Development Ledger · Europe
United Kingdom
HDI rank 13 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.946
+0.134 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.869
8.1% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
81.3 yrs
Expected schooling 17.8 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$54,372
Mean schooling 13.5 yrs
HDI over Time
United Kingdom 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.
Health0.943
Education0.944
Income0.951
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.78. A child born today will be 78% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
United Kingdom 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.