Human Development & Quality of Life in Dominica
HDI 0.761 · UNDP rank 98 · latest published data
The headline development measure for Dominica is HDI 0.761 in 2023, corresponding to UNDP rank 98 and the high human development band. Two details sharpen that picture. The health component is anchored by life expectancy of 71.1 years. Education combines 14.2 expected years of schooling with 10.1 mean years already attained.
What sits inside Dominica's HDI
For Dominica, health contributes through life expectancy of 71.1; education through 14.2 expected and 10.1 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $16,001 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
For Dominica, the complementary UNDP fields shown elsewhere are unavailable in the source tables used here. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
For Dominica, the page has no verified OECD life-satisfaction observation to report, a missing source value is shown as unavailable.
What Dominica's numbers say together
UNDP coverage for Dominica is too limited to support a broad multi-index comparison on this page. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
Dominica's HDI is 0.761 for 2023, placing it at UNDP rank 98. The index summarizes health, education and income rather than every dimension of day-to-day well-being.
Frequently asked questions
What is Dominica's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Dominica an HDI of 0.761 for 2023 and rank 98.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Dominica?
For Dominica, the inequality-adjusted value is not published in the source table, the profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
In the UNDP data used here, a subjective well-being figure for Dominica is published only when the source supplies a usable observation.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
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.