India's hdi rose from 0.5 in 1994 to 0.7 in 2023.
India · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
India's life satisfaction fell from 5.0 in 2011 to 4.5 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs137th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −2.2 yrs136th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −11.5 %3rd of 73*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)up +6.7 %190th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −3.7 %60th of 105
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- Safe drinking waterup +1.7 pts79th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +0.4 pts123rd of 215
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- Internet usersup +5.1 pts10th of 10
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- Expected years of schoolingdown −0.0 yrs115th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.0 pts73rd of 185
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- Women in parliamentup +0.1 pts150th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for India.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data