United Kingdom's hdi rose from 0.812 in 1990 to 0.946 in 2023.
United Kingdom · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
United Kingdom's life satisfaction fell from 6.9 in 2011 to 6.7 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs42nd of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.1 yrs28th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −0.9 %27th of 81*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −5.5 %43rd of 200
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- Homicide rateup +18.3 %39th of 116
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.0 pts17th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.0 pts26th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs18th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.4 pts83rd of 185
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- Housing cost overburden rateup +2.7 pts34th of 37*
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts28th of 184