List of countries by Human Development Index

World map indicating the categories of Human Development Index by country (based on 2019 data, published on 15 December 2020).

Very high High

Medium Low

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World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2019 data, published on 15 December 2020).

≥ 0.900 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

This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released on 15 December 2020), put together based on estimates for 2019. It covers 187 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories; 6 UN member states are not included because there is not enough data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard way of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the effect of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq^[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.^[2]

Countries fall into four wide human development categories: Very High Human Development (66 countries), High Human Development (53 countries), Medium Human Development (37 countries) and Low Human Development (36 countries).

From 2007 to 2010, the first two categories was referred to as developed countries, and the last two are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) that have been removed were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Complete list of countries

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Rank		Country or Territory	HDI
2019 data (2020 report)^[3]	Change over 5 years (2014)^[3]	Country or Territory	2019 data (2020 report)^[3]	Average change per year (2010-2019)^[4]
1.000 Very high human development
0.957 1	0.000	Norway	0.957	0.0020 0.20%
0.955 2	0.007 (7)	Ireland	0.955	0.0065 0.65%
0.955 2	0.000	Switzerland	0.955	0.0016 0.16%
0.949 4	0.007 (7)	Hong Kong	0.949	0.0054 0.54%
0.949 4	0.004 (4)	Iceland	0.949	0.0062 0.62%
0.947 6	-0.003 (3)	Germany	0.947	0.0024 0.24%
0.945 7	-0.003 (3)	Sweden	0.945	0.0041 0.41%
0.944 8	-0.002 (2)	Australia	0.944	0.0017 0.17%
0.944 8	-0.001 (1)	Netherlands	0.944	0.0032 0.32%
0.940 10	-0.006 (6)	Denmark	0.940	0.0028 0.28%
0.938 11	-0.002 (2)	Finland	0.938	0.0026 0.26%
0.938 11	0.000	Singapore	0.938	0.0035 0.35%
0.932 13	0.000	United Kingdom	0.932	0.0024 0.24%
0.931 14	0.001 (1)	Belgium	0.931	0.0025 0.25%
0.931 14	0.003 (3)	New Zealand	0.931	0.0030 0.30%
0.929 16	-0.001 (1)	Canada	0.929	0.0034 0.34%
0.926 17	-0.003 (3)	United States	0.926	0.0012 0.12%
0.922 18	0.000	Austria	0.922	0.0022 0.22%
0.919 19	0.001 (1)	Israel	0.919	0.0029 0.29%
0.919 19	0.002 (2)	Japan	0.919	0.0039 0.39%
0.919 19	0.000	Liechtenstein	0.919	0.0018 0.18%
0.917 22	0.002 (2)	Slovenia	0.917	0.0035 0.35%
0.916 23	-0.001 (1)	South Korea	0.916	0.0033 0.33%
0.916 23	0.000	Luxembourg	0.916	0.0022 0.22%
0.904 25	0.001 (1)	Spain	0.904	0.0040 0.40%
0.901 26	-0.001 (1)	France	0.901	0.0028 0.28%
0.900 27	-0.001 (1)	Czechia	0.900	0.0038 0.38%
0.895 28	0.002 (2)	Malta	0.895	0.0054 0.54%
0.892 29	0.002 (2)	Estonia	0.892	0.0051 0.51%
0.892 29	-0.001 (1)	Italy	0.892	0.0016 0.16%
0.890 31	0.006 (6)	United Arab Emirates	0.890	0.0091 0.91%
0.888 32	-0.003 (3)	Greece	0.888	0.0029 0.29%
0.887 33	0.000	Cyprus	0.887	0.0040 0.40%
0.882 34	0.000	Lithuania	0.882	0.0066 0.66%
0.880 35	0.000	Poland	0.880	0.0052 0.52%
0.868 36	-0.004 (4)	Andorra	0.868	0.0040 0.40%
0.866 37	0.003 (3)	Latvia	0.866	0.0055 0.55%
0.864 38	-0.001 (1)	Portugal	0.864	0.0046 0.46%
0.860 39	-0.002 (2)	Slovakia	0.860	0.0038 0.38%
0.854 40	0.001 (1)	Hungary	0.854	0.0030 0.30%
0.854 40	-0.004 (4)	Saudi Arabia	0.854	0.0060 0.60%
0.852 42	0.006 (6)	Bahrain	0.852	0.0070 0.70%
0.851 43	0.000	Chile	0.851	0.0065 0.65%
0.851 43	0.002 (2)	Croatia	0.851	0.0048 0.48%
0.848 45	0.000	Qatar	0.848	0.0019 0.19%
0.845 46	-0.002 (2)	Argentina	0.845	0.0021 0.21%
0.838 47	-0.006 (6)	Brunei	0.838	0.0015 0.15%
0.829 48	0.002 (2)	Montenegro	0.829	0.0037 0.37%
0.828 49	0.002 (2)	Romania	0.828	0.0031 0.31%
0.826 50	-0.003 (3)	Palau	0.826	0.0055 0.55%
0.825 51	0.007 (7)	Kazakhstan	0.825	0.0086 0.86%
0.824 52	0.001 (1)	Russia	0.824	0.0060 0.60%
0.823 53	-0.004 (4)	Belarus	0.823	0.0039 0.39%
0.820 54	0.005 (5)	Turkey	0.820	0.0116 1.16%
0.817 55	0.001 (1)	Uruguay	0.817	0.0049 0.49%
0.816 56	-0.002 (2)	Bulgaria	0.816	0.0039 0.39%
0.815 57	0.005 (5)	Panama	0.815	0.0058 0.58%
0.814 58	-0.003 (3)	Bahamas	0.814	0.0012 0.12%
0.814 58	-0.006 (6)	Barbados	0.814	0.0023 0.23%
0.813 60	-0.003 (3)	Oman	0.813	0.0043 0.43%
0.812 61	0.007 (7)	Georgia	0.812	0.0087 0.87%
0.810 62	-0.003 (3)	Costa Rica	0.810	0.0064 0.64%
0.810 62	0.001 (1)	Malaysia	0.810	0.0054 0.54%
0.806 64	-0.005 (5)	Kuwait	0.806	0.0025 0.25%
0.806 64	0.003 (3)	Serbia	0.806	0.0057 0.57%
0.804 66	-0.002 (2)	Mauritius	0.804	0.0076 0.76%
0.7995 High human development
0.796 67	0.002 (2)	Seychelles	0.796	0.0046 0.46%
0.796 67	-0.001 (1)	Trinidad and Tobago	0.796	0.0017 0.17%
0.795 69	-0.004 (4)	Albania	0.795	0.0072 0.72%
0.783 70	0.005 (5)	Cuba	0.783	0.0003 0.03%
0.783 70	0.001 (1)	Iran	0.783	0.0060 0.60%
0.782 72	0.000	Sri Lanka	0.782	0.0041 0.41%
0.780 73	0.008 (8)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.780	0.0088 0.88%
0.779 74	0.002 (2)	Grenada	0.779	0.0036 0.36%
0.779 74	0.004 (4)	Mexico	0.779	0.0045 0.45%
0.779 74	0.000	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.779	0.0048 0.48%
0.779 74	-0.001 (1)	Ukraine	0.779	0.0035 0.35%
0.778 78	0.001 (1)	Antigua and Barbuda	0.778	0.0022 0.22%
0.777 79	0.000	Peru	0.777	0.0083 0.83%
0.777 79	0.008 (8)	Thailand	0.777	0.0079 0.79%
0.776 81	-0.004 (4)	Armenia	0.776	0.0042 0.42%
0.774 82	0.002 (2)	North Macedonia	0.774	0.0046 0.46%
0.767 83	0.002 (2)	Colombia	0.767	0.0057 0.57%
0.765 84	-0.002 (2)	Brazil	0.765	0.0057 0.57%
0.761 85	0.012 (12)	China	0.761	0.0095 0.95%
0.759 86	-0.004 (4)	Ecuador	0.759	0.0050 0.50%
0.759 86	0.006 (6)	Saint Lucia	0.759	0.0043 0.43%
0.756 88	0.001 (1)	Azerbaijan	0.756	0.0045 0.45%
0.756 88	0.010 (10)	Dominican Republic	0.756	0.0076 0.76%
0.750 90	0.000	Moldova	0.750	0.0056 0.56%
0.748 91	0.000	Algeria	0.748	0.0041 0.41%
0.744 92	-0.006 (6)	Lebanon	0.744	-0.0032 0.32%
0.743 93	0.001 (1)	Fiji	0.743	0.0043 0.43%
0.742 94	-0.006 (6)	Dominica	0.742	0.0003 0.03%
0.740 95	0.008 (8)	Maldives	0.740	0.0086 0.86%
0.740 95	0.007 (7)	Tunisia	0.740	0.0037 0.37%
0.738 97	-0.003 (3)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.738	0.0031 0.31%
0.738 97	-0.005 (5)	Suriname	0.738	0.0043 0.43%
0.737 99	-0.003 (3)	Mongolia	0.737	0.0064 0.64%
0.735 100	0.005 (5)	Botswana	0.735	0.0115 1.15%
0.734 101	-0.002 (2)	Jamaica	0.734	0.0003 0.03%
0.729 102	-0.003 (3)	Jordan	0.729	-0.0012 0.12%
0.728 103	0.001 (1)	Paraguay	0.728	0.0050 0.50%
0.725 104	0.002 (2)	Tonga	0.725	0.0041 0.41%
0.724 105	-0.004 (4)	Libya	0.724	-0.0108 1.08%
0.720 106	0.004 (4)	Uzbekistan	0.720	0.0082 0.82%
0.718 107	0.006 (6)	Bolivia	0.718	0.0082 0.82%
0.718 107	0.006 (6)	Indonesia	0.718	0.0086 0.86%
0.718 107	0.003 (3)	Philippines	0.718	0.0076 0.76%
0.716 110	-0.003 (3)	Belize	0.716	0.0033 0.33%
0.715 111	-0.003 (3)	Samoa	0.715	0.0027 0.27%
0.715 111	0.004 (4)	Turkmenistan	0.715	0.0079 0.79%
0.711 113	-0.044 (44)	Venezuela	0.711	-0.0069 0.69%
0.709 114	-0.002 (2)	South Africa	0.709	0.0073 0.73%
0.708 115	-0.006 (6)	Palestine	0.708	0.0038 0.38%
0.707 116	0.001 (1)	Egypt	0.707	0.0063 0.63%
0.704 117	-1 NA^[a]	Marshall Islands	0.704	NA^[5]
0.704 117	0.001 (1)	Vietnam	0.704	0.0070 0.70%
0.703 119	0.000	Gabon	0.703	0.0084 0.84%
0.6995 Medium human development
0.697 120	-0.004 (4)	Kyrgyzstan	0.697	0.0057 0.57%
0.686 121	0.002 (2)	Morocco	0.686	0.0120 1.20%
0.682 122	-0.002 (2)	Guyana	0.682	0.0055 0.55%
0.674 123	0.004 (4)	Iraq	0.674	0.0065 0.65%
0.673 124	-0.003 (3)	El Salvador	0.673	0.0008 0.08%
0.668 125	-0.002 (2)	Tajikistan	0.668	0.0051 0.51%
0.665 126	-0.004 (4)	Cape Verde	0.665	0.0057 0.57%
0.663 127	-0.001 (1)	Guatemala	0.663	0.0100 1.00%
0.660 128	-0.003 (3)	Nicaragua	0.660	0.0066 0.66%
0.654 129	0.001 (1)	Bhutan	0.654	0.0146 1.46%
0.646 130	-0.002 (2)	Namibia	0.646	0.0103 1.03%
0.645 131	0.001 (1)	India	0.645	0.0121 1.21%
0.634 132	0.000	Honduras	0.634	0.0043 0.43%
0.632 133	0.008 (8)	Bangladesh	0.632	0.0141 1.41%
0.630 134	-0.003 (3)	Kiribati	0.630	0.0067 0.67%
0.625 135	0.001 (1)	Sao Tome and Principe	0.625	0.0121 1.21%
0.620 136	-0.002 (2)	Micronesia	0.620	0.0035 0.35%
0.613 137	0.001 (1)	Laos	0.613	0.0117 1.17%
0.611 138	0.005 (5)	Eswatini	0.611	0.0203 2.03%
0.611 138	-0.001 (1)	Ghana	0.611	0.0087 0.87%
0.609 140	-0.005 (5)	Vanuatu	0.609	0.0035 0.35%
0.606 141	-0.012 (12)	East Timor	0.606	-0.0040 0.40%
0.602 142	0.000	Nepal	0.602	0.0128 1.28%
0.601 143	-0.003 (3)	Kenya	0.601	0.0097 0.97%
0.594 144	0.000	Cambodia	0.594	0.0109 1.09%
0.592 145	-0.006 (6)	Equatorial Guinea	0.592	0.0030 0.30%
0.584 146	0.000	Zambia	0.584	0.0115 1.15%
0.583 147	0.003 (3)	Myanmar	0.583	0.0139 1.39%
0.581 148	-0.004 (4)	Angola	0.581	0.0131 1.31%
0.574 149	-0.002 (2)	Congo, Republic of the	0.574	0.0110 1.10%
0.571 150	0.001 (1)	Zimbabwe	0.571	0.0190 1.90%
0.567 151	-0.003 (3)	Solomon Islands	0.567	0.0061 0.61%
0.567 151	-0.002 (2)	Syria	0.567	-0.0187 1.87%
0.563 153	0.001 (1)	Cameroon	0.563	0.0122 1.22%
0.557 154	0.002 (2)	Pakistan	0.557	0.0094 0.94%
0.555 155	-0.002 (2)	Papua New Guinea	0.555	0.0068 0.68%
0.554 156	-0.004 (4)	Comoros	0.554	0.0068 0.68%
0.5495 Low human development
0.546 157	-0.002 (2)	Mauritania	0.546	0.0087 0.87%
0.545 158	-0.001 (1)	Benin	0.545	0.0110 1.10%
0.544 159	0.002 (2)	Uganda	0.544	0.0099 0.99%
0.543 160	-0.001 (1)	Rwanda	0.543	0.0110 1.10%
0.539 161	-0.003 (3)	Nigeria	0.539	0.0125 1.25%
0.538 162	0.007 (7)	Ivory Coast	0.538	0.0156 1.56%
0.529 163	-0.001 (1)	Tanzania	0.529	0.0106 1.06%
0.528 164	-0.004 (4)	Madagascar	0.528	0.0036 0.36%
0.527 165	0.002 (2)	Lesotho	0.527	0.0152 1.52%
0.524 166	0.003 (3)	Djibouti	0.524	0.0161 1.61%
0.515 167	0.001 (1)	Togo	0.515	0.0112 1.12%
0.512 168	-0.003 (3)	Senegal	0.512	0.0100 1.00%
0.511 169	-0.005 (5)	Afghanistan	0.511	0.0089 0.89%
0.510 170	-0.001 (1)	Haiti	0.510	0.0089 0.89%
0.510 170	-0.005 (5)	Sudan	0.510	0.0094 0.94%
0.496 172	0.001 (1)	Gambia	0.496	0.0087 0.87%
0.485 173	0.005 (5)	Ethiopia	0.485	0.0158 1.58%
0.483 174	0.000	Malawi	0.483	0.0127 1.27%
0.480 175	0.000	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.480	0.0110 1.10%
0.480 175	0.001 (1)	Guinea-Bissau	0.480	0.0107 1.07%
0.480 175	-0.003 (3)	Liberia	0.480	0.0060 0.60%
0.477 178	0.001 (1)	Guinea	0.477	0.0153 1.53%
0.470 179	-0.016 (16)	Yemen	0.470	-0.0082 0.82%
0.459 180	-0.003 (3)	Eritrea	0.459	0.0057 0.57%
0.456 181	0.002 (2)	Mozambique	0.456	0.0144 1.44%
0.452 182	0.003 (3)	Burkina Faso	0.452	0.0183 1.83%
0.452 182	-0.002 (2)	Sierra Leone	0.452	0.0140 1.40%
0.434 184	0.000	Mali	0.434	0.0069 0.69%
0.433 185	-0.005 (5)	Burundi	0.433	0.0058 0.58%
0.433 185	-0.003 (3)	South Sudan	0.433	0.0061 0.61%
0.398 187	-0.001 (1)	Chad	0.398	0.0084 0.84%
0.397 188	-0.001 (1)	Central African Republic	0.397	0.0094 0.94%
0.394 189	-0.001 (1)	Niger	0.394	0.0195 1.95%

List of countries by continent

Africa

Main page: List of African countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.801 1	Mauritius	0.804
0.7995 High human development
0.796 2	Seychelles	0.796
0.759 3	Algeria	0.748
0.739 4	Tunisia	0.740
0.728 5	Botswana	0.735
0.708 6	Libya	0.724
0.705 7	South Africa	0.709
0.702 8	Egypt	0.707
0.700 9	Gabon	0.703
0.6995 Medium human development
0.676 10	Morocco	0.686

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
0.000 Low human development
0.377 1	Niger	0.394
0.381 2	Central African Republic	0.397
0.401 3	Chad	0.398
0.413 4	South Sudan	0.433
0.423 4	Burundi	0.433
0.427 6	Mali	0.434
0.434 7	Sierra Leone	0.452
0.434 7	Burkina Faso	0.452
0.438 9	Mozambique	0.456
0.446 10	Eritrea	0.459

Asia

Main page: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.939 1	Hong Kong	0.949
0.935 2	Singapore	0.938
0.915 3	Japan	0.919
0.906 3	Israel	0.919
0.906 5	South Korea	0.916
0.866 6	United Arab Emirates	0.890
0.857 7	Saudi Arabia	0.854
0.838 8	Bahrain	0.852
0.848 9	Qatar	0.848
0.845 10	Brunei	0.838

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
0.000 Low human development
0.470 1	Yemen	0.470
0.511 2	Afghanistan	0.511
0.5495 Medium human development
0.557 3	Pakistan	0.557
0.567 4	Syria	0.567
0.583 5	Myanmar	0.583
0.594 6	Cambodia	0.594
0.602 7	Nepal	0.602
0.613 8	Laos	0.613
0.632 9	Bangladesh	0.632
0.645 10	India	0.645

Europe

Main page: List of European countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.957 1	Norway	0.957
0.955 2	Switzerland	0.955
0.955 2	Ireland	0.955
0.949 4	Iceland	0.949
0.947 5	Germany	0.947
0.945 6	Sweden	0.945
0.944 7	Netherlands	0.944
0.940 8	Denmark	0.940
0.938 9	Finland	0.938
0.932 10	United Kingdom	0.932

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
0.6995 High human development
0.750 1	Moldova	0.750
0.756 2	Azerbaijan	0.756
0.774 3	North Macedonia	0.774
0.776 4	Armenia	0.776
0.779 5	Ukraine	0.779
0.780 6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.780
0.795 7	Albania	0.795
0.7995 Very high human development
0.806 8	Serbia	0.806
0.812 9	Georgia	0.812
0.816 10	Bulgaria	0.816

North America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.929 1	Canada	0.929
0.926 2	United States	0.926
0.815 3	Panama	0.815
0.814 4	Barbados	0.814
0.814 4	Bahamas	0.814
0.810 6	Costa Rica	0.810
0.7995 High human development
0.796 7	Trinidad and Tobago	0.796
0.783 8	Cuba	0.783
0.779 9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.779
0.779 9	Mexico	0.779
0.778 10	Antigua and Barbuda	0.778

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
0.000 Low human development
0.503 1	Haiti	0.510
0.5495 Medium human development
0.634 2	Honduras	0.634
0.660 3	Nicaragua	0.660
0.663 4	Guatemala	0.663
0.673 5	El Salvador	0.673
0.6995 High human development
0.716 6	Belize	0.716
0.734 7	Jamaica	0.734
0.738 8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.738
0.742 9	Dominica	0.742
0.756 10	Dominican Republic	0.756

Oceania

Main page: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.938 1	Australia	0.944
0.921 2	New Zealand	0.931
0.814 3	Palau	0.826
0.7995 High human development
0.724 4	Fiji	0.743
0.717 5	Tonga	0.725
0.707 6	Samoa	0.715
0.698 7	Marshall Islands	0.704
0.6995 Medium human development
0.623 8	Kiribati	0.630
0.614 9	Micronesia	0.620
0.597 10	Vanuatu	0.609
0.557 11	Solomon Islands	0.567
0.543 12	Papua New Guinea	0.555

South America

Main page: List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
1.000 Very high human development
0.851 1	Chile	0.851
0.845 2	Argentina	0.845
0.817 3	Uruguay	0.817
0.7995 High human development
0.777 4	Peru	0.777
0.767 5	Colombia	0.767
0.765 6	Brazil	0.765
0.759 7	Ecuador	0.759
0.738 8	Suriname	0.738
0.728 9	Paraguay	0.728
0.718 10	Bolivia	0.718
0.711 11	Venezuela	0.711
0.6995 Medium human development
0.682 12	Guyana	0.682

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.890
2	Saudi Arabia	0.854
3	Bahrain	0.852
4	Qatar	0.848
5	Oman	0.813
6	Kuwait	0.806
High human development
7	Algeria	0.748
8	Lebanon	0.744
9	Tunisia	0.740
10	Jordan	0.729

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Low human development
1	Yemen	0.470
2	Sudan	0.510
3	Djibouti	0.524
4	Mauritania	0.546
5	Comoros	0.554
Medium human development
6	Syria	0.567
7	Iraq	0.674
8	Morocco	0.686
9	Egypt	0.707
10	Palestine	0.708

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.944
2	Singapore	0.938
3	United Kingdom	0.932
4	New Zealand	0.931
5	Canada	0.929
6	Malta	0.895
7	Cyprus	0.887
8	Brunei	0.838
9	Barbados	0.814
9	Bahamas	0.814

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Low human development
1	Sierra Leone	0.452
2	Mozambique	0.456
3	Malawi	0.483
4	Gambia	0.496
5	Lesotho	0.527
6	Tanzania	0.529
7	Nigeria	0.539
8	Rwanda	0.543
9	Uganda	0.544
Medium human development
10	Papua New Guinea	0.555

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong	0.949
2	Australia	0.944
3	Singapore	0.938
4	New Zealand	0.931
5	Japan	0.919
6	South Korea	0.916
7	Brunei	0.838
8	Palau	0.826
9	Malaysia	0.810
High human development
10	Thailand	0.777

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Medium human development
1	Papua New Guinea	0.555
2	Solomon Islands	0.567
3	Myanmar	0.583
4	Cambodia	0.594
5	Timor Leste	0.606
6	Vanuatu	0.609
7	Laos	0.613
8	Micronesia	0.620
9	Kiribati	0.630
High human development
10	Vietnam	0.704

European Union

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Ireland	0.955
2	Germany	0.947
3	Sweden	0.945
4	Netherlands	0.944
5	Denmark	0.940
6	Finland	0.938
7	Belgium	0.931
8	Austria	0.922
9	Slovenia	0.917
10	Luxembourg	0.916

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Bulgaria	0.816
2	Romania	0.828
3	Croatia	0.851
4	Hungary	0.854
5	Slovakia	0.860
6	Portugal	0.864
7	Latvia	0.866
8	Poland	0.880
9	Lithuania	0.882
10	Cyprus	0.887

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.890
2	Saudi Arabia	0.854
3	Bahrain	0.852
4	Qatar	0.848
5	Brunei	0.838
6	Kazakhstan	0.825
7	Turkey	0.820
8	Oman	0.813
9	Malaysia	0.810
10	Kuwait	0.806

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Low human development
1	Niger	0.394
2	Chad	0.398
3	Mali	0.434
4	Burkina Faso	0.452
4	Sierra Leone	0.452
6	Mozambique	0.456
7	Yemen	0.470
8	Guinea	0.477
9	Guinea-Bissau	0.480
10	Gambia	0.496

OECD

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.957
2	Ireland	0.955
2	Switzerland	0.955
4	Iceland	0.949
5	Germany	0.947
6	Sweden	0.945
7	Australia	0.944
7	Netherlands	0.944
9	Denmark	0.940
10	Finland	0.938

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
High human development
1	Colombia	0.767
2	Mexico	0.779
Very high human development
3	Turkey	0.820
4	Chile	0.851
5	Hungary	0.854
6	Slovakia	0.860
7	Portugal	0.864
8	Latvia	0.866
9	Poland	0.880
10	Lithuania	0.882

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.938
2	Bahrain	0.852
3	Palau	0.826
4	Barbados	0.814
4	Bahamas	0.814
6	Mauritius	0.804
High human development
7	Trinidad and Tobago	0.796
7	Seychelles	0.796
9	Cuba	0.783
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.779

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2020 estimates for 2019
Low human development
1	Guinea-Bissau	0.480
2	Haiti	0.510
Medium human development
3	Comoros	0.554
4	Papua New Guinea	0.555
5	Solomon Islands	0.567
6	Timor-Leste	0.606
7	Vanuatu	0.609
8	Micronesia	0.620
9	Template:Country data São Tomé and Principe	0.625
10	Kiribati	0.630

HDI by regions and groups

Region or group	2011 estimates HDI^[6]	2013 estimates HDI^[7]	2014 estimates HDI^[8]	2015 estimates HDI
Very high human development
Very High Human Development	0.889	0.905	0.890	0.892
OECD	0.873	0.887	0.874	0.887
High human development
Europe and Central Asia	0.751	0.771	0.738	0.756
Latin America and the Caribbean	0.731	0.741	0.740	0.751
High Human Development	0.741	0.758	0.735	0.746
East Asia and the Pacific	0.671	0.683	0.703	0.720
World	0.682	0.694	0.702	0.717
Medium human development
Arab states	0.641	0.652	0.682	0.687
Small Island Developing States	0.640	0.648	0.665	0.667
Medium Human Development	0.630	0.640	0.614	0.631
South Asia	0.548	0.558	0.588	0.621
Low human development
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.463	0.475	0.502	0.523
Least Developed countries	0.439	0.449	0.487	0.508
Low Human Development	0.456	0.466	0.493	0.497

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data)

Year		Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Very high human development
2009	2008	San Marino	0.961	21	^[9]
2009	2008	Monaco	0.956	25	^[9]
High human development
2009	2008	Marshall Islands	0.738	155	^[9]
2009	2008	North Korea	0.733	156	^[9]
2009	2008	Nauru	0.721	164	^[9]
2009	2008	Tuvalu	0.711	168	^[9]
Low human development
2009	2008	Somalia	0.364	229	^[9]

Note: 2009 publication uses old HDI formula

Non-UN member states (latest UNDP data)

Year		Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
High human development
N/A	2016	Kosovo	0.739	N/A	^[10]

Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)

Year		Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
Very high human development
2017	2015	Macau	0.905	17	^[b]
2017	2015	Taiwan	0.885	27	^[c]
2017	2015	Puerto Rico	0.845	40	^[14]
2012	2010	Guadeloupe	0.822	39	^[15]
2012	2010	Martinique	0.813	41	^[15]
2009	2008	Jersey	0.985	2	^[9]
2009	2008	Cayman Islands	0.983	4	^[9]
2009	2008	Bermuda	0.981	7	^[9]
2009	2008	Guernsey	0.975	9	^[9]
2009	2008	Gibraltar	0.961	20	^[9]
2009	2008	Norfolk Island	0.958	23	^[9]
2009	2008	Faroe Islands	0.950	33	^[9]
2009	2008	Isle of Man	0.950	34	^[9]
2009	2008	British Virgin Islands	0.945	35	^[9]
2009	2008	Falkland Islands	0.933	43	^[9]
2009	2008	Aruba	0.908	49	^[9]
2009	2008	Guam	0.901	54	^[9]
High human development
2012	2010	New Caledonia	0.789	51	^[15]
2012	2010	Wallis and Futuna	0.763	65	^[15]
2012	2010	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.762	66	^[15]
2012	2010	Réunion	0.750	72	^[15]
2012	2010	French Guiana	0.739	76	^[15]
2012	2010	French Polynesia	0.737	77	^[15]
2012	2010	Saint Martin	0.702	n/a	^[15]
2009	2008	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.894	59	^[9]
2009	2008	Northern Mariana Islands	0.875	71	^[9]
2009	2008	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.873	72	^[9]
2009	2008	Greenland	0.869	76	^[9]
2009	2008	Anguilla	0.865	79	^[9]
2009	2008	Cook Islands	0.829	101	^[9]
2009	2008	American Samoa	0.827	103	^[9]
2009	2008	Montserrat	0.821	106	^[9]
Medium human development
2012	2010	Saint Barthélemy	0.688	n/a	^[15]
2012	2010	Mayotte	0.653	104	^[15]
2009	2008	Saint Helena	0.797	125	^[9]
2009	2008	Niue	0.794	129	^[9]
2009	2008	Tokelau	0.750	149	^[9]

List Of Countries By Human Development Index Media

Map of countries according to their category in the Human Development Index Report for 2021-22.* Very high (≥ 0.800)*
World map of countries or territories by Human Development Index scores in increments of 0.050 in 2021.* ≥ 0.950*
Average annual HDI growth from 2010 to 2021 published in 2022Template:Legend-col*

Notes

↑ Data not available before 2017
↑ The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.^[11]
↑ The UN does not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state. The HDI report does not include Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China when calculating China's figures (see^[12]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.885, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[13]

References

↑ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
↑ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
↑ Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). hdr.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme. pp. 347–350. ISBN 978-9-211-26442-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
↑ Data not available before 2017
↑ "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
↑ "The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 144–147. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
↑ "Human Development Report 2014 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. January 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
↑ ^9.00 ^9.01 ^9.02 ^9.03 ^9.04 ^9.05 ^9.06 ^9.07 ^9.08 ^9.09 ^9.10 ^9.11 ^9.12 ^9.13 ^9.14 ^9.15 ^9.16 ^9.17 ^9.18 ^9.19 ^9.20 ^9.21 ^9.22 ^9.23 ^9.24 ^9.25 ^9.26 ^9.27 ^9.28 ^9.29 Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009
↑ "About Kosovo". UNDP. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
↑ "DSEC - 統計資料". www.dsec.gov.mo.
↑ "- Human Development Reports" (PDF). hdr.undp.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
↑ "2017中華民國人類發展指數(HDI)" (Excel) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). "Human Development Index Trends and Inequality in Puerto Rico 2010-2015". Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
↑ ^15.00 ^15.01 ^15.02 ^15.03 ^15.04 ^15.05 ^15.06 ^15.07 ^15.08 ^15.09 ^15.10 Quel niveau de développement humain dans les outre-mer?, Agence Française de Developpment, 2012 (in French)

[marshall-5] Data not available before 2017

[13] The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.^[11]

[16] The UN does not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state. The HDI report does not include Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China when calculating China's figures (see^[12]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.885, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[13]

[1] "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2009.

[2] "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[2020_components-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

[2020_trends-4] Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). hdr.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme. pp. 347–350. ISBN 978-9-211-26442-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

[marshall-6] Data not available before 2017

[UNDP1-7] "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

[UNDP2013-8] "The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 144–147. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[UNDP2014-9] "Human Development Report 2014 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. January 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[UN_Escap-10] 9.00 ^9.01 ^9.02 ^9.03 ^9.04 ^9.05 ^9.06 ^9.07 ^9.08 ^9.09 ^9.10 ^9.11 ^9.12 ^9.13 ^9.14 ^9.15 ^9.16 ^9.17 ^9.18 ^9.19 ^9.20 ^9.21 ^9.22 ^9.23 ^9.24 ^9.25 ^9.26 ^9.27 ^9.28 ^9.29 Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009

[11] "About Kosovo". UNDP. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

[12] "DSEC - 統計資料". www.dsec.gov.mo.

[14] "- Human Development Reports" (PDF). hdr.undp.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[15] "2017中華民國人類發展指數(HDI)" (Excel) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[17] Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). "Human Development Index Trends and Inequality in Puerto Rico 2010-2015". Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[IDH_DOM-18] 15.00 ^15.01 ^15.02 ^15.03 ^15.04 ^15.05 ^15.06 ^15.07 ^15.08 ^15.09 ^15.10 Quel niveau de développement humain dans les outre-mer?, Agence Française de Developpment, 2012 (in French)

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