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Human Development Index

Composite index of life expectancy, education and income (0–1). Gapminder, 2016–2023.

Source: Gapminder (open data, ddf) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2023)
0.7
0.00pp vs 2022
Improving
0
of 193 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
192
±0.5pp band

HDI

Interactive — choose a period, search a country, switch between bars, table and map.

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2016–2023.

0.50.60.70.80.9 20162017201820192020202120222023
AsiaAfricaEuropeAmericas

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇨🇫 Central African Republic 0.4 +0.41pp
🇦🇩 Andorra 0.9 +0.02pp
🇸🇴 Somalia 0.4 +0.02pp
🇦🇪 UAE 0.9 +0.02pp
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6 +0.02pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇵🇸 Palestine 0.7 -0.06pp
🇱🇾 Libya 0.7 -0.02pp
🇸🇾 Syria 0.6 -0.01pp
🇸🇩 Sudan 0.5 -0.01pp
🇧🇭 Bahrain 0.9 -0.00pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Europe 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Asia 0.00pp
Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 47 0.9 0.00pp
Americas 35 0.8 0.00pp
Asia 57 0.7 0.00pp
Africa 54 0.6 0.00pp

Human Development Index — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

193 entities, 2023, change vs 2022. Highest first.
#EntityHDIChange
1🇮🇸 Iceland1+0.01pp
2🇨🇭 Switzerland1+0.00pp
3🇳🇴 Norway1+0.00pp
4🇩🇰 Denmark1+0.00pp
5🇩🇪 Germany1+0.00pp
6🇸🇪 Sweden10.00pp
7🇦🇺 Australia1+0.01pp
8🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China1+0.01pp
9🇳🇱 Netherlands1+0.00pp
10🇧🇪 Belgium1+0.01pp
11🇮🇪 Ireland0.9+0.00pp
12🇫🇮 Finland0.9+0.00pp
13🇬🇧 UK0.90.00pp
14🇸🇬 Singapore0.9+0.00pp
15🇦🇪 UAE0.9+0.02pp
16🇨🇦 Canada0.9+0.00pp
17🇱🇮 Liechtenstein0.9+0.00pp
18🇳🇿 New Zealand0.9+0.00pp
19🇺🇸 USA0.9+0.01pp
20🇰🇷 South Korea0.9+0.01pp
21🇸🇮 Slovenia0.9+0.01pp
22🇦🇹 Austria0.9+0.00pp
23🇯🇵 Japan0.9+0.00pp
24🇲🇹 Malta0.9+0.01pp
25🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.90.00pp
26🇫🇷 France0.9+0.00pp
27🇮🇱 Israel0.9-0.00pp
28🇪🇸 Spain0.9+0.01pp
29🇨🇿 Czech Republic0.9+0.00pp
30🇮🇹 Italy0.9+0.01pp
31🇸🇲 San Marino0.9+0.01pp
32🇦🇩 Andorra0.9+0.02pp
33🇨🇾 Cyprus0.9+0.01pp
34🇬🇷 Greece0.9+0.01pp
35🇵🇱 Poland0.9+0.00pp
36🇪🇪 Estonia0.9+0.00pp
37🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0.9+0.01pp
38🇧🇭 Bahrain0.9-0.00pp
39🇱🇹 Lithuania0.9+0.01pp
40🇵🇹 Portugal0.9+0.01pp
41🇭🇷 Croatia0.9+0.00pp
42🇱🇻 Latvia0.9+0.01pp
43🇶🇦 Qatar0.9+0.00pp
44🇸🇰 Slovak Republic0.9+0.01pp
45🇨🇱 Chile0.9+0.01pp
46🇭🇺 Hungary0.9+0.00pp
47🇦🇷 Argentina0.9+0.01pp
48🇲🇪 Montenegro0.9+0.01pp
49🇺🇾 Uruguay0.9+0.01pp
50🇴🇲 Oman0.9+0.01pp
51🇹🇷 Turkey0.90.00pp
52🇰🇼 Kuwait0.9+0.01pp
53🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0.9+0.00pp
54🇸🇨 Seychelles0.8+0.01pp
55🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.8+0.01pp
56🇷🇴 Romania0.8+0.01pp
57🇬🇪 Georgia0.8+0.01pp
58🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis0.8+0.01pp
59🇵🇦 Panama0.8+0.00pp
60🇧🇳 Brunei0.8+0.01pp
61🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.8+0.01pp
62🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.8+0.01pp
63🇷🇸 Serbia0.8+0.01pp
64🇷🇺 Russia0.8+0.01pp
65🇧🇾 Belarus0.80.00pp
66🇧🇸 Bahamas0.8+0.00pp
67🇲🇾 Malaysia0.8+0.01pp
68🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.8+0.00pp
69🇦🇲 Armenia0.8+0.01pp
70🇧🇧 Barbados0.8+0.00pp
71🇦🇱 Albania0.8+0.00pp
72🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.8+0.00pp
73🇲🇺 Mauritius0.8+0.01pp
74🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8+0.01pp
75🇮🇷 Iran0.8+0.01pp
76🇹🇭 Thailand0.8+0.01pp
77🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.8+0.00pp
78🇨🇳 China0.8+0.00pp
79🇵🇪 Peru0.8+0.00pp
80🇬🇩 Grenada0.8+0.00pp
81🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.8+0.01pp
82🇲🇽 Mexico0.8+0.01pp
83🇨🇴 Colombia0.8+0.01pp
84🇧🇷 Brazil0.8+0.01pp
85🇵🇼 Palau0.80.00pp
86🇲🇩 Moldova0.8+0.00pp
87🇺🇦 Ukraine0.8+0.01pp
88🇪🇨 Ecuador0.8+0.00pp
89🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.8-0.00pp
90🇬🇾 Guyana0.8+0.01pp
91🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.8-0.00pp
92🇹🇴 Tonga0.8+0.01pp
93🇲🇻 Maldives0.8+0.00pp
94🇻🇳 Vietnam0.8+0.00pp
95🇹🇲 Turkmenistan0.8+0.00pp
96🇩🇿 Algeria0.8+0.00pp
97🇨🇺 Cuba0.8-0.00pp
98🇩🇲 Dominica0.8+0.00pp
99🇵🇾 Paraguay0.8+0.01pp
100🇪🇬 Egypt0.8+0.00pp
101🇯🇴 Jordan0.8+0.00pp
102🇱🇧 Lebanon0.8-0.00pp
103🇱🇨 St. Lucia0.7+0.00pp
104🇲🇳 Mongolia0.7+0.01pp
105🇹🇳 Tunisia0.7+0.00pp
106🇿🇦 South Africa0.7+0.00pp
107🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.7+0.00pp
108🇧🇴 Bolivia0.7+0.01pp
109🇬🇦 Gabon0.7+0.00pp
110🇲🇭 Marshall Islands0.7+0.00pp
111🇧🇼 Botswana0.7+0.00pp
112🇫🇯 Fiji0.7+0.01pp
113🇮🇩 Indonesia0.7+0.00pp
114🇸🇷 Suriname0.7+0.00pp
115🇧🇿 Belize0.7+0.00pp
116🇱🇾 Libya0.7-0.02pp
117🇯🇲 Jamaica0.7+0.00pp
118🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic0.7+0.00pp
119🇵🇭 Philippines0.7+0.01pp
120🇲🇦 Morocco0.7+0.01pp
121🇻🇪 Venezuela0.7+0.00pp
122🇼🇸 Samoa0.7+0.01pp
123🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.7+0.01pp
124🇳🇷 Nauru0.7+0.00pp
125🇧🇹 Bhutan0.7+0.00pp
126🇮🇶 Iraq0.70.00pp
127🇸🇿 Eswatini0.70.00pp
128🇹🇯 Tajikistan0.7+0.00pp
129🇹🇻 Tuvalu0.7+0.00pp
130🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.7+0.01pp
131🇮🇳 India0.7+0.01pp
132🇸🇻 El Salvador0.7+0.00pp
133🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.7-0.00pp
134🇵🇸 Palestine0.7-0.06pp
135🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.7+0.00pp
136🇳🇦 Namibia0.7+0.02pp
137🇬🇹 Guatemala0.7+0.01pp
138🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.0.6+0.01pp
139🇭🇳 Honduras0.6+0.00pp
140🇰🇮 Kiribati0.6+0.00pp
141🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.6+0.00pp
142🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.6+0.00pp
143🇬🇭 Ghana0.6+0.00pp
144🇰🇪 Kenya0.6+0.00pp
145🇳🇵 Nepal0.6+0.02pp
146🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.60.00pp
147🇱🇦 Lao0.6+0.00pp
148🇦🇴 Angola0.6+0.00pp
149🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.6+0.00pp
150🇲🇲 Myanmar0.6+0.00pp
151🇰🇭 Cambodia0.6+0.00pp
152🇰🇲 Comoros0.6+0.00pp
153🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.6+0.00pp
154🇿🇲 Zambia0.6+0.01pp
155🇨🇲 Cameroon0.6+0.01pp
156🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.6+0.00pp
157🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire0.6+0.02pp
158🇺🇬 Uganda0.6+0.00pp
159🇷🇼 Rwanda0.6+0.01pp
160🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.6+0.00pp
161🇹🇬 Togo0.6+0.00pp
162🇸🇾 Syria0.6-0.01pp
163🇲🇷 Mauritania0.6+0.00pp
164🇳🇬 Nigeria0.6+0.00pp
165🇹🇿 Tanzania0.6+0.00pp
166🇭🇹 Haiti0.6+0.00pp
167🇱🇸 Lesotho0.6+0.00pp
168🇵🇰 Pakistan0.50.00pp
169🇸🇳 Senegal0.5+0.00pp
170🇬🇲 Gambia0.5+0.01pp
171🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.0.5+0.01pp
172🇲🇼 Malawi0.5+0.00pp
173🇧🇯 Benin0.5+0.00pp
174🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.5+0.00pp
175🇩🇯 Djibouti0.5+0.00pp
176🇸🇩 Sudan0.5-0.01pp
177🇱🇷 Liberia0.5+0.00pp
178🇪🇷 Eritrea0.5+0.00pp
179🇬🇳 Guinea0.5+0.00pp
180🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.5+0.00pp
181🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.5+0.00pp
182🇲🇿 Mozambique0.5+0.00pp
183🇲🇬 Madagascar0.5+0.00pp
184🇾🇪 Yemen0.5+0.00pp
185🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.5+0.00pp
186🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.5+0.00pp
187🇧🇮 Burundi0.4+0.00pp
188🇲🇱 Mali0.4+0.00pp
189🇳🇪 Niger0.4+0.01pp
190🇹🇩 Chad0.4+0.00pp
191🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.4—
192🇸🇴 Somalia0.4+0.02pp
193🇸🇸 South Sudan0.40.00pp

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