Development Ledger · Middle East & North Africa
Türkiye
HDI rank 51 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 3
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.853
+0.255 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.708
17.0% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
77.2 yrs
Expected schooling 19.8 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$34,507
Mean schooling 9.0 yrs
HDI over Time
Türkiye 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.
Health0.880
Education0.800
Income0.883
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.65. A child born today will be 65% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Türkiye 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.