The HDI is a summary measure for assessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.

An interactive data visualization summary of achievements in human development for 193 countries and territories, across human development indices including the HDI and complementary measures that estimate gender gaps, inequality, planetary pressures, and poverty (covering developing countries).

The human development composite indices have been developed to capture broader dimensions of human development, identify groups falling behind in human progress and monitor the distribution of human development. In addition to the HDI, the indices include Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), Gender Development Index (GDI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI (PHDI) and Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI).

Get more information about human development data, how they are calculated, statistical references and data sources, download technical notes and datasets.