Human development index — all countries

Human development index — Uruguay

Human development index in Uruguay in 2023 — 0.862 index. Ranked 48 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 20.9%.

2023 0.862 index +1.17% vs 2022
World rank 48of 193
Period maximum 0.862 index2023
Period minimum 0.713 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Uruguay, 1990–20230.70.750.80.850.91990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.713 index1991: 0.717 index1992: 0.719 index1993: 0.722 index1994: 0.727 index1995: 0.729 index1996: 0.736 index1997: 0.747 index1998: 0.757 index1999: 0.76 index2000: 0.764 index2001: 0.771 index2002: 0.775 index2003: 0.78 index2004: 0.779 index2005: 0.778 index2006: 0.777 index2007: 0.78 index2008: 0.783 index2009: 0.787 index2010: 0.796 index2011: 0.801 index2012: 0.804 index2013: 0.812 index2014: 0.816 index2015: 0.818 index2016: 0.821 index2017: 0.827 index2018: 0.826 index2019: 0.83 index2020: 0.837 index2021: 0.837 index2022: 0.852 index2023: 0.862 index
Change over the period: +0.149 (+20.9%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uruguay 0.862 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
South America computed 0.792 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.862 +0.01 +1.17%
2022 0.852 +0.015 +1.79%
2021 0.837 +0 +0%
2020 0.837 +0.007 +0.84%
2019 0.83 +0.004 +0.48%
2018 0.826 −0.001 −0.12%
2017 0.827 +0.006 +0.73%
2016 0.821 +0.003 +0.37%
2015 0.818 +0.002 +0.25%
2014 0.816 +0.004 +0.49%
2013 0.812 +0.008 +1%
2012 0.804 +0.003 +0.37%
2011 0.801 +0.005 +0.63%
2010 0.796 +0.009 +1.14%
2009 0.787 +0.004 +0.51%
2008 0.783 +0.003 +0.38%
2007 0.78 +0.003 +0.39%
2006 0.777 −0.001 −0.13%
2005 0.778 −0.001 −0.13%
2004 0.779 −0.001 −0.13%
2003 0.78 +0.005 +0.65%
2002 0.775 +0.004 +0.52%
2001 0.771 +0.007 +0.92%
2000 0.764 +0.004 +0.53%
1999 0.76 +0.003 +0.4%
1998 0.757 +0.01 +1.34%
1997 0.747 +0.011 +1.49%
1996 0.736 +0.007 +0.96%
1995 0.729 +0.002 +0.28%
1994 0.727 +0.005 +0.69%
1993 0.722 +0.003 +0.42%
1992 0.719 +0.002 +0.28%
1991 0.717 +0.004 +0.56%
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.