Development Ledger · North America
United States
HDI rank 17 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.938
+0.060 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.832
11.3% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
79.3 yrs
Expected schooling 15.9 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$73,650
Mean schooling 13.9 yrs
HDI over Time
United States 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.
Health0.912
Education0.905
Income0.997
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.70. A child born today will be 70% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
United States 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.