Countries by Human Development Index

The list of countries by the Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators.

Countries by Human Development Index
Data source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Year: 2018

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	Rank	Rank change	Index	Index change
Norway	1	Steady	0.953	Increase 0,002
Switzerland	2	Steady	0.944	Increase 0,001
Australia	3	Steady	0.939	Increase 0,001
Ireland	4	Steady	0.938	Increase 0,004
Germany	5	Decrease (1)	0.936	Increase 0,002
Iceland	6	Steady	0.935	Increase 0,002
Sweden	7	Steady	0.933	Increase 0,001
Hong Kong	7	Increase (1)	0.933	Increase 0,003
Singapore	9	Decrease (1)	0.932	Increase 0,002
Netherlands	10	Steady	0.931	Increase 0,003
Denmark	11	Decrease (1)	0.929	Increase 0,001
Canada	12	Steady	0.926	Increase 0,004
United States	13	Decrease (1)	0.924	Increase 0,002
United Kingdom	14	Steady	0.922	Increase 0,002
Finland	15	Steady	0.920	Increase 0,002
New Caledonia	16	Steady	0.917	Increase 0,002
Belgium	17	Decrease (1)	0.916	Increase 0,001
Liechtenstein	17	Decrease (1)	0.916	Increase 0,001
Japan	19	Steady	0.909	Increase 0,002
Austria	20	Steady	0.908	Increase 0,002
Luxembourg	21	Steady	0.904	Increase 0,001
South Korea	22	Increase (1)	0.903	Increase 0,003
Israel	22	Steady	0.903	Increase 0,001
France	24	Steady	0.901	Increase 0,002
Slovenia	25	Steady	0.896	Increase 0,002
Spain	26	Steady	0.891	Increase 0,002
Czech Republic	27	Steady	0.888	Increase 0,003
Italy	28	Steady	0.880	Increase 0,002
Malta	29	Steady	0.878	Increase 0,003
Estonia	30	Steady	0.871	Increase 0,003
Greece	31	Decrease (1)	0.870	Increase 0,002
Cyprus	32	Steady	0.869	Increase 0,002
Poland	33	Increase (1)	0.865	Increase 0,005
United Arab Emirates	34	Decrease (1)	0.863	Increase 0,001
Lithuania	35	Increase (1)	0.858	Increase 0,003
Andorra	35	Steady	0.858	Increase 0,002
Qatar	37	Decrease (1)	0.856	Increase 0,001
Slovakia	38	Increase (1)	0.855	Increase 0,002
Saudi Arabia	39	Decrease (1)	0.853	Decrease 0,001
Brunei	39	Increase (1)	0.853	Increase 0,001
Portugal	41	Increase (1)	0.847	Increase 0,002
Latvia	41	Increase (2)	0.847	Increase 0,003
Bahrain	43	Decrease (2)	0.846	Steady
Chile	44	Steady	0.843	Increase 0,001
Hungary	45	Steady	0.838	Increase 0,003
Croatia	46	Steady	0.831	Increase 0,003
Argentina	47	Steady	0.825	Increase 0,003
Oman	48	Decrease (1)	0.821	Decrease 0,001
Russia	49	Steady	0.816	Increase 0,001
Montenegro	50	Steady	0.814	Increase 0,004
Bulgaria	51	Decrease (1)	0.813	Increase 0,003
Romania	52	Steady	0.811	Increase 0,004
Belarus	53	Increase (1)	0.808	Increase 0,003
Bahamas	54	Decrease (1)	0.807	Increase 0,001
Uruguay	55	Increase (1)	0.804	Increase 0,002
Kuwait	56	Decrease (1)	0.803	Decrease 0,001
Malaysia	57	Steady	0.802	Increase 0,003
Kazakhstan	58	Increase (2)	0.800	Increase 0,003
Barbados	58	Decrease (1)	0.800	Increase 0,001
Iran	60	Increase (1)	0.798	Increase 0,002
Palau	60	Increase (2)	0.798	Steady
Seychelles	62	Steady	0.797	Increase 0,004
Costa Rica	63	Steady	0.794	Increase 0,003
Turkey	64	Increase (1)	0.791	Increase 0,004
Mauritius	65	Decrease (1)	0.790	Increase 0,002
Panama	66	Steady	0.789	Increase 0,004
Serbia	67	Steady	0.787	Increase 0,002
Albania	68	Increase (1)	0.785	Increase 0,003
Trinidad and Tobago	69	Decrease (3)	0.784	Increase 0,004
Georgia	70	Increase (1)	0.780	Increase 0,004
Antigua and Barbuda	70	Steady	0.780	Increase 0,002
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72	Steady	0.778	Increase 0,004
Cuba	73	Decrease (1)	0.777	Increase 0,003
Mexico	74	Steady	0.774	Increase 0,002
Grenada	75	Steady	0.772	Increase 0,002
Sri Lanka	76	Steady	0.770	Increase 0,002
Bosnia and Herzegovina	77	Steady	0.768	Increase 0,002
Venezuela	78	Decrease (1)	0.761	Decrease 0,005
Brazil	79	Steady	0.759	Increase 0,001
Azerbaijan	80	Steady	0.757	Steady
Lebanon	80	Increase (2)	0.757	Increase 0,004
Macedonia	80	Increase (1)	0.757	Increase 0,001
Thailand	83	Increase (1)	0.755	Increase 0,007
Armenia	83	Steady	0.755	Increase 0,006
Algeria	85	Steady	0.754	Increase 0,002
China	86	Increase (1)	0.752	Increase 0,004
Ecuador	86	Steady	0.752	Increase 0,003
Ukraine	88	Increase (2)	0.751	Increase 0,005
Peru	89	Decrease (1)	0.750	Increase 0,002
Colombia	90	Decrease (1)	0.747	Steady
Saint Lucia	90	Increase (1)	0.747	Increase 0,002
Mongolia	92	Steady	0.741	Decrease 0,002
Fiji	92	Increase (1)	0.741	Increase 0,003
Dominican Republic	94	Increase (1)	0.736	Increase 0,003
Tunisia	95	Increase (1)	0.735	Increase 0,003
Jordan	95	Decrease (1)	0.735	Steady
Jamaica	97	Decrease (1)	0.732	Steady
Tonga	98	Steady	0.726	Increase 0,002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	99	Steady	0.723	Increase 0,002
Suriname	100	Steady	0.720	Increase 0,001
Botswana	101	Increase (1)	0.717	Increase 0,005
Maldives	101	Increase (1)	0.717	Increase 0,005
Dominica	103	Decrease (1)	0.715	Decrease 0,003
Samoa	104	Steady	0.713	Increase 0,002
Uzbekistan	105	Increase (2)	0.710	Increase 0,007
Belize	106	Decrease (1)	0.708	Decrease 0,001
Marshall Islands	106	New	0.708	New
Libya	108	Increase (7)	0.706	Increase 0,013
Turkmenistan	108	Decrease (1)	0.706	Increase 0,001
Paraguay	110	Decrease (1)	0.702	Steady
Gabon	110	Steady	0.702	Increase 0,004
Monaco	112	Decrease (1)	0.700	Increase 0,003
Philippines	113	Decrease (1)	0.699	Increase 0,003
South Africa	113	Decrease (1)	0.699	Increase 0,003
Egypt	115	Decrease (1)	0.696	Increase 0,002
Indonesia	116	Steady	0.694	Increase 0,003
Vietnam	116	Increase (1)	0.694	Increase 0,005
Bolivia	118	Steady	0.693	Increase 0,004
Palestinian National Authority	119	Decrease (1)	0.686	Decrease 0,003
Iraq	120	Increase (1)	0.685	Increase 0,012
El Salvador	121	Decrease (1)	0.674	Decrease 0,005
Kyrgyzstan	122	Steady	0.672	Increase 0,003
Morocco	123	Steady	0.667	Increase 0,005
Nicaragua	124	Steady	0.658	Increase 0,001
Guyana	125	Steady	0.654	Increase 0,002
Cape Verde	125	Steady	0.654	Increase 0,002
Guatemala	127	Steady	0.650	Increase 0,001
Tajikistan	127	Steady	0.650	Increase 0,003
Namibia	129	Steady	0.647	Increase 0,002
India	130	Steady	0.640	Increase 0,004
Federated States of Micronesia	131	Increase (1)	0.627	Steady
East Timor	132	Decrease (1)	0.625	Decrease 0,006
Honduras	133	Steady	0.617	Increase 0,003
Bhutan	134	Increase (1)	0.612	Increase 0,003
Kiribati	134	Increase (1)	0.612	Increase 0,002
Bangladesh	136	Increase (3)	0.608	Increase 0,011
Republic of the Congo	137	Decrease (3)	0.606	Decrease 0,006
Vanuatu	138	Decrease (1)	0.603	Decrease 0,003
Laos	139	Decrease (1)	0.601	Increase 0,003
Ghana	140	Increase (1)	0.592	Increase 0,004
Equatorial Guinea	141	Decrease (1)	0.591	Decrease 0,001
Kenya	142	Increase (2)	0.590	Increase 0,005
São Tomé and Príncipe	143	Increase (2)	0.589	Increase 0,005
Zambia	144	Decrease (2)	0.588	Increase 0,002
Swaziland	144	Decrease (2)	0.588	Increase 0,002
Cambodia	146	Increase (1)	0.582	Increase 0,006
Angola	147	Decrease (1)	0.581	Increase 0,004
Myanmar	148	Steady	0.578	Increase 0,004
Nepal	149	Steady	0.574	Increase 0,005
Pakistan	150	Steady	0.562	Increase 0,002
Cameroon	151	Steady	0.556	Increase 0,003
Solomon Islands	152	Steady	0.546	Increase 0,003
Papua New Guinea	153	Decrease (1)	0.544	Increase 0,001
Tanzania	154	Increase (1)	0.538	Increase 0,005
Syria	155	Decrease (1)	0.536	Steady
Zimbabwe	156	Steady	0.535	Increase 0,003
Nigeria	157	Steady	0.532	Increase 0,002
Rwanda	158	Steady	0.524	Increase 0,004
Mauritania	159	Increase (1)	0.520	Increase 0,004
Lesotho	159	Increase (1)	0.520	Increase 0,004
Madagascar	161	Decrease (2)	0.519	Increase 0,002
Uganda	162	Increase (1)	0.516	Increase 0,006
Benin	163	Decrease (1)	0.515	Increase 0,003
Senegal	164	Increase (2)	0.505	Increase 0,006
Togo	165	Steady	0.503	Increase 0,003
Comoros	165	Decrease (1)	0.503	Increase 0,001
Sudan	167	Decrease (1)	0.502	Increase 0,003
Afghanistan	168	Increase (1)	0.498	Increase 0,004
Haiti	168	Decrease (1)	0.498	Increase 0,003
Ivory Coast	170	Steady	0.492	Increase 0,006
Malawi	171	Steady	0.477	Increase 0,003
Djibouti	172	Decrease (1)	0.476	Increase 0,002
Ethiopia	173	Steady	0.463	Increase 0,006
The Gambia	174	Steady	0.460	Increase 0,003
Guinea	175	Increase (3)	0.459	Increase 0,010
Democratic Republic of the Congo	176	Increase (1)	0.457	Increase 0,005
Guinea-Bissau	177	Decrease (1)	0.455	Increase 0,002
Yemen	178	Decrease (6)	0.452	Decrease 0,010
Eritrea	179	Steady	0.440	Increase 0,004
Mozambique	180	Steady	0.437	Increase 0,002
Liberia	181	Steady	0.435	Increase 0,003
Mali	182	Steady	0.427	Increase 0,006
Burkina Faso	183	Steady	0.423	Increase 0,003
Sierra Leone	184	Increase (1)	0.419	Increase 0,006
Burundi	185	Decrease (1)	0.417	Decrease 0,001
Chad	186	Steady	0.404	Decrease 0,001
South Sudan	187	Steady	0.388	Decrease 0,006
Central African Republic	188	Steady	0.367	Increase 0,005
Niger	189	Steady	0.354	Increase 0,003
North Korea	-	-	-	-
Somalia	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-
Moldova	-	-	-	-
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