Human Development Index (HDI) – country rankings

A ranking of the world’s most developed countries using the latest Human Development Index (HDI) from the UN Development Programme.

Used by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to measure a country’s development, the Human Development Index (HDI) is an index assessing three key dimensions of human development:

1. A long and healthy life measured by life expectancy.

2. Access to education measured by expected years of schooling of children at school-entry age and mean years of schooling of the adult population.

3. A decent standard of living measured by Gross National Income per capita adjusted for the price level of the country.

The HDI was created to shift the assessment of human development away from economic growth alone. The HDI puts emphasis on people and their capabilities, as opposed to their economic situation alone.

Thirty years ago, UNDP created a new way to conceive and measure progress. Instead of using growth in GDP as the sole measure of development, we ranked the world’s countries by their human development: by whether people in each country have the freedom and opportunity to live the lives they value.

– United Nations Development Programme

Human Development Index (HDI) – complete ranking

The table below ranks the world’s countries by their HDI score – the mean of the normalized indices for each of the three key dimensions listed above.

Some countries and territories may have been omitted due to insufficient data.

Very High Human Development

RANK	COUNTRY	HDI
1	Norway	0.96
2	Ireland	0.96
2	Switzerland	0.96
4	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	0.95
4	Iceland	0.95
6	Germany	0.95
7	Sweden	0.95
8	Australia	0.94
8	Netherlands	0.94
10	Denmark	0.94
11	Finland	0.94
11	Singapore	0.94
13	UK	0.93
14	Belgium	0.93
14	New Zealand	0.93
16	Canada	0.93
17	USA	0.93
18	Austria	0.92
19	Israel	0.92
19	Japan	0.92
19	Liechtenstein	0.92
22	Slovenia	0.92
23	South Korea	0.92
23	Luxembourg	0.92
25	Spain	0.90
26	France	0.90
27	Czech Rep.	0.90
28	Malta	0.90
29	Estonia	0.89
29	Italy	0.89
31	UAE	0.89
32	Greece	0.89
33	Cyprus	0.89
34	Lithuania	0.88
35	Poland	0.88
36	Andorra	0.87
37	Latvia	0.87
38	Portugal	0.86
39	Slovakia	0.86
40	Hungary	0.85
40	Saudi Arabia	0.85
42	Bahrain	0.85
43	Chile	0.85
43	Croatia	0.85
45	Qatar	0.85
46	Argentina	0.85
47	Brunei	0.84
48	Montenegro	0.83
49	Romania	0.83
50	Palau	0.83
51	Kazakhstan	0.83
52	Russia	0.82
53	Belarus	0.82
54	Turkey	0.82
55	Uruguay	0.82
56	Bulgaria	0.82
57	Panama	0.82
58	Bahamas	0.81
58	Barbados	0.81
60	Oman	0.81
61	Georgia	0.81
62	Costa Rica	0.81
62	Malaysia	0.81
64	Kuwait	0.81
64	Serbia	0.81
66	Mauritius	0.80

High Human Development

67	Seychelles	0.80
67	Trinidad & Tobago	0.80
69	Albania	0.80
70	Cuba	0.78
70	Iran	0.78
72	Sri Lanka	0.78
73	Bosnia & Herz.	0.78
74	Grenada	0.78
74	Mexico	0.78
74	St. Kitts & Nevis	0.78
74	Ukraine	0.78
78	Antigua & Barbuda	0.78
79	Peru	0.78
79	Thailand	0.78
81	Armenia	0.78
82	North Macedonia	0.77
83	Colombia	0.77
84	Brazil	0.77
85	China	0.76
86	Ecuador	0.76
86	St.Lucia	0.76
88	Azerbaijan	0.76
88	Dominican Rep.	0.76
90	Moldova	0.75
91	Algeria	0.75
92	Lebanon	0.74
93	Fiji	0.74
94	Dominica	0.74
95	Maldives	0.74
95	Tunisia	0.74
97	St. Vincent & Gren.	0.74
97	Suriname	0.74
99	Mongolia	0.74
100	Botswana	0.74
101	Jamaica	0.73
102	Jordan	0.73
103	Paraguay	0.73
104	Tonga	0.73
105	Libya	0.72
106	Uzbekistan	0.72
107	Bolivia	0.72
107	Indonesia	0.72
107	Philippines	0.72
110	Belize	0.72
111	Samoa	0.72
111	Turkmenistan	0.72
113	Venezuela	0.71
114	South Africa	0.71
115	Palestine Territories	0.71
116	Egypt	0.71
117	Marshall Islands	0.70
117	Vietnam	0.70
119	Gabon	0.70

Medium Human Development

120	Kyrgyzstan	0.70
121	Morocco	0.69
122	Guyana	0.68
123	Iraq	0.67
124	El Salvador	0.67
125	Tajikistan	0.67
126	Cabo Verde	0.67
127	Guatemala	0.66
128	Nicaragua	0.66
129	Bhutan	0.65
130	Namibia	0.65
131	India	0.65
132	Honduras	0.63
133	Bangladesh	0.63
134	Kiribati	0.63
135	Sao Tome & Principe	0.63
136	Micronesia	0.62
137	Laos	0.61
138	Eswatini	0.61
138	Ghana	0.61
140	Vanuatu	0.61
141	Timor-Leste	0.61
142	Nepal	0.60
143	Kenya	0.60
144	Cambodia	0.59
145	Equatorial Guinea	0.59
146	Zambia	0.58
147	Myanmar	0.58
148	Angola	0.58
149	Congo	0.57
150	Zimbabwe	0.57
151	Solomon Islands	0.57
151	Syria	0.57
153	Cameroon	0.56
154	Pakistan	0.56
155	Papua New Guinea	0.56
156	Comoros	0.55

Low Human Development

157	Mauritania	0.55
158	Benin	0.55
159	Uganda	0.54
160	Rwanda	0.54
161	Nigeria	0.54
162	Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	0.54
163	Tanzania	0.53
164	Madagascar	0.53
165	Lesotho	0.53
166	Djibouti	0.52
167	Togo	0.52
168	Senegal	0.51
169	Afghanistan	0.51
170	Haiti	0.51
170	Sudan	0.51
172	Gambia	0.50
173	Ethiopia	0.49
174	Malawi	0.48
175	DR Congo	0.48
175	Guinea-Bissau	0.48
175	Liberia	0.48
178	Guinea	0.48
179	Yemen	0.47
180	Eritrea	0.46
181	Mozambique	0.46
182	Burkina Faso	0.45
182	Sierra Leone	0.45
184	Mali	0.43
185	Burundi	0.43
185	South Sudan	0.43
187	Chad	0.40
188	Central African Republic	0.40
189	Niger	0.39

The following countries or territories have been omitted due to insufficient data.

• North Korea
• Monaco
• Nauru
• San Marino
• Somalia
• Tuvalu

Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)