List of countries by Human Development Index

World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2007 data, published on 5 October 2009)

0.950 and over      0.900–0.949      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      0.350–0.399      under 0.350      Data unavailable

(Colour-blind compliant map) For red-green colour vision problems (2007).

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 5 October 2009, compiled on the basis of data from 2007. It covers 180 UN member states (out of 192), along with Hong Kong (SAR of China) and the Palestinian territories. Twelve UN member states are not included due to lack of 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 means 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 impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.^[1]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories based on their HDI:

Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "very high human development" (0.8 to 1) has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

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been removed that were based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Complete list of countries

• = increase.
• = steady.
• = decrease.
• Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
• This revision of the index was released on 5 October 2009 and covers the period up to 2007.
• The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 2006, released on 5 October 2009.

Very high human development (developed countries)

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data [2][nb 1] Change compared to 2006 data [nb 1][2] 1  Norway 0.971 0.001 2  Australia 0.970 0.002 3  Iceland 0.969 0.002 4  Canada 0.966 0.001 5  Ireland 0.965 0.001 6 (1)  Netherlands 0.964 0.003 7 (1)  Sweden 0.963 0.002 8 (3)  France 0.961 0.003 9  Switzerland 0.960 0.001 10  Japan 0.960 0.002 11 (3)  Luxembourg 0.960 0.001 12 (1)  Finland 0.959 0.004 13 (1)  United States 0.956 0.001 14 (2)  Austria 0.955 0.003 15  Spain 0.955 0.003 16 (2)  Denmark 0.955 0.002 17  Belgium 0.953 0.002 18 (1)  Italy 0.951 0.001 19 (1)  Liechtenstein 0.951 0.001

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 20  New Zealand 0.950 0.002 21  United Kingdom 0.947 0.002 22  Germany 0.947 0.002 23 (1)  Singapore 0.944 0.002 24 (1)  Hong Kong 0.944 0.001 25  Greece 0.942 0.004 26  South Korea 0.937 0.004 27 (1)  Israel 0.935 0.003 28 (1)  Andorra 0.934 0.001 29  Slovenia 0.929 0.005 30  Brunei 0.920 0.001 31  Kuwait 0.916 0.004 32  Cyprus 0.914 0.003 33 (1)  Qatar 0.910 0.005 34 (1)  Portugal 0.909 0.002 35 (2)  United Arab Emirates 0.903 0.007 36  Czech Republic 0.903 0.004 37 (2)  Barbados 0.903 0.004 38 (3)  Malta 0.902 0.003

High human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 39 (1)  Bahrain 0.895 0.001 40  Estonia 0.883 0.005 41 (1)  Poland 0.880 0.004 42 (2)  Slovakia 0.880 0.007 43 (2)  Hungary 0.879 0.001 44 (1)  Chile 0.878 0.004 45  Croatia 0.871 0.004 46  Lithuania 0.870 0.005 47 (1)  Antigua and Barbuda 0.868 0.008 48 (2)  Latvia 0.866 0.007 49 (2)  Argentina 0.866 0.005 50 (1)  Uruguay 0.865 0.005 51  Cuba 0.863 0.007 52  Bahamas 0.856 0.002 53 (1)  Mexico 0.854 0.005 54 (1)  Costa Rica 0.854 0.005 55 (1)  Libya 0.847 0.005 56 (1)  Oman 0.846 0.003 57  Seychelles 0.845 0.004 58 (4)  Venezuela 0.844 0.011 59 (1)  Saudi Arabia 0.843 0.003 60 (1)  Panama 0.840 0.007 61 (2)  Bulgaria 0.840 0.005

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 62 (2)  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 0.003 63 (1)  Romania 0.837 0.005 64 (1)  Trinidad and Tobago 0.837 0.005 65  Montenegro 0.834 0.006 66  Malaysia 0.829 0.004 67  Serbia 0.826 0.005 68 (1)  Belarus 0.826 0.007 69 (1)  Saint Lucia 0.821 70  Albania 0.818 0.004 71 (2)  Russia 0.817[nb 2] 0.011 72  Macedonia 0.817 0.004 73 (2)  Dominica 0.814 74  Grenada 0.813 0.003 75  Brazil 0.813 0.005 76  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.812 0.005 77 (5)  Colombia 0.807 0.007 78 (5)  Peru 0.806 0.007 79 (1)  Turkey 0.806 0.004 80 (3)  Ecuador 0.806 0.001 81 (2)  Mauritius 0.804 0.003 82 (1)  Kazakhstan 0.804 0.003 83 (3)  Lebanon 0.803 0.003

Medium human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 84 (1)  Armenia 0.798 0.011 85 (1)  Ukraine 0.796 0.007 86 (2)  Azerbaijan 0.787 0.014 87 (1)  Thailand 0.783 0.003 88 (1)  Iran 0.782 0.005 89 (2)  Georgia 0.778 0.010 90 (1)  Dominican Republic 0.777 0.006 91 (2)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.772 0.005 92 (7)  China[nb 3] 0.772 0.009 93 (3)  Belize 0.772 0.002 94 (2)  Samoa 0.771 0.005 95 (2)  Maldives 0.771 0.006 96 (1)  Jordan 0.770 0.003 97 (1)  Suriname 0.769 0.004 98 (2)  Tunisia 0.769 0.006 99 (5)  Tonga 0.768 0.001 100 (8)  Jamaica 0.766 0.002 101  Paraguay 0.761 0.004 102  Sri Lanka 0.759 0.004 103  Gabon 0.755 0.005 104  Algeria 0.754 0.005 105  Philippines 0.751 0.004 106  El Salvador 0.747 0.001 107 (2)  Syria 0.742 0.004 108 (1)  Fiji 0.741 0.003 109 (1)  Turkmenistan 0.739 110  Palestinian Authority 0.737 111  Indonesia 0.734 0.005 112  Honduras 0.732 0.019 113  Bolivia 0.729 0.003 114  Guyana 0.729 0.008 115 (1)  Mongolia 0.727 0.007 116 (1)  Vietnam 0.725 0.005 117  Moldova 0.720 0.002 118  Equatorial Guinea 0.719 0.007 119  Uzbekistan 0.710 0.004 120  Kyrgyzstan 0.710 0.005 121  Cape Verde 0.708 0.004

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 122 (1)  Guatemala 0.704 0.008 123 (1)  Egypt 0.703 0.003 124  Nicaragua 0.699 0.003 125 (1)  Botswana 0.694 0.011 126 (1)  Vanuatu 0.693 0.005 127  Tajikistan 0.688 0.005 128 (1)  Namibia 0.686 0.008 129 (1)  South Africa 0.683 0.003 130  Morocco 0.654 0.006 131  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.651 0.006 132 (1)  Bhutan 0.619 0.011 133 (1)  Laos 0.619 0.006 134  India 0.612 0.008 135  Solomon Islands 0.610 0.006 136  Republic of the Congo 0.601 0.002 137  Cambodia 0.593 0.009 138  Myanmar 0.586 0.002 139  Comoros 0.576 0.003 140 (1)  Yemen 0.575 0.007 141 (1)  Pakistan 0.572 0.004 142 (2)  Swaziland 0.572 0.003 143  Angola 0.564 0.012 144  Nepal 0.553 0.006 145  Madagascar 0.543 0.006 146 (2)  Bangladesh 0.543 0.008 147  Kenya 0.541 0.006 148 (2)  Papua New Guinea 0.541 0.005 149  Haiti 0.532 0.006 150  Sudan 0.531 0.005 151  Tanzania 0.530 0.011 152 (2)  Ghana 0.526 0.008 153 (1)  Cameroon 0.523 0.004 154 (1)  Mauritania 0.520 0.001 155  Djibouti 0.520 0.003 156  Lesotho 0.514 0.003 157 (1)  Uganda 0.514 0.009 158 (1)  Nigeria 0.511 0.005

Low human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 159  Togo 0.499 0.001 160 (1)  Malawi 0.493 0.009 161 (1)  Benin 0.492 0.005 162  Timor-Leste 0.489 0.005 163  Côte d'Ivoire 0.484 0.002 164  Zambia 0.481 0.008 165  Eritrea 0.472 0.005 166  Senegal 0.464 0.002 167  Rwanda 0.460 0.005 168  Gambia 0.456 0.003 169  Liberia 0.442 0.008 170  Guinea 0.435 0.002

Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data 171  Ethiopia 0.414 0.012 172  Mozambique 0.402 0.005 173 (1)  Guinea-Bissau 0.396 0.005 174 (1)  Burundi 0.394 0.007 175 (2)  Chad 0.392 0.001 176 (1)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.389 0.018 177 (1)  Burkina Faso 0.389 0.005 178 (1)  Mali 0.371 0.005 179 (1)  Central African Republic 0.369 0.002 180  Sierra Leone 0.365 0.008 181  Afghanistan 0.352 0.002 182  Niger 0.340 0.005

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data High human development 1  Libya 0.847 +0.005 2  Seychelles 0.845 +0.004 3  Mauritius 0.804 +0.003 Medium human development 4  Tunisia 0.769 +0.006 5  Gabon 0.755 +0.005 6  Algeria 0.754 +0.005 7  Equatorial Guinea 0.719 +0.007 8  Cape Verde 0.708 +0.004 9  Egypt 0.703 +0.003 10  Botswana 0.694 +0.011

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Low human development 1  Niger 0.340 +0.007 2  Sierra Leone 0.365 +0.008 3  Central African Republic 0.369 +0.002 4  Mali 0.371 +0.005 5  Burkina Faso 0.389 +0.005 6  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.389 +0.018 7  Chad 0.392 -0.001 8  Burundi 0.394 +0.007 9  Guinea-Bissau 0.396 +0.005 10  Mozambique 0.402 +0.005

Americas

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Very high human development 1  Canada 0.966 +0.001 2  United States 0.956 +0.001 3  Barbados 0.903 +0.004 High human development 4  Chile 0.878 +0.004 5  Antigua and Barbuda 0.868 +0.008 6  Argentina 0.866 +0.005 7  Uruguay 0.865 +0.005 8  Cuba 0.863 +0.007 9  Bahamas 0.856 +0.002 10  Mexico 0.854 +0.005

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Medium human development 1  Haiti 0.532 +0.006 2  Nicaragua 0.699 +0.003 3  Guatemala 0.704 +0.008 4  Guyana 0.729 +0.008 5  Bolivia 0.729 +0.003 6  Honduras 0.732 +0.003 7  El Salvador 0.747 +0.001 8  Paraguay 0.761 +0.004 9  Jamaica 0.766 -0.002 10  Suriname 0.769 +0.004

Asia & Oceania

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Very high human development 1  Australia 0.970 +0.002 2  Japan 0.960 +0.002 3  New Zealand 0.950 +0.002 4  Singapore 0.944 +0.002 5  Hong Kong 0.944 +0.001 6  South Korea 0.937 +0.004 7  Israel 0.935 +0.003 8  Brunei 0.920 +0.001 9  Kuwait 0.916 +0.004 10  Cyprus 0.914 +0.003

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Low human development 1  Afghanistan 0.352 +0.002 2  Timor-Leste 0.489 +0.005 Medium human development 3  Papua New Guinea 0.541 +0.005 4  Bangladesh 0.543 +0.008 5  Nepal 0.553 +0.006 6  Pakistan 0.572 +0.004 7  Yemen 0.575 +0.007 8  Myanmar 0.586 +0.002 9  Cambodia 0.593 +0.009 10  Solomon Islands 0.610 +0.006

Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Very high human development 1  Norway 0.971 +0.001 2  Iceland 0.969 +0.002 3  Ireland 0.965 +0.001 4  Netherlands 0.964 +0.003 5  Sweden 0.963 +0.002 6  France 0.961 +0.003 7  Switzerland 0.960 +0.001 8  Luxembourg 0.960 +0.001 9  Finland 0.959 +0.004 10  Austria 0.955 +0.003

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Medium human development 1  Moldova 0.720 +0.002 2  Georgia 0.778 +0.010 3  Azerbaijan 0.787 +0.014 4  Ukraine 0.796 +0.007 5  Armenia 0.798 0.011 High human development 6  Kazakhstan 0.804 +0.003 7  Turkey 0.806 +0.004 8  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.812 +0.005 9  Macedonia 0.817 +0.004 10  Russia 0.817 [nb 2] +0.011

List of countries by non-continental region

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Very high human development 1  Ireland 0.965 +0.001 2  Netherlands 0.964 +0.003 3  Sweden 0.963 +0.002 4  France 0.961 +0.003 5  Luxembourg 0.960 +0.001 6  Finland 0.959 +0.004 7  Austria 0.955 +0.003 8  Spain 0.955 +0.003 9  Denmark 0.955 +0.002 10  Belgium 0.953 +0.002

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data High human development 1  Romania 0.837 +0.005 2  Bulgaria 0.840 +0.005 3  Latvia 0.866 +0.007 4  Lithuania 0.870 +0.005 5  Hungary 0.879 +0.001 6  Slovakia 0.880 +0.007 7  Poland 0.880 +0.004 8  Estonia 0.883 +0.005 Very High human development 9  Malta 0.902 +0.003 10  Czech Republic 0.903 +0.004

Middle East and North Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Very high human development 1  Israel 0.935 +0.003 2  Kuwait 0.916 +0.004 3  Cyprus 0.914 0.003 4  Qatar 0.910 +0.005 5  United Arab Emirates 0.903 +0.007 High human development 6  Bahrain 0.895 +0.001 7  Libya 0.847 +0.005 8  Oman 0.846 +0.003 9  Saudi Arabia 0.843 +0.003 10  Turkey 0.806 +0.004

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2007 data Change compared to 2006 data Medium human development 1  Djibouti 0.520 +0.003 2  Mauritania 0.520 +0.001 3  Sudan 0.531 +0.005 4  Yemen 0.575 +0.007 5  Comoros 0.576 +0.003 6  Morocco 0.654 +0.006 7  Egypt 0.703 +0.003 8  Palestinian Authority 0.737 9  Syria 0.742 +0.004 10  Algeria 0.754 +0.006

HDI by regions & groups

Region or Group HDI 2007 HDI 2005 Very high human development European Union (EU27) 0.937 N/A OECD 0.932 0.925 High human development Gulf Cooperation Council 0.868 N/A Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 0.821 0.814 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.821 0.810 Medium human development East Asia and the Pacific 0.770 0.762 World 0.753 0.743 Arab states 0.719 0.713 South Asia 0.612 0.606 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.514 0.495

Group Classification (2007) HDI min max average (2007) average (2005) Very high human development Developed countries 0.900 1.000 0.955 0.897 High human development Developing countries 0.800 0.899 0.833 Medium human development 0.500 0.799 0.686 0.698 Low human development Least developed countries 0.000 0.499 0.423 0.436 World — 0.000 1.000 0.753 0.743 Older group (up to 2005) GNI per capita (US$) Old HDI min max High-income countries 10 726 — 0.936 – High-income OECD 0.950 Middle-income countries 876 10 725 0.770 Low-income countries — 875 0.570 World — — 0.743 – Developing countries 0.688 – Least developed countries 0.480

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data) Year Country HDI Rank Source Publication Data Very high human development 1997 N/A  Monaco 0.946 N/A 1997 N/A  San Marino 0.944 N/A High human development 1998 N/A  Palau 0.861 N/A Medium human development 1998 1995  North Korea 0.766 75 [3] 1998 N/A  Nauru 0.663 N/A 2000 1998  Iraq 0.583 126 [4] 1998 N/A  Tuvalu 0.583 N/A 1998 N/A  Federated States of Micronesia 0.569 N/A 1998 N/A  Marshall Islands 0.563 N/A 1998 N/A  Kiribati 0.515 N/A 2007 2005  Zimbabwe 0.513 151 [5] Low human development 2001 2001  Somalia 0.284 161 [6][nb 4]

Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP) Year Country or Territory HDI Rank Source Publication Data Very high human development 2009 2007  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.943 25 [nb 5] 1998 N/A  Puerto Rico 0.942 N/A [8] 2008 2005  Martinique 0.929 24 [9] 1998 N/A  Greenland 0.927 N/A [10] 2008 2005  Guadeloupe 0.912 28 [9] 2006 2004  Macau, China 0.909 28 [11] High human development 2008 2005  New Caledonia 0.878 34 [9] 2007 2004  Réunion 0.870 35 [9][12] 2008 2005  French Polynesia 0.864 42 [9] 2008 2005  French Guiana 0.862 43 [9] Medium human development 2004 2002  Kosovo 0.733 N/A [13]

See also

• List of African countries by Human Development Index
• List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index
• List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index
• American Human Development Report
• List of Chinese administrative divisions by Human Development Index
• List of European countries by Human Development Index
• List of Indian states by Human Development Index
• List of Indonesian provinces by HDI
• List of Mexican states by Human Development Index
• List of Philippine provinces by Human Development Index
• List of Russian federal subjects by HDI
• Happy Planet Index
• OSCE countries statistics
• Satisfaction with Life Index

Notes

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} As published in United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report "Human Development Indices - A statistical update 2008"; Table 1 "Human development index trends" 2008 and 2009 values are used, as these are the revised values rather than those originally published as shown in Appendix A1.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
3. ↑ Includes data for mainland China; excludes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), the Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
4. ↑ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
5. ↑ As the UN does not recognize Taiwan as a state, the HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan," (the term used by the UN to refer to the Republic of China(Taiwan); see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$30,352.^[7]

External links

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