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HDI Rank Country 2006
1 Norway 0.906
2 Australia 0.870
3 Iceland 0.859
4 Canada 0.830
5 Ireland 0.722
6 Netherlands 0.882
7 Sweden 0.909
8 France 0.779
9 Switzerland 0.822
10 Japan 0.567
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland 0.902
13 United States 0.767
14 Austria 0.744
15 Spain 0.835
16 Denmark 0.896
17 Belgium 0.874
18 Italy 0.741
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 0.841
21 United Kingdom 0.790
22 Germany 0.852
23 Singapore 0.786
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 0.677
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.554
27 Israel 0.705
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 0.641
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 0.603
33 Qatar 0.445
34 Portugal 0.753
35 United Arab Emirates 0.691
36 Czech Republic 0.664
37 Barbados 0.632
38 Malta 0.531
39 Bahrain 0.605
40 Estonia 0.665
41 Poland 0.631
42 Slovakia 0.663
43 Hungary 0.590
44 Chile 0.526
45 Croatia 0.618
46 Lithuania 0.628
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia 0.648
49 Argentina 0.699
50 Uruguay 0.551
51 Cuba 0.676
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 0.629
54 Costa Rica 0.685
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman 0.453
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.581
59 Saudi Arabia 0.299
60 Panama 0.604
61 Bulgaria 0.613
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 0.512
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.801
65 Montenegro 0.485
66 Malaysia 0.542
67 Serbia 0.621
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia 0.591
70 Albania ..
71 Russian Federation 0.556
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 0.641
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 0.504
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia 0.508
78 Peru 0.640
79 Turkey 0.379
80 Ecuador 0.622
81 Mauritius 0.538
82 Kazakhstan 0.532
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 0.412
85 Ukraine 0.461
86 Azerbaijan 0.385
87 Thailand 0.514
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.331
89 Georgia 0.408
90 Dominican Republic 0.550
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 0.533
93 Belize 0.507
94 Samoa 0.431
95 Maldives 0.429
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname 0.560
98 Tunisia ..
99 Tonga 0.363
100 Jamaica ..
101 Paraguay 0.510
102 Sri Lanka 0.389
103 Gabon ..
104 Algeria 0.315
105 Philippines 0.560
106 El Salvador 0.539
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 0.408
112 Honduras 0.589
113 Bolivia 0.511
114 Guyana 0.590
115 Mongolia 0.410
116 Viet Nam 0.554
117 Moldova 0.547
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.575
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala ..
123 Egypt 0.287
124 Nicaragua 0.542
125 Botswana 0.550
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan ..
128 Namibia 0.620
129 South Africa 0.687
130 Morocco 0.318
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India ..
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo ..
137 Cambodia 0.427
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen 0.135
141 Pakistan 0.386
142 Swaziland ..
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 0.486
145 Madagascar 0.398
146 Bangladesh 0.264
147 Kenya ..
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti ..
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.539
152 Ghana ..
153 Cameroon ..
154 Mauritania ..
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 0.591
157 Uganda 0.591
158 Nigeria ..
159 Togo ..
160 Malawi ..
161 Benin ..
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia 0.426
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal ..
167 Rwanda ..
168 Gambia ..
169 Liberia ..
170 Guinea ..
171 Ethiopia 0.464
172 Mozambique ..
173 Guinea-Bissau ..
174 Burundi ..
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso ..
178 Mali ..
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone ..
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger ..
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..

Sources :
calculated based on data on the component indicators.
Symbols :
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