Human Development Index by country. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme

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.

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

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 via NationMaster

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

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