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Human development index — United States

Human development index in the United States in 2023 — 0.938 index. Ranked 17 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.8%.

2023 0.938 index +0.86% vs 2022
World rank 17of 193
Period maximum 0.938 index2023
Period minimum 0.878 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — United States, 1990–20230.860.880.90.920.941990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.878 index1991: 0.878 index1992: 0.882 index1993: 0.884 index1994: 0.887 index1995: 0.888 index1996: 0.89 index1997: 0.893 index1998: 0.895 index1999: 0.895 index2000: 0.895 index2001: 0.897 index2002: 0.898 index2003: 0.9 index2004: 0.905 index2005: 0.907 index2006: 0.911 index2007: 0.914 index2008: 0.914 index2009: 0.915 index2010: 0.919 index2011: 0.92 index2012: 0.923 index2013: 0.925 index2014: 0.926 index2015: 0.928 index2016: 0.929 index2017: 0.931 index2018: 0.934 index2019: 0.936 index2020: 0.925 index2021: 0.921 index2022: 0.93 index2023: 0.938 index
Change over the period: +0.06 (+6.83%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

United States 0.938 index
World 0.756 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.938 +0.008 +0.86%
2022 0.93 +0.009 +0.98%
2021 0.921 −0.004 −0.43%
2020 0.925 −0.011 −1.18%
2019 0.936 +0.002 +0.21%
2018 0.934 +0.003 +0.32%
2017 0.931 +0.002 +0.22%
2016 0.929 +0.001 +0.11%
2015 0.928 +0.002 +0.22%
2014 0.926 +0.001 +0.11%
2013 0.925 +0.002 +0.22%
2012 0.923 +0.003 +0.33%
2011 0.92 +0.001 +0.11%
2010 0.919 +0.004 +0.44%
2009 0.915 +0.001 +0.11%
2008 0.914 +0 +0%
2007 0.914 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.911 +0.004 +0.44%
2005 0.907 +0.002 +0.22%
2004 0.905 +0.005 +0.56%
2003 0.9 +0.002 +0.22%
2002 0.898 +0.001 +0.11%
2001 0.897 +0.002 +0.22%
2000 0.895 +0 +0%
1999 0.895 +0 +0%
1998 0.895 +0.002 +0.22%
1997 0.893 +0.003 +0.34%
1996 0.89 +0.002 +0.23%
1995 0.888 +0.001 +0.11%
1994 0.887 +0.003 +0.34%
1993 0.884 +0.002 +0.23%
1992 0.882 +0.004 +0.46%
1991 0.878 +0 +0%
1990 0.878 — —

Northern America, 2023

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

CA Canada 0.939 US United States 0.938
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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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