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.

Over half of the world's population live in countries with "medium human development" (51%), while less than a fifth (18%) populate countries falling in the "low human development" category. Countries with "high" to "very high" human development account for slightly less than a third of the world's total population (30%).

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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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 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 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

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Low human development 2012 2012  Somalia 0.285 229 [8]

UN member states (not calculated by UNDP) Year Country HDI Rank Source Publication Data 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 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

See also

• American Human Development Project
• List of African countries by Human Development Index
• List of sovereign states in Europe by Human Development Index
• List of sovereign states in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index
• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe statistics
• List of countries by Human Development Index (1998)
• List of countries by Human Development Index (2009)

Notes

1. 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

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.
2. "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
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5. "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
6. "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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.
9. 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.
13. Fuente-Ramírez, Ricardo. An Approximation of Puerto Rico's Human Development Index, Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 2014.
14. Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009
15. "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2014" (PDF). UNDP. 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

External links

• Human Development Report 2015
• UN Development Programme Human Development Reports