Human Development & Quality of Life in Bangladesh
Human Development
Bangladesh's 2023 HDI is 0.685, placing it 130 in UNDP's table and in the medium human development category. What makes the country profile more informative than the rank alone is that the inequality adjustment is one of the most consequential parts of this profile: IHDI falls to 0.482, a 29.6% loss. Separately, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.918 in UNDP group 4, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Bangladesh's HDI
Bangladesh's HDI can be read through four underlying inputs for 2023: 74.7 life expectancy, 12.3 expected schooling, 6.8 mean schooling and GNI per capita of $8,498 in 2021 PPP dollars. The components are inputs to HDI, not independent country league tables. For the evidence on this page, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
Inequality changes the headline
In Bangladesh's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements. The page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Bangladesh adds GDI 0.918, GII 0.487, PHDI 0.666 to the HDI result. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
A comparable life-satisfaction observation was not available in the OECD extract used for Bangladesh. A missing source value is shown as unavailable.
What Bangladesh's numbers say together
When reading this profile, the complementary evidence for Bangladesh includes IHDI 0.482 with a 29.6% loss; PHDI 0.666 after a 2.8% adjustment; GDI 0.918. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
HDI for Bangladesh stands at 0.685 in 2023, with UNDP rank 130. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score. For a like-for-like reading, keep the observation year attached instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
The IHDI is 0.482, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 29.6% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.918 in group 4; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.666, with a 2.8% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bangladesh's HDI?
Bangladesh's 2023 Human Development Index is 0.685, corresponding to UNDP rank 130 in the 2025 report. For the evidence on this page, preserve the source's country coverage rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
How does inequality affect Bangladesh's HDI?
The UNDP inequality adjustment gives Bangladesh an IHDI of 0.482, with an overall loss of 29.6% from the unadjusted HDI.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Bangladesh simply to complete the layout. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. Quality-of-life evidence is presented alongside HDI only when a comparable observation is available.
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.