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03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rankExcel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore 7
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 1
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar 13
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 4
39 United Arab Emirates 17
40 Chile 3
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay 2
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 5
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 6
52 Mexico 10
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 12
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 15
63 Malaysia 16
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 27
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 23
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 8
73 Kazakhstan ..
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21
75 Colombia 14
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 24
79 Dominican Republic 26
80 Belize 43
81 China 29
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 22
85 Suriname 25
86 Jordan 11
87 Peru 28
88 Lebanon 18
89 Ecuador 19
90 Philippines 37
91 Tunisia 45
92 Fiji 50
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 30
95 Paraguay 20
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana 33
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka 44
100 Maldives 42
101 Jamaica 34
102 Cape Verde 38
103 El Salvador 35
104 Algeria 51
105 Viet Nam 36
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 9
107 Indonesia 47
108 Syrian Arab Republic 31
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 46
111 Moldova ..
112 Egypt 48
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 40
115 Honduras 41
116 Kyrgyzstan ..
117 Bolivia 32
118 Guatemala 54
119 Gabon 49
120 Vanuatu 56
121 South Africa 55
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe 39
124 Botswana 63
125 Namibia 58
126 Morocco 68
127 Equatorial Guinea 66
128 India 62
129 Solomon Islands 53
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70
131 Cambodia 85
132 Myanmar 52
133 Bhutan 86
134 Comoros 61
135 Ghana 65
136 Pakistan 77
137 Mauritania 87
138 Lesotho 71
139 Congo 57
140 Bangladesh 93
141 Swaziland 73
142 Nepal 84
143 Madagascar 75
144 Cameroon 64
145 Papua New Guinea 90
146 Haiti 74
147 Sudan 69
148 Kenya 60
149 Djibouti 59
150 Timor-Leste 95
151 Zimbabwe 91
152 Togo 83
153 Yemen 82
154 Uganda 72
155 Gambia 94
156 Senegal 97
157 Eritrea 76
158 Nigeria 80
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 67
160 Guinea 103
161 Rwanda 78
162 Angola 89
163 Benin 100
164 Malawi 79
165 Zambia 96
166 Côte d'Ivoire 92
167 Burundi 81
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 88
169 Ethiopia 105
170 Chad 108
171 Central African Republic 98
172 Mozambique 101
173 Mali 107
174 Niger 104
175 Guinea-Bissau 99
176 Burkina Faso 106
177 Sierra Leone 102

Source :
determined on the basis of HPI-1 values in column 2.