List of countries by Human Development Index by region

List of countries by HDI by continent or region

This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report organized by continent or other international regions. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary index assessing countries on 3 dimensions, health, education and standard of living using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for adults, and GNI PPP per capita. The final HDI is a value between 0 and 1 with countries grouped into four categories depending on the value, very high for HDI of 0.800 and above, high from 0.700 to 0.799, medium from 0.550 to 0.699 and low below 0.550.^[1]^[2]^[3]

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Seychelles	0.802
High human development
2	Mauritius	0.796
3	Libya	0.746
4	Algeria	0.745
5	Tunisia	0.732
6	Egypt	0.728
7	South Africa	0.717
8	Botswana	0.708
Medium human development
9	Morocco	0.698
10	Gabon	0.693

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Somalia	0.380
2	South Sudan	0.381
3	Central African Republic	0.387
4	Chad	0.394
4	Niger	0.394
6	Mali	0.410
7	Burundi	0.420
8	Burkina Faso	0.438
9	Sierra Leone	0.458
10	Mozambique	0.461

Asia

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	0.956
2	Singapore	0.949
3	United Arab Emirates	0.937
4	South Korea	0.929
5	Japan	0.920
6	Israel	0.915
7	Bahrain	0.888
8	Saudi Arabia	0.875
8	Qatar	0.875
10	Turkey	0.855

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Yemen	0.426
2	Afghanistan	0.462
3	Pakistan	0.540
Medium human development
4	Syria	0.557
5	East Timor	0.566
6	Cambodia	0.600
7	Nepal	0.601
8	Myanmar	0.608
9	Laos	0.620
10	India	0.644

Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Switzerland	0.967
2	Norway	0.966
3	Iceland	0.959
4	Denmark	0.952
4	Sweden	0.952
6	Ireland	0.950
6	Germany	0.950
8	Netherlands	0.946
9	Finland	0.942
9	Belgium	0.942
9	Liechtenstein	0.942
10	United Kingdom	0.940

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
High human development
1	Ukraine	0.734
2	Azerbaijan	0.760
3	Moldova	0.763
4	North Macedonia	0.765
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.779
6	Armenia	0.786
7	Albania	0.789
8	Bulgaria	0.799
Very high human development
9	Belarus	0.801
10	Kazakhstan	0.802

North America

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Canada	0.935
2	United States	0.927
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.838
4	Antigua and Barbuda	0.826
5	Bahamas	0.820
5	Panama	0.820
7	Trinidad and Tobago	0.814
8	Barbados	0.809
9	Costa Rica	0.806
High human development
10	Grenada	0.793

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Medium human development
1	Haiti	0.552
2	Honduras	0.624
3	Guatemala	0.629
4	Nicaragua	0.669
5	El Salvador	0.674
High human development
6	Belize	0.700
7	Jamaica	0.706
8	Saint Lucia	0.725
9	Dominica	0.740
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.773

Oceania

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.946
2	New Zealand	0.939
High human development
3	Palau	0.797
4	Tonga	0.739
5	Marshall Islands	0.731
6	Fiji	0.729
7	Samoa	0.702
Medium human development
8	Nauru	0.698
9	Tuvalu	0.653
10	Micronesia	0.634
11	Kiribati	0.628
12	Vanuatu	0.607
13	Papua New Guinea	0.568
14	Solomon Islands	0.562

South America

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.860
2	Argentina	0.849
3	Uruguay	0.830
High human development
4	Ecuador	0.765
5	Peru	0.762
6	Brazil	0.760
7	Colombia	0.758
8	Guyana	0.742
9	Paraguay	0.731
Medium human development
10	Venezuela	0.699
11	Bolivia	0.698
12	Suriname	0.690

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab States

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.937
2	Bahrain	0.888
3	Saudi Arabia	0.875
3	Qatar	0.875
5	Kuwait	0.847
6	Oman	0.819
High human development
7	Algeria	0.790
8	Libya	0.746
9	Jordan	0.736
10	Tunisia	0.732

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Somalia	0.380
2	Yemen	0.424
3	Djibouti	0.515
4	Sudan	0.516
5	Mauritania	0.540
Medium human development
6	Syria	0.557
7	Comoros	0.586
8	Iraq	0.673
9	Morocco	0.698
High Human Development
10	Palestine	0.716

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.949
2	Australia	0.946
3	United Kingdom	0.940
4	New Zealand	0.939
5	Canada	0.935
6	Malta	0.915
7	Cyprus	0.907
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.837
9	Antigua and Barbuda	0.826
10	Brunei Darussalam	0.823

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Sierra Leone	0.458
2	Mozambique	0.461
3	Gambia	0.495
4	Malawi	0.508
5	Lesotho	0.514
6	Tanzania	0.532
7	Pakistan	0.540
8	Togo	0.535
9	Nigeria	0.548
9	Rwanda	0.548
Medium human development
10	Zimbabwe	0.550

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	0.952
2	Singapore	0.949
3	Australia	0.946
4	New Zealand	0.939
5	South Korea	0.929
6	Japan	0.920
7	Brunei	0.823
8	Malaysia	0.807
9	Thailand	0.803
High human development
10	Palau	0.797

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Medium human development
1	Solomon Islands	0.562
2	East Timor	0.566
3	Papua New Guinea	0.568
4	Cambodia	0.600
4	Myanmar	0.608
6	Vanuatu	0.614
7	Laos	0.620
8	Kiribati	0.628
9	Micronesia	0.634
10	Tuvalu	0.653

European Union

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Denmark	0.951
1	Sweden	0.952
3	Ireland	0.950
3	Germany	0.950
5	Netherlands	0.946
6	Finland	0.942
6	Belgium	0.942
8	Luxembourg	0.927
9	Austria	0.926
9	Slovenia	0.926
10	Malta	0.915

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
High human development
1	Bulgaria	0.799
Very high human development
2	Romania	0.827
3	Hungary	0.851
4	Slovakia	0.855
5	Portugal	0.874
6	Croatia	0.878
7	Latvia	0.879
7	Lithuania	0.879
9	Poland	0.881
10	Greece	0.893

Latin America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.860
2	Argentina	0.849
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.838
4	Uruguay	0.830
5	Antigua and Barbuda	0.826
6	Bahamas	0.809
6	Panama	0.820
8	Trinidad and Tobago	0.816
9	Barbados	0.809
10	Costa Rica	0.806

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Medium human development
1	Haiti	0.552
2	Honduras	0.624
3	Guatemala	0.629
4	Nicaragua	0.669
5	El Salvador	0.674
6	Suriname	0.690
7	Bolivia	0.698
8	Venezuela	0.699
High human development
9	Belize	0.700
10	Jamaica	0.706

OECD

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Switzerland	0.967
2	Norway	0.966
2	Iceland	0.959
4	Denmark	0.952
4	Sweden	0.952
6	Germany	0.950
6	Ireland	0.950
8	Australia	0.946
8	Netherlands	0.946
10	Finland	0.942
10	Belgium	0.942

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
High human development
1	Colombia	0.758
2	Mexico	0.781
Very high human development
3	Costa Rica	0.806
4	Hungary	0.851
5	Turkey	0.855
5	Slovakia	0.855
7	Chile	0.860
8	Portugal	0.874
9	Latvia	0.879
9	Lithuania	0.879
10	Poland	0.881

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.937
2	Bahrain	0.888
3	Saudi Arabia	0.875
3	Qatar	0.875
5	Turkey	0.855
6	Kuwait	0.847
7	Brunei	0.823
8	Oman	0.819
9	Malaysia	0.807
10	Kazakhstan	0.802

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Somalia	0.380
2	Chad	0.394
2	Niger	0.394
4	Mali	0.410
5	Yemen	0.424
6	Burkina Faso	0.438
7	Sierra Leone	0.458
8	Mozambique	0.461
9	Afghanistan	0.462
10	Guinea	0.471

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.949
2	Bahrain	0.888
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.838
4	Antigua and Barbuda	0.826
5	Bahamas	0.820
6	Trinidad and Tobago	0.814
7	Barbados	0.809
8	Seychelles	0.802
High human development
9	Mauritius	0.796
10	Grenada	0.793

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Guinea-Bissau	0.483
Medium human development
2	Haiti	0.552
3	Solomon Islands	0.563
4	East Timor	0.566
5	Papua New Guinea	0.568
6	Comoros	0.586
7	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.613
8	Vanuatu	0.614
9	Kiribati	0.628
10	Micronesia	0.634

References

^ "Human Development Index (HDI) | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ "Human Development Report 2019 – Technical notes" (PDF). hdr.undp.org. United Nation Development Programme. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ Human Development Report 2021/2022

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Social

Topics:	Acting out Child abuse Disadvantaged Diseases of poverty Environmental degradation Environmental racism Fushūgaku Governance failure Hikikomori Mental illness Relative deprivation Self-image Social deprivation Social exclusion Social stigma Social vulnerability Social determinants of health in poverty Violence against women Vulnerability
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Psychological

Topics:	Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment Learned helplessness Psychological abuse psychological poverty Poverty and mental health Social determinants of mental health

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Topics:	Asset poverty Culture of poverty Debt bondage Energy poverty Extreme poverty Housing stress Human trafficking Income deficit Poverty threshold Precariat Precarious work Secondary poverty Social determinants of health in poverty Survival sex Water scarcity
Measures:	Below Poverty Line (India) Homeless Vulnerability Index Misery index (economics) Gini coefficient Genuine progress indicator (GPI) Legatum Prosperity Index Poverty gap index

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Topics:	Disability and poverty Food insecurity Physical abuse Sex trafficking Social determinants of health Poverty and violence
Measures:	India State Hunger Index Global Hunger Index Disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) Global Peace Index (GPI)

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Gender

Topics:	Feminization of poverty
Measures:	Gender-related Development Index (GDI) Gender Parity Index

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