List of countries by Human Development Index

World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2014 data, published on December 14, 2015).^[1]

0.900 and over

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

0.349 and under

Data unavailable

World map indicating the categories of Human Development Index by country (based on 2013 data, published on July 24, 2014).^[1]

Very high (Developed)

High (Developed)

Medium (Developing)

Low (Undeveloped)

Data unavailable

This is a list of all the countries by the Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. The latest report was released on 14 December 2015 and compiled on the basis of estimates for 2014.^[2]

In the 2010 Human Development Report a further Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) was introduced. While the simple HDI remains useful, it stated that "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality)" and "the HDI can be viewed as an index of “potential” human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)".^[3]

Methodology

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per capita is higher. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country. The index was developed in 1990 by Indian economist Amartya Sen^[4] and Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq^[5] The UN report covers 185 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong and the Palestinian territories; 8 UN member states are not included because of lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

Countries fall into four broad human development categories: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development.

Because of the new methodology adopted since the 2010 Human Development Report, the new reported HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

From 2007 to 2010, the first category was referred to as developed countries, and the last three 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 were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

The country with the largest decrease in HDI since 1998 is Zimbabwe, falling from 0.514 in 1998 by 0.140 to 0.374 in 2010. The country with the largest decrease since 2009 is Cape Verde, which decreased by 0.170.

The only year without a Human Development Report since 1990 was 2012. The latest report was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 14 December 2015.^[2]

Complete list of countries

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Very high human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
1		Norway	0.944	0.002
2		Australia	0.935	0.002
3		Switzerland	0.930	0.002
4		Denmark	0.923
5		Netherlands	0.922	0.002
6		Germany	0.916	0.001
6	(2)	Ireland	0.916	0.004
8	(1)	United States	0.915	0.002
9	(1)	Canada	0.913	0.001
9	(1)	New Zealand	0.913	0.002
11		Singapore	0.912	0.003
12		Hong Kong	0.910	0.002
13		Liechtenstein	0.908	0.001
14		Sweden	0.907	0.002
14	(1)	United Kingdom	0.907	0.005
16		Iceland	0.899
17		Korea, South	0.898	0.003
18		Israel	0.894	0.001
19		Luxembourg	0.892	0.002
20	(1)	Japan	0.891	0.001
21		Belgium	0.890	0.002
22		France	0.888	0.001
23		Austria	0.885	0.001
24		Finland	0.883	0.001
25		Slovenia	0.880	0.001

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
26		Spain	0.876	0.002
27		Italy	0.873
28		Czech Republic	0.870	0.002
29		Greece	0.865	0.002
30		Estonia	0.861	0.002
31		Brunei	0.856	0.004
32		Cyprus	0.850
32	(1)	Qatar	0.850	0.001
34		Andorra	0.845	0.001
35	(1)	Slovakia	0.844	0.005
36	(1)	Poland	0.843	0.003
37		Lithuania	0.839	0.002
37		Malta	0.839	0.002
39		Saudi Arabia	0.837	0.001
40		Argentina	0.836	0.003
41	(1)	United Arab Emirates	0.835	0.002
42		Chile	0.832	0.002
43		Portugal	0.830	0.002
44		Hungary	0.828	0.003
45		Bahrain	0.824	0.003
46	(1)	Latvia	0.819	0.003
47	(1)	Croatia	0.818	0.001
48	(1)	Kuwait	0.816
49		Montenegro	0.802	0.001

High human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
50	(1)	Belarus	0.798	0.002
50		Russia	0.798	0.001
52		Oman	0.793	0.001
52	(1)	Romania	0.793	0.002
52	(2)	Uruguay	0.793	0.003
55		Bahamas	0.790	0.004
56		Kazakhstan	0.788	0.003
57	(1)	Barbados	0.785
58		Antigua and Barbuda	0.783	0.002
59		Bulgaria	0.782	0.003
60	(2)	Palau	0.780	0.005
60		Panama	0.780	0.003
62	(2)	Malaysia	0.779	0.002
63	(1)	Mauritius	0.777	0.002
64	(4)	Seychelles	0.772	0.005
64		Trinidad and Tobago	0.772	0.001
66	(2)	Serbia	0.771
67	(1)	Cuba	0.769	0.001
67	(1)	Lebanon	0.769	0.001
69		Costa Rica	0.766	0.002
69		Iran	0.766	0.002
71	(2)	Venezuela	0.762	0.002
72		Turkey	0.761	0.002
73	(1)	Sri Lanka	0.757	0.005
74	(1)	Mexico	0.756	0.001
75	(1)	Brazil	0.755	0.003
76		Georgia	0.754	0.004
77	(2)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.752	0.005
78	(1)	Azerbaijan	0.751	0.002

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
79	(3)	Grenada	0.750	0.008
80	(2)	Jordan	0.748
81		Macedonia	0.747	0.003
81	(1)	Ukraine	0.747	0.001
83	(1)	Algeria	0.736	0.002
84	(1)	Peru	0.734	0.002
85		Albania	0.733	0.001
85	(2)	Armenia	0.733	0.002
85	(4)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.733	0.004
88		Ecuador	0.732	0.002
89		Saint Lucia	0.729
90	(3)	China	0.727	0.004
90	(1)	Fiji	0.727	0.003
90	(5)	Mongolia	0.727	0.005
93	(2)	Thailand	0.726	0.002
94	(1)	Dominica	0.724	0.001
94	(11)	Libya	0.724	0.014
96		Tunisia	0.721	0.001
97		Colombia	0.720	0.002
97	(1)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.720	0.003
99	(1)	Jamaica	0.719	0.002
100		Tonga	0.717	0.001
101		Belize	0.715
101	(2)	Dominican Republic	0.715	0.004
103	(1)	Suriname	0.714	0.001
—	—	World	0.711	0.002
104		Maldives	0.706	0.003
105		Samoa	0.702	0.001

Medium human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
106		Botswana	0.698	0.002
107		Moldova	0.693	0.003
108		Egypt	0.690	0.001
109		Turkmenistan	0.688	0.006
110	(1)	Gabon	0.684	0.005
110		Indonesia	0.684	0.003
112	(1)	Paraguay	0.679	0.002
113	(2)	Palestine	0.677	0.002
114		Uzbekistan	0.675	0.003
115		Philippines	0.668	0.004
116	(1)	El Salvador	0.666	0.002
116	(1)	South Africa	0.666	0.003
116	(1)	Vietnam	0.666	0.003
119		Bolivia	0.662	0.004
120	(1)	Kyrgyzstan	0.655	0.003
121	(1)	Iraq	0.654	0.003
122		Cabo Verde	0.646	0.003
123		Micronesia	0.640	0.001
124		Guyana	0.636	0.002
125		Nicaragua	0.631	0.003

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
126		Morocco	0.628	0.002
126	(2)	Namibia	0.628	0.003
128	(2)	Guatemala	0.627	0.001
129		Tajikistan	0.624	0.003
130	(1)	India	0.609	0.005
131		Honduras	0.606	0.002
132	(2)	Bhutan	0.605	0.010
133		Timor Leste	0.595	0.006
134	(4)	Syria	0.594	0.013
134	(1)	Vanuatu	0.594	0.002
136	(2)	Congo, Republic of the	0.591	0.009
137	(1)	Kiribati	0.590	0.002
138	(1)	Equatorial Guinea	0.587	0.003
139		Zambia	0.586	0.006
140		Ghana	0.579	0.002
141		Laos	0.575	0.005
142		Bangladesh	0.570	0.003
143	(1)	Cambodia	0.555	0.005
143		São Tomé and Príncipe	0.555	0.002

Low human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
145		Kenya	0.548	0.004
145	(1)	Nepal	0.548	0.005
147		Pakistan	0.538	0.002
148		Myanmar	0.536	0.005
149		Angola	0.532	0.002
150	(1)	Swaziland	0.531	0.001
151		Tanzania	0.521	0.005
152		Nigeria	0.514	0.004
153	(1)	Cameroon	0.512	0.005
154	(1)	Madagascar	0.510	0.002
155	(3)	Zimbabwe	0.509	0.008
156		Mauritania	0.506	0.002
156	(1)	Solomon Islands	0.506	0.001
158	(1)	Papua New Guinea	0.505	0.002
159	(1)	Comoros	0.503	0.002
160		Yemen	0.498
161		Lesotho	0.497	0.003
162	(5)	Togo	0.484	0.009
163	(1)	Haiti	0.483	0.002
163		Rwanda	0.483	0.004
163	(1)	Uganda	0.483	0.005
166	(1)	Benin	0.480	0.003

Rank		Country	HDI
2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change in rank from previous year^[2]	Country	2015 estimates for 2014 ^[2]	Change from previous year ^[2]
167	(2)	Sudan	0.479	0.002
168		Djibouti	0.470	0.002
169	(2)	South Sudan	0.467	0.006
170		Senegal	0.466	0.003
171	(2)	Afghanistan	0.465	0.001
172		Ivory Coast	0.462	0.004
173	(1)	Malawi	0.445	0.006
174	(1)	Ethiopia	0.442	0.006
175	(2)	Gambia	0.441	0.001
176		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.433	0.003
177		Liberia	0.430	0.006
178		Guinea Bissau	0.420	0.002
179		Mali	0.419	0.003
180		Mozambique	0.416	0.003
181	(1)	Sierra Leone	0.413	0.005
182	(1)	Guinea	0.411
183	(1)	Burkina Faso	0.402	0.006
184	(1)	Burundi	0.400	0.003
185	(1)	Chad	0.392	0.004
186	(1)	Eritrea	0.391	0.001
187		Central African Republic	0.350	0.002
188		Niger	0.348	0.003

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
High human development
1	Mauritius	0.777
2	Seychelles	0.772
3	Algeria	0.736
4	Libya	0.724
5	Tunisia	0.721
Medium human development
6	Botswana	0.698
7	Egypt	0.690
8	Gabon	0.684
9	South Africa	0.666
10	Cabo Verde	0.646

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Niger	0.348
2	Central African Republic	0.350
3	Eritrea	0.391
4	Chad	0.392
5	Burundi	0.400
6	Burkina Faso	0.402
7	Guinea	0.411
8	Sierra Leone	0.413
9	Mozambique	0.416
10	Mali	0.419

America, North and the Caribbeans

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	United States	0.915
2	Canada	0.913
High human development
3	Bahamas	0.790
4	Barbados	0.785
5	Antigua and Barbuda	0.783
6	Panama	0.780
7	Trinidad and Tobago	0.772
8	Cuba	0.769
9	Costa Rica	0.766
10	Mexico	0.756

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Haiti	0.483
Medium human development
2	Honduras	0.606
3	Guatemala	0.627
4	Nicaragua	0.631
5	El Salvador	0.666
High human development
6	Dominican Republic	0.715
6	Belize	0.715
8	Jamaica	0.719
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.720
10	Dominica	0.724

America, South

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Argentina	0.836
2	Chile	0.832
High human development
3	Uruguay	0.793
4	Venezuela	0.762
5	Brazil	0.755
6	Peru	0.734
7	Ecuador	0.732
8	Colombia	0.720
9	Suriname	0.714
Medium human development
10	Paraguay	0.679

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Medium human development
1	Guyana	0.636
2	Bolivia	0.662
3	Paraguay	0.679
High human development
4	Suriname	0.714
5	Colombia	0.720
6	Ecuador	0.732
7	Peru	0.734
8	Brazil	0.755
9	Venezuela	0.762
10	Uruguay	0.793

Asia

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.912
2	Hong Kong	0.910
3	Korea, South	0.898
4	Israel	0.894
5	Japan	0.891
6	Brunei Darussalam	0.856
7	Cyprus	0.850
7	Qatar	0.850
9	Saudi Arabia	0.837
10	United Arab Emirates	0.835

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Afghanistan	0.465
2	Yemen	0.498
3	Myanmar	0.536
4	Pakistan	0.538
5	Nepal	0.548
Medium human development
6	Cambodia	0.555
7	Bangladesh	0.570
8	Laos	0.575
9	Syria	0.594
10	Timor Leste	0.595

Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.944
2	Switzerland	0.930
3	Denmark	0.923
4	Netherlands	0.922
5	Germany	0.916
5	Ireland	0.916
7	Liechtenstein	0.908
8	Sweden	0.907
8	United Kingdom	0.907
10	Iceland	0.899

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Medium human development
1	Moldova	0.693
High human development
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.733
2	Armenia	0.733
2	Albania	0.733
5	Ukraine	0.747
5	Macedonia	0.747
7	Azerbaijan	0.751
8	Georgia	0.754
9	Turkey	0.761
10	Serbia	0.771

Oceania

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.935
2	New Zealand	0.913
High human development
3	Palau	0.780
4	Fiji	0.727
5	Tonga	0.717
6	Samoa	0.702
Medium human development
7	Micronesia	0.640
8	Vanuatu	0.594
9	Kiribati	0.590
Low human development
10	Solomon Islands	0.506

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Papua New Guinea	0.505
2	Solomon Islands	0.506
Medium human development
3	Kiribati	0.590
4	Vanuatu	0.594
5	Micronesia	0.640
High human development
6	Samoa	0.702
7	Tonga	0.717
8	Fiji	0.727
9	Palau	0.780
Very high human development
10	New Zealand	0.913

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Qatar	0.850
2	Saudi Arabia	0.837
3	United Arab Emirates	0.835
4	Bahrain	0.824
5	Kuwait	0.816
High human development
6	Oman	0.793
7	Lebanon	0.769
8	Jordan	0.748
9	Algeria	0.736
10	Libya	0.724

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Djibouti	0.470
2	Sudan	0.479
3	Yemen	0.498
4	Comoros	0.503
5	Mauritania	0.506
Medium human development
6	Syria	0.594
7	Morocco	0.628
8	Iraq	0.654
9	Palestine Authority	0.677
10	Egypt	0.690

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.935
2	Canada	0.913
2	New Zealand	0.913
4	Singapore	0.912
5	United Kingdom	0.907
6	Brunei Darussalam	0.856
7	Cyprus	0.850
8	Malta	0.839
High human development
9	Bahamas	0.790
10	Barbados	0.785

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Sierra Leone	0.413
2	Mozambique	0.416
3	Malawi	0.445
4	Uganda	0.483
4	Rwanda	0.483
6	Lesotho	0.497
7	Papua New Guinea	0.505
8	Solomon Islands	0.506
9	Cameroon	0.512
10	Nigeria	0.514

Council of Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.944
2	Switzerland	0.930
3	Denmark	0.923
4	Netherlands	0.922
5	Germany	0.916
5	Ireland	0.916
7	Liechtenstein	0.908
8	Sweden	0.907
8	United Kingdom	0.907
10	Iceland	0.899

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Medium human development
1	Moldova	0.693
High human development
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.733
2	Armenia	0.733
2	Albania	0.733
5	Ukraine	0.747
5	Macedonia	0.747
7	Azerbaijan	0.751
8	Georgia	0.754
9	Turkey	0.761
10	Serbia	0.771

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.935
2	New Zealand	0.913
3	Singapore	0.912
4	Hong Kong	0.910
5	Korea, South	0.898
6	Japan	0.891
7	Brunei Darussalam	0.856
High human development
8	Palau	0.780
9	Malaysia	0.779
10	China	0.727
10	Mongolia	0.727

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Papua New Guinea	0.505
2	Solomon Islands	0.506
3	Myanmar	0.536
Medium human development
4	Cambodia	0.555
5	Laos	0.575
6	Kiribati	0.590
7	Vanuatu	0.594
8	Timor Leste	0.595
9	Micronesia	0.640
10	Vietnam	0.666

European Union

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Denmark	0.923
2	Netherlands	0.922
3	Germany	0.916
3	Ireland	0.916
5	Sweden	0.907
5	United Kingdom	0.907
7	Luxembourg	0.892
8	Belgium	0.890
9	France	0.888
10	Austria	0.885

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
High human development
1	Bulgaria	0.782
2	Romania	0.793
Very high human development
3	Croatia	0.818
4	Latvia	0.819
5	Hungary	0.828
6	Portugal	0.830
7	Malta	0.839
7	Lithuania	0.839
9	Poland	0.843
10	Slovakia	0.844

International Organisation of La Francophonie

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Monaco	1.074
2	Switzerland	0.930
3	Canada	0.913
4	Luxembourg	0.892
5	Belgium	0.890
6	France	0.888
7	Greece	0.865
8	Andorra	0.845
High human development
9	Romania	0.793
10	Mauritius	0.777

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Niger	0.348
2	Chad	0.392
3	Burundi	0.400
4	Burkina Faso	0.402
4	Guinea	0.411
6	Guinea-Bissau	0.420
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.433
8	Ivory Coast	0.462
9	Senegal	0.466
10	Djibouti	0.470

Latin America

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Argentina	0.836
2	Chile	0.832
High human development
3	Uruguay	0.793
4	Panama	0.780
5	Cuba	0.769
6	Costa Rica	0.766
7	Venezuela	0.762
8	Mexico	0.756
9	Brazil	0.755
10	Peru	0.734

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Haiti	0.483
Medium human development
2	Honduras	0.606
3	Guatemala	0.627
4	Nicaragua	0.631
5	Bolivia	0.662
6	El Salvador	0.666
7	Paraguay	0.679
High human development
8	Dominican Republic	0.715
9	Colombia	0.720
10	Ecuador	0.732

Middle East and North Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Israel	0.894
2	Cyprus	0.850
2	Qatar	0.850
4	Saudi Arabia	0.837
5	United Arab Emirates	0.835
6	Bahrain	0.824
7	Kuwait	0.816
High human development
8	Oman	0.793
9	Lebanon	0.769
10	Iran	0.766

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Djibouti	0.470
2	Sudan	0.479
3	Yemen	0.498
4	Mauritania	0.506
Medium human development
5	Syria	0.594
6	Morocco	0.628
7	Iraq	0.654
8	Palestinian territories	0.677
9	Egypt	0.690
High human development
10	Tunisia	0.721

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.944
2	Denmark	0.923
3	Netherlands	0.922
4	Germany	0.916
5	United States	0.915
6	Canada	0.913
7	United Kingdom	0.907
8	Iceland	0.899
9	Luxembourg	0.892
10	Belgium	0.890

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
High human development
1	Albania	0.733
2	Turkey	0.761
3	Bulgaria	0.782
4	Romania	0.793
Very high human development
5	Croatia	0.818
6	Latvia	0.819
7	Hungary	0.828
8	Portugal	0.830
9	Lithuania	0.839
10	Poland	0.843

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.944
2	Australia	0.935
3	Switzerland	0.930
4	Denmark	0.923
5	Netherlands	0.922
6	Germany	0.916
6	Ireland	0.916
8	United States	0.915
9	Canada	0.913
9	New Zealand	0.913

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
High human development
1	Mexico	0.756
2	Turkey	0.761
Very high human development
3	Hungary	0.828
4	Portugal	0.830
5	Chile	0.832
6	Poland	0.843
7	Slovakia	0.844
8	Estonia	0.861
9	Greece	0.865
10	Czech Republic	0.870

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Brunei	0.856
2	Qatar	0.850
3	Saudi Arabia	0.837
4	United Arab Emirates	0.835
5	Bahrain	0.824
6	Kuwait	0.816
High human development
7	Oman	0.793
8	Kazakhstan	0.788
9	Malaysia	0.779
10	Lebanon	0.769

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Somalia	0.285 (2012 est.)
2	Niger	0.348
3	Chad	0.392
4	Burkina Faso	0.402
5	Guinea	0.411
6	Sierra Leone	0.413
7	Mozambique	0.416
8	Mali	0.419
9	Guinea Bissau	0.420
10	Gambia	0.441

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Qatar	0.850
2	Saudi Arabia	0.837
3	United Arab Emirates	0.835
4	Kuwait	0.816
High human development
5	Iran	0.766
6	Venezuela	0.762
7	Algeria	0.736
8	Ecuador	0.732
9	Libya	0.724
Medium human development
10	Indonesia	0.684

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Nigeria	0.514
2	Angola	0.532
Medium human development
3	Iraq	0.654
4	Indonesia	0.684
High human development
5	Libya	0.724
6	Ecuador	0.732
7	Algeria	0.736
8	Venezuela	0.762
9	Iran	0.766
Very high human development
10	Kuwait	0.816

Western Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.944
2	Switzerland	0.930
3	Denmark	0.923
4	Netherlands	0.922
5	Germany	0.916
5	Ireland	0.916
7	Liechtenstein	0.908
8	Sweden	0.907
8	United Kingdom	0.907
10	Iceland	0.899

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Portugal	0.830
2	Malta	0.839
3	Andorra	0.845
4	Greece	0.865
5	Italy	0.873
6	Spain	0.876
7	Finland	0.883
8	Austria	0.885
9	France	0.888
10	Belgium	0.890

Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Very high human development
1	Slovenia	0.880
2	Czech Republic	0.870
3	Estonia	0.861
4	Slovakia	0.844
5	Poland	0.843
6	Lithuania	0.839
7	Hungary	0.828
8	Latvia	0.819
9	Croatia	0.818
10	Montenegro	0.802

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Medium human development
1	Moldova	0.693
High human development
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.733
2	Armenia	0.733
2	Albania	0.733
5	Ukraine	0.747
5	Macedonia	0.747
7	Azerbaijan	0.751
8	Georgia	0.754
9	Serbia	0.771
10	Bulgaria	0.782

HDI by regions and groups

Region or group	2011 estimates HDI^[6]	2013 estimates HDI^[7]	2014 estimates HDI^[1]
Very high human development
Very High Human Development	0.889	0.905	0.890
OECD	0.873	0.887	0.874
High human development
Latin America and the Caribbean	0.731	0.741	0.740
Europe and Central Asia	0.751	0.771	0.738
High Human Development	0.741	0.758	0.735
East Asia and the Pacific	0.671	0.683	0.703
World	0.682	0.694	0.702
Medium human development
Arab states	0.641	0.652	0.682
Small Island Developing States	0.640	0.648	0.665
Medium Human Development	0.630	0.640	0.614
South Asia	0.548	0.558	0.588
Low human development
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.463	0.475	0.502
Low Human Development	0.456	0.466	0.493
Least Developed countries	0.439	0.449	0.487

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data)

Year		Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Low human development
2012	2012	Somalia	0.285	229	^[8]

UN member states (not calculated by UNDP)

Year		Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country	HDI	Rank	Source
Very high human development
2015	2013	Monaco	1.074	1	^[9]
2015	2013	San Marino	0.886	26	^[9]
Medium human development
2015	2013	Nauru	0.652	159	^[9]
2015	2013	Marshall Islands	0.636	163	^[9]
2015	2013	North Korea	0.595	177	^[9]
2015	2013	Tuvalu	0.590	178	^[9]

Non-UN members (not calculated by UNDP)

Year		Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
Publication	Data	Country or territory	HDI	Rank	Source
Very high human development
2016	2014	Macau	0.894	18	^[10]
2014	2013	Taiwan	0.882	21	^{[nb 1]}
2013	2012	Puerto Rico	0.865	29	^[13]
2015	2013	Jersey	0.905	10	^[9]
2015	2013	Guernsey	0.892	17	^[9]
2015	2013	Bermuda	0.891	21	^[9]
2015	2013	Cayman Islands	0.888	25	^[9]
2015	2013	Isle of Man	0.885	27	^[9]
2015	2013	Falkland Islands	0.883	29	^[9]
2015	2013	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.863	38	^[9]
2015	2013	Gibraltar	0.861	40	^[9]
2015	2013	Martinique	0.859	41	^[9]
2015	2013	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.855	42	^[9]
2015	2013	Faroe Islands	0.854	43	^[9]
2015	2013	New Caledonia	0.852	46	^[9]
2015	2013	Guam	0.844	49	^[9]
2015	2013	Guadeloupe	0.842	50	^[9]
2015	2013	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.839	52	^[9]
2015	2013	Aruba	0.825	61	^[9]
2015	2013	Réunion	0.822	62	^[9]
2015	2013	British Virgin Islands	0.820	65	^[9]
2015	2013	Saint Martin	0.819	66	^[9]
2015	2013	French Guiana	0.817	68	^[9]
2015	2013	Curaçao	0.812	73	^[9]
2015	2013	Sint Maarten	0.808	75	^[9]
2015	2013	Greenland	0.803	77	^[9]
2009	2008	Norfolk Island	0.958	23	^[14]
High human development
2014	2014	Kosovo*	0.786	57	^[15]
2015	2013	Anguilla	0.797	78	^[9]
2015	2013	French Polynesia	0.791	80	^[9]
2015	2013	Northern Mariana Islands	0.755	104	^[9]
2015	2013	American Samoa	0.735	114	^[9]
2015	2013	Cook Islands	0.728	120	^[9]
Medium human development
2015	2013	Wallis and Futuna	0.698	140	^[9]
2015	2013	Montserrat	0.693	142	^[9]
2015	2013	Saint Helena	0.688	143	^[9]
2015	2013	Mayotte	0.687	144	^[9]
2015	2013	Niue	0.659	156	^[9]
Low human development
2015	2013	Tokelau	0.539	190	^[9]
2015	2013	Western Sahara	0.500	199	^[9]

* calculated by the UNDP
Note: 2009 publication uses old HDI formula

Notes

^ 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 ^[11]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.882, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Human Development Report 2015 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ Human Development Report, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (2010) 87
^ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
^ "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. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ "Human Development Report - Somalia 2012" (PDF). UNDP. 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao Quality of Life, Balance of Powers, and Nuclear Weapons (2015) Avakov, Aleksandr Vladimirovich. Algora Publishing, 1 Apr 2015.
^ The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.Macau in Figures, 2016
^ Human Development Reports
^ "2011中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
^ Fuente-Ramírez, Ricardo. [1]An Approximation of Puerto Rico's Human Development Index, Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 2014.
^ Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009
^ "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2014" (PDF). UNDP. 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

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[13] 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 ^[11]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.882, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[12]

[UNDP2014-1] "Human Development Report 2015 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[UNDP2015-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[3] Human Development Report, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (2010) 87

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

[5] "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.

[UNDP1-6] "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

[UNDP2013-7] "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. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[8] "Human Development Report - Somalia 2012" (PDF). UNDP. 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

[Quality-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao Quality of Life, Balance of Powers, and Nuclear Weapons (2015) Avakov, Aleksandr Vladimirovich. Algora Publishing, 1 Apr 2015.

[10] The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.Macau in Figures, 2016

[11] Human Development Reports

[12] "2011中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

[14] Fuente-Ramírez, Ricardo. [1]An Approximation of Puerto Rico's Human Development Index, Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 2014.

[UN_Escap-15] Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009

[16] "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2014" (PDF). UNDP. 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

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List of countries by Human Development Index

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Complete list of countries

Very high human development

High human development

Medium human development

Low human development

List of countries by continent

Africa

America, North and the Caribbeans

America, South

Asia

Europe

Oceania

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab League

Commonwealth of Nations

Council of Europe

East Asia and the Pacific

European Union

International Organisation of La Francophonie

Latin America

Middle East and North Africa

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Western Europe

Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

HDI by regions and groups

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data)

UN member states (not calculated by UNDP)

Non-UN members (not calculated by UNDP)

See also

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