List of sovereign states in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

This is a list of sovereign states in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2015). It covers the member states of the United Nations,^{[nb 1]} along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories; Some UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

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]

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2013 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Asia and Oceania

State (58)	HDI
	2012[3]	2013[4]	2014[5]
Afghanistan	0.374	0.468	465
Australia	0.938	0.954	935
Bahrain	0.796	0.815	824
Bangladesh	0.515	0.558	570
Bhutan	0.538	0.584	605
Brunei	0.855	0.852	856
Cambodia	0.543	0.584	555
China	0.699	0.719	727
Cyprus	0.848	0.845	850
Fiji	0.702	0.724	727
Hong Kong	0.906	0.891	910
India	0.554	0.586	609
Indonesia	0.629	0.684	684
Iran	0.742	0.749	766
Iraq	0.590	0.642	654
Israel	0.900	0.888	894
Japan	0.912	0.890	891
Jordan	0.700	0.745	748
Kazakhstan	0.754	0.757	788
Kiribati	0.629	0.607	590
Kuwait	0.790	0.814	816
Kyrgyzstan	0.622	0.628	655
Laos	0.543	0.569	575
Lebanon	0.745	0.765	769
Malaysia	0.769	0.773	779
Maldives	0.688	0.698	706
Marshall Islands
Micronesia	0.645	0.630	640
Mongolia	0.675	0.698	727
Myanmar	0.498	0.524	536
Nauru
Nepal	0.463	0.540	548
New Zealand	0.919	0.910	913
Oman	0.731	0.783	793
Pakistan	0.515	0.537	538
Palau	0.791	0.775	780
Palestine	0.670	0.686	677
Papua New Guinea	0.466	0.491	505
Philippines	0.654	0.660	668
Qatar	0.834	0.851	850
Samoa	0.702	0.694	702
Saudi Arabia	0.782	0.836	837
Singapore	0.895	0.901	912
Solomon Islands	0.530	0.491	506
South Korea	0.909	0.891	898
Sri Lanka	0.715	0.750	757
Syria	0.648	0.658	594
Tajikistan	0.622	0.607	624
Thailand	0.690	0.722	726
Timor-Leste	0.576	0.620	595
Tonga	0.710	0.705	717
Turkmenistan	0.698	0.698	688
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates	0.818	0.827	835
Uzbekistan	0.654	0.661	675
Vanuatu	0.626	0.616	594
Vietnam	0.617	0.638	666
Yemen	0.458	0.500	498
Asia	0.656
Oceania	0.857

References

1. "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
2. "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
3. Human Development Report 2013 – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" (PDF), HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme, pp. 144–147, retrieved 14 August 2014
4. Human Development Report 2014 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience" (PDF), HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme, pp. 160–163, retrieved 14 August 2014
5. "Human Development Report 2015 – "Rethinking Work for Human Development"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

1. The UN had 192 members in 2010: South Sudan (193rd UN member) was not yet independent from Sudan.