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List of countries by Human Development Index

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the health, education, income and living conditions in a given country to provide a measure of human development which is comparable between countries and over time.[1][2]

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World map of countries or territories by Human Development Index scores in increments of 0.050 (based on 2022 data, published in 2024)
  •   ≥ 0.950
  •   0.900–0.950
  •   0.850–0.899
  •   0.800–0.849
  •   0.750–0.799
  •   0.700–0.749
  •   0.650–0.699
  •   0.600–0.649
  •   0.550–0.599
  •   0.500–0.549
  •   0.450–0.499
  •   0.400–0.449
  •   ≤ 0.399
  •   Data unavailable

The HDI is the most widely used indicator of human development and has changed how people view the concept.[3][4] However, several aspects of the index have received criticism. Some scholars have criticized how the factors are weighed, in particular how an additional year of life expectancy is valued differently between countries;[4][5] and the limited factors it considers, noting the omission of factors such as the levels of distributional and gender inequality.[6] In response to the former, the UNDP introduced the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) in its 2010 report, and in response to the latter the Gender Development Index (GDI) was introduced in the 1995 report.[7][8] Others have criticized the perceived oversimplification of using a single number per country.[9][10]

To reflect developmental differences within countries, a subnational HDI (SHDI) featuring data for more than 1,600 regions was introduced in 2018 by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University in the Netherlands.[10] In 2020, the UNDP introduced another index, the planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI), which decreases the scores of countries with a higher ecological footprint.[11]

Dimensions and indicators

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The HDI was first published in 1990 with the goal of being a more comprehensive measure of human development than purely economic measures such as gross domestic product. The index incorporates three dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and decent living standards. Various indicators are used to quantify how countries perform on each dimension. The indicators used in the 2022 report were life expectancy at birth; expected years of schooling for children; mean years of schooling for adults; and gross national income per capita. The indicators are used to create a health index, an education index and an income index, each with a value between 0 and 1. The geometric mean of the three indices—that is, the cube root of the product of the indices—is the human development index. A value above 0.800 is classified as very high, between 0.700 and 0.799 as high, 0.550 to 0.699 as medium, and below 0.550 as low.[1][12][13]

The data used to calculate HDI comes mostly from United Nations agencies and international institutions, such as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Rarely, when one of the indicators is missing, cross-country regression models are used. Due to improved data and methodology updates, HDI values are not comparable across human development reports; instead, each report recalculates the HDI for some previous years.[13][14]

 
Average annual HDI growth from 2010 to 2022 published in 2023[needs update]
  •   ≥ 1.4%
  •   1.2%…1.4%
  •   1%…1.2%
  •   0.8%…1%
  •   0.6%…0.8%
  •   0.4%…0.6%
  •   0.2%…0.4%
  •   0%…0.2%
  •   −0.5%…0%
  •   −1%…−0.5%
  •   < −1%
  •   No data
HDI dimensions and indicators[15]
Dimensions Indicators Dimension index
Long and healthy life Life expectancy at birth Life expectancy index
Knowledge Expected years of schooling
Mean years of schooling		 Education index
A decent standard of living GNI per capita (PPP $) GNI index

List

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The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations,[16] as well as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine. However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: DPR Korea (North Korea) and Monaco, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries. The Cook Islands, the Holy See (Vatican City), and Niue are the only three state parties within the United Nations System which are not included in the report.[17] In total, the HDI is available for 192 countries and one territory.[2]

Countries ranked from 1 to 69 in 2022 are designated "very high" HDI; those ranked from 70 to 118 are designated "high" HDI; those ranked from 119 to 159 are denoted "medium" HDI; and those ranked from 160 to 193 are designated "low" HDI.

Data is for the year 2022.[18]

Human Development Index by country
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI value %
annual growth
(2010–2022)
1      Switzerland 0.967   0.24%
2   (1)   Norway 0.966   0.25%
3     Iceland 0.959   0.28%
4   (2)   Hong Kong 0.956   0.38%
5   (1)   Denmark 0.952   0.35%
    Sweden   0.38%
7   (8)   Ireland 0.950   0.38%
  (3)   Germany   0.19%
9   (1)   Singapore 0.949   0.25%
10   (1)   Netherlands 0.946   0.26%
  (1)   Australia   0.20%
12   (2)   Liechtenstein 0.942   0.23%
  (3)   Belgium   0.26%
    Finland   0.27%
15   (3)   United Kingdom 0.940   0.24%
16   (7)   New Zealand 0.939   0.13%
17   (19)   United Arab Emirates 0.937   1.04%
18   (5)   Canada 0.935   0.22%
19   (3)   South Korea 0.929   0.36%
20   (1)   Luxembourg 0.927   0.14%
  (5)   United States   0.10%
22   (1)   Slovenia 0.926   0.33%
  (1)   Austria   0.21%
24   (4)   Japan 0.920   0.16%
25   (1)   Israel 0.915   0.26%
  (3)   Malta   0.50%
27     Spain 0.911   0.40%
28   (3)   France 0.910   0.28%
29   (3)   Cyprus 0.907   0.45%
30     Italy 0.906   0.24%
31   (2)   Estonia 0.899   0.33%
32   (6)   Czech Republic 0.895   0.22%
33   (3)   Greece 0.893   0.18%
34   (3)   Bahrain 0.888   0.80%
35   (3)   Andorra 0.884   0.20%
36   (2)   Poland 0.881   0.35%
37   (2)   Latvia 0.879   0.51%
  (2)   Lithuania   0.32%
39   (6)   Croatia 0.878   0.53%
40     Qatar 0.875   0.45%
  (6)   Saudi Arabia   0.70%
42     Portugal 0.874   0.42%
43   (10)   San Marino 0.867   0.32%
44     Chile 0.860   0.47%
45   (9)   Turkey 0.855   1.10%
  (5)   Slovakia   0.14%
47     Hungary 0.851   0.22%
48   (6)   Argentina 0.849   0.15%
49     Kuwait 0.847   0.36%
50   (1)   Montenegro 0.844   0.38%
51   (2)   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838   0.49%
52   (8)   Uruguay 0.830   0.47%
53   (3)   Romania 0.827   0.14%
54   (1)   Antigua and Barbuda 0.826   0.18%
55   (7)   Brunei 0.823   0.13%
56   (3)   Russia 0.821   0.25%
57   (3)   Bahamas 0.820   0.21%
  (5)   Panama   0.47%
59   (7)   Oman 0.819   0.22%
60   (3)   Trinidad and Tobago 0.814   0.30%
  (4)   Georgia   0.54%
62   (2)   Barbados 0.809   0.18%
63   (6)   Malaysia 0.807   0.41%
64   (5)   Costa Rica 0.806   0.39%
65   (3)   Serbia 0.805   0.39%
66   (6)   Thailand 0.803   0.65%
67   (1)   Seychelles 0.802   0.30%
  (4)   Kazakhstan   0.38%
69   (11)   Belarus 0.801   0.12%
70   (12)   Bulgaria 0.799   0.09%
71   (3)   Palau 0.797   0.23%
72   (1)   Mauritius 0.796   0.44%
73     Grenada 0.793   0.15%
74   (8)   Albania 0.789   0.25%
75   (18)   China 0.788   1.02%
76   (2)   Armenia 0.786   0.52%
77   (1)   Mexico 0.781   0.37%
78   (4)   Iran 0.780   0.26%
  (6)   Sri Lanka   0.50%
80   (7)   Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.779   0.68%
81   (5)   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.772   0.17%
82   (12)   Dominican Republic 0.766   0.67%
83   (1)   Ecuador 0.765   0.32%
  (7)   North Macedonia   0.21%
85   (4)   Cuba 0.764   0.16%
86   (5)   Moldova 0.763   0.53%
87   (13)   Maldives 0.762   0.81%
  (2)   Peru   0.42%
89   (1)   Azerbaijan 0.760   0.30%
    Brazil   0.43%
91   (6)   Colombia 0.758   0.29%
92   (1)   Libya 0.746   0.31%
93   (5)   Algeria 0.745   0.27%
94   (7)   Turkmenistan 0.744   0.52%
95   (27)   Guyana 0.742   1.11%
96   (2)   Mongolia 0.741   0.48%
97   (8)   Dominica 0.740   0.06%
98   (5)   Tonga 0.739   0.35%
99   (3)   Jordan 0.736   0.10%
100   (18)   Ukraine 0.734   0.35%
101   (1)   Tunisia 0.732   0.22%
102   (17)   Marshall Islands 0.731 NA[a]
  (6)   Paraguay   0.36%
104   (2)   Fiji 0.729   0.35%
105   (11)   Egypt 0.728   0.73%
106   (6)   Uzbekistan 0.727   0.62%
107   (7)   Vietnam 0.726   0.60%
108   (10)   Saint Lucia 0.725   0.07%
109   (21)   Lebanon 0.723   0.29%
110   (6)   South Africa 0.717   0.50%
111   (2)   Palestine 0.716   0.33%
112   (1)   Indonesia 0.713   0.56%
113   (2)   Philippines 0.710   0.45%
114   (5)   Botswana 0.708   0.69%
115   (7)   Jamaica 0.706   0.06%
116   (7)   Samoa 0.702   0.02%
117   (1)   Kyrgyzstan 0.701   0.49%
118   (11)   Belize 0.700   0.23%
119   (39)   Venezuela 0.699   0.68%
120   (5)   Morocco 0.698   1.21%
  (1)   Bolivia   0.45%
122   (9)   Nauru 0.696   1.84%
123   (6)   Gabon 0.693   0.46%
124   (13)   Suriname 0.690   0.07%
125   (10)   Bhutan 0.681   1.32%
126   (2)   Tajikistan 0.679   0.61%
127   (4)   El Salvador 0.674   0.21%
128   (3)   Iraq 0.673   0.57%
129   (12)   Bangladesh 0.670   1.54%
130     Nicaragua 0.669   0.76%
131   (7)   Cape Verde 0.661   0.15%
132   (7)   Tuvalu 0.653   0.39%
133   (4)   Equatorial Guinea 0.650   0.54%
134   (4)   India 0.644   0.99%
135   (4)   Micronesia 0.634   0.13%
136   (3)   Guatemala 0.629   0.21%
137   (2)   Kiribati 0.628   0.61%
138   (1)   Honduras 0.624   0.38%
139   (2)   Laos 0.620   0.90%
140   (4)   Vanuatu 0.614   0.50%
141   (2)   São Tomé and Príncipe 0.613   0.86%
142   (5)   Eswatini 0.610   1.70%
  (8)   Namibia   0.36%
144   (10)   Myanmar 0.608   1.54%
145   (1)   Ghana 0.602   0.44%
146   (3)     Nepal 0.601   0.85%
  (2)   Kenya   0.82%
148   (2)   Cambodia 0.600   0.85%
149   (10)   Congo 0.593   0.17%
150   (5)   Angola 0.591   1.14%
151   (1)   Cameroon 0.587   1.10%
152   (3)   Comoros 0.586   0.94%
153   (2)   Zambia 0.569   0.63%
154   (5)   Papua New Guinea 0.568   1.12%
155   (18)   Timor-Leste 0.566   1.01%
156   (4)   Solomon Islands 0.562   0.13%
157   (1)   Syria 0.557   1.42%
158   (1)   Haiti 0.552   1.74%
159   (2)   Uganda 0.550   0.80%
  (1)   Zimbabwe   1.12%
161   (5)   Rwanda 0.548   1.02%
  (2)   Nigeria   0.97%
163   (2)   Togo 0.547   1.29%
164   (3)   Pakistan 0.540   0.71%
  (4)   Mauritania   0.51%
166   (4)   Ivory Coast 0.534   1.07%
167   (2)   Tanzania 0.532   0.64%
168     Lesotho 0.521   0.86%
169   (1)   Senegal 0.517   0.80%
170   (6)   Sudan 0.516   0.45%
171   (4)   Djibouti 0.515   1.67%
172   (1)   Malawi 0.508   0.81%
173   (7)   Benin 0.504   0.39%
174   (5)   Gambia 0.495   0.82%
175     Eritrea 0.493   0.62%
176   (5)   Ethiopia 0.492   1.55%
177     Liberia 0.487   0.48%
  (5)   Madagascar   0.02%
179   (1)   Guinea-Bissau 0.483   0.76%
180     DR Congo 0.481   1.06%
181   (2)   Guinea 0.471   1.06%
182   (8)   Afghanistan 0.462   0.24%
183   (1)   Mozambique 0.461   1.04%
184   (1)   Sierra Leone 0.458   0.80%
185   (2)   Burkina Faso 0.438   1.37%
186   (5)   Yemen 0.424   1.30%
187   (1)   Burundi 0.420   0.32%
188     Mali 0.410   0.08%
189   (2)   Niger 0.394   1.34%
    Chad   0.66%
191     Central African Republic 0.387   0.67%
192   (2)   South Sudan 0.381   0.53%
193 NA[b]   Somalia 0.380 NA[c]

Regions and groups

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The Human Development Report also reports the HDI for various groups of countries. These include regional groupings based on the UNDP regional classifications,[19] HDI groups including the countries currently falling into a given HDI bracket, OECD members and various other UN groupings.[20] The aggregate HDI values are calculated in the same way as for individual countries with the input data being the weighted average for all countries with available data in the group.[21]

Table of regions and groups by HDI[22]
Region or group 1990 2000 2010 2020 2021 2022 %

annual growth

(1990–2020)

OECD 0.795 0.840 0.875 0.897 0.899 0.906 +0.40%
Very high human development 0.784 0.826 0.868 0.895 0.896 0.902 +0.44%
Europe and Central Asia 0.664 0.681 0.746 0.793 0.796 0.802 +0.59%
East Asia and the Pacific 0.507 0.592 0.684 0.748 0.749 0.766 +1.31%
High human development 0.557 0.625 0.700 0.753 0.754 0.764 +1.01%
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.633 0.689 0.733 0.755 0.754 0.763 +0.59%
World 0.601 0.645 0.697 0.735 0.732 0.739 +0.67%
Small Island Developing States 0.601 0.649 0.693 0.732 0.730 0.730 +0.66%
Arab states 0.555 0.618 0.676 0.708 0.708 0.704 +0.82%
Developing countries 0.513 0.569 0.638 0.687 0.685 0.694 +0.98%
South Asia 0.442 0.500 0.576 0.638 0.632 0.641 +1.01%
Medium human development 0.453 0.506 0.582 0.642 0.636 0.640 +1.17%
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.407 0.430 0.503 0.549 0.547 0.549 +1.00%
Least developed countries 0.357 0.408 0.487 0.542 0.540 0.542 +1.40%
Low human development 0.356 0.399 0.477 0.519 0.518 0.517 +1.27%

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Notes

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  1. ^ HDI not available before 2011 in latest report
  2. ^ HDI not available before 2022 in latest report
  3. ^ HDI not available before 2022 in latest report

References

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