India, year by year

Every index this site holds for India, 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

0.434 → 0.644 (+0.210)

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 birth64.9 → 72.2 (+7.3)

Internet users3 → 70 (+67)

Urban population29 → 36 (+6)

Births per woman2.96 → 1.96 (-1)

Renewable share of energy45 → 35 (-10)

Access to electricity69 → 100 (+31)

Infant mortality57 → 23 (-33)

CO2 emissions per person1.1 → 2.2 (+1.1)

Forest area23 → 25 (+2)

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 · 3 values 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	0.434	58.6	—	—	4.05	53	—	84	0.7	21.5	—	—
1991	0.437	59.0	—	26	3.96	52	—	83	0.7	21.6	—	—
1992	0.442	59.5	0	26	3.88	52	—	81	0.7	21.8	—	—
1993	0.446	59.8	0	26	3.80	52	51	79	0.8	21.9	—	—
1994	0.452	60.2	0	26	3.72	51	50	77	0.8	22.0	—	—
1995	0.458	60.6	0	27	3.65	50	51	76	0.8	22.1	—	—
1996	0.465	61.0	0	27	3.58	49	53	74	0.8	22.2	—	—
1997	0.471	61.4	0	27	3.51	48	55	72	0.9	22.4	—	—
1998	0.477	61.9	0	27	3.45	48	56	70	0.9	22.5	—	—
1999	0.485	62.3	0	27	3.38	47	60	68	0.9	22.6	—	—
2000	0.490	62.8	1	28	3.35	47	60	66	0.9	22.7	—	—
2001	0.495	63.2	1	28	3.30	47	62	64	0.9	22.8	—	—
2002	0.501	63.6	2	28	3.22	46	62	62	1.0	22.9	—	—
2003	0.514	64.1	2	28	3.12	46	65	60	1.0	22.9	—	—
2004	0.523	64.5	2	29	3.05	45	64	59	1.0	23.0	—	—
2005	0.532	64.9	2	29	2.96	44	69	57	1.1	23.1	—	—
2006	0.541	65.4	3	29	2.87	43	68	55	1.1	23.1	802	3128
2007	0.550	65.8	4	30	2.78	42	72	53	1.2	23.2	1022	3407
2008	0.557	66.3	4	30	2.71	39	74	51	1.3	23.3	993	3529
2009	0.562	66.7	5	31	2.67	37	75	48	1.3	23.3	1095	3775
2010	0.572	67.2	8	31	2.60	36	76	46	1.4	23.4	1348	4086
2011	0.586	67.6	10	31	2.53	35	80	44	1.5	23.5	1445	4327
2012	0.594	68.1	11	32	2.47	35	80	42	1.6	23.6	1429	4681
2013	0.600	68.5	12	32	2.40	35	83	40	1.6	23.6	1433	4870
2014	0.611	68.9	14	32	2.29	34	85	38	1.7	23.7	1554	5042
2015	0.619	69.3	15	33	2.29	33	88	36	1.7	23.8	1584	5269
2016	0.630	69.7	17	33	2.28	33	90	35	1.7	23.9	1708	5634
2017	0.636	70.1	18	33	2.19	33	92	33	1.8	24.0	1950	5968
2018	0.636	70.4	20	34	2.18	33	96	31	1.9	24.1	1966	6522
2019	0.638	70.8	30	34	2.12	34	96	30	1.8	24.2	2041	6945
2020	0.638	70.2	43	34	2.05	36	97	28	1.7	24.3	1907	6766
2021	0.633	67.3	49	34	2.01	35	100	27	1.8	24.4	2240	7819
2022	0.644	71.7	56	35	1.99	—	99	26	2.0	24.4	2280	8941
2023	—	72.0	60	35	1.98	—	100	25	2.1	24.5	2434	9853
2024	—	72.2	65	35	1.96	—	100	23	2.2	—	2592	10719
2025	—	—	70	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	2702	11748
Profile shows	0.644	72.2	70	36	1.96	35	—	—	2.2	24.5	2702	11748

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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