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Human Development Index (HDI) value

A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. See Technical note 1 for details on how the HDI is calculated.

Source: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2011), Barro and Lee (2011), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), World Bank (2012) and IMF (2012).

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 October 2012, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 1980 1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
.. Very high human development 0.773 0.817 0.867 0.889 0.892 0.896 0.898 0.898 0.902 0.904 0.905
.. High human development 0.605 0.656 0.695 0.725 0.732 0.738 0.745 0.747 0.753 0.755 0.758
.. Medium human development 0.419 0.481 0.549 0.589 0.599 0.609 0.617 0.624 0.631 0.636 0.640
.. Low human development 0.315 0.350 0.385 0.424 0.432 0.442 0.448 0.455 0.461 0.464 0.466
1 Norway 0.804 0.852 0.922 0.948 0.951 0.952 0.950 0.950 0.952 0.953 0.955
2 Australia 0.857 0.880 0.914 0.927 0.929 0.931 0.933 0.934 0.935 0.936 0.938
3 United States 0.843 0.878 0.907 0.923 0.926 0.929 0.931 0.930 0.934 0.936 0.937
4 Netherlands 0.799 0.842 0.891 0.899 0.905 0.911 0.914 0.915 0.919 0.921 0.921
5 Germany 0.738 0.803 0.870 0.901 0.905 0.907 0.909 0.914 0.916 0.919 0.920
6 New Zealand 0.807 0.835 0.887 0.908 0.909 0.912 0.912 0.914 0.917 0.918 0.919
7 Ireland 0.745 0.793 0.879 0.907 0.912 0.918 0.919 0.915 0.916 0.915 0.916
8 Sweden 0.792 0.823 0.903 0.905 0.907 0.909 0.910 0.907 0.913 0.915 0.916
9 Switzerland 0.818 0.840 0.882 0.898 0.901 0.901 0.900 0.906 0.912 0.912 0.913
10 Japan 0.788 0.837 0.878 0.896 0.900 0.903 0.905 0.904 0.909 0.910 0.912
11 Canada 0.825 0.865 0.887 0.906 0.908 0.909 0.909 0.907 0.909 0.910 0.911
12 Korea (Republic of) 0.640 0.749 0.839 0.875 0.882 0.890 0.895 0.898 0.905 0.907 0.909
13 Iceland 0.769 0.815 0.871 0.901 0.904 0.908 0.900 0.900 0.901 0.905 0.906
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.712 0.788 0.815 0.857 0.865 0.877 0.892 0.894 0.900 0.904 0.906
15 Denmark 0.790 0.816 0.869 0.893 0.895 0.898 0.898 0.897 0.899 0.901 0.901
16 Israel 0.773 0.809 0.865 0.885 0.887 0.892 0.892 0.893 0.896 0.899 0.900
17 Belgium 0.764 0.817 0.884 0.884 0.888 0.891 0.894 0.893 0.896 0.897 0.897
18 Singapore .. 0.756 0.826 0.852 .. .. .. 0.877 0.892 0.894 0.895
18 Austria 0.747 0.797 0.848 0.867 0.874 0.879 0.885 0.888 0.892 0.894 0.895
20 France 0.728 0.784 0.853 0.877 0.881 0.885 0.887 0.888 0.891 0.893 0.893
21 Slovenia .. .. 0.842 0.876 0.882 0.888 0.892 0.889 0.892 0.892 0.892
21 Finland 0.766 0.801 0.845 0.882 0.886 0.890 0.891 0.886 0.890 0.892 0.892
23 Spain 0.698 0.756 0.847 0.865 0.870 0.874 0.878 0.880 0.884 0.885 0.885
24 Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.882 0.883 0.883
25 Italy 0.723 0.771 0.833 0.869 0.874 0.878 0.879 0.878 0.881 0.881 0.881
26 United Kingdom 0.748 0.784 0.841 0.865 0.864 0.867 0.870 0.872 0.874 0.875 0.875
26 Luxembourg 0.735 0.796 0.861 0.875 0.872 0.879 0.877 0.870 0.875 0.875 0.875
28 Czech Republic .. .. 0.824 0.862 0.866 0.869 0.873 0.870 0.871 0.872 0.873
29 Greece 0.726 0.772 0.810 0.862 0.868 0.865 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.862 0.860
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.765 0.782 0.830 0.848 0.853 0.853 0.852 0.853 0.854 0.854 0.855
31 Cyprus 0.715 0.779 0.808 0.817 0.822 0.827 0.835 0.845 0.849 0.849 0.848
32 Malta 0.713 0.757 0.801 0.827 0.830 0.829 0.834 0.836 0.844 0.846 0.847
33 Estonia .. 0.728 0.786 0.830 0.836 0.841 0.842 0.837 0.839 0.844 0.846
33 Andorra .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.846 0.847 0.846
35 Slovakia .. 0.754 0.785 0.814 0.821 0.830 0.833 0.833 0.836 0.838 0.840
36 Qatar 0.729 0.743 0.801 0.828 0.832 0.833 0.822 0.821 0.827 0.832 0.834
37 Hungary 0.709 0.714 0.790 0.820 0.825 0.826 0.828 0.827 0.829 0.830 0.831
38 Barbados 0.706 0.760 0.790 0.798 0.797 0.808 0.809 0.821 0.823 0.824 0.825
39 Poland .. .. 0.778 0.798 0.802 0.806 0.811 0.813 0.817 0.819 0.821
40 Chile 0.638 0.702 0.759 0.789 0.791 0.800 0.807 0.808 0.813 0.817 0.819
41 United Arab Emirates .. .. .. 0.831 0.831 0.827 0.823 0.819 0.816 0.817 0.818
41 Lithuania .. 0.732 0.756 0.802 0.806 0.810 0.813 0.809 0.810 0.814 0.818
43 Portugal 0.644 0.714 0.783 0.796 0.798 0.806 0.811 0.813 0.817 0.817 0.816
44 Latvia 0.675 0.699 0.738 0.792 0.800 0.808 0.812 0.806 0.805 0.809 0.814
45 Argentina 0.675 0.701 0.755 0.771 0.780 0.787 0.794 0.798 0.805 0.810 0.811
46 Seychelles .. .. 0.774 0.781 0.785 0.792 0.793 0.795 0.799 0.804 0.806
47 Croatia .. 0.716 0.755 0.787 0.792 0.798 0.801 0.800 0.804 0.804 0.805
48 Bahrain 0.644 0.713 0.781 0.802 0.802 0.802 0.799 0.793 0.794 0.795 0.796
49 Bahamas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.791 0.792 0.794
50 Belarus .. .. .. 0.730 0.743 0.756 0.768 0.780 0.785 0.789 0.793
51 Uruguay 0.664 0.693 0.741 0.744 0.762 0.771 0.775 0.779 0.785 0.789 0.792
52 Montenegro .. .. .. 0.756 0.765 0.775 0.784 0.784 0.787 0.791 0.791
53 Palau .. .. 0.765 0.786 0.789 0.792 0.779 0.775 0.779 0.786 0.791
54 Kuwait 0.695 0.712 0.781 0.784 0.786 0.787 0.787 0.785 0.786 0.788 0.790
55 Russian Federation .. 0.730 0.713 0.753 0.761 0.770 0.778 0.777 0.782 0.784 0.788
56 Romania .. 0.706 0.709 0.756 0.763 0.772 0.784 0.784 0.783 0.784 0.786
57 Saudi Arabia 0.575 0.653 0.717 0.748 0.751 0.756 0.762 0.767 0.777 0.780 0.782
57 Bulgaria 0.673 0.704 0.721 0.756 0.760 0.766 0.773 0.774 0.778 0.780 0.782
59 Panama 0.634 0.666 0.724 0.746 0.752 0.758 0.764 0.767 0.770 0.776 0.780
59 Cuba 0.626 0.681 0.690 0.735 0.755 0.770 0.779 0.781 0.775 0.777 0.780
61 Mexico 0.598 0.654 0.723 0.745 0.752 0.758 0.764 0.764 0.770 0.773 0.775
62 Costa Rica 0.621 0.663 0.705 0.732 0.738 0.744 0.747 0.747 0.768 0.770 0.773
63 Grenada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.768 0.770 0.770
64 Serbia .. .. 0.726 0.751 .. 0.760 0.765 0.766 0.767 0.769 0.769
64 Malaysia 0.563 0.635 0.712 0.742 0.748 0.753 0.757 0.758 0.763 0.766 0.769
64 Libya .. .. .. 0.746 0.753 0.760 0.764 0.768 0.773 0.725 0.769
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.680 0.685 0.707 0.741 0.748 0.752 0.757 0.756 0.758 0.759 0.760
67 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.761 0.759 0.760
69 Kazakhstan .. .. 0.663 0.721 0.728 0.734 0.736 0.739 0.744 0.750 0.754
70 Albania .. 0.661 0.698 0.729 0.733 0.737 0.741 0.743 0.746 0.748 0.749
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.629 0.635 0.662 0.694 0.703 0.712 0.738 0.741 0.744 0.746 0.748
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.746 0.745 0.745 0.745
72 Lebanon .. .. .. 0.714 0.721 0.728 0.734 0.739 0.743 0.744 0.745
72 Georgia .. .. .. 0.713 0.719 0.732 0.730 0.732 0.735 0.740 0.745
72 Dominica .. .. 0.722 0.732 0.737 0.739 0.741 0.742 0.743 0.744 0.745
76 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.443 0.540 0.654 0.685 0.704 0.706 0.717 0.723 0.740 0.742 0.742
77 Peru 0.580 0.619 0.679 0.699 0.708 0.716 0.722 0.724 0.733 0.738 0.741
78 Ukraine .. 0.714 0.673 0.718 0.725 0.732 0.736 0.728 0.733 0.737 0.740
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .. .. .. 0.711 0.715 0.719 0.734 0.734 0.736 0.738 0.740
80 Mauritius 0.551 0.626 0.676 0.708 0.715 0.720 0.725 0.727 0.732 0.735 0.737
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. 0.724 .. 0.729 0.734 0.733 0.733 0.734 0.735
82 Azerbaijan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.734 0.732 0.734
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.731 0.731 0.732 0.733
84 Oman .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.709 0.726 0.728 0.729 0.731
85 Jamaica 0.612 0.642 0.679 0.695 0.699 0.701 0.730 0.729 0.727 0.729 0.730
85 Brazil 0.522 0.590 0.669 0.699 0.704 0.710 0.716 0.719 0.726 0.728 0.730
87 Armenia .. 0.628 0.648 0.695 0.709 0.723 0.727 0.720 0.722 0.726 0.729
88 Saint Lucia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.723 0.723 0.724 0.725
89 Ecuador 0.596 0.635 0.659 0.682 0.686 0.688 0.715 0.716 0.719 0.722 0.724
90 Turkey 0.474 0.569 0.645 0.684 0.694 0.702 0.704 0.709 0.715 0.720 0.722
91 Colombia 0.556 0.600 0.658 0.681 0.690 0.698 0.704 0.710 0.714 0.717 0.719
92 Sri Lanka 0.557 0.608 0.653 0.683 0.688 0.693 0.697 0.700 0.705 0.711 0.715
93 Algeria 0.461 0.562 0.625 0.680 0.685 0.691 0.695 0.708 0.710 0.711 0.713
94 Tunisia 0.459 0.553 0.642 0.679 0.687 0.694 0.700 0.705 0.710 0.710 0.712
95 Tonga .. 0.656 0.689 0.704 0.704 0.705 0.708 0.708 0.709 0.709 0.710
96 Samoa .. .. 0.663 0.689 0.690 0.695 0.695 0.696 0.699 0.701 0.702
96 Fiji 0.572 0.614 0.670 0.693 0.692 0.695 0.697 0.700 0.699 0.700 0.702
96 Dominican Republic 0.525 0.584 0.641 0.669 0.676 0.683 0.688 0.691 0.697 0.700 0.702
96 Belize 0.621 0.653 0.672 0.694 0.696 0.696 0.698 0.700 0.700 0.701 0.702
100 Jordan 0.545 0.592 0.650 0.684 0.690 0.695 0.700 0.704 0.699 0.699 0.700
101 China 0.407 0.495 0.590 0.637 0.650 0.662 0.672 0.680 0.689 0.695 0.699
102 Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.685 0.688 0.693 0.698
103 Thailand 0.490 0.569 0.625 0.662 0.668 0.676 0.679 0.679 0.686 0.686 0.690
104 Maldives .. .. 0.592 0.639 0.653 0.663 0.674 0.676 0.683 0.687 0.688
105 Suriname .. .. .. 0.666 0.669 0.672 0.675 0.677 0.679 0.681 0.684
106 Gabon 0.526 0.610 0.627 0.653 0.655 0.662 0.667 0.671 0.676 0.679 0.683
107 El Salvador 0.471 0.528 0.620 0.655 0.661 0.671 0.670 0.672 0.678 0.679 0.680
108 Mongolia .. 0.559 0.564 0.622 0.632 0.638 0.644 0.653 0.657 0.668 0.675
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.489 0.557 0.620 0.647 0.653 0.652 0.659 0.663 0.668 0.671 0.675
110 Palestine, State of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.662 0.666 0.670
111 Paraguay 0.549 0.578 0.617 0.641 0.646 0.650 0.656 0.657 0.668 0.670 0.669
112 Egypt 0.407 0.502 0.593 0.625 0.633 0.640 0.647 0.653 0.661 0.661 0.662
113 Moldova (Republic of) .. 0.650 0.592 0.636 0.642 0.644 0.650 0.645 0.652 0.657 0.660
114 Uzbekistan .. .. .. 0.617 0.621 0.630 0.636 0.639 0.644 0.649 0.654
114 Philippines 0.561 0.581 0.610 0.630 0.632 0.636 0.642 0.643 0.649 0.651 0.654
116 Syrian Arab Republic 0.501 0.557 0.596 0.618 0.620 0.623 0.624 0.645 0.646 0.646 0.648
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.638 0.639 0.640 0.645
118 Guyana 0.513 0.502 0.578 0.610 0.617 0.617 0.620 0.622 0.628 0.632 0.636
119 Botswana 0.449 0.586 0.587 0.604 0.611 0.619 0.626 0.629 0.633 0.634 0.634
120 Honduras 0.456 0.520 0.563 0.582 0.587 0.594 0.624 0.625 0.629 0.630 0.632
121 South Africa 0.570 0.621 0.622 0.604 0.606 0.609 0.613 0.616 0.621 0.625 0.629
121 Kiribati .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.628 0.627 0.629
121 Indonesia 0.422 0.479 0.540 0.575 0.582 0.595 0.601 0.611 0.620 0.624 0.629
124 Vanuatu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.623 0.625 0.626
125 Tajikistan .. 0.615 0.529 0.582 0.571 0.587 0.605 0.608 0.612 0.618 0.622
125 Kyrgyzstan .. 0.609 0.582 0.601 0.606 0.612 0.616 0.617 0.615 0.621 0.622
127 Viet Nam .. 0.439 0.534 0.573 0.581 0.590 0.597 0.601 0.611 0.614 0.617
128 Namibia .. 0.569 0.564 0.579 0.586 0.592 0.597 0.600 0.604 0.606 0.608
129 Nicaragua 0.461 0.479 0.529 0.572 0.578 0.583 0.588 0.588 0.593 0.597 0.599
130 Morocco 0.371 0.440 0.512 0.558 0.565 0.571 0.577 0.581 0.586 0.589 0.591
131 Iraq .. .. .. 0.564 0.567 0.567 0.573 0.576 0.578 0.583 0.590
132 Cape Verde .. .. 0.532 .. .. .. .. .. 0.581 0.584 0.586
133 Guatemala 0.432 0.464 0.523 0.551 0.560 0.570 0.573 0.575 0.579 0.580 0.581
134 Timor-Leste .. .. 0.418 0.461 0.492 0.519 0.547 0.548 0.565 0.571 0.576
135 Ghana 0.391 0.427 0.461 0.491 0.493 0.506 0.520 0.534 0.540 0.553 0.558
136 India 0.345 0.410 0.463 0.507 0.515 0.525 0.533 0.540 0.547 0.551 0.554
136 Equatorial Guinea .. .. 0.498 0.523 0.526 0.533 0.543 0.552 0.547 0.551 0.554
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic .. 0.379 0.453 0.494 0.500 0.510 0.517 0.525 0.534 0.538 0.543
138 Cambodia .. .. 0.444 0.501 0.511 0.520 0.526 0.528 0.532 0.538 0.543
140 Bhutan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.525 0.532 0.538
141 Swaziland .. 0.533 0.502 0.504 0.511 0.520 0.525 0.528 0.532 0.536 0.536
142 Congo 0.470 0.510 0.482 0.506 0.509 0.511 0.519 0.522 0.529 0.531 0.534
143 Solomon Islands .. .. 0.486 0.510 0.520 0.522 0.521 0.516 0.522 0.526 0.530
144 Sao Tome and Principe .. .. .. 0.488 0.493 0.503 0.510 0.517 0.520 0.522 0.525
145 Kenya 0.424 0.463 0.447 0.472 0.480 0.491 0.495 0.505 0.511 0.515 0.519
146 Pakistan 0.337 0.383 0.419 0.485 0.488 0.498 0.502 0.508 0.512 0.513 0.515
146 Bangladesh 0.312 0.361 0.433 0.472 0.481 0.488 0.495 0.502 0.508 0.511 0.515
148 Angola .. .. 0.375 0.406 0.415 0.472 0.477 0.484 0.502 0.504 0.508
149 Myanmar 0.281 0.305 0.382 0.435 0.445 0.464 0.472 0.481 0.490 0.494 0.498
150 Cameroon 0.373 0.431 0.429 0.453 0.455 0.459 0.474 0.482 0.488 0.492 0.495
151 Madagascar .. .. 0.428 0.467 0.472 0.478 0.486 0.485 0.484 0.483 0.483
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) .. 0.353 0.369 0.395 0.401 0.408 0.414 0.458 0.466 0.470 0.476
153 Nigeria .. .. .. 0.434 0.444 0.448 0.453 0.457 0.462 0.467 0.471
154 Senegal 0.322 0.368 0.405 0.441 0.445 0.454 0.461 0.462 0.470 0.471 0.470
155 Mauritania 0.340 0.357 0.418 0.441 0.450 0.454 0.454 0.461 0.464 0.464 0.467
156 Papua New Guinea 0.324 0.368 0.415 0.429 .. .. .. 0.454 0.458 0.462 0.466
157 Nepal 0.234 0.341 0.401 0.429 0.435 0.440 0.447 0.453 0.458 0.460 0.463
158 Lesotho 0.422 0.474 0.429 0.425 0.429 0.431 0.441 0.448 0.452 0.456 0.461
159 Togo 0.357 0.382 0.426 0.436 0.443 0.442 0.445 0.448 0.452 0.455 0.459
160 Yemen .. 0.286 0.376 0.428 0.437 0.444 0.450 0.459 0.466 0.459 0.458
161 Uganda .. 0.306 0.375 0.408 0.417 0.427 0.437 0.445 0.450 0.454 0.456
161 Haiti 0.335 0.399 0.422 0.437 .. .. .. 0.451 0.450 0.453 0.456
163 Zambia 0.405 0.398 0.376 0.399 0.405 0.411 0.420 0.431 0.438 0.443 0.448
164 Djibouti .. .. .. 0.405 0.411 0.419 0.422 0.429 0.431 0.442 0.445
165 Gambia 0.279 0.323 0.360 0.375 0.378 0.383 0.426 0.432 0.437 0.440 0.439
166 Benin 0.253 0.314 0.380 0.414 0.416 0.420 0.425 0.429 0.432 0.434 0.436
167 Rwanda 0.277 0.233 0.314 0.377 0.391 0.400 0.409 0.417 0.425 0.429 0.434
168 Côte d'Ivoire 0.348 0.360 0.392 0.405 0.408 0.412 0.417 0.422 0.427 0.426 0.432
169 Comoros .. .. .. 0.425 0.425 0.425 0.424 0.425 0.426 0.428 0.429
170 Malawi 0.272 0.295 0.352 0.363 0.373 0.381 0.392 0.401 0.413 0.415 0.418
171 Sudan 0.269 0.301 0.364 0.390 0.396 0.401 0.405 0.408 0.411 0.419 0.414
172 Zimbabwe 0.367 0.427 0.376 0.352 0.353 0.355 0.345 0.359 0.374 0.387 0.397
173 Ethiopia .. .. 0.275 0.316 0.333 0.350 0.365 0.376 0.387 0.392 0.396
174 Liberia 0.298 .. 0.304 0.301 0.314 0.334 0.346 0.359 0.367 0.381 0.388
175 Afghanistan 0.209 0.246 0.236 0.322 0.339 0.346 0.343 0.361 0.368 0.371 0.374
176 Guinea-Bissau .. .. .. 0.348 0.352 0.355 0.356 0.358 0.361 0.364 0.364
177 Sierra Leone 0.255 0.247 0.244 0.315 0.323 0.331 0.336 0.342 0.346 0.348 0.359
178 Guinea .. .. .. 0.331 0.336 0.342 0.345 0.347 0.349 0.352 0.355
178 Burundi 0.217 0.272 0.270 0.298 0.313 0.323 0.331 0.340 0.348 0.352 0.355
180 Central African Republic 0.285 0.312 0.294 0.308 0.312 0.316 0.333 0.339 0.344 0.348 0.352
181 Eritrea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.342 0.346 0.351
182 Mali 0.176 0.204 0.270 0.312 0.318 0.328 0.332 0.337 0.344 0.347 0.344
183 Burkina Faso .. .. .. 0.301 0.307 0.314 0.322 0.327 0.334 0.340 0.343
184 Chad .. .. 0.290 0.317 0.316 0.319 0.321 0.331 0.336 0.336 0.340
185 Mozambique 0.217 0.202 0.247 0.287 0.291 0.301 0.306 0.312 0.318 0.322 0.327
186 Niger 0.179 0.198 0.234 0.269 0.274 0.278 0.287 0.289 0.298 0.297 0.304
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.286 0.297 0.234 0.258 0.262 0.280 0.282 0.289 0.295 0.299 0.304
.. South Sudan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Tuvalu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Somalia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. San Marino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Nauru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Marshall Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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