In 2021, South Africa scored **** in the Human Development Index (HDI), which indicated a high level of development. The country experienced a drop in the HDI score compared to the previous year, which was ****. However, an improvement was recorded from 2005 onwards. At that year, South Africa's score was ****, meaning that the country had a medium human development. The categorization changed from medium to high in 2013.

In 2022, South Africa scored **** points in the Human Development Index (HDI), which indicated a high level of development. Moreover, this was the highest score achieved in the Southern African region. Botswana followed closely behind, with an HDI of **** points. Conversely, Mozambique recorded the lowest in the region with **** points, which signifies low human development.

South Africa: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.388 points, an increase from 0.381 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for South Africa from 1980 to 2023 is 0.638 points. The minimum value, 0.381 points, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 0.713 points was recorded in 2021.

Human development index of South Africa decreased by 2.56% from 0.74 score in 2019 to 0.72 score in 2020. Since the 2.98% rise in 2018, human development index fell by 0.55% in 2020. A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living

The average for 2023 based on 184 countries was 0.744 points. The highest value was in Iceland: 0.972 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.388 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Compared to other African countries, Seychelles scored the highest in the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2022. The country also ranked 67th globally, as one of the countries with a very high human development. This was followed by Mauritius, Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia, with scores ranging from 0.80 to 0.73 points. On the other hand, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Somalia were among the countries in the region with the lowest index scores, indicating a low level of human development.

The average for 2023 based on 52 countries was 0.585 points. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 0.848 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.388 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2022, Mauritius and the Seychelles scored just over *** points on the Human Development Index (HDI), which indicated a very high level of development. Moreover, this was the highest score achieved in the East African region. Kenya followed, with an HDI of *** points. Conversely, Somalia and South Sudan recorded the lowest in the region with **** points, which signifies low human development.

0.72 (score) in 2020. A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living

******* had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2023 with a value of *****. With a score of ****, ****** followed closely behind *********** and had the second-highest level of human development in that year. The rise of the Asian tigers In the decades after the Cold War, the four so-called Asian tigers, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (now a Special Administrative Region of China) experienced rapid economic growth and increasing human development. At number eight and number 13 of the HDI, respectively, *********************** are the only Asian locations within the top-15 highest HDI scores. Both locations have experienced tremendous economic growth since the 1980’s and 1990’s. In 1980, the per capita GDP of Hong Kong was ***** U.S. dollars, increasing throughout the decades until reaching ****** in 2023, which is expected to continue to increase in the future. Meanwhile, in 1989, Singapore had a GDP of nearly ** billion U.S. dollars, which has risen to nearly *** billion U.S. dollars today and is also expected to keep increasing. Growth of the UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the only Middle Eastern country besides Israel within the highest ranking HDI scores globally. Within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UAE has the third-largest GDP behind Saudi Arabia and Israel, reaching nearly *** billion U.S. dollars by 2022. Per capita, the UAE GDP was around ****** U.S. dollars in 1989, and has nearly doubled to ****** U.S. dollars by 2021. Moreover, this is expected to reach over ****** U.S. dollars by 2029. On top of being a major oil producer, the UAE has become a hub for finance and business and attracts millions of tourists annually.

Compared to other African countries, Seychelles scored the highest in the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2022. The country also ranked 67th globally, as one of the countries with a very high human development. This was followed by Mauritius, Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia, with scores ranging from 0.80 to 0.73 points. On the other hand, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Somalia were among the countries in the region with the lowest index scores, indicating a low level of human development.

The aim of the Human Development Report is to stimulate global, regional and national policy-relevant discussions on issues pertinent to human development. Accordingly, the data in the Report require the highest standards of data quality, consistency, international comparability and transparency. The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) fully subscribes to the Principles governing international statistical activities.

The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes. These contrasts can stimulate debate about government policy priorities. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.

The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) data shed light on the number of people experiencing poverty at regional, national and subnational levels, and reveal inequalities across countries and among the poor themselves.Jointly developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, the 2019 global MPI offers data for 101 countries, covering 76 percent of the global population. The MPI provides a comprehensive and in-depth picture of global poverty – in all its dimensions – and monitors progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 – to end poverty in all its forms. It also provides policymakers with the data to respond to the call of Target 1.2, which is to ‘reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women, and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definition'.

South Sudan and Somalia had the ****** levels of human development based on the Human Development Index (HDI). Many of the countries at the bottom of the list are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, underlining the prevalence of poverty and low levels of education in the region. Meanwhile, Switzerland had the ******* HDI worldwide.

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index provides the only comprehensive measure available for non-income poverty, which has become a critical underpinning of the SDGs. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures multidimensional poverty in over 100 developing countries, using internationally comparable datasets and is updated annually. The measure captures the acute deprivations that each person faces at the same time using information from 10 indicators, which are grouped into three equally weighted dimensions: health, education, and living standards. Critically, the MPI comprises variables that are already reported under the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS), the Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and in some cases, national surveys.

The subnational multidimensional poverty data from the data tables are published by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. For the details of the global MPI methodology, please see the latest Methodological Notes found here.

This data set contains information on 155 countries, including geographic, climatologic, demographic, psychological, genetic and economic data.

Afrique du Sud: Human Development Index (0 - 1): Pour cet indicateur, The United Nations fournit des données pour la Afrique du Sud de 1980 à 2023. La valeur moyenne pour Afrique du Sud pendant cette période était de 0.638 points avec un minimum de 0.381 points en 2022 et un maximum de 0.713 points en 2021.

Spearman rank correlation between alternatives for indicator standardization and aggregation at district level.

Abstract

This project commissioned by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government was designed to obtain baseline data on subjective and objective development indicators. The project comprised a household survey conducted during November and December 1996. The complete survery covered at least 6 500 households acress the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It followed a pilot study of perceptions of development conducted among 678 adults in October 1995. As one of the most comprehensive contributions on development indicators in the history of South Africa, it is the first large survey covering the usual "hard" indicators - such as service delivery levels - and peoples' comments and perceptions of these services and of their governments' development programmes and priorities. The study/project was motivated by the need to establish an information database for the preparation and monitoring of the province's RDP business and development plans, to synthesise subjectively articulated (bottom-up) and objectively defined (top-down) approaches to the determination of needs, to modify and improve on the usefulness of the Human Development Index (HDI),to provide an opportunity for research capacity building among civil servants and thereby providing a means to effect good governance practices and, to provide a basis for the development of objective matrices, objectives-by-time-scales and, a semi-rational budgeting and planning tool.

Geographic coverage

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Analysis unit

Two persons/respondents per household.

Universe

All households within the KwaZulu-Natal province

Sampling procedure

The survey covered the 66 magisterial districts of KwaZulu-Natal but the two Hlabisa districts and the two Ubombo districts were each combined into single districts for the purpose of the study, thereby creating 64 “study domains”. Stratified sampling by study domain and socio-economic category was conducted. The Enumerator Area (EA), as the smallest countable area available in the 1991 census dataset, was used as the smallest spatial unit for the selection of the households. Households were clustered at the Enumerator Area (EA) level, i.e. instead of each household being sampled separately, the group of households was sampled for each visited EA. Where two or more households were found at the same visiting point, the interviewer applied simple random selection procedures to select the household at which the interview would take place.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Exploratory factor analysis of the items of the continuum of care service delivery framework.

The continuum of care for maternal health index, sub- indices and indicators for North West Province, South Africa, in the period 2013–2017.