Malaysia vs South Africa: Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric

Malaysia
0.4766
in 2020
South Africa
0.4821
in 2020
Malaysia rank
63rd
South Africa rank
62nd

Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric over time

  • Malaysia
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.4821 against 0.4766 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0055.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was South Africa ahead.

Malaysia ranks 63rd and South Africa ranks 62nd of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric
Source
Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
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The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.