 0.849 index1998: 0.856 index1999: 0.862 index2000: 0.87 index2001: 0.876 index2002: 0.881 index2003: 0.886 index2004: 0.897 index2005: 0.903 index2006: 0.902 index2007: 0.905 index2008: 0.91 index2009: 0.915 index2010: 0.921 index2011: 0.916 index2012: 0.917 index2013: 0.931 index2014: 0.932 index2015: 0.931 index2016: 0.934 index2017: 0.937 index2018: 0.936 index2019: 0.941 index2020: 0.93 index2021: 0.941 index2022: 0.946 index2023: 0.946 index
Change over the period: +0.134 (+16.5%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

United Kingdom 0.946 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 — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.946 +0 +0%
2022 0.946 +0.005 +0.53%
2021 0.941 +0.011 +1.18%
2020 0.93 −0.011 −1.17%
2019 0.941 +0.005 +0.53%
2018 0.936 −0.001 −0.11%
2017 0.937 +0.003 +0.32%
2016 0.934 +0.003 +0.32%
2015 0.931 −0.001 −0.11%
2014 0.932 +0.001 +0.11%
2013 0.931 +0.014 +1.53%
2012 0.917 +0.001 +0.11%
2011 0.916 −0.005 −0.54%
2010 0.921 +0.006 +0.66%
2009 0.915 +0.005 +0.55%
2008 0.91 +0.005 +0.55%
2007 0.905 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.902 −0.001 −0.11%
2005 0.903 +0.006 +0.67%
2004 0.897 +0.011 +1.24%
2003 0.886 +0.005 +0.57%
2002 0.881 +0.005 +0.57%
2001 0.876 +0.006 +0.69%
2000 0.87 +0.008 +0.93%
1999 0.862 +0.006 +0.7%
1998 0.856 +0.007 +0.82%
1997 0.849 +0.008 +0.95%
1996 0.841 +0.006 +0.72%
1995 0.835 −0.001 −0.12%
1994 0.836 +0.009 +1.09%
1993 0.827 +0.003 +0.36%
1992 0.824 +0.008 +0.98%
1991 0.816 +0.004 +0.49%
1990 0.812

Northern Europe, 2023

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

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.