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Economy Statistics > Human Development Index (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Norway: 0.963 
# 2   Iceland: 0.956 
# 3   Australia: 0.955 
= 4   Canada: 0.949 
= 4   Luxembourg: 0.949 
= 4   Sweden: 0.949 
# 7   Switzerland: 0.947 
# 8   Ireland: 0.946 
# 9   Belgium: 0.945 
# 10   United States: 0.944 
= 11   Netherlands: 0.943 
= 11   Japan: 0.943 
= 13   Denmark: 0.941 
= 13   Finland: 0.941 
# 15   United Kingdom: 0.939 
# 16   France: 0.938 
# 17   Austria: 0.936 
# 18   Italy: 0.934 
# 19   New Zealand: 0.933 
# 20   Germany: 0.93 
# 21   Spain: 0.928 
# 22   Hong Kong: 0.916 
# 23   Israel: 0.915 
# 24   Greece: 0.912 
# 25   Singapore: 0.907 
= 26   Portugal: 0.904 
= 26   Slovenia: 0.904 
# 28   Korea, South: 0.901 
# 29   Cyprus: 0.891 
# 30   Barbados: 0.878 
# 31   Czech Republic: 0.874 
# 32   Malta: 0.867 
# 33   Brunei: 0.866 
# 34   Argentina: 0.863 
# 35   Hungary: 0.862 
# 36   Poland: 0.858 
# 37   Chile: 0.854 
# 38   Estonia: 0.853 
# 39   Lithuania: 0.852 
= 40   Slovakia: 0.849 
= 40   Qatar: 0.849 
= 40   United Arab Emirates: 0.849 
# 43   Bahrain: 0.846 
# 44   Kuwait: 0.844 
# 45   Croatia: 0.841 
# 46   Uruguay: 0.84 
# 47   Costa Rica: 0.838 
# 48   Latvia: 0.836 
# 49   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.834 
# 50   Bahamas, The: 0.832 
# 51   Seychelles: 0.821 
# 52   Cuba: 0.817 
# 53   Mexico: 0.814 
# 54   Tonga: 0.81 
# 55   Bulgaria: 0.808 
# 56   Panama: 0.804 
# 57   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.801 
# 58   Libya: 0.799 
= 59   Macedonia, Republic of: 0.797 
= 59   Antigua and Barbuda: 0.797 
# 61   Malaysia: 0.796 
# 62   Russia: 0.795 
= 63   Brazil: 0.792 
= 63   Romania: 0.792 
# 65   Mauritius: 0.791 
# 66   Grenada: 0.787 
= 67   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.786 
= 67   Belarus: 0.786 
# 69   Colombia: 0.785 
# 70   Dominica: 0.783 
# 71   Oman: 0.781 
# 72   Albania: 0.78 
# 73   Thailand: 0.778 
# 74   Samoa: 0.776 
= 75   Venezuela: 0.772 
= 75   Saudi Arabia: 0.772 
= 75   Saint Lucia: 0.772 
# 78   Ukraine: 0.766 
# 79   Peru: 0.762 
# 80   Kazakhstan: 0.761 
= 81   Armenia: 0.759 
= 81   Ecuador: 0.759 
= 81   Lebanon: 0.759 
# 84   Philippines: 0.758 
= 85   Suriname: 0.755 
= 85   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.755 
= 85   Paraguay: 0.755 
= 85   China: 0.755 
= 89   Tunisia: 0.753 
= 89   Jordan: 0.753 
= 89   Belize: 0.753 
# 92   Fiji: 0.752 
# 93   Sri Lanka: 0.751 
# 94   Turkey: 0.75 
# 95   Dominican Republic: 0.749 
# 96   Maldives: 0.745 
= 97   Turkmenistan: 0.738 
= 97   Jamaica: 0.738 
# 99   Iran: 0.736 
# 100   Georgia: 0.732 
= 101   Azerbaijan: 0.729 
= 101   West Bank: 0.729 
= 101   Gaza Strip: 0.729 
= 104   Algeria: 0.722 
= 104   El Salvador: 0.722 
= 106   Cape Verde: 0.721 
= 106   Syria: 0.721 
# 108   Guyana: 0.72 
# 109   Vietnam: 0.704 
# 110   Kyrgyzstan: 0.702 
# 111   Indonesia: 0.697 
# 112   Uzbekistan: 0.694 
# 113   Nicaragua: 0.69 
# 114   Bolivia: 0.687 
# 115   Mongolia: 0.679 
# 116   Moldova: 0.671 
# 117   Honduras: 0.667 
# 118   Guatemala: 0.663 
= 119   Egypt: 0.659 
= 119   Vanuatu: 0.659 
# 121   South Africa: 0.658 
# 122   Equatorial Guinea: 0.655 
# 123   Tajikistan: 0.652 
# 124   Gabon: 0.635 
# 125   Morocco: 0.631 
# 126   Namibia: 0.627 
# 127   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.604 
# 128   India: 0.602 
# 129   Solomon Islands: 0.594 
# 130   Burma: 0.578 
# 131   Cambodia: 0.571 
# 132   Botswana: 0.565 
# 133   Comoros: 0.547 
# 134   Laos: 0.545 
# 135   Bhutan: 0.536 
# 136   Pakistan: 0.527 
# 137   Nepal: 0.526 
# 138   Papua New Guinea: 0.523 
= 139   Bangladesh: 0.52 
= 139   Ghana: 0.52 
# 141   East Timor: 0.513 
= 142   Togo: 0.512 
= 142   Congo, Republic of the: 0.512 
= 142   Sudan: 0.512 
# 145   Uganda: 0.508 
# 146   Zimbabwe: 0.505 
# 147   Madagascar: 0.499 
# 148   Swaziland: 0.498 
= 149   Cameroon: 0.497 
= 149   Lesotho: 0.497 
# 151   Djibouti: 0.495 
# 152   Yemen: 0.489 
# 153   Mauritania: 0.477 
# 154   Haiti: 0.475 
# 155   Kenya: 0.474 
# 156   Gambia, The: 0.47 
# 157   Guinea: 0.466 
# 158   Senegal: 0.458 
# 159   Nigeria: 0.453 
# 160   Rwanda: 0.45 
# 161   Angola: 0.445 
# 162   Eritrea: 0.444 
# 163   Benin: 0.431 
# 164   Côte d'Ivoire: 0.42 
# 165   Tanzania: 0.418 
# 166   Malawi: 0.404 
# 167   Zambia: 0.394 
# 168   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.385 
# 169   Mozambique: 0.379 
# 170   Burundi: 0.378 
# 171   Ethiopia: 0.367 
# 172   Central African Republic: 0.355 
# 173   Guinea-Bissau: 0.348 
# 174   Chad: 0.341 
# 175   Mali: 0.333 
# 176   Burkina Faso: 0.317 
# 177   Sierra Leone: 0.298 
# 178   Niger: 0.281 
Weighted average: 0.7  



DEFINITION: The human development index values in this table were calculated using a consistent methodology and consistent data series. They are not strictly comparable with those in earlier Human Development Reports.

SOURCE: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme

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COMMENTARY     

Hildegard
31st May 2009
The human Development index does not use the median for its calculations what do you have to say about the inequitable distribution of wealth and the poverty found among the rich countries?
Cmpe Dinagwe (South Africa KZN)
26th August 2007
I would like to know measurements of Human Development Index.i wish to know the list of question tha i suppose to direct it to the community to research wherether they are developed as am i a young reseacher
Ian Graham
Staff Editor

23rd February 2005
The Human Development Index is calculated using various indicators for quality of life, such as health indicators and access to healthcare services, life expectancy at birth, nutrition levels, education and literacy levels, access to basic needs such as water and sanitation, and so on. It also takes into account GDP per capita in terms of Purchasing Power Parity and percentage of the population living below the poverty line.

Countries high on the Human Development Index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1 percent or less, high urban population percentages (65 percent and up) and balanced percentages of people under 15 and over 65 years of age. Those low on the index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1.5 percent or higher, less than 35 percent of the population in urban areas, and an under-15 population that greatly outnumbers those above 65 years (in most cases, more than 10 times as many.)

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