Human Development & Quality of Life in Liechtenstein
HDI 0.938 · UNDP rank 17 · latest published data
In UNDP's 2023 index data, Liechtenstein has HDI 0.938 and rank 17, which corresponds to very high human development. That rank is only the starting point. The income component uses GNI per capita of $166,812 in 2021 PPP dollars. In a different dimension, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.964 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Liechtenstein's HDI
For Liechtenstein, health contributes through life expectancy of 83.6; education through 15.4 expected and 12.4 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $166,812 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI. When the indicator is reused, retain the original indicator definition before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Beyond HDI, Liechtenstein's UNDP profile also reports GDI 0.964. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Liechtenstein. An unavailable observation remains omitted rather than estimated. For a like-for-like reading, retain the original indicator definition so the comparison remains traceable.
What Liechtenstein's numbers say together
Liechtenstein's additional indicators read as GDI 0.964. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
UNDP reports a 2023 HDI of 0.938 for Liechtenstein, with rank 17. That headline measure is useful for development comparison, but it is not a complete quality-of-life score.
The GDI value is 0.964 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Liechtenstein's HDI?
The UNDP table records Liechtenstein at 0.938 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 17.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Liechtenstein?
IHDI is omitted for Liechtenstein because UNDP does not provide a usable value in the cited table. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
For this profile, a subjective well-being figure for Liechtenstein is published only when the source supplies a usable observation.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation. When the indicator is reused, treat the value as the published measure so the source year is not silently treated as the publication year.
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.