List of countries by Human Development Index by region

This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report organized by continent or other international regions. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary index assessing countries on 3 dimensions, health, education and standard of living using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for adults, and GNI PPP per capita. The final HDI is a value between 0 and 1 with countries grouped into four categories depending on the value, very high for HDI of 0.800 and above, high from 0.700 to 0.799, medium from 0.550 to 0.699 and low below 0.550.^[1][2][3]

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Seychelles 0.802 High human development 2  Mauritius 0.796 3  Libya 0.746 4  Algeria 0.745 5  Tunisia 0.732 6  Egypt 0.728 7  South Africa 0.717 8  Botswana 0.708 Medium human development 9  Morocco 0.698 10  Gabon 0.693

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2023 report) rankings Low human development 1  Somalia 0.380 2  South Sudan 0.381 3  Central African Republic 0.387 4  Chad 0.394 4  Niger 0.394 6  Mali 0.410 7  Burundi 0.420 8  Burkina Faso 0.438 9  Sierra Leone 0.458 10  Mozambique 0.461

Asia

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.956 2  Singapore 0.949 3  United Arab Emirates 0.937 4  South Korea 0.929 5  Japan 0.920 6  Israel 0.915 7  Bahrain 0.888 8  Saudi Arabia 0.875 8  Qatar 0.875 10  Turkey 0.855

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Yemen 0.426 2  Afghanistan 0.462 3  Pakistan 0.540 Medium human development 4  Syria 0.557 5  East Timor 0.566 6  Cambodia 0.600 7    Nepal 0.601 8  Myanmar 0.608 9  Laos 0.620 10  India 0.644

Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1   Switzerland 0.967 2  Norway 0.966 3  Iceland 0.959 4  Denmark 0.952 4  Sweden 0.952 6  Ireland 0.950 6  Germany 0.950 8  Netherlands 0.946 9  Finland 0.942 9  Belgium 0.942 9  Liechtenstein 0.942 10  Luxembourg 0.927

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings High human development 1  Ukraine 0.734 2  Azerbaijan 0.760 3  Moldova 0.763 4  North Macedonia 0.765 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.779 6  Armenia 0.786 7  Albania 0.789 8  Bulgaria 0.799 Very high human development 9  Belarus 0.801 10  Serbia 0.805

North America

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Canada 0.935 2  United States 0.927 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 4  Antigua and Barbuda 0.826 5  Bahamas 0.820 5  Panama 0.820 7  Trinidad and Tobago 0.814 8  Barbados 0.809 9  Costa Rica 0.806 High human development 10  Grenada 0.793

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Medium human development 1  Haiti 0.552 2  Honduras 0.624 3  Guatemala 0.629 4  Nicaragua 0.669 5  El Salvador 0.674 High human development 6  Belize 0.700 7  Jamaica 0.706 8  Saint Lucia 0.725 9  Dominica 0.740 10  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.773

Oceania

Rank	Country	HDI
		2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.946
2	New Zealand	0.939
High human development
3	Palau	0.797
4	Tonga	0.739
5	Marshall Islands	0.731
6	Fiji	0.729
7	Samoa	0.702
Medium human development
8	Nauru	0.698
9	Tuvalu	0.653
10	Micronesia	0.634
11	Kiribati	0.628
12	Vanuatu	0.607
13	Papua New Guinea	0.568
14	Solomon Islands	0.562

South America

Rank	Country	HDI
		2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.860
2	Argentina	0.849
3	Uruguay	0.830
High human development
4	Ecuador	0.765
5	Peru	0.762
6	Brazil	0.760
7	Colombia	0.758
8	Guyana	0.742
9	Paraguay	0.731
Medium human development
10	Venezuela	0.699
11	Bolivia	0.698
12	Suriname	0.690

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.937 2  Bahrain 0.888 3  Saudi Arabia 0.875 3  Qatar 0.875 5  Kuwait 0.847 6  Oman 0.819 High human development 7  Algeria 0.790 8  Libya 0.746 9  Jordan 0.736 10  Tunisia 0.732

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Somalia 0.380 2  Yemen 0.424 3  Djibouti 0.515 4  Sudan 0.516 5  Mauritania 0.540 Medium human development 6  Syria 0.557 7  Comoros 0.586 8  Iraq 0.673 9  Morocco 0.698 High Human Development 10  Palestine 0.716

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Singapore 0.949 2  Australia 0.946 3  United Kingdom 0.940 4  New Zealand 0.939 5  Canada 0.935 6  Malta 0.915 7  Cyprus 0.907 8  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.837 9  Antigua and Barbuda 0.826 10  Brunei Darussalam 0.823

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Sierra Leone 0.458 2  Mozambique 0.461 3  Gambia 0.495 4  Malawi 0.508 5  Lesotho 0.514 6  Tanzania 0.532 7  Pakistan 0.540 8  Togo 0.535 9  Nigeria 0.548 9  Rwanda 0.548 Medium human development 10  Zimbabwe 0.550

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.952 2  Singapore 0.949 3  Australia 0.946 4  New Zealand 0.939 5  South Korea 0.929 6  Japan 0.920 7  Brunei 0.823 8  Malaysia 0.807 9  Thailand 0.803 High human development 10  Palau 0.797

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Medium human development 1  Solomon Islands 0.562 2  East Timor 0.566 3  Papua New Guinea 0.568 4  Cambodia 0.600 4  Myanmar 0.608 6  Vanuatu 0.614 7  Laos 0.620 8  Kiribati 0.628 9  Micronesia 0.634 10  Tuvalu 0.653

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Denmark 0.951 1  Sweden 0.952 3  Ireland 0.950 3  Germany 0.950 5  Netherlands 0.946 6  Finland 0.942 6  Belgium 0.942 8  Luxembourg 0.927 9  Austria 0.926 9  Slovenia 0.926 10  Malta 0.915

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings High human development 1  Bulgaria 0.799 Very high human development 2  Romania 0.827 3  Hungary 0.851 4  Slovakia 0.855 5  Portugal 0.874 6  Croatia 0.878 7  Latvia 0.879 7  Lithuania 0.879 9  Poland 0.881 10  Greece 0.893

Latin America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Chile 0.860 2  Argentina 0.849 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 4  Uruguay 0.830 5  Antigua and Barbuda 0.826 6  Bahamas 0.809 6  Panama 0.820 8  Trinidad and Tobago 0.816 9  Barbados 0.809 10  Costa Rica 0.806

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Medium human development 1  Haiti 0.552 2  Honduras 0.624 3  Guatemala 0.629 4  Nicaragua 0.669 5  El Salvador 0.674 6  Suriname 0.690 7  Bolivia 0.698 8  Venezuela 0.699 High human development 9  Belize 0.700 10  Jamaica 0.706

OECD

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1   Switzerland 0.967 2  Norway 0.966 2  Iceland 0.959 4  Denmark 0.952 4  Sweden 0.952 6  Germany 0.950 6  Ireland 0.950 8  Australia 0.946 8  Netherlands 0.946 10  Finland 0.942 10  Belgium 0.942

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings High human development 1  Colombia 0.758 2  Mexico 0.781 Very high human development 3  Costa Rica 0.806 4  Hungary 0.851 5  Turkey 0.855 5  Slovakia 0.855 7  Chile 0.860 8  Portugal 0.874 9  Latvia 0.879 9  Lithuania 0.879 10  Poland 0.881

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.937 2  Bahrain 0.888 3  Saudi Arabia 0.875 3  Qatar 0.875 5  Turkey 0.855 6  Kuwait 0.847 7  Brunei 0.823 8  Oman 0.819 9  Malaysia 0.807 10  Kazakhstan 0.802

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Somalia 0.380 2  Chad 0.394 2  Niger 0.394 4  Mali 0.410 5  Yemen 0.424 6  Burkina Faso 0.438 7  Sierra Leone 0.458 8  Mozambique 0.461 9  Afghanistan 0.462 10  Guinea 0.471

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Singapore 0.949 2  Bahrain 0.888 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 4  Antigua and Barbuda 0.826 5  Bahamas 0.820 6  Trinidad and Tobago 0.814 7  Barbados 0.809 8  Seychelles 0.802 High human development 9  Mauritius 0.796 10  Grenada 0.793

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Guinea-Bissau 0.483 Medium human development 2  Haiti 0.552 3  Solomon Islands 0.563 4  East Timor 0.566 5  Papua New Guinea 0.568 6  Comoros 0.586 7  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.613 8  Vanuatu 0.614 9  Kiribati 0.628 10  Micronesia 0.634

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
• List of countries by planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

References

External links

• UN Development Programme Human Development Reports