List of African countries by Human Development Index

Human Development Index 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. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries (almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories) fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development.

List of African countries

The following is a list of African countries by Human Development Index for the year 2013, published in 2014:^[1]

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Rank Country HDI Rank in Africa Rank Worldwide New 2015 Estimates for 2014 Change compared between 2014 report and 2013 report High human development 1 63  Mauritius 0.777 0.002 2 64  Seychelles 0.772 0.005 3 83  Algeria 0.736 0.002 4 94  Libya 0.724 0.014 5 96  Tunisia 0.721 0.001 Medium human development 6 106  Botswana 0.698 0.002 7 108  Egypt 0.693 0.001 8 110  Gabon 0.684 0.004 9 116  South Africa 0.666 0.004 10 122  Cape Verde 0.646 0.001 11 126  Morocco 0.628 0.002 12 126  Namibia 0.628 0.003 13 136  Republic of the Congo 0.591 0.003 14 138  Equatorial Guinea 0.587 0.003 15 139  Zambia 0.586 0.006 16 140  Ghana 0.579 0.002 17 143  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.555 0.002 Low human development 18 149  Angola 0.532 0.002 19 150  Swaziland 0.531 0.001 20 151  Tanzania 0.521 0.005 21 152  Nigeria 0.514 0.004 22 153  Cameroon 0.512 0.005 23 154  Madagascar 0.510 0.002 24 155  Zimbabwe 0.509 0.008 25 156  Mauritania 0.506 0.002 26 159  Comoros 0.503 0.002 27 161  Lesotho 0.497 0.003 28 162  Togo 0.484 0.009 29 163  Rwanda 0.483 0.004 30 163  Uganda 0.483 0.005 31 166  Benin 0.480 0.003 32 167  Sudan 0.479 0.002 33 168  Djibouti 0.470 0.002 34 169  South Sudan 0.467 0.006 35 170  Senegal 0.466 0.003 36 172  Ivory Coast 0.462 0.004 37 173  Malawi 0.445 0.006 38 174  Ethiopia 0.442 0.006 39 175  Gambia 0.441 0.002 40 176  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.433 0.001 41 177  Liberia 0.430 0.006 42 178  Guinea-Bissau 0.420 0.002 43 179  Mali 0.419 0.003 44 180  Mozambique 0.416 0.003 45 181  Sierra Leone 0.413 0.005 46 182  Guinea 0.411 47 183  Burkina Faso 0.402 0.006 48 184  Burundi 0.400 0.003 49 185  Chad 0.392 0.004 50 186  Eritrea 0.391 0.001 51 187  Central African Republic 0.350 0.002 52 188  Niger 0.348 0.003 See also List of countries by Human Development Index List of African countries by GDP List of African countries by GDP PPP List of African countries by GDP per capita List of African countries by population List of African countries by census References "Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2013" (PDF). Human Development Report United Nations Development Programme. p. 159. Retrieved 26 July 2014.