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Human development index — Belgium

Human development index in Belgium in 2023 — 0.951 index. Ranked 10 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.4%.

2023 0.951 index +0.63% vs 2022
World rank 10of 193
Period maximum 0.951 index2023
Period minimum 0.824 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Belgium, 1990–20230.80.850.90.9511990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.824 index1991: 0.829 index1992: 0.845 index1993: 0.86 index1994: 0.868 index1995: 0.875 index1996: 0.881 index1997: 0.884 index1998: 0.886 index1999: 0.889 index2000: 0.894 index2001: 0.899 index2002: 0.901 index2003: 0.903 index2004: 0.909 index2005: 0.911 index2006: 0.913 index2007: 0.916 index2008: 0.917 index2009: 0.919 index2010: 0.921 index2011: 0.923 index2012: 0.923 index2013: 0.925 index2014: 0.93 index2015: 0.933 index2016: 0.936 index2017: 0.94 index2018: 0.942 index2019: 0.945 index2020: 0.939 index2021: 0.948 index2022: 0.945 index2023: 0.951 index
Change over the period: +0.127 (+15.41%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belgium 0.951 index
World 0.756 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.879 index
Western Europe computed 0.944 index
High-income countries computed 0.919 index
Human development index — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.951 +0.006 +0.63%
2022 0.945 −0.003 −0.32%
2021 0.948 +0.009 +0.96%
2020 0.939 −0.006 −0.63%
2019 0.945 +0.003 +0.32%
2018 0.942 +0.002 +0.21%
2017 0.94 +0.004 +0.43%
2016 0.936 +0.003 +0.32%
2015 0.933 +0.003 +0.32%
2014 0.93 +0.005 +0.54%
2013 0.925 +0.002 +0.22%
2012 0.923 +0 +0%
2011 0.923 +0.002 +0.22%
2010 0.921 +0.002 +0.22%
2009 0.919 +0.002 +0.22%
2008 0.917 +0.001 +0.11%
2007 0.916 +0.003 +0.33%
2006 0.913 +0.002 +0.22%
2005 0.911 +0.002 +0.22%
2004 0.909 +0.006 +0.66%
2003 0.903 +0.002 +0.22%
2002 0.901 +0.002 +0.22%
2001 0.899 +0.005 +0.56%
2000 0.894 +0.005 +0.56%
1999 0.889 +0.003 +0.34%
1998 0.886 +0.002 +0.23%
1997 0.884 +0.003 +0.34%
1996 0.881 +0.006 +0.69%
1995 0.875 +0.007 +0.81%
1994 0.868 +0.008 +0.93%
1993 0.86 +0.015 +1.78%
1992 0.845 +0.016 +1.93%
1991 0.829 +0.005 +0.61%
1990 0.824 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

CH Switzerland 0.97 DE Germany 0.959 NL Netherlands 0.955 BE Belgium 0.951 LI Liechtenstein 0.938 AT Austria 0.93 LU Luxembourg 0.922 FR France 0.92
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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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