Development Ledger · Europe
Germany
HDI rank 5 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.959
+0.125 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.890
7.2% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
81.4 yrs
Expected schooling 17.3 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$64,053
Mean schooling 14.3 yrs
HDI over Time
Germany against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.945
Education0.957
Income0.976
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.75. A child born today will be 75% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Germany against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.