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Human Development Index

A single 0-1 score combining life expectancy, expected and mean years of schooling, and gross national income per person. It deliberately ignores inequality, which the separate inequality-adjusted index covers.

All world rankings
India’s rank
130 / 193
Human Development Report 2025
A newer edition is due from UNDP
Ahead of
33%
of the field
HDI value
0.685
Published 6 May 2025
India’s rank, 1990–2023best 111, worst 140
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Human Development Index: 1990 ranked 112 of 141; 1991 ranked 111 of 141; 1992 ranked 111 of 141; 1993 ranked 112 of 142; 1994 ranked 111 of 142; 1995 ranked 117 of 149; 1996 ranked 115 of 149; 1997 ranked 115 of 149; 1998 ranked 114 of 149; 1999 ranked 115 of 153; 2000 ranked 128 of 171; 2001 ranked 128 of 171; 2002 ranked 129 of 172; 2003 ranked 130 of 173; 2004 ranked 132 of 175; 2005 ranked 139 of 186; 2006 ranked 138 of 186; 2007 ranked 139 of 187; 2008 ranked 139 of 188; 2009 ranked 138 of 187; 2010 ranked 140 of 191; 2011 ranked 137 of 192; 2012 ranked 136 of 192; 2013 ranked 137 of 192; 2014 ranked 136 of 192; 2015 ranked 135 of 192; 2016 ranked 133 of 192; 2017 ranked 133 of 192; 2018 ranked 134 of 192; 2019 ranked 136 of 192; 2020 ranked 134 of 192; 2021 ranked 135 of 192; 2022 ranked 133 of 192; 2023 ranked 130 of 193.

What the publisher changed

  • UNDP recomputes its whole history each edition, so the earlier figures here are the current ones for those years, not the numbers printed at the time.
  • UNDP publishes a rank only for the report's reference year. Ranks for earlier years are computed here from UNDP's own released value series, so the whole line stays on one basis.

Coverage

193 countries; value series 1990-2023, all ten tracked countries.

Limitations

The reference year trails publication by about two years. UNDP recomputes the full series each report, so values move retroactively and ranks are not comparable with those printed in earlier reports.

Every stored edition

India’s rank and score in the Human Development Index by edition year
YearRankFieldHDI value
20231301930.685
20221331920.676
20211351920.647
20201341920.652
20191361920.651
20181341920.648
20171331920.649
20161331920.644
20151351920.633
20141361920.625
20131371920.615
20121361920.609
20111371920.603
20101401910.59
20091381870.579
20081391880.574
20071391870.566
20061381860.557
20051391860.547
20041321750.538
20031301730.529
20021291720.516
20011281710.511
20001281710.501
19991151530.496
19981141490.488
19971151490.482
19961151490.476
19951171490.469
19941111420.463
19931121420.458
19921111410.453
19911111410.448
19901121410.446
UNDP HDR composite indices, complete time series Read the methodology
Source
UNDP — UNDP HDR composite indices, complete time series
Edition published
6 May 2025

Data provenance

Edition published
6 May 2025
Coverage
193 countries; value series 1990-2023, all ten tracked countries.
Limitations
The reference year trails publication by about two years. UNDP recomputes the full series each report, so values move retroactively and ranks are not comparable with those printed in earlier reports.
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