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

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 Steady  Norway 0.944 Increase 0.002
2 Steady  Australia 0.935 Increase 0.002
3 Steady   Switzerland 0.930 Increase 0.002
4 Steady  Denmark 0.923 Steady
5 Steady  Netherlands 0.922 Increase 0.002
6 Steady  Germany 0.916 Increase 0.001
6 Increase (2)  Ireland 0.916 Increase 0.004
8 Decrease (1)  United States 0.915 Increase 0.002
9 Decrease (1)  Canada 0.913 Increase 0.001
9 Increase (1)  New Zealand 0.913 Increase 0.002
11 Steady  Singapore 0.912 Increase 0.003
12 Steady  Hong Kong 0.910 Increase 0.002
13 Steady  Liechtenstein 0.908 Increase 0.001
14 Steady  Sweden 0.907 Increase 0.002
14 Increase (1)  United Kingdom 0.907 Increase 0.005
16 Steady  Iceland 0.899 Steady
17 Steady  Korea, South 0.898 Increase 0.003
18 Steady  Israel 0.894 Increase 0.001
19 Steady  Luxembourg 0.892 Increase 0.002
20 Decrease (1)  Japan 0.891 Increase 0.001
21 Steady  Belgium 0.890 Increase 0.002
22 Steady  France 0.888 Increase 0.001
23 Steady  Austria 0.885 Increase 0.001
24 Steady  Finland 0.883 Increase 0.001
25 Steady  Slovenia 0.880 Increase 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 Steady  Spain 0.876 Increase 0.002
27 Steady  Italy 0.873 Steady
28 Steady  Czech Republic 0.870 Increase 0.002
29 Steady  Greece 0.865 Increase 0.002
30 Steady  Estonia 0.861 Increase 0.002
31 Steady  Brunei 0.856 Increase 0.004
32 Steady  Cyprus 0.850 Steady
32 Increase (1)  Qatar 0.850 Increase 0.001
34 Steady  Andorra 0.845 Increase 0.001
35 Increase (1)  Slovakia 0.844 Increase 0.005
36 Decrease (1)  Poland 0.843 Increase 0.003
37 Steady  Lithuania 0.839 Increase 0.002
37 Steady  Malta 0.839 Increase 0.002
39 Steady  Saudi Arabia 0.837 Increase 0.001
40 Steady  Argentina 0.836 Increase 0.003
41 Decrease (1)  United Arab Emirates 0.835 Increase 0.002
42 Steady  Chile 0.832 Increase 0.002
43 Steady  Portugal 0.830 Increase 0.002
44 Steady  Hungary 0.828 Increase 0.003
45 Steady  Bahrain 0.824 Increase 0.003
46 Increase (1)  Latvia 0.819 Increase 0.003
47 Decrease (1)  Croatia 0.818 Increase 0.001
48 Decrease (1)  Kuwait 0.816 Steady
49 Steady  Montenegro 0.802 Increase 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 Increase (1)  Belarus 0.798 Increase 0.002
50 Steady  Russia 0.798 Increase 0.001
52 Steady  Oman 0.793 Increase 0.001
52 Increase (1)  Romania 0.793 Increase 0.002
52 Increase (2)  Uruguay 0.793 Increase 0.003
55 Steady  Bahamas 0.790 Increase 0.004
56 Steady  Kazakhstan 0.788 Increase 0.003
57 Decrease (1)  Barbados 0.785 Steady
58 Steady  Antigua and Barbuda 0.783 Increase 0.002
59 Steady  Bulgaria 0.782 Increase 0.003
60 Increase (2)  Palau 0.780 Increase 0.005
60 Steady  Panama 0.780 Increase 0.003
62 Decrease (2)  Malaysia 0.779 Increase 0.002
63 Decrease (1)  Mauritius 0.777 Increase 0.002
64 Increase (4)  Seychelles 0.772 Increase 0.005
64 Steady  Trinidad and Tobago 0.772 Increase 0.001
66 Decrease (2)  Serbia 0.771 Steady
67 Decrease (1)  Cuba 0.769 Increase 0.001
67 Decrease (1)  Lebanon 0.769 Increase 0.001
69 Steady  Costa Rica 0.766 Increase 0.002
69 Steady  Iran 0.766 Increase 0.002
71 Decrease (2)  Venezuela 0.762 Decrease 0.002
72 Steady  Turkey 0.761 Increase 0.002
73 Increase (1)  Sri Lanka 0.757 Increase 0.005
74 Decrease (1)  Mexico 0.756 Increase 0.001
75 Decrease (1)  Brazil 0.755 Increase 0.003
76 Steady  Georgia 0.754 Increase 0.004
77 Increase (2)  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.752 Increase 0.005
78 Decrease (1)  Azerbaijan 0.751 Increase 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 Increase (3)  Grenada 0.750 Increase 0.008
80 Decrease (2)  Jordan 0.748 Steady
81 Steady  Macedonia 0.747 Increase 0.003
81 Decrease (1)  Ukraine 0.747 Increase 0.001
83 Increase (1)  Algeria 0.736 Increase 0.002
84 Increase (1)  Peru 0.734 Increase 0.002
85 Steady  Albania 0.733 Increase 0.001
85 Increase (2)  Armenia 0.733 Increase 0.002
85 Increase (4)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.733 Increase 0.004
88 Steady  Ecuador 0.732 Increase 0.002
89 Steady  Saint Lucia 0.729 Steady
90 Increase (3)  China 0.727 Increase 0.004
90 Increase (1)  Fiji 0.727 Increase 0.003
90 Increase (5)  Mongolia 0.727 Increase 0.005
93 Decrease (2)  Thailand 0.726 Increase 0.002
94 Decrease (1)  Dominica 0.724 Increase 0.001
94 Decrease (11)  Libya 0.724 Decrease 0.014
96 Steady  Tunisia 0.721 Increase 0.001
97 Steady  Colombia 0.720 Increase 0.002
97 Increase (1)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.720 Increase 0.003
99 Decrease (1)  Jamaica 0.719 Increase 0.002
100 Steady  Tonga 0.717 Increase 0.001
101 Steady  Belize 0.715 Steady
101 Increase (2)  Dominican Republic 0.715 Increase 0.004
103 Increase (1)  Suriname 0.714 Increase 0.001
World 0.711 Increase 0.002
104 Steady  Maldives 0.706 Increase 0.003
105 Steady  Samoa 0.702 Increase 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 Steady  Botswana 0.698 Increase 0.002
107 Steady  Moldova 0.693 Increase 0.003
108 Steady  Egypt 0.690 Increase 0.001
109 Steady  Turkmenistan 0.688 Increase 0.006
110 Increase (1)  Gabon 0.684 Increase 0.005
110 Steady  Indonesia 0.684 Increase 0.003
112 Increase (1)  Paraguay 0.679 Increase 0.002
113 Decrease (2)  Palestine 0.677 Decrease 0.002
114 Steady  Uzbekistan 0.675 Increase 0.003
115 Steady  Philippines 0.668 Increase 0.004
116 Decrease (1)  El Salvador 0.666 Increase 0.002
116 Increase (1)  South Africa 0.666 Increase 0.003
116 Increase (1)  Vietnam 0.666 Increase 0.003
119 Steady  Bolivia 0.662 Increase 0.004
120 Increase (1)  Kyrgyzstan 0.655 Increase 0.003
121 Decrease (1)  Iraq 0.654 Decrease 0.003
122 Steady  Cabo Verde 0.646 Increase 0.003
123 Steady  Micronesia 0.640 Increase 0.001
124 Steady  Guyana 0.636 Increase 0.002
125 Steady  Nicaragua 0.631 Increase 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 Steady  Morocco 0.628 Increase 0.002
126 Increase (2)  Namibia 0.628 Increase 0.003
128 Decrease (2)  Guatemala 0.627 Increase 0.001
129 Steady  Tajikistan 0.624 Increase 0.003
130 Increase (1)  India 0.609 Increase 0.005
131 Steady  Honduras 0.606 Increase 0.002
132 Increase (2)  Bhutan 0.605 Increase 0.010
133 Steady  Timor Leste 0.595 Decrease 0.006
134 Decrease (4)  Syria 0.594 Decrease 0.013
134 Increase (1)  Vanuatu 0.594 Increase 0.002
136 Increase (2)  Congo, Republic of the 0.591 Increase 0.009
137 Decrease (1)  Kiribati 0.590 Increase 0.002
138 Decrease (1)  Equatorial Guinea 0.587 Increase 0.003
139 Steady  Zambia 0.586 Increase 0.006
140 Steady  Ghana 0.579 Increase 0.002
141 Steady  Laos 0.575 Increase 0.005
142 Steady  Bangladesh 0.570 Increase 0.003
143 Increase (1)  Cambodia 0.555 Increase 0.005
143 Steady  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.555 Increase 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 Steady  Kenya 0.548 Increase 0.004
145 Increase (1)    Nepal 0.548 Increase 0.005
147 Steady  Pakistan 0.538 Increase 0.002
148 Steady  Myanmar 0.536 Increase 0.005
149 Steady  Angola 0.532 Increase 0.002
150 Decrease (1)  Swaziland 0.531 Increase 0.001
151 Steady  Tanzania 0.521 Increase 0.005
152 Steady  Nigeria 0.514 Increase 0.004
153 Increase (1)  Cameroon 0.512 Increase 0.005
154 Decrease (1)  Madagascar 0.510 Increase 0.002
155 Increase (3)  Zimbabwe 0.509 Increase 0.008
156 Steady  Mauritania 0.506 Increase 0.002
156 Decrease (1)  Solomon Islands 0.506 Increase 0.001
158 Decrease (1)  Papua New Guinea 0.505 Increase 0.002
159 Decrease (1)  Comoros 0.503 Increase 0.002
160 Steady  Yemen 0.498 Steady
161 Steady  Lesotho 0.497 Increase 0.003
162 Increase (5)  Togo 0.484 Increase 0.009
163 Decrease (1)  Haiti 0.483 Increase 0.002
163 Steady  Rwanda 0.483 Increase 0.004
163 Increase (1)  Uganda 0.483 Increase 0.005
166 Decrease (1)  Benin 0.480 Increase 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 Decrease (2)  Sudan 0.479 Increase 0.002
168 Steady  Djibouti 0.470 Increase 0.002
169 Increase (2)  South Sudan 0.467 Increase 0.006
170 Steady  Senegal 0.466 Increase 0.003
171 Decrease (2)  Afghanistan 0.465 Increase 0.001
172 Steady  Ivory Coast 0.462 Increase 0.004
173 Increase (1)  Malawi 0.445 Increase 0.006
174 Increase (1)  Ethiopia 0.442 Increase 0.006
175 Decrease (2)  Gambia 0.441 Decrease 0.001
176 Steady  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.433 Increase 0.003
177 Steady  Liberia 0.430 Increase 0.006
178 Steady  Guinea Bissau 0.420 Increase 0.002
179 Steady  Mali 0.419 Increase 0.003
180 Steady  Mozambique 0.416 Increase 0.003
181 Increase (1)  Sierra Leone 0.413 Increase 0.005
182 Decrease (1)  Guinea 0.411 Steady
183 Increase (1)  Burkina Faso 0.402 Increase 0.006
184 Decrease (1)  Burundi 0.400 Increase 0.003
185 Increase (1)  Chad 0.392 Increase 0.004
186 Decrease (1)  Eritrea 0.391 Increase 0.001
187 Steady  Central African Republic 0.350 Increase 0.002
188 Steady  Niger 0.348 Increase 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 Palestinian National Authority 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 National Authority 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 Increase 0.683 0.703
World 0.682 Increase 0.694 0.702
Medium human development
Arab states 0.641 Increase 0.652 0.682
Small Island Developing States 0.640 Increase 0.648 0.665
Medium Human Development 0.630 Increase 0.640 0.614
South Asia 0.548 Increase 0.558 0.588
Low human development
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.463 Increase 0.475 0.502
Low Human Development 0.456 Increase 0.466 0.493
Least Developed countries 0.439 Increase 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

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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "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.
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 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.

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