Human Development & Quality of Life in Mongolia
HDI 0.747 · UNDP rank 104 · latest published data
With HDI 0.747 for 2023, Mongolia sits at rank 104 in UNDP's latest table and falls in the high human development group. The page therefore does not stop at the composite. Environmental pressure has a substantial effect on the adjusted measure: PHDI is 0.577 after a 22.8% adjustment. It also keeps in view that the income component uses GNI per capita of $14,787 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Mongolia's HDI
On this page, Mongolia's health, education and income inputs are 71.7 life expectancy, 13.6 expected schooling, 9.4 mean schooling and $14,787 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Inequality changes the headline
In Mongolia'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 Mongolia adds GDI 1.030, GII 0.284, PHDI 0.577 to the HDI result. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No comparable OECD life-satisfaction observation is published on this page for Mongolia. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one. For the evidence on this page, keep missing fields explicitly missing so the page stays faithful to the published evidence.
What Mongolia's numbers say together
The supporting measures for Mongolia are IHDI 0.647 with a 13.4% loss; PHDI 0.577 after a 22.8% adjustment; GDI 1.030. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
Mongolia's HDI is 0.747 for 2023, placing it at UNDP rank 104. The index summarizes health, education and income rather than every dimension of day-to-day well-being.
The IHDI is 0.647, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 13.4% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 1.030 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.577, with a 22.8% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Mongolia's HDI?
The UNDP table records Mongolia at 0.747 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 104.
How does inequality affect Mongolia's HDI?
IHDI for Mongolia is 0.647 in the 2023 table. That represents a 13.4% reduction from the headline development index.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Mongolia simply to complete the layout.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The HDI calculation does not include every aspect of quality of life. Life satisfaction adds a different perspective and is therefore not folded into HDI.
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.