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Human development index — Zimbabwe

Human development index in Zimbabwe in 2023 — 0.598 index. Ranked 153 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.

2023 0.598 index +0.67% vs 2022
World rank 153of 193
Period maximum 0.598 index2023
Period minimum 0.45 index2003

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Zimbabwe, 1990–20230.450.50.550.61990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.5 index1991: 0.502 index1992: 0.487 index1993: 0.483 index1994: 0.482 index1995: 0.477 index1996: 0.472 index1997: 0.472 index1998: 0.467 index1999: 0.462 index2000: 0.458 index2001: 0.456 index2002: 0.459 index2003: 0.45 index2004: 0.453 index2005: 0.455 index2006: 0.457 index2007: 0.459 index2008: 0.456 index2009: 0.488 index2010: 0.512 index2011: 0.529 index2012: 0.545 index2013: 0.554 index2014: 0.56 index2015: 0.567 index2016: 0.57 index2017: 0.575 index2018: 0.586 index2019: 0.584 index2020: 0.582 index2021: 0.581 index2022: 0.594 index2023: 0.598 index
Change over the period: +0.098 (+19.6%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zimbabwe 0.598 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Eastern Africa computed 0.532 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.598 +0.004 +0.67%
2022 0.594 +0.013 +2.24%
2021 0.581 −0.001 −0.17%
2020 0.582 −0.002 −0.34%
2019 0.584 −0.002 −0.34%
2018 0.586 +0.011 +1.91%
2017 0.575 +0.005 +0.88%
2016 0.57 +0.003 +0.53%
2015 0.567 +0.007 +1.25%
2014 0.56 +0.006 +1.08%
2013 0.554 +0.009 +1.65%
2012 0.545 +0.016 +3.02%
2011 0.529 +0.017 +3.32%
2010 0.512 +0.024 +4.92%
2009 0.488 +0.032 +7.02%
2008 0.456 −0.003 −0.65%
2007 0.459 +0.002 +0.44%
2006 0.457 +0.002 +0.44%
2005 0.455 +0.002 +0.44%
2004 0.453 +0.003 +0.67%
2003 0.45 −0.009 −1.96%
2002 0.459 +0.003 +0.66%
2001 0.456 −0.002 −0.44%
2000 0.458 −0.004 −0.87%
1999 0.462 −0.005 −1.07%
1998 0.467 −0.005 −1.06%
1997 0.472 +0 +0%
1996 0.472 −0.005 −1.05%
1995 0.477 −0.005 −1.04%
1994 0.482 −0.001 −0.21%
1993 0.483 −0.004 −0.82%
1992 0.487 −0.015 −2.99%
1991 0.502 +0.002 +0.4%
1990 0.5

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.