List of countries by Human Development Index

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World map by quartiles of Human Development Index in 2013.
  Very High
  Low
  High
  Data unavailable
  Medium
World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2012 data, published on Mar 14, 2013).1
  0.900 and over
  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849
  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  0.500–0.549
  0.450–0.499
  0.400–0.449
  0.350–0.399
  0.349 and under
  Data unavailable

This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. The latest report was released on 14 March 2013 and compiled on the basis of estimates for 2012.2 It covers 185 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong and the Palestinian territories; 8 UN member states are not included because of 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, standards of living, and quality of life 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 underdeveloped 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 Haq3 and Indian economist Amartya Sen.4

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 47 countries: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development (46 countries in this category).

Because of the new methodology adopted since the 2010 Human Development Report, the new reported HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

From 2007 to 2010, the first category was referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

The country with the largest decrease in HDI since 1998 is Zimbabwe, falling from 0.514 in 1998 to 0.140 in 2010. The country with the largest decrease since 2009 is Cape Verde, which decreased by 0.170.

Over half of the world's population live in countries with "medium human development" (51%), while less than a fifth (18%) populate countries falling in the "low human development" category. Countries with "high" to "very high" human development account for slightly less than a third of the world's total population (30%).

The only year without a Human Development Report since 1990 was 2012. The latest report was launched on 14 March, 2013 in Mexico City.2

Contents

Complete list of countries

2012 Very High HDI nations, by population size
Europe
  
 492.3
N. America
  
 350.5
Asia
  
 227.0
S. America
  
 56.7
Oceania
  
 27.4
Africa
  
 0.1
  • Increase = increase.
  • Steady = steady.
  • Decrease = decrease.
  • The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the ranking in 2011 report.

Very high human development

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
5
1 Steady  Norway 0.955 Increase 0.003
2 Steady  Australia 0.938 Increase 0.003
3 Increase (1)  United States 0.937 Increase 0.003
4 Decrease (1)  Netherlands 0.921 Increase 0.002
5 Increase (3)  Germany 0.920 Increase 0.004
6 Decrease (1)  New Zealand 0.919 Increase 0.002
7 Decrease (2)  Ireland 0.916 Steady
7 Increase (3)  Sweden 0.916 Increase 0.003
9 Increase (2)  Switzerland 0.913 Increase 0.001
10 Increase (2)  Japan 0.912 Increase 0.003
11 Decrease (6)  Canada 0.911 Increase 0.002
12 Increase (3)  South Korea 0.909 Increase 0.004
13 Steady  Hong Kong 0.906 Increase 0.006
13 Steady  Iceland 0.906 Increase 0.005
15 Increase (1)  Denmark 0.901 Increase 0.002
16 Increase (1)  Israel 0.900 Increase 0.004
17 Increase (1)  Belgium 0.897 Increase 0.001
18 Increase (1)  Austria 0.895 Increase 0.003
18 Increase (8)  Singapore 0.895 Increase 0.003
20 Steady  France 0.893 Increase 0.002
21 Increase (1)  Finland 0.892 Increase 0.002
21 Decrease (1)  Slovenia 0.892 Steady
23 Steady  Spain 0.885 Increase 0.001
24 Decrease (16)  Liechtenstein 0.883 Increase 0.001
Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
5
25 Decrease (1)  Italy 0.881 Steady
26 Decrease (1)  Luxembourg 0.875 Steady
26 Increase (2)  United Kingdom 0.875 Increase 0.001
28 Decrease (1)  Czech Republic 0.873 Increase 0.002
29 Steady  Greece 0.860 Decrease 0.006
30 Increase (2)  Brunei Darussalam 0.855 Increase 0.001
31 Steady  Cyprus 0.848 Decrease 0.001
32 Increase (4)  Malta 0.847 Increase 0.003
33 Decrease (1)  Andorra 0.846 Steady
33 Increase (1)  Estonia 0.846 Increase 0.007
35 Steady  Slovakia 0.840 Increase 0.004
36 Increase (1)  Qatar 0.834 Increase 0.007
37 Increase (1)  Hungary 0.831 Increase 0.002
38 Increase (9)  Barbados 0.825 Increase 0.002
39 Steady  Poland 0.821 Increase 0.004
40 Increase (3)  Chile 0.819 Increase 0.006
41 Decrease (1)  Lithuania 0.818 Increase 0.008
41 Decrease (11)  United Arab Emirates 0.818 Increase 0.002
43 Decrease (2)  Portugal 0.816 Decrease 0.001
44 Decrease (1)  Latvia 0.814 Increase 0.009
45 Steady  Argentina 0.811 Increase 0.006
46 Increase (6)  Seychelles 0.806 Increase 0.007
47 Decrease (1)  Croatia 0.805 Increase 0.001

High human development

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
48 Decrease (6)  Bahrain 0.796 Increase 0.002
49 Increase (4)  Bahamas 0.794 Increase 0.003
50 Increase (15)  Belarus 0.793 Increase 0.008
51 Decrease (3)  Uruguay 0.792 Increase 0.007
52 Increase (1)  Montenegro 0.791 Increase 0.004
52 Decrease (3)  Palau 0.791 Increase 0.012
54 Increase (8)  Kuwait 0.790 Increase 0.004
55 Increase (11)  Russia 0.788 Increase 0.006
56 Decrease (6)  Romania 0.786 Increase 0.003
57 Decrease (4)  Bulgaria 0.782 Increase 0.004
57 Decrease (1)  Saudi Arabia 0.782 Increase 0.005
59 Decrease (8)  Cuba 0.780 Increase 0.005
59 Increase (1)  Panama 0.780 Increase 0.010
61 Decrease (5)  Mexico 0.775 Increase 0.005
62 Increase (7)  Costa Rica 0.773 Increase 0.005
63 Increase (4)  Grenada 0.770 Increase 0.002
64 Decrease (2)  Libya 0.769 Decrease 0.004
64 Decrease (3)  Malaysia 0.769 Increase 0.006
64 Decrease (5)  Serbia 0.769 Increase 0.002
67 Decrease (7)  Antigua and Barbuda 0.760 Decrease 0.001
67 Decrease (5)  Trinidad and Tobago 0.760 Increase 0.002
69 Decrease (1)  Kazakhstan 0.754 Increase 0.010
70 Steady  Albania 0.749 Increase 0.003
71 Increase (1)  Venezuela 0.748 Increase 0.004
Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
72 Increase (10)  Dominica 0.745 Increase 0.002
72 Increase (2)  Georgia 0.745 Increase 0.010
72 Decrease (2)  Lebanon 0.745 Increase 0.002
72 Steady  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.745 Steady
76 Increase (13)  Iran 0.742 Increase 0.002
77 Increase (4)  Peru 0.741 Increase 0.008
78 Steady  Macedonia 0.740 Increase 0.004
78 Decrease (1)  Ukraine 0.740 Increase 0.007
80 Decrease (2)  Mauritius 0.737 Increase 0.005
81 Decrease (7)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.735 Increase 0.002
82 Decrease (6)  Azerbaijan 0.734 Steady
83 Increase (3)  Saint Vincent 0.733 Increase 0.002
84 Increase (6)  Oman 0.731 Increase 0.003
85 Steady  Brazil 0.730 Increase 0.004
86 Decrease (6)  Jamaica 0.730 Increase 0.003
87 Steady  Armenia 0.729 Increase 0.007
88 Decrease (5)  Saint Lucia 0.725 Increase 0.002
89 Decrease (5)  Ecuador 0.724 Increase 0.005
90 Increase (2)  Turkey 0.722 Increase 0.007
91 Decrease (3)  Colombia 0.719 Increase 0.005
92 Increase (5)  Sri Lanka 0.715 Increase 0.010
93 Increase (1)  Algeria 0.713 Increase 0.003
94 Steady  Tunisia 0.712 Increase 0.002

Medium human development

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
95 Decrease (4)  Tonga 0.710 Increase 0.001
96 Decrease (4)  Belize 0.702 Increase 0.002
96 Increase (2)  Dominican Republic 0.702 Increase 0.005
96 Increase (3)  Fiji 0.702 Increase 0.003
96 Increase (3)  Samoa 0.702 Increase 0.003
100 Decrease (6)  Jordan 0.700 Increase 0.001
101 Steady  China 0.699 Increase 0.010
102 Steady  Turkmenistan 0.698 Increase 0.010
— Increase (1) World 0.694 Increase
103 Steady  Thailand 0.690 Increase 0.004
104 Increase (5)  Maldives 0.688 Increase 0.005
105 Decrease (1)  Suriname 0.684 Increase 0.005
106 Decrease (1)  Gabon 0.683 Increase 0.007
107 Decrease (2)  El Salvador 0.680 Increase 0.002
108 Steady  Bolivia 0.675 Increase 0.007
108 Increase (2)  Mongolia 0.675 Increase 0.018
110 Increase (4) Palestinian National Authority Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.670 Increase 0.008
111 Decrease (4)  Paraguay 0.669 Increase 0.001
112 Steady  Egypt 0.662 Increase 0.001
113 Decrease (2)  Moldova 0.660 Increase 0.008
114 Decrease (2)  Philippines 0.654 Increase 0.005
114 Steady  Uzbekistan 0.654 Increase 0.010
116 Increase (3)  Syria 0.648 Increase 0.002
117 Decrease (1)  Micronesia 0.645 Increase 0.006
Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
118 Decrease (1)  Guyana 0.636 Increase 0.008
119 Decrease (1)  Botswana 0.634 Increase 0.001
120 Steady  Honduras 0.632 Increase 0.003
121 Increase (3)  Indonesia 0.629 Increase 0.009
121 Increase (1)  Kiribati 0.629 Increase 0.001
121 Increase (2)  South Africa 0.629 Increase 0.008
124 Steady  Vanuatu 0.626 Increase 0.003
125 Increase (1)  Kyrgyzstan 0.622 Increase 0.007
125 Increase (2)  Tajikistan 0.622 Increase 0.010
127 Increase (1)  Vietnam 0.617 N/A
128 Decrease (8)  Namibia 0.608 Increase 0.004
129 Steady  Nicaragua 0.599 Increase 0.006
130 Steady  Morocco 0.591 Increase 0.005
131 Increase (1)  Iraq 0.590 Increase 0.012
132 Increase (1)  Cape Verde 0.586 Increase 0.005
133 Decrease (2)  Guatemala 0.581 Increase 0.002
134 Increase (13)  Timor Leste 0.576 Increase 0.011
135 Steady  Ghana 0.558 Increase 0.018
136 Steady  Equatorial Guinea 0.554 Increase 0.007
136 Decrease (2)  India 0.554 Increase 0.007
138 Increase (1)  Cambodia 0.543 Increase 0.011
138 Steady  Laos 0.543 Increase 0.009
140 Steady  Bhutan 0.538 Increase 0.013
141 Decrease (1)  Swaziland 0.536 Increase 0.004

Low human development

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
142 Decrease (5)  Congo 0.534 Increase 0.005
143 Decrease (1)  Solomon Islands 0.530 Increase 0.008
144 Decrease (1)  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.525 Increase 0.005
145 Decrease (2)  Kenya 0.519 Increase 0.008
146 Steady  Bangladesh 0.515 Increase 0.007
146 Decrease (1)  Pakistan 0.515 Increase 0.003
148 Steady  Angola 0.508 Increase 0.006
149 Steady  Burma 0.498 Increase 0.008
150 Steady  Cameroon 0.495 Increase 0.007
151 Steady  Madagascar 0.483 Decrease 0.001
152 Steady  Tanzania 0.476 Increase 0.010
153 Increase (2)  Nigeria 0.471 Increase 0.009
154 Increase (1)  Senegal 0.470 Steady
155 Increase (4)  Mauritania 0.467 Increase 0.003
156 Decrease (4)  Papua New Guinea 0.466 Increase 0.008
157 Steady  Nepal 0.463 Increase 0.005
158 Increase (2)  Lesotho 0.461 Increase 0.009
159 Increase (3)  Togo 0.459 Increase 0.007
160 Decrease (6)  Yemen 0.458 N/A
161 Decrease (3)  Haiti 0.456 Increase 0.006
161 Steady  Uganda 0.456 Increase 0.006
163 Increase (1)  Zambia 0.448 N/A
164 Steady  Djibouti 0.445 Increase 0.014
165 Increase (3)  Gambia 0.439 Increase 0.002
Rank Country HDI
New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change in rank between 2013 report to 2011 report1 New 2013 Estimates for 2012
1		 Change compared between 2012 data and corrected 2010 data
1
166 Increase (1)  Benin 0.436 Increase 0.004
167 Decrease (1)  Rwanda 0.434 Increase 0.009
168 Increase (2)  Côte d'Ivoire 0.432 Increase 0.005
169 Decrease (6)  Comoros 0.429 Increase 0.003
170 Steady  Malawi 0.418 Increase 0.005
171 Decrease (2)  Sudan 0.414 Increase 0.003
172 Increase (1)  Zimbabwe 0.397 Decrease 0.001
173 Increase (1)  Ethiopia 0.396 Increase 0.009
174 Increase (8)  Liberia 0.388 Increase 0.021
175 Decrease (3)  Afghanistan 0.374 Increase 0.006
176 Steady  Guinea-Bissau 0.364 Increase 0.003
177 Increase (3)  Sierra Leone 0.359 Increase 0.013
178 Increase (7)  Burundi 0.355 Increase 0.007
178 Steady  Guinea 0.355 Increase 0.006
180 Decrease (1)  Central African Republic 0.352 Increase 0.008
181 Decrease (4)  Eritrea 0.351 Increase 0.009
182 Decrease (7)  Mali 0.344 Steady
183 Decrease (2)  Burkina Faso 0.343 Increase 0.009
184 Decrease (1)  Chad 0.340 Increase 0.004
185 Decrease (1)  Mozambique 0.327 Increase 0.009
186 Increase (1)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.304 Increase 0.009
186 Steady  Niger 0.304 Increase 0.006

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Seychelles 0.806
High human development
2  Libya 0.769
3  Mauritius 0.737
4  Algeria 0.713
5  Tunisia 0.712
Medium human development
6  Gabon 0.683
7  Egypt 0.662
8  Botswana 0.634
9  South Africa 0.629
10  Namibia 0.608

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.304
1  Niger 0.304
3  Mozambique 0.327
4  Chad 0.340
5  Burkina Faso 0.343
6  Mali 0.344
7  Eritrea 0.351
8  Central African Republic 0.352
9  Guinea 0.355
9  Burundi 0.355

Americas

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  United States 0.937
2  Canada 0.911
3  Barbados 0.825
4  Chile 0.819
5  Argentina 0.811
High human development
6  Bahamas 0.794
7  Uruguay 0.792
8  Cuba 0.780
8  Panama 0.780
10  Mexico 0.775

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Haiti 0.456
Medium human development
2  Guatemala 0.581
3  Nicaragua 0.599
4  Honduras 0.632
5  Guyana 0.636
6  Paraguay 0.669
7  Bolivia 0.675
8  El Salvador 0.680
9  Suriname 0.684
10  Dominican Republic 0.702
10  Belize 0.702

Asia and Oceania

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Australia 0.938
2  New Zealand 0.919
3  Japan 0.912
4  South Korea 0.909
5  Hong Kong 0.906
6  Israel 0.900
7  Singapore 0.895
8  Brunei 0.855
9  Cyprus 0.848
10  Qatar 0.834

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Afghanistan 0.374
2  Yemen 0.458
3  Nepal 0.463
4  Papua New Guinea 0.466
5  Burma 0.498
6  Pakistan 0.515
7  Solomon Islands 0.530
Medium human development
8  Bhutan 0.538
9  Laos 0.543
9  Cambodia 0.543

Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Norway 0.955
2  Netherlands 0.921
3  Germany 0.920
4  Ireland 0.916
4  Sweden 0.916
6  Switzerland 0.913
7  Iceland 0.906
8  Denmark 0.901
9  Belgium 0.897
10  Austria 0.895

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Medium human development
1  Moldova 0.660
High human development
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.735
3  Macedonia 0.740
3  Ukraine 0.740
5  Albania 0.749
6  Serbia 0.769
7  Bulgaria 0.782
8  Romania 0.786
9  Russia 0.788
10  Montenegro 0.791

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Qatar 0.834
2  United Arab Emirates 0.818
High human development
3  Bahrain 0.796
4  Kuwait 0.790
5  Saudi Arabia 0.782
6  Libya 0.769
7  Lebanon 0.745
8  Oman 0.731
9  Algeria 0.713
10  Tunisia 0.712

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Sudan 0.414
2  Comoros 0.429
3  Djibouti 0.445
4  Yemen 0.458
5  Mauritania 0.467
Medium human development
6  Iraq 0.590
7  Morocco 0.591
8  Egypt 0.662
9 Palestinian National Authority Palestine Authority 0.670
10  Jordan 0.700

Council of Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Norway 0.955
2  Netherlands 0.921
3  Germany 0.920
4  Ireland 0.916
5  Sweden 0.916
6  Switzerland 0.913
7  Iceland 0.906
8  Denmark 0.901
9  Belgium 0.897
10  Austria 0.895

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Medium human development
1  Moldova 0.660
High human development
2  Turkey 0.722
3  Armenia 0.729
4  Azerbaijan 0.734
5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.735
6  Ukraine 0.740
7  Macedonia 0.740
8  Georgia 0.745
9  Albania 0.749
10  Serbia 0.769

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Australia 0.938
2  New Zealand 0.919
3  Japan 0.912
4  South Korea 0.909
5  Hong Kong 0.906
6  Singapore 0.895
7  Brunei 0.855
High human development
8  Palau 0.791
9  Malaysia 0.769
10  Tonga 0.710

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Papua New Guinea 0.466
2  Burma 0.498
3  Solomon Islands 0.530
Medium human development
4  Laos 0.543
5  Cambodia 0.543
6  Timor Leste 0.576
7  Vietnam 0.617
8  Vanuatu 0.626
9  Indonesia 0.629
10  Kiribati 0.629

European Union

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Netherlands 0.921
2  Germany 0.920
3  Ireland 0.916
4  Sweden 0.916
5  Denmark 0.901
6  Belgium 0.897
7  Austria 0.895
8  France 0.893
9  Finland 0.892
10  Slovenia 0.892

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
High human development
1  Bulgaria 0.782
2  Romania 0.786
Very high human development
3  Latvia 0.814
4  Portugal 0.816
5  Lithuania 0.818
6  Poland 0.821
7  Hungary 0.831
8  Slovakia 0.840
9  Estonia 0.846
10  Malta 0.847

Latin America

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Chile 0.819
2  Argentina 0.811
High human development
3  Uruguay 0.792
4  Cuba 0.780
5  Panama 0.780
6  Mexico 0.775
7  Costa Rica 0.773
8  Venezuela 0.748
9  Peru 0.741
10  Brazil 0.730

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Medium human development
1  Guatemala 0.581
2  Nicaragua 0.599
3  Honduras 0.632
4  Paraguay 0.669
5  Bolivia 0.680
6  El Salvador 0.680
7  Dominican Republic 0.702
High human development
8  Colombia 0.719
9  Ecuador 0.724
10  Brazil 0.730

Middle East and North Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Israel 0.900
2  Cyprus 0.848
3  Qatar 0.834
4  United Arab Emirates 0.818
High human development
5  Bahrain 0.796
6  Kuwait 0.790
7  Saudi Arabia 0.782
8  Libya 0.769
9  Georgia 0.745
10  Lebanon 0.745

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Sudan 0.414
2  Yemen 0.458
Medium human development
3  Iraq 0.590
4  Morocco 0.591
5  Syria 0.648
6  Egypt 0.662
7 Palestinian National Authority Palestinian territories 0.670
8  Jordan 0.700
High human development
9  Tunisia 0.712
10  Algeria 0.713

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

10 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Norway 0.955
2  Australia 0.938
3  United States 0.937
4  Netherlands 0.921
5  Germany 0.920
6  New Zealand 0.919
7  Ireland 0.916
8  Sweden 0.916
9  Switzerland 0.913
10  Japan 0.912

10 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
High human development
1  Turkey 0.722
2  Mexico 0.775
Very high human development
3  Portugal 0.816
4  Chile 0.819
5  Poland 0.821
6  Hungary 0.831
7  Slovakia 0.840
8  Estonia 0.846
9  Greece 0.860
10 Czech Republic Czechia 0.873

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

6 highest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Very high human development
1  Qatar 0.834
2  United Arab Emirates 0.818
High human development
3  Kuwait 0.790
4  Saudi Arabia 0.782
5  Libya 0.769
6  Venezuela 0.748

6 lowest HDIs

Rank Country HDI
New 2013 estimates for 2012
Low human development
1  Nigeria 0.471
2  Angola 0.508
Medium human development
3  Iraq 0.590
High human development
4  Algeria 0.713
5  Ecuador 0.724
6  Iran 0.742

HDI by regions & groups

Region or Group 2011
estimates
HDI6		 2013
estimates
HDI1
Very high human development
Very High Human Development 0.889 0.905
OECD 0.873 -
High human development
Europe and Central Asia 0.751 0.771
High Human Development 0.741 0.758
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.731 0.741
Medium human development
World 0.682 Increase 0.694
East Asia and the Pacific 0.671 Increase 0.683
Arab states 0.641 Increase 0.652
Small Island Developing States 0.640 Increase 0.648
Medium Human Development 0.630 Increase 0.640
South Asia 0.548 Increase 0.558
Low human development
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.463 Increase 0.475
Low Human Development 0.456 Increase 0.466
Least Developed countries 0.439 Increase 0.449

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data)

Year Country HDI Rank Source
Publication Data
Very high human development
1997 N/A  Monaco 0.946 N/A 7 countries on list without HDI reportedcitation needed
1997 N/A  San Marino 0.944 N/A 7 countries on list without HDI reportedcitation needed
Medium human development
1998 1995  North Korea 0.766 75 8
1998 N/A  Nauru 0.663 N/A 7 countries on list without HDI reportedcitation needed
1998 N/A  Tuvalu 0.583 N/A 7 countries on list without HDI reportedcitation needed
1998 N/A  Marshall Islands 0.563 N/A 7 countries on list without HDI reportedcitation needed
Low human development
2001 2001  Somalia 0.284 161 9nb 1
Other
N/A N/A  South Sudan N/A N/A citation needed

Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)

Year Country or Territory HDI Rank Source
Publication Data
Very high human development
1998 N/A  Puerto Rico 0.942 N/A 10
2008 2005  Martinique 0.929 24 11
1998 N/A  Greenland 0.927 N/A 12
2008 2005  Guadeloupe 0.912 28 11
2010 2007  Macau 0.944 23 13
2011 2011  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.882 22 nb 2
High human development
2012 2012  Kosovo* 0.714 87 15
2008 2005  New Caledonia 0.878 34 11
2007 2004  Réunion 0.870 35 1116
2008 2005  French Polynesia 0.864 42 11
2008 2005  French Guiana 0.862 43 11

* calculated by the UNDP

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
  2. ^ The UN does not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state. The HDI report does not include Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China when calculating China's figures (see [1]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.882, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP for calculating 2011 HDIs.14

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World"". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 144–147. Retrieved 2 March 2013. 
  2. ^ a b "2013 Human Development Report". UNDP. Retrieved 17 February 2013. 
  3. ^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "International Human Development Indicators". Human Development Report 2013, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World (in English). United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 23 March 2013. 
  6. ^ "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c d e List of sovereign states
  8. ^ "The State of Human Development" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
  9. ^ "Human Development Report: Somalia 2001" (PDF). 2001. p. 198. Retrieved 26 March 2009. dead link
  10. ^ "Puerto Rico (United States)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009. . Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 reportcitation needed.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13" (PDF) (in French). CEROM - INSEE. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  12. ^ "Greenland (Denmark)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009. . Note: Appears to be simply Denmark's HDI published on the 1997 reportcitation needed.
  13. ^ The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2007, Macau would rank 23rd or 24th (tying either Singapore or Hong Kong). "Macao in Figures 2010". Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-01. 
  14. ^ "2011中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)" (pdf) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  15. ^ "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2012". UNDP. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-14. 
  16. ^ "L’Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion" (PDF) (in French). Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var. Retrieved 2008-12-10. dead link

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