Human Development & Quality of Life in Azerbaijan
HDI 0.789 · UNDP rank 81 · latest published data
For 2023, Azerbaijan records HDI 0.789 and UNDP rank 81; that headline belongs to the high human development category. That rank is only the starting point. The income component uses GNI per capita of $20,668 in 2021 PPP dollars. In a different dimension, inequality produces a visible but not dominant adjustment, taking HDI 0.789 to IHDI 0.735 with a 6.8% loss.
What sits inside Azerbaijan's HDI
For the 2023 development snapshot, Azerbaijan's 2023 HDI inputs include life expectancy of 74.4, expected schooling of 12.9, mean schooling of 11.1, and GNI per capita of $20,668 in 2021 PPP dollars. Together they explain the headline index without turning any single input into a separate ranking.
Inequality changes the headline
Azerbaijan's IHDI adjusts the headline index for inequality in health, education and income outcomes. It describes distribution, so it is not used here as a quality-of-life rating. For the profile as a whole, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score so the source year is not silently treated as the publication year.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Azerbaijan's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.983, GII 0.315, PHDI 0.737. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No dated comparable life-satisfaction figure is included for Azerbaijan in this release. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
What Azerbaijan's numbers say together
Looking at the published indicators, the complementary evidence for Azerbaijan includes IHDI 0.735 with a 6.8% loss; PHDI 0.737 after a 6.6% adjustment; GDI 0.983. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
HDI for Azerbaijan stands at 0.789 in 2023, with UNDP rank 81. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score.
The IHDI is 0.735, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 6.8% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.983 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.737, with a 6.6% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Azerbaijan's HDI?
For the 2023 observation year, UNDP reports HDI 0.789 and rank 81 for Azerbaijan.
How does inequality affect Azerbaijan's HDI?
After the inequality adjustment, Azerbaijan's index falls to 0.735; UNDP quantifies the overall loss at 6.8%.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
For the current profile, a subjective well-being figure for Azerbaijan is published only when the source supplies a usable observation. A missing source value is shown as unavailable.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The Human Development Index summarizes health, education and income outcomes. Life satisfaction is shown only as a separate subjective well-being measure.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.