Human Development

Countries / Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of

Medium

Ranked #133 of 195 in 2023 · Arab States

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.674 in 2023, compared against the world and Arab States average.

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Components

65.2 yrs

Life expectancy

13 yrs

Expected schooling

10.1 yrs

Mean schooling

6,547

GNI per capita

Related indices

Inequality-adjusted HDI

0.538

HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.

Gender Development Index

0.945

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI

0.653

HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.