List of countries by Human Development Index

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Coloured world map indicating Human Development Index (2004)

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This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2006, compiled on the basis of 2004 data. It covers 175 UN member countries (out of 192), along with: Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. 17 UN member countries 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.

Countries fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development. The arrows show the change in HDI from 2005 values.

List of countries

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High

(figures in brackets indicate the change in rank)

Rank Country HDI 1 Template:Country data Norway 0.965 (0) 2 Template:Country data Iceland 0.960 (0) 3 Template:Country data Australia 0.957 (0) 4 Template:Country data Ireland 0.956 (+4) 5 Template:Country data Sweden 0.951 (+1) 6 Template:Country data Canada 0.950 (-1) 7 Template:Country data Japan 0.949 (+4) 8 Template:Country data United States 0.948 (+2) 9 Template:Country data Switzerland 0.947 (-2) 10 Template:Country data Netherlands 0.947 (+2) 11 Template:Country data Finland 0.947 (+2) 12 Template:Country data Luxembourg 0.945 (-8) 13 Template:Country data Belgium 0.945 (-4) 14 Template:Country flagcountry2 0.944 (+3) 15 Template:Country data Denmark 0.943 (-1) 16 Template:Country data France 0.942 (0) 17 Template:Country data Italy 0.940 (+1) 18 Template:Country flagcountry2 0.940 (-3) 19 Template:Country data Spain 0.938 (+2) 20 Template:Country data New Zealand 0.936 (-1) 21 Template:Country data Germany 0.932 (-1) 22 [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Hong Kong|22x20px|Template:Country alias Hong Kong]] Hong Kong SAR, China 0.927 (0) 23 Template:Country data Israel 0.927 (0) 24 Template:Country data Greece 0.921 (0) 25 Template:Country data Singapore 0.916 (0) 26 Template:Country data South Korea 0.912 (+2) 27 Template:Country data Slovenia 0.910 (-1) 28 Template:Country data Portugal 0.904 (-1) 29 Template:Country data Cyprus 0.903 (0) 30 Template:Country data Czech Republic 0.885 (+1) 31 Template:Country data Barbados 0.879 (-1) 32 Template:Country data Malta 0.875 (0)

Rank Country HDI 33 Template:Country data Kuwait 0.871 (+11) 34 Template:Country data Brunei 0.871 (-1) 35 Template:Country data Hungary 0.869 (0) 36 Template:Country data Argentina 0.863 (-2) 37 Template:Country data Poland 0.862 (-1) 38 Template:Country data Chile 0.859 (-1) 39 Template:Country data Bahrain 0.859 (+4) 40 Template:Country data Estonia 0.858 (-2) 41 Template:Country data Lithuania 0.857 (-2) 42 Template:Country data Slovakia 0.856 (0) 43 Template:Country data Uruguay 0.851 (+3) 44 Template:Country data Croatia 0.846 (+1) 45 Template:Country data Latvia 0.845 (+3) 46 Template:Country data Qatar 0.844 (-6) 47 Template:Country data Seychelles 0.842 (+4) 48 Template:Country data Costa Rica 0.841 (-1) 49 Template:Country data United Arab Emirates 0.839 (-8) 50 Template:Country data Cuba 0.826 (+2) 51 Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.825 (-2) 52 Template:Country data Bahamas 0.825 (-2) 53 Template:Country data Mexico 0.821 (0) 54 Template:Country data Bulgaria 0.816 (+1) 55 Template:Country data Tonga 0.815 (-1) 56 Template:Country data Oman 0.810 (+15) 57 Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago 0.809 (0) 58 Template:Country data Panama 0.809 (-2) 59 Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda 0.808 (+1) 60 Template:Country data Romania 0.805 (+4) 61 Template:Country data Malaysia 0.805 (0) 62 Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.800 (+6) 63 Template:Country data Mauritius 0.800 (+2)

Medium

Rank Country HDI 64 Template:Country data Libya 0.798 65 [[Image:Template:Country flag alias Russia|22x20px|Template:Country alias Russia]] Russian Federation 0.797 66 Template:Country data Republic of Macedonia 0.796 67 Template:Country data Belarus 0.794 68 Template:Country data Dominica 0.793 69 Template:Country data Brazil 0.792 70 Template:Country data Colombia 0.790 71 Template:Country data Saint Lucia 0.790 72 Template:Country data Venezuela 0.784 73 Template:Country data Albania 0.784 74 Template:Country data Thailand 0.784 75 Template:Country data Samoa 0.778 76 Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 0.777 77 Template:Country data Ukraine 0.774 78 Template:Country data Lebanon 0.774 79 Template:Country data Kazakhstan 0.774 80 Template:Country data Armenia 0.768 81 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (PRC) 0.768 82 Template:Country data Peru 0.767 83 Template:Country data Ecuador 0.765 84 Template:Country data Philippines 0.763 85 Template:Country data Grenada 0.762 86 Template:Country data Jordan 0.760 87 Template:Country data Tunisia 0.760 88 Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.759 89 Template:Country data Suriname 0.759 90 Template:Country data Fiji 0.758 91 Template:Country data Paraguay 0.757 92 Template:Country data Turkey 0.757 93 Template:Country data Sri Lanka 0.755 94 Template:Country data Dominican Republic 0.751 95 Template:Country data Belize 0.751 96 Template:Country data Iran 0.746 97 Template:Country data Georgia 0.743 98 Template:Country data Maldives 0.739 99 Template:Country data Azerbaijan 0.736 100 Template:Country data Palestinian Authority 0.736 101 Template:Country data El Salvador 0.729 102 Template:Country data Algeria 0.728 103 Template:Country data Guyana 0.725 104 Template:Country data Jamaica 0.724 105 Template:Country data Turkmenistan 0.724

Rank Country HDI 106 Template:Country data Cape Verde 0.722 107 Template:Country data Syria 0.716 108 Template:Country data Indonesia 0.711 109 Template:Country data Vietnam 0.709 110 Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan 0.705 111 Template:Country data Egypt 0.702 112 Template:Country data Nicaragua 0.698 113 Template:Country data Uzbekistan 0.696 114 Template:Country data Moldova 0.694 115 Template:Country data Bolivia 0.692 116 Template:Country data Mongolia 0.691 117 Template:Country data Honduras 0.683 118 Template:Country data Guatemala 0.673 119 Template:Country data Vanuatu 0.670 120 Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea 0.653 121 Template:Country data South Africa 0.653 122 Template:Country data Tajikistan 0.652 123 Template:Country data Morocco 0.640 124 Template:Country data Gabon 0.633 125 Template:Country data Namibia 0.626 126 Template:Country data India 0.611 127 Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 0.607 128 Template:Country data Solomon Islands 0.592 129 Template:Country data Cambodia 0.583 130 Template:Country data Myanmar 0.581 131 Template:Country data Botswana 0.570 132 Template:Country data Comoros 0.556 133 Template:Country data Laos 0.553 134 Template:Country data Pakistan 0.539 135 Template:Country data Bhutan 0.538 136 Template:Country data Ghana 0.532 137 Template:Country data Bangladesh 0.530 138 Template:Country data Nepal 0.527 139 Template:Country data Papua New Guinea 0.523 140  Republic of the Congo 0.520 141 Template:Country data Sudan 0.516 142 Template:Country data East Timor 0.512 143 Template:Country data Madagascar 0.509 144 Template:Country data Cameroon 0.506 145 Template:Country data Uganda 0.502 146 Template:Country data Swaziland 0.500

Low

Rank Country HDI 147 Template:Country data Togo 0.495 148 Template:Country data Djibouti 0.494 149 Template:Country data Lesotho 0.494 150 Template:Country data Yemen 0.492 151 Template:Country data Zimbabwe 0.491 152 Template:Country data Kenya 0.491 153 Template:Country data Mauritania 0.486 154 Template:Country data Haiti 0.482 155 Template:Country data The Gambia 0.479 156 Template:Country data Senegal 0.460 157 Template:Country data Eritrea 0.454 158 Template:Country data Rwanda 0.450 159 Template:Country data Nigeria 0.448 160 Template:Country data Guinea 0.445 161 Template:Country data Angola 0.439 162 Template:Country data Tanzania 0.430

Rank Country HDI 163 Template:Country data Benin 0.428 164 File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 0.421 165 Template:Country data Zambia 0.407 166 Template:Country data Malawi 0.400 167 Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo || 0.391 168 Template:Country data Mozambique 0.390 169 Template:Country data Burundi 0.384 170 Template:Country data Ethiopia 0.371 171 Template:Country data Chad 0.368 172 Template:Country data Central African Republic 0.353 173 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau 0.349 174 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 0.342 175 Template:Country data Mali 0.338 176 Template:Country data Sierra Leone 0.335 177 Template:Country data Niger 0.311

Not calculated by the UN

Country HDI  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.909 (2004) Regions and groups Region/Group HDI World 0.741 Developing countries 0.679 Least Developed Countries 0.464 Arab states 0.680 East Asia and the Pacific 0.760 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.795 South Asia 0.599 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.472 Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 0.802 OECD 0.923 European Union N/A Region/Group HDI High Human Development 0.923 Medium Human Development 0.701 Low Human Development 0.427 High income 0.942 Middle income 0.768 Low income 0.556 Ten highest HDIs by region Americas Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Template:Country data Canada 0.950 2 Template:Country data United States 0.948 3 Template:Country data Barbados 0.879 4 Template:Country data Argentina 0.863 5 Template:Country data Chile 0.859 6 Template:Country data Uruguay 0.851 7 Template:Country data Costa Rica 0.841 8 Template:Country data Cuba 0.826 9 Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.825 10 Template:Country data Bahamas 0.825 Europe Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Template:Country data Norway 0.965 2 Template:Country data Iceland 0.960 3 Template:Country data Ireland 0.956 4 Template:Country data Sweden 0.951 5 Template:Country data Switzerland 0.947 6 Template:Country data Netherlands 0.947 7 Template:Country data Finland 0.947 8 Template:Country data Luxembourg 0.945 9 Template:Country data Belgium 0.945 10 Template:Country flagcountry2 0.944 Far East Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Template:Country data Australia 0.957 2 Template:Country data Japan 0.949 3 Template:Country data New Zealand 0.936 4 Template:Country data Hong Kong 0.927 5 Template:Country data Singapore 0.916 6 Template:Country data South Korea 0.912 7 Template:Country data Brunei 0.871 8 Template:Country data Tonga 0.815 9 Template:Country data Malaysia 0.805 Medium HDI 10 Template:Country data Thailand 0.784 Middle East & North Africa Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Template:Country data Israel 0.927 2 Template:Country data Cyprus 0.903 3 Template:Country data Kuwait 0.871 4 Template:Country data Bahrain 0.859 5 Template:Country data Qatar 0.844 6 Template:Country data United Arab Emirates 0.839 7 Template:Country data Oman 0.810 Medium HDI 8 Template:Country data Libya 0.798 9 Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 0.777 10 Template:Country data Lebanon 0.774 Sub-Saharan Africa Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Template:Country data Seychelles 0.842 2 Template:Country data Mauritius 0.800 Medium HDI 3 Template:Country data Cape Verde 0.722 4 Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea 0.653 5 Template:Country data South Africa 0.653 6 Template:Country data Gabon 0.633 7 Template:Country data Namibia 0.626 8 Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 0.607 9 Template:Country data Botswana 0.570 10 Template:Country data Comoros 0.556 Ten lowest HDIs by region Americas Rank Country HDI Low HDI 1 Template:Country data Haiti 0.482 Medium HDI 2 Template:Country data Guatemala 0.673 3 Template:Country data Honduras 0.683 4 Template:Country data Bolivia 0.692 5 Template:Country data Nicaragua 0.698 6 Template:Country data Jamaica 0.724 7 Template:Country data Guyana 0.725 8 Template:Country data El Salvador 0.729 9 Template:Country data Belize 0.751 10 Template:Country data Dominican Republic 0.751 Europe Rank Country HDI Medium HDI 1 Template:Country data Moldova 0.694 2 Template:Country data Ukraine 0.774 3 Template:Country data Albania 0.784 4 Template:Country data Belarus 0.794 5 Template:Country data Republic of Macedonia 0.796 High HDI 6 Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.800 7 Template:Country data Romania 0.805 8 Template:Country data Bulgaria 0.816 9 Template:Country data Latvia 0.845 10 Template:Country data Croatia 0.846 Far East Rank Country HDI Medium HDI 1 Template:Country data East Timor 0.512 2 Template:Country data Papua New Guinea 0.523 3 Template:Country data Nepal 0.527 4 Template:Country data Bangladesh 0.530 5 Template:Country data Bhutan 0.538 6 Template:Country data Pakistan 0.539 7 Template:Country data Laos 0.553 8 Template:Country data Myanmar 0.581 9 Template:Country data Cambodia 0.583 10 Template:Country data Solomon Islands 0.592 Middle East & North Africa Rank Country HDI Low HDI 1 Template:Country data Yemen 0.492 Medium HDI 2 Template:Country data Morocco 0.640 3 Template:Country data Egypt 0.702 4 Template:Country data Syria 0.716 5 Template:Country data Algeria 0.728 6 Template:Country data Palestinian Authority 0.736 7 Template:Country data Iran 0.746 8 Template:Country data Turkey 0.757 9 Template:Country data Tunisia 0.760 10 Template:Country data Jordan 0.760 Sub-Saharan Africa Rank Country HDI Low HDI 1 Template:Country data Niger 0.311 2 Template:Country data Sierra Leone 0.335 3 Template:Country data Mali 0.338 4 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 0.342 5 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau 0.349 6 Template:Country data Central African Republic 0.353 7 Template:Country data Chad 0.368 8 Template:Country data Ethiopia 0.371 9 Template:Country data Burundi 0.384 10 Template:Country data Mozambique 0.390 Unavailable data Country HDI Template:Country data Afghanistan 0.229 (1993) Template:Country data Andorra 0.944 (1997) Template:Country data Greenland 0.927 (1998) Template:Country data Iraq 0.567 (1999) Template:Country data Kiribati 0.515 (1998) Template:Country data Liberia 0.311 (1993) Template:Country data Liechtenstein 0.946 (1997) Template:Country data Marshall Islands 0.563 (1998) Template:Country data Micronesia 0.569 (1998) Template:Country data Monaco 0.946 (1997) Country HDI Template:Country data Montenegro 0.789 (1997) Template:Country data Nauru 0.663 (1998) Template:Country data North Korea 0.766 (1995) Template:Country data Palau 0.861 (1998) Template:Country data Puerto Rico 0.942 (1998) Template:Country data San Marino 0.944 (1997) Template:Country data Serbia 0.772 (2002) Template:Country data Somalia 0.221 (1993) Template:Country data Tuvalu 0.583 (1998) Template:Country data Vatican City style="background: #ececec; color: black;" class="table-na" | N/A Notes See also References (2006). Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30. Table 1: Human Development Index, Human Development Report 2006. Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30. Tables, Human Development Report 2006. Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30. External links Archive of previous global reports.