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.

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, developing, or 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Countries (almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories) fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development.

Contents 1 High 2 Medium 3 Low 4 Not ranked 5 Unavailable 6 Past data 7 Notes 8 References

[edit] High

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

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

[edit] Medium

Rank Country HDI 64 Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 0.798 65 Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russian Federation 0.797 66 Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia 0.796 67 Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 0.794 68 Image:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica 0.793 69 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0.792 70 Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0.790 71 Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 0.790 72 Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0.784 73 Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 0.784 74 Image:Flag of Thailand.svg 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 78 Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0.774 79 Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0.774 80 Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.768 81 Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (PRC)<ref>Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China; excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).</ref> 0.768 82 Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 0.767 83 Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 0.765 84 Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0.763 85 Image:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 0.762 86 Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 0.760 87 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 89 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 92 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 95 Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize 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 0.739 99 Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.736 100 Image:Palestinian flag.svg Palestinian territories 0.736 101 Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0.729 102 Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 0.728 103 Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 0.725 104 Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 0.724 105 Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 0.724

Rank Country HDI 106 Image:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 0.722 107 Image:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 0.716 108 Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia 0.711 109 Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg 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 0.653 121 Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0.653 122 Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 0.652 123 Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 0.640 124 Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 0.633 125 Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 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 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.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 0.523 140 Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo<ref>Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.</ref> 0.520 141 Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 0.516 142 Image:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste<ref>East Timor.</ref> 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 0.502 146 Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland 0.500

[edit] Low

Rank Country HDI 147 Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo 0.495 148 Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 0.494 149 Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 0.494 150 Image:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 0.492 151 Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 0.491 152 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 The 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 0.450 159 Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 0.448 160 Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 0.445 161 Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 0.439 162 Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 0.430

Rank Country HDI 163 Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 0.428 164 Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire<ref>Ivory Coast.</ref> 0.421 165 Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 0.407 166 Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 0.400 167 Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo<ref>Also known as Congo-Kinshasa.</ref> 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 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 ranked

Rank Country HDI Image:European flag.svg European Union<ref>The HDI of the European Union as of 2003 is estimated at 0.922. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2003, it would be 22nd, after Spain and before Hong Kong.</ref> 0.922 (2003) Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan)<ref>As the UN does not recognize the Republic of China (ROC) as a state, the HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan, Province of China" (the term used by the UN to refer to the domain of the Republic of China; see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2003 to be 0.910 based on the following data: life expectancy of 76.1 years; adult literacy rate of 97.0%; combined gross enrollment rate of 97%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$23,911. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2003, the ROC would rank 25th (behind Greece and in front of Singapore). Template:Cite web</ref> 0.910 (2003) Image:Flag of Macau.svg Macau SAR, China<ref>The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI as of 2003 as 0.909. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2003, Macau would rank 25th (behind Greece and in front of Singapore). Template:Cite web</ref> 0.909 (2003)

[edit] Unavailable

Rank Country HDI Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan Image:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Image:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Image:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Image:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands Image:Flag of Micronesia.svg Micronesia

Rank Country HDI Image:Flag of Monaco (bordered).svg Monaco Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Image:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru Image:Flag of Palau.svg Palau Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Image:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg Serbia Image:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Image:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu Image:Flag of the Vatican City.svg Vatican City

[edit] Past data

• List of countries by Human Development Index, 2005

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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