List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

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[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI)[3] for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report released on 9 December 2019 and based on data collected in 2018.[4] Data for mainland China are calculated without Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Asian countries by Human Development Index (2017)
  ≥ 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

Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole state. Macau (2016 data, calculated in 2018) are not ranked as it is not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme; instead, the HDI value is calculated by its government.

List of countries and regions in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index
Rank Country Human Development Index (HDI)
In region World HDI Value (2018) Change in HDI value 2017-18
Very high human development
1 4  Hong Kong[n 1] 0.939 0.003
2 6  Australia 0.938 0.001
3 9  Singapore 0.935 0.001
4 14  New Zealand 0.921 0.001
5 19  Japan 0.915 0.002
— —  Macau[n 2][5] 0.909
6 22  Israel 0.906 0.002
6 22  South Korea 0.906 0.002
— —  Taiwan 0.880
8 31  Cyprus[n 3] 0.873 0.002
9 35  United Arab Emirates 0.866 0.002
10 36  Saudi Arabia 0.857 0.001
11 41  Qatar 0.848
12 43  Brunei 0.845 0.002
13 45  Bahrain 0.838 0.001
14 47  Oman 0.834 0.001
15 49  Russia[n 4] 0.824 0.002
16 50  Kazakhstan[n 5] 0.817 0.004
17 55  Palau 0.814 0.003
18 57  Kuwait 0.808 0.001
19 59  Turkey[n 6] 0.806 0.001
20 61  Malaysia 0.804 0.002
High human development
21 65  Iran 0.797 0.002
22 70  Georgia[n 7] 0.786 0.003
23 71  Sri Lanka 0.780 0.004
24 77  Thailand 0.765 0.003
25 81  Armenia 0.760 0.002
26 85  China 0.758 0.005
27 87  Azerbaijan[n 8] 0.754 0.002
28 92  Mongolia 0.735 0.006
29 93  Lebanon 0.730 0.002
30 98  Fiji 0.724 0.003
31 102  Jordan 0.723 0.001
32 104  Maldives 0.719 0.003
33 105  Tonga 0.717
34 106  Philippines 0.712 0.003
35 108  Uzbekistan 0.710 0.002
35 108  Turkmenistan 0.710 0.003
37 111  Indonesia 0.707 0.003
37 111  Samoa 0.707 0.001
39 116  Egypt[n 9] 0.700 0.004
Medium human development
40 117  Marshall Islands 0.698 0.002
41 118  Vietnam 0.693 0.003
42 119  Palestine 0.690 0.001
43 120  Iraq 0.689 0.005
44 122  Kyrgyzstan 0.674 0.003
45 125  Tajikistan 0.656 0.005
46 130  India 0.647 0.004
47 131  East Timor 0.626 0.002
48 132  Kiribati 0.623
49 134  Bhutan 0.617 0.002
50 135  Bangladesh 0.614 0.005
50 135  Micronesia 0.614 0.002
52 140  Laos 0.604 0.002
53 141  Vanuatu 0.597 0.002
54 145  Myanmar 0.584 0.007
55 146  Cambodia 0.581 0.003
56 147    Nepal 0.579 0.005
57 152  Pakistan 0.560 0.002
58 153  Solomon Islands 0.557 0.002
Low human development
59 154  Syria 0.549 0.005
60 155  Papua New Guinea 0.543
61 170  Afghanistan 0.496 0.003
62 177  Yemen 0.463

References
  1. "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. "Table 1: Human Development Index and its components".
  4. "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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  1. Special administrative region (SAR) of China.
  2. Special administrative region (SAR) of China.
  3. Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia (or the Near East), though politically and culturally it is considered as being in Europe.
  4. Geographically majority of Russia lies in Asia, but Russia is culturally, ethnically and politically part of Europe. Asian Russia covers up to more than 75% of Russia's total land area, but only 22% of its total population.
  5. Certain regions of Kazakhstan, particularly West Kazakhstan and Atyrau, are partly located in Europe.
  6. A portion of Turkey, known as East Thrace, is part of Europe, making up about 3% of the country's land area and 14% of its population.
  7. The municipality of Kazbegi is located in Europe, which makes up about 0.1% of the country's population.
  8. The districts of Qusar, Shabran, Siazan, Khachmaz and Quba are geographically in Europe, placing about 5% of the population in Europe.
  9. The portion of Egypt located in Asia is the Sinai Peninsula, comprising about 6% of the country's land mass. However, it is politically part of Africa.
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