United Kingdom, year by year

Every index this site holds for United Kingdom, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.804 → 0.940 (+0.136)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth79 → 81.4 (+2.3)

Internet users69 → 95 (+27)

Urban population81 → 83 (+3)

Births per woman1.76 → 1.55 (-0.21)

Renewable share of energy1 → 12 (+11)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality5 → 4 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person9.3 → 4.2 (-5)

Forest area12 → 13 (+1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.804	75.9	—	—	1.83	1	100	8	10.2	11.5	—	—
1991	0.809	76.1	0	78	1.82	1	100	7	10.3	11.6	—	—
1992	0.815	76.4	0	78	1.79	1	100	7	10.1	11.6	—	—
1993	0.819	76.4	1	78	1.76	1	100	7	9.7	11.7	—	—
1994	0.827	76.9	1	78	1.74	1	100	6	9.6	11.8	—	—
1995	0.830	76.8	2	79	1.71	1	100	6	9.4	11.8	—	—
1996	0.836	77.1	4	79	1.73	1	100	6	9.8	11.9	—	—
1997	0.843	77.2	7	79	1.72	1	100	6	9.4	12.0	—	—
1998	0.848	77.2	14	79	1.71	1	100	6	9.4	12.1	—	—
1999	0.855	77.4	21	80	1.68	1	100	6	9.3	12.1	—	—
2000	0.863	77.7	27	80	1.64	1	100	6	9.4	12.2	—	—
2001	0.869	78.0	33	80	1.63	1	100	6	9.5	12.3	—	—
2002	0.874	78.1	56	80	1.63	1	100	5	9.2	12.3	—	—
2003	0.879	78.5	65	80	1.70	1	100	5	9.4	12.3	—	—
2004	0.889	78.8	66	80	1.75	1	100	5	9.3	12.4	—	—
2005	0.895	79.0	70	80	1.76	1	100	5	9.3	12.4	—	—
2006	0.894	79.3	69	81	1.82	2	100	5	9.2	12.5	44695	34870
2007	0.897	79.5	75	81	1.86	2	100	5	9.0	12.5	50629	35685
2008	0.902	79.6	78	81	1.91	2	100	5	8.6	12.6	47652	36943
2009	0.907	80.0	84	81	1.89	3	100	5	7.8	12.6	39009	35281
2010	0.913	80.4	85	81	1.92	3	100	4	8.0	12.6	39778	36649
2011	0.909	81.0	85	81	1.91	4	100	4	7.3	12.7	42296	37389
2012	0.910	80.9	87	81	1.92	4	100	4	7.6	12.8	42688	38515
2013	0.923	81.0	90	81	1.83	5	100	4	7.3	12.9	43608	40121
2014	0.924	81.3	92	82	1.81	7	100	4	6.7	13.0	47747	41546
2015	0.923	81.0	92	82	1.80	8	100	4	6.4	13.0	45256	42772
2016	0.926	81.2	95	82	1.79	8	100	4	6.0	13.1	41259	44376
2017	0.929	81.3	90	82	1.74	9	100	4	5.8	13.1	40918	46441
2018	0.928	81.3	91	82	1.68	10	100	4	5.6	13.1	43704	47636
2019	0.933	81.4	93	83	1.63	11	100	4	5.4	13.2	43161	50494
2020	0.920	80.3	95	83	1.57	14	100	4	4.8	13.2	40815	48720
2021	0.931	80.7	96	83	1.58	12	100	4	5.0	13.2	47696	51840
2022	0.940	81.0	95	83	1.56	—	100	4	4.8	13.3	47035	60267
2023	—	81.2	95	83	1.56	—	100	4	4.5	13.3	49920	60787
2024	—	81.4	95	83	1.55	—	100	4	4.2	—	53341	62839
2025	—	—	—	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	57602	64606
Profile shows	0.940	81.4	96	83	1.55	12	—	—	4.2	13.3	57602	64606

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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