List of countries by Human Development Index (1998)

World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 1982 data, published on 1985)^[1]

0.900 and over   0.850–0.899   0.800–0.849   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749

0.650–0.699   0.600–0.649   0.550–0.599   0.500–0.549   0.450–0.499

0.400–0.449   0.350–0.399   0.300–0.349   under 0.300   Data unavailable

This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a D-Group's Human Development Report released in January 1985, compiled on the basis of estimates for 1982. It covers 158 UN member states (out of the then 192) and Hong Kong, China. 24 UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.^[2]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries).^[3] The divisions are:

Division	comprising:
High	63 countries
Medium	51 countries
Low	45 countries

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Complete list of countries

• Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
• This revision of the index was released in 1999 and estimates the HDI of countries for 1998.
• The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 1981, released in 1998.

High Human Development (Developed countries)

Rank Country HDI 1  United States 1.004 2  Sweden 0.986 3  Canada 0.973 4  Norway 0.964 5  Netherlands 0.962 6  Finland 0.960 7  Iceland 0.955 8   Switzerland 0.949 9  Denmark 0.943 10  Australia 0.936 11  United Kingdom 0.935 12  Belgium 0.933 13  Austria 0.933 14  France 0.932 15  Estonia 0.932 16  Japan 0.932 17  Uruguay 0.930 18  Ireland 0.930 19  Hong Kong 0.928 20  Greece 0.924 21  Italy 0.922 22  Luxembourg 0.918 23  South Korea 0.913 24  Argentina 0.913 25  Portugal 0.909 26  Israel 0.909 27  Latvia 0.905 28  Chile 0.899 29  Malta 0.896 30  Poland 0.895 31  Spain 0.894 32  New Zealand 0.893

Rank Country HDI 33  Brazil 0.893 34  Bahamas 0.892 35  Germany 0.888 36  Hungary 0.888 37  Singapore 0.888 38  Antigua and Barbuda 0.885 39  Trinidad and Tobago 0.880 40  Czech Republic 0.880 41  Panama 0.879 42  Venezuela 0.872 43  Mexico 0.869 44  Libya 0.868 45  Venezuela 0.860 46  Cyprus 0.859 47  Barbados 0.857 48  United Arab Emirates 0.855 49  Fiji 0.855 50  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.854 51  Grenada 0.851 52  Brunei 0.851 53  Colombia 0.850 54  Kuwait 0.848 55  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.845 56  Seychelles 0.845 57  Qatar 0.840 58  Lithuania 0.835 59  Thailand 0.834 60  Malaysia 0.834 61  Mauritius 0.833 62  Slovakia 0.807 63  Dominica 0.806

Medium Human Development (Developing Countries)

Rank Country HDI 64  Croatia 0.799 65  Georgia 0.797 66  Slovenia 0.796 67  China 0.789 68  Turkey 0.782 69  Armenia 0.775 70  South Africa 0.771 71  Ecuador 0.767 72  Romania 0.767 73  Oman 0.766 74  Iran 0.758 75  Syria 0.749 76  Algeria 0.746 77  Tunisia 0.744 78  Jamaica 0.735 79  Cuba 0.732 80  Philippines 0.730 81  Jordan 0.729 82  Azerbaijan 0.719 83  North Korea 0.717 84  Sri Lanka 0.716 85  Paraguay 0.707 86  Western Samoa 0.694 87  Maldives 0.683 88  Turkmenistan 0.680

Rank Country HDI 89  Indonesia 0.679 90  Botswana 0.678 91  Uzbekistan 0.672 92  Guyana 0.670 93  Mongolia 0.669 94  Albania 0.656 95  Saudi Arabia 0.650 96  Namibia 0.644 97  Guatemala 0.615 98  Egypt 0.612 99  El Salvador 0.604 100  Tibet 0.600 101  Bolivia 0.593 102  Cape Verde 0.591 103  Tajikistan 0.581 104  Gabon 0.568 105  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.563 106  Vietnam 0.560 107  Kyrgyzstan 0.560 108  Vanuatu 0.559 109  Morocco 0.557 110  Nicaragua 0.547 111  India 0.538 112  Congo 0.509 113  Papua New Guinea 0.507 114  Iraq 0.502

Low human development (undeveloped country)

Rank Country HDI 115  Afghanistan 0.490 116  Cameroon 0.481 117  Ghana 0.473 118  Haiti 0.471 119  Equatorial Guinea 0.465 120  Laos 0.464 121  Burma 0.463 122  Pakistan 0.453 123  Zimbabwe 0.451 124  Cambodia (Kampuchea) 0.422 125  Comoros 0.411 126  Nigeria 0.391 127  Niger 0.383 128  Togo 0.380 129  Benin 0.378 130  Zambia 0.378 131  Lesotho 0.371 132  Côte d'Ivoire 0.368 133  Mauritania 0.361 134  Tanzania 0.358 135  Yemen 0.356 136  Bhutan 0.351 137  Madagascar 0.348

Rank Country HDI 138  Central African Republic 0.347 139    Nepal 0.345 140  Angola 0.344 141  Sudan 0.343 142  Senegal 0.342 143  Kenya 0.340 144  Uganda 0.340 145  Malawi 0.334 146  Djibouti 0.324 147  Chad 0.318 148  Guinea-Bissau 0.295 149  Gambia 0.291 150  Mozambique 0.281 151  Guinea 0.277 152  Eritrea 0.275 153  Ethiopia 0.252 154  Burundi 0.241 155  Mali 0.236 156  Burkina Faso 0.219 157  Zaire 0.101 158  Sierra Leone 0.001

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Libya 0.755 2  Mauritius 0.701 3  Tunisia 0.683 4  Algeria 0.677 Medium human development 5  Gabon 0.648 6  Botswana 0.633 7  Egypt 0.620 8  Namibia 0.606 9  South Africa 0.597 10  Morocco 0.567

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Zimbabwe 0.140 2  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.239 3  Niger 0.261 4  Burundi 0.282 5  Mozambique 0.284 6  Guinea-Bissau 0.289 7  Chad 0.295 8  Liberia 0.300 9  Burkina Faso 0.305 10  Mali 0.309

Americas

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  United States 0.902 2  Canada 0.888 3  Barbados 0.788 High human development 4  Bahamas 0.784 5  Chile 0.783 6  Argentina 0.775 7  Uruguay 0.765 8  Panama 0.755 9  Mexico 0.750 10  Trinidad and Tobago 0.736

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Haiti 0.404 Medium human development 2  Guatemala 0.560 3  Nicaragua 0.565 4  Honduras 0.604 5  Guyana 0.611 6  Paraguay 0.640 7  Bolivia 0.643 8  Suriname 0.646 9  El Salvador 0.659 10  Dominican Republic 0.663

Asia & Oceania

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Australia 0.937 2  New Zealand 0.907 3  Japan 0.884 4  South Korea 0.877 5  Israel 0.872 6  Hong Kong 0.862 7  Singapore 0.846 8  United Arab Emirates 0.815 9  Cyprus 0.810 10  Brunei 0.805

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Afghanistan 0.349 2    Nepal 0.428 3  Papua New Guinea 0.431 4  Yemen 0.439 5  Myanmar 0.451 6  Bangladesh 0.469 Medium human development 7  Pakistan 0.490 8  Cambodia 0.494 9  Solomon Islands 0.494 10  Laos 0.497

Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Norway 0.938 2  Ireland 0.895 3  Liechtenstein 0.891 4  Netherlands 0.890 5  Sweden 0.885 6  Germany 0.885 7   Switzerland 0.874 8  France 0.872 9  Finland 0.871 10  Iceland 0.869

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Medium human development 1  Moldova 0.623 High human development 2  Turkey 0.683 3  Armenia 0.695 4  Georgia 0.698 5  Macedonia 0.701 6  Ukraine 0.710 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.710 8  Azerbaijan 0.713 9  Kazakhstan 0.714 10  Russia 0.719[nb 1]

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab states

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.815 2  Qatar 0.803 3  Bahrain 0.801 High human development 4  Kuwait 0.771 5  Libya 0.755 6  Saudi Arabia 0.752 7  Tunisia 0.683 8  Jordan 0.681 9  Algeria 0.677 Medium human development 10  Egypt 0.620

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Sudan 0.379 2  Djibouti 0.402 3  Comoros 0.428 4  Mauritania 0.433 5  Yemen 0.439 Medium human development 6  Morocco 0.567 7  Syria 0.589 8  Egypt 0.620 High human development 9  Algeria 0.677 10  Jordan 0.681

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Ireland 0.895 2  Netherlands 0.890 3  Sweden 0.885 4  Germany 0.885 5  France 0.872 6  Finland 0.871 7  Belgium 0.867 8  Denmark 0.866 9  Spain 0.863 10  Greece 0.855

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Bulgaria 0.743 2  Romania 0.767 3  Latvia 0.769 4  Lithuania 0.783 Very high human development 5  Poland 0.795 6  Portugal 0.795 7  Hungary 0.805 8  Cyprus 0.810 9  Estonia 0.812 10  Malta 0.815

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Australia 0.937 2  New Zealand 0.907 3  Japan 0.884 4  South Korea 0.877 5  Hong Kong 0.862 6  Singapore 0.846 7  Brunei 0.805 High human development 8  Malaysia 0.744 9  Tonga 0.677 Medium human development 10  Fiji 0.669

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Papua New Guinea 0.431 2  Myanmar 0.451 Medium human development 3  Cambodia 0.494 4  Solomon Islands 0.494 5  Laos 0.497 6  Timor-Leste 0.502 7  Vietnam 0.572 8  Indonesia 0.600 9  Micronesia, Federated States of 0.614 10  Mongolia 0.622

Latin America

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Chile 0.783 2  Argentina 0.775 3  Uruguay 0.765 4  Panama 0.755 5  Mexico 0.750 6  Costa Rica 0.725 7  Peru 0.723 8  Brazil 0.699 9  Venezuela 0.696 10  Ecuador 0.695

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Haiti 0.404 Medium human development 2  Guatemala 0.560 3  Nicaragua 0.565 4  Honduras 0.604 5  Paraguay 0.640 6  Bolivia 0.643 7  El Salvador 0.659 8  Dominican Republic 0.663 High human development 9  Colombia 0.689 10  Belize 0.694

Middle East and North Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Israel 0.872 2  United Arab Emirates 0.815 3  Cyprus 0.810 4  Qatar 0.803 5  Bahrain 0.801 High human development 6  Kuwait 0.771 7  Libya 0.755 8  Saudi Arabia 0.752 9  Iran 0.702 10  Tunisia 0.683

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Sudan 0.379 2  Yemen 0.439 Medium human development 3  Morocco 0.567 4  Syria 0.589 5  Egypt 0.620 High human development 6  Algeria 0.677 7  Turkey 0.679 8  Jordan 0.681 9  Tunisia 0.683 10  Iran 0.702

HDI by regions & groups

Region or Group 2010 estimates for 2010 HDI[4] 2010 estimates for 2009 HDI[4] Very high human development OECD Developed 0.879 0.876 Very High Human Development 0.878 0.875 Non-OECD Developed 0.844 0.840 High human development High Human Development 0.717 0.712 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.704 0.699 Europe and Central Asia 0.702 0.698 Medium human development East Asia and the Pacific 0.643 0.636 World 0.624 0.619 Medium Human Development 0.592 0.586 Arab states 0.588 0.583 South Asia 0.516 0.510 Low human development Low Human Development 0.393 0.388 Sub-Saharan Africa 0.389 0.384 Least developed countries 0.386 0.382

Countries missing from latest report

UN member states (latest UNDP data) Year Country HDI Rank Source Publication Data Very high human development 1997 N/A  Monaco 0.946 N/A 1997 N/A  San Marino 0.944 N/A High human development 2009 2007  Antigua and Barbuda 0.868 47 [5] 2009 2007  Cuba 0.863 51 [5] 1998 N/A  Palau 0.861 N/A 2009 2007  Oman 0.846 56 [5] 2009 2007  Seychelles 0.845 57 [5] 2009 2007  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 62 [5] 2009 2007  Saint Lucia 0.821 69 [5] 2009 2007  Dominica 0.814 73 [5] 2009 2007  Grenada 0.813 74 [5] 2009 2007  Lebanon 0.803 83 [5] Medium human development 2009 2007  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.772 91 [5] 2009 2007  Samoa 0.771 94 [5] 1998 1995  North Korea 0.766 75 [6] 2009 2007  Vanuatu 0.693 126 [5] 1998 N/A  Nauru 0.663 N/A 2009 2007  Bhutan 0.619 132 [5] 2000 1998  Iraq 0.583 126 [7] 1998 N/A  Tuvalu 0.583 N/A 1998 N/A  Marshall Islands 0.563 N/A 1998 N/A  Kiribati 0.515 N/A Low human development 2009 2007  Eritrea 0.472 165 [5] 2001 2001  Somalia 0.384 161 [8][nb 2]

Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP) Year Country or Territory HDI Rank Source Publication Data Very high human development 2010 2010  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.868 18 [nb 3] 1998 N/A  Puerto Rico 0.942 N/A [10] 2008 2005  Martinique 0.929 24 [11] 1998 N/A  Greenland 0.927 N/A [12] 2008 2005  Guadeloupe 0.912 28 [11] 2010 2007  Macau 0.944 23 [13] High human development 2008 2005  New Caledonia 0.878 34 [11] 2007 2004  Réunion 0.870 35 [11][14] 2008 2005  French Polynesia 0.864 42 [11] 2008 2005  French Guiana 0.862 43 [11] Medium human development 2009 2007 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.737 110 [5] 2004 2003  Kosovo 0.734 N/A [15]

See also

• Human Development Index
• List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI
• List of African countries by Human Development Index
• List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index
• List of Australian states and territories by HDI
• List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index
• American Human Development Report
• List of Chilean regions by Human Development Index
• List of Chinese administrative divisions by Human Development Index
• List of European countries by Human Development Index
• List of Indian states by Human Development Index
• List of Indonesian provinces by HDI
• List of Mexican states by Human Development Index
• List of Pakistani Districts by Human Development Index
• List of Philippine provinces by HDI
• List of Russian federal subjects by HDI
• List of Venezuelan states by human development index
• Happy Planet Index
• OSCE countries statistics
• Satisfaction with Life Index

Notes

1. Human Development Index (HDI) - 1998 Rankings, United Nations Development Programme
2. "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
3. "Human development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 139. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
4. "2010 Human development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
5. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/
6. "The State of Human Development" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
7. "Human Development Report 2000" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2000. p. 163. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
8. "Human Development Report: Somalia 2001" (PDF). 2001. p. 198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
9. "2010中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)" (pdf) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
10. "Puerto Rico (United States)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report.
11. "Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13" (PDF) (in French). CEROM - INSEE. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
12. "Greenland (Denmark)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. Note: Appears to be simply Denmark's HDI published on the 1997 report.
13. The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2007, Macau would rank 23rd or 24th (tying either Singapore or Hong Kong). "Macao in Figures 2010". Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
14. "L'Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion" (PDF) (in French). Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
15. "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2004" (PDF). UNDP. 2004. p. 14. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

References

1. See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
2. Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
3. The UN does not recognize Republic of China or Taiwan as a sovereign state. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures (see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI to be 0.868, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP for calculating 2010 HDIs.^[9]

External links

• Archive of previous global reports.
• Human Development Index 2010 Report.