List of countries by Human Development Index

World map of countries by Human Development Index categories in increments of 0.050 (based on 2017 data, published on 14 September 2018).

≥ 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

World map representing Human Development Index categories (based on 2017 data, published in 2018).^[1]

0.800–1.000 (very high)   0.700–0.799 (high)   0.555–0.699 (medium)

0.350–0.554 (low)   Data unavailable

This is a full 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 September 2018 and is based on data collected in 2017.^[1]

In the 2010 Human Development Report, a further Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) was introduced. It stated that while the HDI remains useful, "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)".^[2] The index does not take into account several factors, such as the net wealth per capita or the relative quality of goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking for some of the most advanced countries, such as the G7 members and others.^[3]

Methodology

World map showing the increases and decreases of points on the Human Development Index scale from the 2017 report to the 2018 report.

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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 Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq^[4][5] and Indian economist Amartya Sen. The UN report covers 187 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong and Palestine; 7 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.

Frequency of issuing the index

The first index was launched in 1990, and the only year without a Human Development Report since 1990 was 2012.

The latest index—covering 189 countries—was launched on 14 September 2018.^[6]

Complete list of countries

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Very high human development

Rank Country/Territory HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 1  Norway 0.953 0.002 2   Switzerland 0.944 0.001 3  Australia 0.939 0.001 4  Ireland 0.938 0.004 5 (1)  Germany 0.936 0.002 6  Iceland 0.935 0.002 7 (1)  Hong Kong 0.933 0.003 7  Sweden 0.933 0.001 9 (1)  Singapore 0.932 0.002 10  Netherlands 0.931 0.003 11 (1)  Denmark 0.929 0.001 12  Canada 0.926 0.004 13 (1)  United States 0.924 0.002 14  United Kingdom 0.922 0.002 15  Finland 0.920 0.002 16  New Zealand 0.917 0.002 17 (1)  Belgium 0.916 0.001 17 (1)  Liechtenstein 0.916 0.001 19  Japan 0.909 0.002 20  Austria 0.908 0.002 21  Luxembourg 0.904 0.001 22  Israel 0.903 0.001 22 (1)  South Korea 0.903 0.003 24  France 0.901 0.002 25  Slovenia 0.896 0.002 26  Spain 0.891 0.002 27  Czech Republic 0.888 0.003 28  Italy 0.880 0.002 29  Malta 0.878 0.003 30  Estonia 0.871 0.003

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 31 (1)  Greece 0.870 0.002 32  Cyprus 0.869 0.002 33 (1)  Poland 0.865 0.005 34 (1)  United Arab Emirates 0.863 0.001 35  Andorra 0.858 0.002 35 (1)  Lithuania 0.858 0.003 37 (1)  Qatar 0.856 0.001 38 (1)  Slovakia 0.855 0.002 39 (1)  Brunei 0.853 0.001 39 (1)  Saudi Arabia 0.853 0.001 41 (2)  Latvia 0.847 0.003 41 (1)  Portugal 0.847 0.002 43 (2)  Bahrain 0.846 44  Chile 0.843 0.001 45  Hungary 0.838 0.003 46  Croatia 0.831 0.003 47  Argentina 0.825 0.003 48 (1)  Oman 0.821 0.001 49  Russia 0.816 0.001 50  Montenegro 0.814 0.004 51 (1)  Bulgaria 0.813 0.003 52  Romania 0.811 0.004 53 (1)  Belarus 0.808 0.003 54 (1)  Bahamas 0.807 0.001 55 (1)  Uruguay 0.804 0.002 56 (1)  Kuwait 0.803 0.001 57  Malaysia 0.802 0.003 58 (1)  Barbados 0.800 0.001 58 (2)  Kazakhstan 0.800 0.003

High human development

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 60 (1)  Iran 0.798 0.002 60 (2)  Palau 0.798 62  Seychelles 0.797 0.004 63  Costa Rica 0.794 0.003 64 (1)  Turkey 0.791 0.004 65 (1)  Mauritius 0.790 0.002 66  Panama 0.789 0.004 67  Serbia 0.787 0.002 68 (1)  Albania 0.785 0.003 69 (3)  Trinidad and Tobago 0.784 0.001 70  Antigua and Barbuda 0.780 0.002 70 (1)  Georgia 0.780 0.004 72  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.778 0.004 73 (1)  Cuba 0.777 0.003 74  Mexico 0.774 0.002 75  Grenada 0.772 0.002 76  Sri Lanka 0.770 0.002 77  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.768 0.002 78 (1)  Venezuela 0.761 0.005 79  Brazil 0.759 0.001 80  Azerbaijan 0.757 80 (2)  Lebanon 0.757 0.004 80 (1)  Macedonia 0.757 0.001 83  Armenia 0.755 0.006 83 (1)  Thailand 0.755 0.007 85  Algeria 0.754 0.002 86 (1)  China 0.752 0.004 86  Ecuador 0.752 0.003

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 88 (2)  Ukraine 0.751 0.005 89 (1)  Peru 0.750 0.002 90 (1)  Colombia 0.747 90 (1)  Saint Lucia 0.747 0.002 92 (1)  Fiji 0.741 0.003 92  Mongolia 0.741 0.002 94 (1)  Dominican Republic 0.736 0.003 95 (1)  Jordan 0.735 95 (1)  Tunisia 0.735 0.003 97 (1)  Jamaica 0.732 — — World 0.728 0.002 98  Tonga 0.726 0.002 99  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.723 0.002 100  Suriname 0.720 0.001 101 (1)  Botswana 0.712 0.005 101 (1)  Maldives 0.712 0.005 103 (1)  Dominica 0.715 0.003 104  Samoa 0.713 0.002 105 (2)  Uzbekistan 0.710 0.007 106 (1)  Belize 0.708 0.001 106 New  Marshall Islands 0.708 New 108 (7)  Libya 0.706 0.013 108 (1)  Turkmenistan 0.706 0.001 110  Gabon 0.702 0.004 110 (1)  Paraguay 0.702 112 (1)  Moldova 0.700 0.003

Medium human development

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 113 (1)  Philippines 0.699 0.003 113 (1)  South Africa 0.699 0.003 115 (1)  Egypt 0.696 0.002 116  Indonesia 0.694 0.003 116 (1)  Vietnam 0.694 0.005 118  Bolivia 0.693 0.004 119 (1)  Palestine 0.686 0.003 120 (1)  Iraq 0.685 0.012 121 (1)  El Salvador 0.674 0.005 122  Kyrgyzstan 0.672 0.003 123  Morocco 0.667 0.005 124  Nicaragua 0.658 0.001 125  Cape Verde 0.654 0.002 125  Guyana 0.654 0.002 127  Guatemala 0.650 0.001 127  Tajikistan 0.650 0.003 129  Namibia 0.647 0.002 130  India 0.640 0.004 131 (1)  Micronesia 0.627 132 (1)  East Timor 0.625 0.006

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 133  Honduras 0.617 0.003 134 (1)  Kiribati 0.612 0.002 134 (1)  Bhutan 0.612 0.003 136 (3)  Bangladesh 0.608 0.011 137 (3)  Congo, Republic of the 0.606 0.006 138 (1)  Vanuatu 0.603 0.003 139 (1)  Laos 0.601 0.003 140 (1)  Ghana 0.592 0.004 141 (1)  Equatorial Guinea 0.591 0.001 142 (2)  Kenya 0.590 0.005 143 (2)  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.589 0.005 144 (2)  Swaziland 0.588 0.002 144 (2)  Zambia 0.588 0.002 146 (1)  Cambodia 0.582 0.006 147 (1)  Angola 0.581 0.004 148  Myanmar 0.578 0.004 149    Nepal 0.574 0.005 150  Pakistan 0.562 0.002 151  Cameroon 0.556 0.003

Low human development

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 152  Solomon Islands 0.546 0.003 153 (1)  Papua New Guinea 0.544 0.001 154 (1)  Tanzania 0.538 0.005 155 (1)  Syria 0.536 156  Zimbabwe 0.535 0.003 157  Nigeria 0.532 0.002 158  Rwanda 0.524 0.004 159 (1)  Lesotho 0.520 0.004 159 (1)  Mauritania 0.520 0.004 161 (2)  Madagascar 0.519 0.002 162 (1)  Uganda 0.516 0.006 163 (1)  Benin 0.515 0.003 164 (2)  Senegal 0.505 0.006 165 (1)  Comoros 0.503 0.001 165  Togo 0.503 0.003 167 (1)  Sudan 0.502 0.003 168 (1)  Haiti 0.498 0.003 168 (1)  Afghanistan 0.498 0.004 170  Ivory Coast 0.492 0.006 171  Malawi 0.477 0.003

Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings [1] Change in rank from previous year[1] 2018 rankings [1] Change from previous year [1] 172 (1)  Djibouti 0.476 0.002 173  Ethiopia 0.463 0.006 174  Gambia 0.460 0.003 175 (3)  Guinea 0.459 0.010 176 (1)  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.457 0.005 177 (1)  Guinea-Bissau 0.455 0.002 178 (6)  Yemen 0.452 0.010 179  Eritrea 0.440 0.004 180  Mozambique 0.437 0.002 181  Liberia 0.435 0.003 182  Mali 0.427 0.006 183  Burkina Faso 0.423 0.003 184 (1)  Sierra Leone 0.419 0.006 185 (1)  Burundi 0.417 0.001 186  Chad 0.404 0.001 187  South Sudan 0.388 0.006 188  Central African Republic 0.367 0.005 189  Niger 0.354 0.003

List of countries by continent

Africa

Main article: List of African countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings High human development 1  Seychelles 0.797 2  Mauritius 0.790 3  Algeria 0.754 4  Tunisia 0.735 5  Botswana 0.712 6  Libya 0.706 7  Gabon 0.702 Medium human development 8  South Africa 0.699 9  Egypt 0.696 10  Morocco 0.667

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Niger 0.354 2  Central African Republic 0.367 3  South Sudan 0.388 4  Chad 0.404 5  Burundi 0.417 6  Sierra Leone 0.419 7  Burkina Faso 0.423 8  Mali 0.427 9  Liberia 0.435 10  Mozambique 0.437

Asia

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong 0.933 2  Singapore 0.932 3  Japan 0.909 4  Israel 0.903 4  South Korea 0.903 6  Cyprus 0.869 7  United Arab Emirates 0.863 8  Qatar 0.856 9  Brunei 0.853 9  Saudi Arabia 0.853

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Yemen 0.452 2  Afghanistan 0.498 3  Syria 0.536 Medium human development 4  Pakistan 0.562 5    Nepal 0.574 6  Myanmar 0.578 7  Cambodia 0.582 8  Laos 0.601 9  Bangladesh 0.608 10  Bhutan 0.612

Europe

Main article: List of European countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Norway 0.953 2   Switzerland 0.944 3  Ireland 0.938 4  Germany 0.936 5  Iceland 0.935 6  Sweden 0.933 7  Netherlands 0.931 8  Denmark 0.929 9  United Kingdom 0.922 10  Finland 0.920

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings High human development 1  Moldova 0.700 2  Ukraine 0.751 3  Armenia 0.755 4  Azerbaijan 0.757 4  Macedonia 0.757 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.768 7  Georgia 0.780 8  Albania 0.785 9  Serbia 0.787 10  Turkey 0.791

North America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Canada 0.926 2  United States 0.924 3  Bahamas 0.807 4  Barbados 0.800 High human development 5  Costa Rica 0.794 6  Panama 0.789 7  Trinidad and Tobago 0.784 8  Antigua and Barbuda 0.780 9  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.778 10  Cuba 0.777

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Haiti 0.498 Medium human development 2  Honduras 0.617 3  Guatemala 0.650 4  Nicaragua 0.658 5  El Salvador 0.674 High human development 6  Belize 0.708 7  Dominica 0.715 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.723 9  Jamaica 0.732 10  Dominican Republic 0.736

Oceania

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Australia 0.939 2  New Zealand 0.917 High human development 3  Palau 0.798 4  Fiji 0.741 5  Tonga 0.726 6  Samoa 0.713 7  Marshall Islands 0.708 Medium human development 8  Micronesia 0.627 9  Kiribati 0.612 10  Vanuatu 0.603

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Papua New Guinea 0.544 2  Solomon Islands 0.546 Medium human development 3  Vanuatu 0.603 4  Kiribati 0.612 5  Micronesia 0.627 High human development 6  Marshall Islands 0.708 7  Samoa 0.713 8  Tonga 0.726 9  Fiji 0.741 10  Palau 0.798

South America

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Chile 0.843 2  Argentina 0.825 3  Uruguay 0.804 High human development 4  Venezuela 0.761 5  Brazil 0.759 6  Ecuador 0.752 7  Peru 0.750 8  Colombia 0.747 9  Suriname 0.720 10  Paraguay 0.702

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Medium human development 1  Guyana 0.654 2  Bolivia 0.693 High human development 3  Paraguay 0.702 4  Suriname 0.720 5  Colombia 0.747 6  Peru 0.750 7  Ecuador 0.752 8  Brazil 0.759 9  Venezuela 0.761 Very high human development 10  Uruguay 0.804

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.863 2  Qatar 0.856 3  Saudi Arabia 0.853 4  Bahrain 0.846 5  Oman 0.821 6  Kuwait 0.803 High human development 7  Lebanon 0.757 8  Algeria 0.754 9  Jordan 0.735 9  Tunisia 0.735

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Yemen 0.452 2  Djibouti 0.476 3  Sudan 0.502 4  Comoros 0.503 5  Mauritania 0.520 6  Syria 0.536 Medium human development 7  Morocco 0.667 8  Iraq 0.685 9 Palestine 0.686 10  Egypt 0.696

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Australia 0.939 2  Singapore 0.932 3  Canada 0.926 4  United Kingdom 0.922 5  New Zealand 0.917 6  Malta 0.878 7  Cyprus 0.869 8  Brunei 0.853 9  Bahamas 0.807 10  Malaysia 0.802

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Low human development 1  Sierra Leone 0.419 2  Mozambique 0.437 3  Gambia 0.460 4  Malawi 0.477 5  Uganda 0.516 6  Lesotho 0.520 7  Rwanda 0.524 8  Nigeria 0.532 9  Tanzania 0.538 10  Papua New Guinea 0.544

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Australia 0.939 2  Hong Kong 0.933 3  Singapore 0.932 4  New Zealand 0.917 5  Japan 0.909 6  South Korea 0.903 7  Brunei 0.853 8  Malaysia 0.802 High human development 9  Palau 0.798 10  Thailand 0.755

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2015 estimates for 2014 Low human development 1  Papua New Guinea 0.544 2  Solomon Islands 0.546 Medium human development 3  Myanmar 0.578 4  Cambodia 0.582 5  Laos 0.601 6  Vanuatu 0.603 7  Kiribati 0.612 8  Timor Leste 0.625 9  Micronesia 0.627 10  Vietnam 0.694

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Ireland 0.938 2  Germany 0.936 3  Sweden 0.933 4  Netherlands 0.931 5  Denmark 0.929 6  United Kingdom 0.922 7  Finland 0.920 8  Belgium 0.916 9  Austria 0.908 10  Luxembourg 0.904

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Romania 0.811 2  Bulgaria 0.813 3  Croatia 0.831 4  Hungary 0.838 5  Portugal 0.847 5  Latvia 0.847 7  Slovakia 0.855 8  Lithuania 0.858 9  Poland 0.865 10  Cyprus 0.869

OECD

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings Very high human development 1  Norway 0.953 2   Switzerland 0.944 3  Australia 0.939 4  Ireland 0.938 5  Germany 0.936 6  Iceland 0.935 7  Netherlands 0.931 8  Denmark 0.929 9  Canada 0.926 10  United States 0.924

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2018 rankings High human development 1  Mexico 0.774 2  Turkey 0.791 Very high human development 3  Hungary 0.838 4  Chile 0.843 5  Latvia 0.847 5  Portugal 0.847 7  Slovakia 0.855 8  Lithuania 0.858 9  Poland 0.865 10  Greece 0.870

HDI by regions and groups

Countries missing from latest report

Note: The 2009 publication uses an older version of the HDI formula and classification standard. The ranges are 0–0.499 for low HDI, 0.500–0.799 for medium HDI, 0.800–0.899 for high HDI and greater than 0.900 for very high HDI.^[7]