Human development index — all countries

Human development index — World

Human development index in the world in 2023 — 0.756 index. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 24.3%.

2023 0.756 index +0.53% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.756 index2023
Period minimum 0.608 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — World, 1990–20230.60.650.70.750.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.608 index1991: 0.611 index1992: 0.614 index1993: 0.617 index1994: 0.62 index1995: 0.625 index1996: 0.631 index1997: 0.636 index1998: 0.641 index1999: 0.646 index2000: 0.651 index2001: 0.657 index2002: 0.662 index2003: 0.669 index2004: 0.675 index2005: 0.681 index2006: 0.688 index2007: 0.694 index2008: 0.698 index2009: 0.701 index2010: 0.707 index2011: 0.713 index2012: 0.717 index2013: 0.721 index2014: 0.726 index2015: 0.731 index2016: 0.735 index2017: 0.739 index2018: 0.741 index2019: 0.745 index2020: 0.742 index2021: 0.742 index2022: 0.752 index2023: 0.756 index
Change over the period: +0.148 (+24.34%) Average annual rate: 0.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

World 0.756 index
World 0.756 index
Human development index — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.756 +0.004 +0.53%
2022 0.752 +0.01 +1.35%
2021 0.742 +0 +0%
2020 0.742 −0.003 −0.4%
2019 0.745 +0.004 +0.54%
2018 0.741 +0.002 +0.27%
2017 0.739 +0.004 +0.54%
2016 0.735 +0.004 +0.55%
2015 0.731 +0.005 +0.69%
2014 0.726 +0.005 +0.69%
2013 0.721 +0.004 +0.56%
2012 0.717 +0.004 +0.56%
2011 0.713 +0.006 +0.85%
2010 0.707 +0.006 +0.86%
2009 0.701 +0.003 +0.43%
2008 0.698 +0.004 +0.58%
2007 0.694 +0.006 +0.87%
2006 0.688 +0.007 +1.03%
2005 0.681 +0.006 +0.89%
2004 0.675 +0.006 +0.9%
2003 0.669 +0.007 +1.06%
2002 0.662 +0.005 +0.76%
2001 0.657 +0.006 +0.92%
2000 0.651 +0.005 +0.77%
1999 0.646 +0.005 +0.78%
1998 0.641 +0.005 +0.79%
1997 0.636 +0.005 +0.79%
1996 0.631 +0.006 +0.96%
1995 0.625 +0.005 +0.81%
1994 0.62 +0.003 +0.49%
1993 0.617 +0.003 +0.49%
1992 0.614 +0.003 +0.49%
1991 0.611 +0.003 +0.49%
1990 0.608

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.