List of countries by Human Development Index

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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 member countries (out of 192) along with Hong Kong SAR, 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 comparision.

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]

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.

Contents 1 High 2 Medium 3 Low 4 Not calculated by the UN 5 Regions and groups 6 By Regions 7 Unavailable data 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links

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

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

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Rank Country HDI 64 Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.798 65  Russian Federation 0.797 66 Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.796 67 Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 0.794 68 Image:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica 0.793 69  Brazil Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.792 70 Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0.790 70 Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 0.790 72 Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0.784 72 Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 0.784 74  Thailand 0.784 75 Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 0.778 76 Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0.777 77 Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 0.774 77  Lebanon 0.774 77 Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0.774 80 Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.768 80 Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (PRC)[2] 0.768 82 Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 0.767 83 Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 0.765 84  Philippines 0.763 85 Image:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.762 86 Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 0.760 86 Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 0.760 88 Image:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.759 88 Image:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 0.759 90 Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 0.758 91 Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 0.757 91 Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 0.757 93 Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 0.755 94 Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 0.751 94 Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.751 96 Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 0.746 97 Image:Flag of Georgia (bordered).svg Georgia 0.743 98 Image:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.739 99 Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.736 99 Image:Palestinian flag.svg Palestinian Authority 0.736 101 Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0.729 102 Image:Flag of Algeria (bordered).svg Algeria 0.728 103 Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 0.725 104 Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.724 104 Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.724

Rank Country HDI 106 Image:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 0.722 107  Syria Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.716 108 Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia 0.711 109  Vietnam 0.709 110 Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 0.705 111 Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0.702 112 Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0.698 113 Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 0.696 114 Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 0.694 115 Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 0.692 116 Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 0.691 117 Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 0.683 118 Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 0.673 119 Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 0.670 120 Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.653 120 Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.653 122 Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.652 123 Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 0.640 124 Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.633 125 Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.626 126 Image:Flag of India.svg India 0.611 127 Image:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe 0.607 128 Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.592 129 Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 0.583 130 Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 0.581 131 Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 0.570 132 Image:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 0.556 133 Image:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 0.553 134 Image:Flag of Pakistan (bordered).svg Pakistan 0.539 135 Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0.538 136 Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0.532 137 Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 0.530 138 Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 0.527 139 Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.523 140 Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo[3] 0.520 141 Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 0.516 142 Image:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor[4] Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.512 143 Image:Flag of Madagascar (bordered).svg Madagascar 0.509 144 Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0.506 145 Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.502 146 Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland 0.500

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Rank Country HDI 147 Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.495 148 Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.494 148 Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.494 150 Image:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 0.492 151 Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.491 151 Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 0.491 153 Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 0.486 154 Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 0.482 155 Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 0.479 156 Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 0.460 157 Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 0.454 158 Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.450 159 Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.448 160 Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.445 161 Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.439 162 Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 0.430

Rank Country HDI 163 Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.428 164 Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire[5] 0.421 165 Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 0.407 166 Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.400 167 Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo[6] 0.391 168 Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 0.390 169 Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 0.384 170 Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 0.371 171 Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 0.368 172 Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.353 173 Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 0.349 174 Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 0.342 175 Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 0.338 176 Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 0.335 177 Image:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 0.311

[edit] Not calculated by the UN

Country HDI Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan)[7] 0.925 (2004) Image:Flag of Macau.svg Macau SAR, China[8] 0.909 (2003) Image:Flag of the European Union.svg European Union 0.871 (averaged from the above listed HDIs of the 27 member states of the EU). [edit] Regions and groups Region/Group HDI World Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.741 Developing countries Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.679 Least Developed Countries Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.464 Arab states 0.680 East Asia and the Pacific Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.760 Latin America and the Caribbean Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.795 South Asia Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.599 Sub-Saharan Africa Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.472 Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.802 OECD 0.923 European Union N/A 0.871 Region/Group HDI High Human Development 0.923 Medium Human Development Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.701 Low Human Development Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.427 High income 0.942 Middle income Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.768 Low income Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.556 [edit] By Regions Africa Rank Country HDI High HDI 1 Image:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles 0.842 (+4) 2 Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 0.800 (+2) Medium HDI 3 Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.798 4 Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 0.760 5 Image:Flag of Algeria (bordered).svg Algeria 0.728 6 Image:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 0.722 6 Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 0.702 8 Image:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.653 9 Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.653 10 Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 0.640 Americas Rank Country HDI High HDI 1  Canada Image:Red Arrow Down.svg 0.950 (-1) 2  United States 0.948 (+2) 3 Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 0.879 (-1) 4 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Straight Line Steady.svg 0.863 (-2) 5  Chile 0.859 (-1) 6 Image:Flag of Uruguay (bordered).svg Uruguay 0.851 (+3) 7 Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 0.841 (-1) 8  Cuba 0.826 (+2) 9 Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis