Human Development & Quality of Life in the Philippines
HDI 0.720 · UNDP rank 117 · latest published data
A 2023 HDI of 0.720 puts Philippines at UNDP rank 117, classified as high human development. The aggregate hides useful detail: Education combines 12.8 expected years of schooling with 10.0 mean years already attained. The profile also records that distribution materially changes the headline, with IHDI 0.597 and a 17.1% loss from HDI.
What sits inside Philippines' HDI
In the figures presented here, the UNDP inputs behind Philippines' HDI are 69.8 for life expectancy, 12.8 for expected years of schooling, 10.0 for mean years of schooling and $10,731 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP dollars. These figures show what sits behind the composite score.
Inequality changes the headline
Philippines' IHDI discounts the HDI for unequal distribution across health, education and income. The gap is a distribution adjustment, not a separate quality-of-life score.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
In the UNDP data used here, Philippines has additional UNDP measures of GDI 0.984, GII 0.351, PHDI 0.680. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
The OECD comparison used here does not provide a life-satisfaction observation that this Philippines page can reproduce. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
What Philippines' numbers say together
For a fuller view of the Philippines, the page shows IHDI 0.597 with a 17.1% loss; PHDI 0.680 after a 5.6% adjustment; GDI 0.984. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
UNDP reports a 2023 HDI of 0.720 for the Philippines, with rank 117. That headline measure is useful for development comparison, but it is not a complete quality-of-life score. For the evidence on this page, retain the original indicator definition rather than creating a broader claim than the source supports.
The IHDI is 0.597, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 17.1% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.984 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.680, with a 5.6% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Philippines' HDI?
Philippines' Human Development Index was 0.720 for 2023 in UNDP's Human Development Report 2025, with rank 117.
How does inequality affect Philippines' HDI?
UNDP reports IHDI 0.597 for the Philippines, which is 17.1% below the headline HDI after inequality across the three dimensions is taken into account.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
For Philippines, subjective well-being is shown only with a verified comparable observation. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is an objective development index based on health, education and income. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
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.