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Human development index — Vanuatu

Human development index in Vanuatu in 2023 — 0.621 index. Ranked 146 in the world out of 193. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 10.7%.

2023 0.621 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 146of 193
Period maximum 0.622 index2019
Period minimum 0.561 index2005

Trend over time

2005–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Vanuatu, 2005–20230.560.580.60.620.6420052007200920112013201520172019202120232005: 0.561 index2006: 0.567 index2007: 0.57 index2008: 0.578 index2009: 0.579 index2010: 0.582 index2011: 0.587 index2012: 0.587 index2013: 0.592 index2014: 0.597 index2015: 0.599 index2016: 0.603 index2017: 0.607 index2018: 0.612 index2019: 0.622 index2020: 0.617 index2021: 0.615 index2022: 0.621 index2023: 0.621 index
Change over the period: +0.06 (+10.7%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 0.621 index
World 0.756 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 0.789 index
Melanesia computed 0.589 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.621 +0 +0%
2022 0.621 +0.006 +0.98%
2021 0.615 −0.002 −0.32%
2020 0.617 −0.005 −0.8%
2019 0.622 +0.01 +1.63%
2018 0.612 +0.005 +0.82%
2017 0.607 +0.004 +0.66%
2016 0.603 +0.004 +0.67%
2015 0.599 +0.002 +0.34%
2014 0.597 +0.005 +0.84%
2013 0.592 +0.005 +0.85%
2012 0.587 +0 +0%
2011 0.587 +0.005 +0.86%
2010 0.582 +0.003 +0.52%
2009 0.579 +0.001 +0.17%
2008 0.578 +0.008 +1.4%
2007 0.57 +0.003 +0.53%
2006 0.567 +0.006 +1.07%
2005 0.561 — —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 0.731 VU Vanuatu 0.621 SB Solomon Islands 0.584 PG Papua New Guinea 0.576
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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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