Development

Human Development Index (HDI)

Composite index measuring average achievement in health, education and standard of living, ranging from 0 to 1.

Year

Highest · 2023

Iceland

0.972

Coverage · 2023

193

countries

Method

Higher is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2023

Ranking 2023

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	Iceland	0.972	100.0
2	Norway	0.970	99.7
2	Switzerland	0.970	99.7
4	Denmark	0.962	98.3
5	Germany	0.959	97.8
5	Sweden	0.959	97.8
7	Australia	0.958	97.6
8	Hong Kong	0.955	97.1
8	Netherlands	0.955	97.1
10	Belgium	0.951	96.4
11	Ireland	0.949	96.1
12	Finland	0.948	95.9
13	Singapore	0.946	95.5
13	United Kingdom	0.946	95.5
15	United Arab Emirates	0.940	94.5
16	Canada	0.939	94.3
17	Liechtenstein	0.938	94.2
17	New Zealand	0.938	94.2
17	United States	0.938	94.2
20	South Korea	0.937	94.0
21	Slovenia	0.931	93.0
22	Austria	0.930	92.8
23	Japan	0.925	92.0
24	Malta	0.924	91.8
25	Luxembourg	0.922	91.4
26	France	0.920	91.1
27	Israel	0.919	90.9
28	Spain	0.918	90.8
29	Czechia	0.915	90.2
29	Italy	0.915	90.2
29	San Marino	0.915	90.2
32	Andorra	0.913	89.9
32	Cyprus	0.913	89.9
34	Greece	0.908	89.0
35	Poland	0.906	88.7
36	Estonia	0.905	88.5
37	Saudi Arabia	0.900	87.7
38	Bahrain	0.899	87.5
39	Lithuania	0.895	86.8
40	Portugal	0.890	86.0
41	Croatia	0.889	85.8
41	Latvia	0.889	85.8
43	Qatar	0.886	85.3
44	Slovakia	0.880	84.2
45	Chile	0.878	83.9
46	Hungary	0.870	82.5
47	Argentina	0.865	81.7
48	Montenegro	0.862	81.2
48	Uruguay	0.862	81.2
50	Oman	0.858	80.5
51	Turkey	0.853	79.6
52	Kuwait	0.852	79.5
53	Antigua and Barbuda	0.851	79.3
54	Seychelles	0.848	78.8
55	Bulgaria	0.845	78.3
55	Romania	0.845	78.3
57	Georgia	0.844	78.1
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.840	77.4
59	Panama	0.839	77.2
60	Brunei	0.837	76.9
60	Kazakhstan	0.837	76.9
62	Costa Rica	0.833	76.2
62	Serbia	0.833	76.2
64	Russia	0.832	76.0
65	Belarus	0.824	74.7
66	Bahamas	0.820	74.0
67	Malaysia	0.819	73.8
68	North Macedonia	0.815	73.1
69	Armenia	0.811	72.4
69	Barbados	0.811	72.4
71	Albania	0.810	72.3
72	Trinidad and Tobago	0.807	71.7
73	Mauritius	0.806	71.6
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.804	71.2
75	Iran	0.799	70.4
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.798	70.2
76	Thailand	0.798	70.2
78	China	0.797	70.0
79	Peru	0.794	69.5
80	Grenada	0.791	69.0
81	Azerbaijan	0.789	68.7
81	Mexico	0.789	68.7
83	Colombia	0.788	68.5
84	Brazil	0.786	68.2
84	Palau	0.786	68.2
86	Moldova	0.785	68.0
87	Ukraine	0.779	67.0
88	Ecuador	0.777	66.6
89	Dominican Republic	0.776	66.4
89	Guyana	0.776	66.4
89	Sri Lanka	0.776	66.4
92	Tonga	0.769	65.2
93	Maldives	0.766	64.7
93	Vietnam	0.766	64.7
95	Turkmenistan	0.764	64.4
96	Algeria	0.763	64.2
97	Cuba	0.762	64.0
98	Dominica	0.761	63.9
99	Paraguay	0.756	63.0
100	Egypt	0.754	62.7
100	Jordan	0.754	62.7
102	Lebanon	0.752	62.3
103	Saint Lucia	0.748	61.6
104	Mongolia	0.747	61.5
105	Tunisia	0.746	61.3
106	South Africa	0.741	60.4
107	Uzbekistan	0.740	60.3
108	Bolivia	0.733	59.1
108	Gabon	0.733	59.1
108	Marshall Islands	0.733	59.1
111	Botswana	0.731	58.7
111	Fiji	0.731	58.7
113	Indonesia	0.728	58.2
114	Suriname	0.722	57.2
115	Belize	0.721	57.0
115	Libya	0.721	57.0
117	Jamaica	0.720	56.8
117	Kyrgyzstan	0.720	56.8
117	Philippines	0.720	56.8
120	Morocco	0.710	55.1
121	Venezuela	0.709	55.0
122	Samoa	0.708	54.8
123	Nicaragua	0.706	54.5
124	Nauru	0.703	53.9
125	Bhutan	0.698	53.1
126	Eswatini	0.695	52.6
126	Iraq	0.695	52.6
128	Tajikistan	0.691	51.9
129	Tuvalu	0.689	51.5
130	Bangladesh	0.685	50.9
130	India	0.685	50.9
132	El Salvador	0.678	49.7
133	Equatorial Guinea	0.674	49.0
133	West Bank and Gaza	0.674	49.0
135	Cabo Verde	0.668	47.9
136	Namibia	0.665	47.4
137	Guatemala	0.662	46.9
138	Congo	0.649	44.7
139	Honduras	0.645	44.0
140	Kiribati	0.644	43.8
141	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.637	42.6
142	Timor-Leste	0.634	42.1
143	Ghana	0.628	41.1
143	Kenya	0.628	41.1
145	Nepal	0.622	40.1
146	Vanuatu	0.621	39.9
147	Laos	0.617	39.2
148	Angola	0.616	39.0
149	Micronesia	0.615	38.9
150	Myanmar	0.609	37.8
151	Cambodia	0.606	37.3
152	Comoros	0.603	36.8
153	Zimbabwe	0.598	36.0
154	Zambia	0.595	35.4
155	Cameroon	0.588	34.2
156	Solomon Islands	0.584	33.6
157	Côte d'Ivoire	0.582	33.2
157	Uganda	0.582	33.2
159	Rwanda	0.578	32.5
160	Papua New Guinea	0.576	32.2
161	Togo	0.571	31.3
162	Syria	0.564	30.1
163	Mauritania	0.563	30.0
164	Nigeria	0.560	29.5
165	Tanzania	0.555	28.6
166	Haiti	0.554	28.4
167	Lesotho	0.550	27.7
168	Pakistan	0.544	26.7
169	Senegal	0.530	24.3
170	Gambia	0.524	23.3
171	DR Congo	0.522	22.9
172	Malawi	0.517	22.1
173	Benin	0.515	21.7
174	Guinea-Bissau	0.514	21.6
175	Djibouti	0.513	21.4
176	Sudan	0.511	21.1
177	Liberia	0.510	20.9
178	Eritrea	0.503	19.7
179	Guinea	0.500	19.2
180	Ethiopia	0.497	18.7
181	Afghanistan	0.496	18.5
182	Mozambique	0.493	18.0
183	Madagascar	0.487	17.0
184	Yemen	0.470	14.0
185	Sierra Leone	0.467	13.5
186	Burkina Faso	0.459	12.2
187	Burundi	0.439	8.7
188	Mali	0.419	5.3
188	Niger	0.419	5.3
190	Chad	0.416	4.8
191	Central African Republic	0.414	4.5
192	Somalia	0.404	2.7
193	South Sudan	0.388	0.0

Source: United Nations Development Programme — Human Development Index (HDI) · Unit: Index, 0 to 1 · Year: 2023 · 193 entries