| HDI Rank | Country | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 98.6 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia | 114.2 | 1 2 |
| 3 | Iceland | 96.0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 99.3 | 1 3 |
| 5 | Ireland | 97.6 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 97.5 | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden | 94.3 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 95.4 | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 82.7 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 86.6 | 1 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 94.4 | 4 |
| 12 | Finland | 101.4 | 1 2 |
| 13 | United States | 92.4 | 1 |
| 14 | Austria | 90.5 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain | 96.5 | 1 |
| 16 | Denmark | 101.3 | 1 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | 94.3 | 1 |
| 18 | Italy | 91.8 | 1 |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 86.8 | 1 5 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 107.5 | 1 2 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 89.2 | 1 3 |
| 22 | Germany | 88.1 | 1 3 |
| 23 | Singapore | .. | 6 |
| 24 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 74.4 | 1 |
| 25 | Greece | 101.6 | 1 2 |
| 26 | Korea (Republic of) | 98.5 | 1 |
| 27 | Israel | 89.9 | 1 |
| 28 | Andorra | 65.1 | 1 5 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 92.8 | 1 |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.7 | |
| 31 | Kuwait | 72.6 | 1 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 77.6 | 1 5 |
| 33 | Qatar | 80.4 | |
| 34 | Portugal | 88.8 | 1 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 71.4 | |
| 36 | Czech Republic | 83.4 | 1 |
| 37 | Barbados | 92.9 | |
| 38 | Malta | 81.3 | 1 |
| 39 | Bahrain | 90.4 | 1 3 |
| 40 | Estonia | 91.2 | 1 |
| 41 | Poland | 87.7 | 1 |
| 42 | Slovakia | 80.5 | 1 |
| 43 | Hungary | 90.2 | 1 |
| 44 | Chile | 82.5 | 1 |
| 45 | Croatia | 77.2 | 1 |
| 46 | Lithuania | 92.3 | 1 |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | 6 |
| 48 | Latvia | 90.2 | 1 |
| 49 | Argentina | 88.6 | 1 |
| 50 | Uruguay | 90.9 | 1 |
| 51 | Cuba | 100.8 | |
| 52 | Bahamas | 71.8 | 1 3 |
| 53 | Mexico | 80.2 | 1 |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 73.0 | 1 3 |
| 55 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 95.8 | 1 3 |
| 56 | Oman | 68.2 | |
| 57 | Seychelles | 82.2 | 1 5 |
| 58 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 85.9 | 5 |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 78.5 | 1 5 |
| 60 | Panama | 79.7 | 1 |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 82.4 | 1 |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.1 | 1 3 |
| 63 | Romania | 79.2 | 1 |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.1 | 1 3 |
| 65 | Montenegro | 74.5 | 1 7 8 |
| 66 | Malaysia | 71.5 | 1 |
| 67 | Serbia | 74.5 | 1 7 8 |
| 68 | Belarus | 90.4 | |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 77.2 | |
| 70 | Albania | 67.8 | 1 |
| 71 | Russian Federation | 81.9 | 1 |
| 72 | Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) | 70.1 | 1 |
| 73 | Dominica | 78.5 | 1 3 |
| 74 | Grenada | 73.1 | 1 3 |
| 75 | Brazil | 87.2 | 1 |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 69.0 | 1 9 |
| 77 | Colombia | 79.0 | |
| 78 | Peru | 88.1 | 1 3 |
| 79 | Turkey | 71.1 | 1 3 |
| 80 | Ecuador | .. | 6 |
| 81 | Mauritius | 76.9 | 1 3 |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 91.4 | |
| 83 | Lebanon | 78.0 | |
| 84 | Armenia | 74.6 | |
| 85 | Ukraine | 90.0 | |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 66.2 | 1 10 |
| 87 | Thailand | 78.0 | 1 3 |
| 88 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 73.2 | 1 3 |
| 89 | Georgia | 76.7 | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 73.5 | 1 3 |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.9 | 1 |
| 92 | China | 68.7 | 1 |
| 93 | Belize | 78.3 | 1 3 |
| 94 | Samoa | 74.1 | 1 3 |
| 95 | Maldives | 71.3 | 1 3 |
| 96 | Jordan | 78.7 | 1 |
| 97 | Suriname | 74.3 | 1 3 |
| 98 | Tunisia | 76.2 | 1 |
| 99 | Tonga | 78.0 | 1 3 |
| 100 | Jamaica | 78.1 | 1 3 |
| 101 | Paraguay | 72.1 | 1 3 |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 68.7 | 1 3 |
| 103 | Gabon | 80.7 | 1 3 |
| 104 | Algeria | 73.6 | 1 3 |
| 105 | Philippines | 79.6 | 1 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 74.0 | |
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 65.7 | 1 3 |
| 108 | Fiji | 71.5 | 1 3 |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | .. | 6 |
| 110 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 78.3 | |
| 111 | Indonesia | 68.2 | 1 |
| 112 | Honduras | 74.8 | 1 3 |
| 113 | Bolivia | 86.0 | 1 3 |
| 114 | Guyana | 83.9 | |
| 115 | Mongolia | 79.2 | |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 62.3 | 1 3 |
| 117 | Moldova | 71.6 | |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.0 | 1 3 |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 72.7 | |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.3 | |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 68.1 | |
| 122 | Guatemala | 70.5 | |
| 123 | Egypt | 76.4 | 1 3 |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 72.1 | 1 3 |
| 125 | Botswana | 70.6 | 1 3 |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 62.3 | 1 3 |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 70.9 | |
| 128 | Namibia | 67.2 | 1 |
| 129 | South Africa | 76.8 | 1 |
| 130 | Morocco | 61.0 | |
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.1 | |
| 132 | Bhutan | 54.1 | 1 3 |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 59.6 | 1 |
| 134 | India | 61.0 | 1 |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 49.7 | 1 |
| 136 | Congo | 58.6 | 1 3 |
| 137 | Cambodia | 58.5 | |
| 138 | Myanmar | 56.3 | 1 10 3 |
| 139 | Comoros | 46.4 | 1 3 |
| 140 | Yemen | 54.4 | 1 |
| 141 | Pakistan | 39.3 | 1 |
| 142 | Swaziland | 60.1 | 1 |
| 143 | Angola | 65.3 | 1 |
| 144 | Nepal | 60.8 | 1 3 |
| 145 | Madagascar | 61.3 | |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 52.1 | 1 |
| 147 | Kenya | 59.6 | 1 3 |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 40.7 | 1 8 |
| 149 | Haiti | .. | 6 |
| 150 | Sudan | 39.9 | 1 3 |
| 151 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 57.3 | |
| 152 | Ghana | 56.5 | |
| 153 | Cameroon | 52.3 | |
| 154 | Mauritania | 50.6 | 1 5 |
| 155 | Djibouti | 25.5 | 1 |
| 156 | Lesotho | 61.5 | 1 3 |
| 157 | Uganda | 62.3 | 1 3 |
| 158 | Nigeria | 53.0 | 1 3 |
| 159 | Togo | 53.9 | |
| 160 | Malawi | 61.9 | 1 3 |
| 161 | Benin | 52.4 | 1 3 |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 63.2 | 1 3 |
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.5 | 1 3 |
| 164 | Zambia | 63.3 | 1 3 |
| 165 | Eritrea | 33.3 | 1 3 |
| 166 | Senegal | 41.2 | 1 3 |
| 167 | Rwanda | 52.2 | 1 3 |
| 168 | Gambia | 46.8 | 1 3 |
| 169 | Liberia | 57.6 | 1 |
| 170 | Guinea | 49.3 | 1 |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 49.0 | |
| 172 | Mozambique | 54.8 | 1 3 |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.6 | 1 3 |
| 174 | Burundi | 49.0 | |
| 175 | Chad | 36.5 | 1 3 |
| 176 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 48.2 | |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 32.8 | |
| 178 | Mali | 46.9 | |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 28.6 | 1 3 |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 44.6 | 1 |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 50.1 | 1 3 |
| 182 | Niger | 27.2 | |
Other UN member states | |||
| Iraq | 60.5 | 1 3 | |
| Kiribati | 75.8 | 1 3 | |
| Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) | .. | ||
| Marshall Islands | 71.1 | 1 3 | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | .. | ||
| Monaco | .. | ||
| Nauru | 55.0 | 1 3 | |
| Palau | 96.9 | 1 3 | |
| San Marino | .. | ||
| Somalia | .. | ||
| Tuvalu | 69.2 | 1 3 | |
| Zimbabwe | 54.4 | 1 3 | |
| 1 - | Data refer to a year other than that specified. |
| 2 - | For the purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 100% was applied. |
| 3 - | UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate. |
| 4 - | Statec (2008). Correspondence on gross enrolment ratio for Luxembourg. May. Luxembourg. Data refer to nationals enrolled both in the country and abroad and thus differ from the standard definition. |
| 5 - | National estimate. |
| 6 - | Because the combined gross enrolment ratio was unavailable, the following HDRO estimates were used: Antigua and Barbuda 85.6, Ecuador 77.8, Haiti 52.1, Singapore 85.0 and Turkmenistan 73.9. |
| 7 - | Data refer to Serbia and Montenegro prior to its separation into two independent states in June 2006. Data exclude Kosovo. |
| 8 - | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2007). Correspondence on gross and net enrolment ratios. April. Montreal. |
| 9 - | UNDP (2007d). National Human Development Report 2007: Social Inclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo: UNDP. |
| 10 - | UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2008a). "Data Centre Education Module." UNESCO. |
| .. | Data not available |
| (.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
| < | Less than |
| - | Not applicable |
| T | Total |