List of countries by Human Development Index by 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 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]

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Mauritius 0.804 High human development 2  Seychelles 0.796 3  Algeria 0.748 4  Tunisia 0.740 5  Botswana 0.735 6  Libya 0.724 7  South Africa 0.709 8  Egypt 0.707 9  Gabon 0.703 Medium human development 10  Morocco 0.686

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Niger 0.394 2  Central African Republic 0.397 3  Chad 0.398 4  South Sudan 0.433 4  Burundi 0.433 6  Mali 0.434 7  Sierra Leone 0.452 7  Burkina Faso 0.452 9  Mozambique 0.456 10  Eritrea 0.459

Asia

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong[n 1] 0.949 2  Singapore 0.938 3  Japan 0.919 3  Israel 0.919 5  South Korea 0.916 6  United Arab Emirates 0.890 7  Saudi Arabia 0.854 8  Bahrain 0.852 9  Qatar 0.848 10  Brunei 0.838

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Yemen 0.470 2  Afghanistan 0.511 Medium human development 3  Pakistan 0.557 4  Syria 0.567 5  Myanmar 0.583 6  Cambodia 0.594 7    Nepal 0.602 8  Laos 0.613 9  Bangladesh 0.632 10  India 0.645

Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Norway 0.957 2   Switzerland 0.955 2  Ireland 0.955 4  Iceland 0.949 5  Germany 0.947 6  Sweden 0.945 7  Netherlands 0.944 8  Denmark 0.940 9  Finland 0.938 10  United Kingdom 0.932

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings High human development 1  Moldova 0.750 2  Azerbaijan 0.756 3  North Macedonia 0.774 4  Armenia 0.776 5  Ukraine 0.779 6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.780 7  Albania 0.795 Very high human development 8  Serbia 0.806 9  Georgia 0.812 10  Bulgaria 0.816

North America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Canada 0.929 2  United States 0.926 3  Panama 0.815 4  Barbados 0.814 4  Bahamas 0.814 6  Costa Rica 0.810 High human development 7  Trinidad and Tobago 0.796 8  Cuba 0.783 9  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.779 9  Mexico 0.779 10  Antigua and Barbuda 0.778

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Haiti 0.510 Medium human development 2  Honduras 0.634 3  Nicaragua 0.660 4  Guatemala 0.663 5  El Salvador 0.673 High human development 6  Belize 0.716 7  Jamaica 0.734 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.738 9  Dominica 0.742 10  Dominican Republic 0.756

Oceania

Rank	Country	HDI
		2019 data (2020 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.944
2	New Zealand	0.931
3	Palau	0.826
High human development
4	Fiji	0.743
5	Tonga	0.725
6	Samoa	0.715
7	Marshall Islands	0.704
Medium human development
8	Kiribati	0.630
9	Micronesia	0.620
10	Vanuatu	0.609
11	Solomon Islands	0.567
12	Papua New Guinea	0.555

South America

Rank	Country	HDI
		2019 data (2020 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.851
2	Argentina	0.845
3	Uruguay	0.817
High human development
4	Peru	0.777
5	Colombia	0.767
6	Brazil	0.765
7	Ecuador	0.759
8	Suriname	0.738
9	Paraguay	0.728
10	Bolivia	0.718
11	Venezuela	0.711
Medium human development
12	Guyana	0.682

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.890 2  Saudi Arabia 0.854 3  Bahrain 0.852 4  Qatar 0.848 5  Oman 0.813 6  Kuwait 0.806 High human development 7  Algeria 0.748 8  Lebanon 0.744 9  Tunisia 0.740 10  Jordan 0.729

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Yemen 0.470 2  Sudan 0.510 3  Djibouti 0.524 4  Mauritania 0.546 5  Comoros 0.554 Medium human development 6  Syria 0.567 7  Iraq 0.674 8  Morocco 0.686 9 Egypt 0.707 10  Palestine 0.708

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Australia 0.944 2  Singapore 0.938 3  United Kingdom 0.932 4  New Zealand 0.931 5  Canada 0.929 6  Malta 0.895 7  Cyprus 0.887 8  Brunei 0.838 9  Barbados 0.814 9  Bahamas 0.814

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Sierra Leone 0.452 2  Mozambique 0.456 3  Malawi 0.483 4  Gambia 0.496 5  Lesotho 0.527 6  Tanzania 0.529 7  Nigeria 0.539 8  Rwanda 0.543 9  Uganda 0.544 Medium human development 10  Papua New Guinea 0.555

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong 0.949 2  Australia 0.944 3  Singapore 0.938 4  New Zealand 0.931 5  Japan 0.919 6  South Korea 0.916 7  Brunei 0.838 8  Palau 0.826 9  Malaysia 0.810 High human development 10  Thailand 0.777

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Medium human development 1  Papua New Guinea 0.555 2  Solomon Islands 0.567 3  Myanmar 0.583 4  Cambodia 0.594 5  Timor Leste 0.606 6  Vanuatu 0.609 7  Laos 0.613 8  Micronesia 0.620 9  Kiribati 0.630 High human development 10  Vietnam 0.704

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Ireland 0.955 2  Germany 0.947 3  Sweden 0.945 4  Netherlands 0.944 5  Denmark 0.940 6  Finland 0.938 7  Belgium 0.931 8  Austria 0.922 9  Slovenia 0.917 10  Luxembourg 0.916

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Bulgaria 0.816 2  Romania 0.828 3  Croatia 0.851 4  Hungary 0.854 5  Slovakia 0.860 6  Portugal 0.864 7  Latvia 0.866 8  Poland 0.880 9  Lithuania 0.882 10  Cyprus 0.887

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.890 2  Saudi Arabia 0.854 3  Bahrain 0.852 4  Qatar 0.848 5  Brunei 0.838 6  Kazakhstan 0.825 7  Turkey 0.820 8  Oman 0.813 9  Malaysia 0.810 10  Kuwait 0.806

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Niger 0.394 2  Chad 0.398 3  Mali 0.434 4  Burkina Faso 0.452 4  Sierra Leone 0.452 6  Mozambique 0.456 7  Yemen 0.470 8  Guinea 0.477 9  Guinea-Bissau 0.480 10  Gambia 0.496

OECD

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Norway 0.957 2  Ireland 0.955 2   Switzerland 0.955 4  Iceland 0.949 5  Germany 0.947 6  Sweden 0.945 7  Australia 0.944 7  Netherlands 0.944 9  Denmark 0.940 10  Finland 0.938

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings High human development 1  Colombia 0.767 2  Mexico 0.779 Very high human development 3  Turkey 0.820 4  Chile 0.851 5  Hungary 0.854 6  Slovakia 0.860 7  Portugal 0.864 8  Latvia 0.866 9  Poland 0.880 10  Lithuania 0.882

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Singapore 0.938 2  Bahrain 0.852 3  Palau 0.826 4  Barbados 0.814 4  Bahamas 0.814 6  Mauritius 0.804 High human development 7  Trinidad and Tobago 0.796 7  Seychelles 0.796 9  Cuba 0.783 10  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.779

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings Low human development 1  Guinea-Bissau 0.480 2  Haiti 0.510 Medium human development 3  Comoros 0.554 4  Papua New Guinea 0.555 5  Solomon Islands 0.567 6  Timor-Leste 0.606 7  Vanuatu 0.609 8  Micronesia 0.620 9  São Tomé and Principe 0.625 10  Kiribati 0.630

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index

References

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

1. Special administrative region (SAR) of China.

External links

• UN Development Programme Human Development Reports