Human Development & Quality of Life in Pakistan
Human Development
A 2023 HDI of 0.544 puts Pakistan at UNDP rank 168, classified as low human development. Two details sharpen that picture. The health component is anchored by life expectancy of 67.6 years. The inequality adjustment is one of the most consequential parts of this profile: IHDI falls to 0.364, a 33.1% loss.
What sits inside Pakistan's HDI
Pakistan's HDI can be read through four underlying inputs for 2023: 67.6 life expectancy, 7.9 expected schooling, 4.3 mean schooling and GNI per capita of $5,501 in 2021 PPP dollars. The components are inputs to HDI, not independent country league tables. When looking across the UNDP tables, do not substitute a different denominator instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
Inequality changes the headline
For Pakistan, IHDI asks how the HDI changes once unequal achievement across people is considered, the adjustment is about distribution rather than subjective well-being.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
In this country profile, Pakistan has additional UNDP measures of GDI 0.838, GII 0.536, PHDI 0.529. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No dated comparable life-satisfaction figure is included for Pakistan in this release. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly. For a like-for-like reading, do not infer an unstated comparison instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
What Pakistan's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Pakistan, the page shows IHDI 0.364 with a 33.1% loss; PHDI 0.529 after a 2.8% adjustment; GDI 0.838. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
For this comparison, the headline UNDP result for Pakistan is HDI 0.544, rank 168, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index. For a like-for-like reading, keep missing fields explicitly missing so the number is not mistaken for another indicator.
The IHDI is 0.364, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 33.1% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.838 in group 5; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.529, with a 2.8% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pakistan's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Pakistan an HDI of 0.544 for 2023 and rank 168.
How does inequality affect Pakistan's HDI?
Pakistan's Inequality-adjusted HDI is 0.364. The published overall loss is 33.1% relative to HDI.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Quality-of-life data for Pakistan appear only when the page can tie the value to a comparable source and year. A missing source value is shown as unavailable.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The HDI calculation does not include every aspect of quality of life. 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.