Human Development Indicators

Name: Ghana Human Development Indicators
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX

UNDP Human Development Report indicators for Ghana: the Human Development Index and its components, inequality-adjusted measures, the gender and multidimensional poverty indices, year by year. Sourced from UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO). 971 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1990 to 2023listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.00971 recordsPoverty & Inequality

The newest figures in this dataset are from 2023; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
indicator_id	TEXT
indicator_name	TEXT
index_id	TEXT
index_name	TEXT
value	DECIMAL(24,6)
year	INTEGER
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Human Development Indicators
indicator idTEXT	indicator nameTEXT	index idTEXT	index nameTEXT	valueDECIMAL(24,6)	yearINTEGER	sourceTEXT
eys	Expected Years of Schooling (years)	HDI	Human Development Index	5.656	1990	UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
eys	Expected Years of Schooling (years)	HDI	Human Development Index	5.776	1991	UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
eys	Expected Years of Schooling (years)	HDI	Human Development Index	5.899	1992	UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
eys	Expected Years of Schooling (years)	HDI	Human Development Index	6.025	1993	UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
eys	Expected Years of Schooling (years)	HDI	Human Development Index	6.153	1994	UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

indicator idTEXT	indicator nameTEXT	index idTEXT	index nameTEXT	valueDECIMAL(24,6)	yearINTEGER	sourceTEXT
10	example-indicator_name-1	10	example-index_name-1	10	10	example-source-1
20	example-indicator_name-2	20	example-index_name-2	20	20	example-source-2
30	example-indicator_name-3	30	example-index_name-3	30	30	example-source-3
40	example-indicator_name-4	40	example-index_name-4	40	40	example-source-4
50	example-indicator_name-5	50	example-index_name-5	50	50	example-source-5
60	example-indicator_name-6	60	example-index_name-6	60	60	example-source-6
70	example-indicator_name-7	70	example-index_name-7	70	70	example-source-7
80	example-indicator_name-8	80	example-index_name-8	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1990 to 2023no newer figures published
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1990 to 2023; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Human development indicators (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/human-development-indicators

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

indicator_id

TEXT

indicator_name

TEXT

index_id

TEXT

index_name

TEXT

value

DECIMAL(24,6)

year

INTEGER

source

TEXT

indicator idTEXT

indicator nameTEXT

index idTEXT

index nameTEXT

valueDECIMAL(24,6)

yearINTEGER

sourceTEXT

eys

Expected Years of Schooling (years)

HDI

Human Development Index

5.656

1990

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

eys

Expected Years of Schooling (years)

HDI

Human Development Index

5.776

1991

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

eys

Expected Years of Schooling (years)

HDI

Human Development Index

5.899

1992

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

eys

Expected Years of Schooling (years)

HDI

Human Development Index

6.025

1993

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

eys

Expected Years of Schooling (years)

HDI

Human Development Index

6.153

1994

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

indicator idTEXT

indicator nameTEXT

index idTEXT

index nameTEXT

valueDECIMAL(24,6)

yearINTEGER

sourceTEXT

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example-indicator_name-7

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators

Auth

X-API-Key header

Pagination

page · limit

Format

JSON

Version

1.0

Last updated

Sep 18, 2026from the source

Covers

1990 to 2023no newer figures published

Refreshed

monthly

Last checked

Oct 1, 2026looked right

Source

UNDP Human Development Report Office, via HDX

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/human_development_indicators",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]