Countries by Human Development Index

Countries by Human Development Index, UNDP, 2023

#	Country	HDI	Region
1	Iceland	0.972	Northern Europe
=2	Norway	0.970	Northern Europe
=2	Switzerland	0.970	Western Europe
4	Denmark	0.962	Northern Europe
=5	Germany	0.959	Western Europe
=5	Sweden	0.959	Northern Europe
7	Australia	0.958	Australia and New Zealand
8	Netherlands	0.955	Western Europe
9	Belgium	0.951	Western Europe
10	Ireland	0.949	Northern Europe
11	Finland	0.948	Northern Europe
=12	Singapore	0.946	South-Eastern Asia
=12	United Kingdom	0.946	Northern Europe
14	United Arab Emirates	0.940	Western Asia
15	Canada	0.939	Northern America
=16	Liechtenstein	0.938	Western Europe
=16	New Zealand	0.938	Australia and New Zealand
=16	United States	0.938	Northern America
19	South Korea	0.937	Eastern Asia
20	Slovenia	0.931	Southern Europe
21	Austria	0.930	Western Europe
22	Japan	0.925	Eastern Asia
23	Malta	0.924	Southern Europe
24	Luxembourg	0.922	Western Europe
25	France	0.920	Western Europe
26	Israel	0.919	Western Asia
27	Spain	0.918	Southern Europe
=28	Czechia	0.915	Eastern Europe
=28	Italy	0.915	Southern Europe
=28	San Marino	0.915	Southern Europe
=31	Andorra	0.913	Southern Europe
=31	Cyprus	0.913	Western Asia
33	Greece	0.908	Southern Europe
34	Poland	0.906	Eastern Europe
35	Estonia	0.905	Northern Europe
36	Saudi Arabia	0.900	Western Asia
37	Bahrain	0.899	Western Asia
38	Lithuania	0.895	Northern Europe
39	Portugal	0.890	Southern Europe
=40	Croatia	0.889	Southern Europe
=40	Latvia	0.889	Northern Europe
42	Qatar	0.886	Western Asia
43	Slovakia	0.880	Eastern Europe
44	Chile	0.878	South America
45	Hungary	0.870	Eastern Europe
46	Argentina	0.865	South America
=47	Montenegro	0.862	Southern Europe
=47	Uruguay	0.862	South America
49	Oman	0.858	Western Asia
50	Turkey	0.853	Western Asia
51	Kuwait	0.852	Western Asia
52	Antigua and Barbuda	0.851	Caribbean
53	Seychelles	0.848	Eastern Africa
=54	Bulgaria	0.845	Eastern Europe
=54	Romania	0.845	Eastern Europe
56	Georgia	0.844	Western Asia
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.840	Caribbean
58	Panama	0.839	Central America
=59	Brunei	0.837	South-Eastern Asia
=59	Kazakhstan	0.837	Central Asia
=61	Costa Rica	0.833	Central America
=61	Serbia	0.833	Southern Europe
63	Russia	0.832	Eastern Europe
64	Belarus	0.824	Eastern Europe
65	Bahamas	0.820	Caribbean
66	Malaysia	0.819	South-Eastern Asia
67	North Macedonia	0.815	Southern Europe
=68	Armenia	0.811	Western Asia
=68	Barbados	0.811	Caribbean
70	Albania	0.810	Southern Europe
71	Trinidad and Tobago	0.807	Caribbean
72	Mauritius	0.806	Eastern Africa
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.804	Southern Europe
74	Iran	0.799	Southern Asia
=75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.798	Caribbean
=75	Thailand	0.798	South-Eastern Asia
77	China	0.797	Eastern Asia
78	Peru	0.794	South America
79	Grenada	0.791	Caribbean
=80	Azerbaijan	0.789	Western Asia
=80	Mexico	0.789	Central America
82	Colombia	0.788	South America
=83	Brazil	0.786	South America
=83	Palau	0.786	Micronesia
85	Moldova	0.785	Eastern Europe
86	Ukraine	0.779	Eastern Europe
87	Ecuador	0.777	South America
=88	Dominican Republic	0.776	Caribbean
=88	Guyana	0.776	South America
=88	Sri Lanka	0.776	Southern Asia
91	Tonga	0.769	Polynesia
=92	Maldives	0.766	Southern Asia
=92	Vietnam	0.766	South-Eastern Asia
94	Turkmenistan	0.764	Central Asia
95	Algeria	0.763	Northern Africa
96	Cuba	0.762	Caribbean
97	Dominica	0.761	Caribbean
98	Paraguay	0.756	South America
=99	Egypt	0.754	Northern Africa
=99	Jordan	0.754	Western Asia
101	Lebanon	0.752	Western Asia
102	Saint Lucia	0.748	Caribbean
103	Mongolia	0.747	Eastern Asia
104	Tunisia	0.746	Northern Africa
105	South Africa	0.741	Southern Africa
106	Uzbekistan	0.740	Central Asia
=107	Bolivia	0.733	South America
=107	Gabon	0.733	Middle Africa
=107	Marshall Islands	0.733	Micronesia
=110	Botswana	0.731	Southern Africa
=110	Fiji	0.731	Melanesia
112	Indonesia	0.728	South-Eastern Asia
113	Suriname	0.722	South America
=114	Belize	0.721	Central America
=114	Libya	0.721	Northern Africa
=116	Jamaica	0.720	Caribbean
=116	Kyrgyzstan	0.720	Central Asia
=116	Philippines	0.720	South-Eastern Asia
119	Morocco	0.710	Northern Africa
120	Venezuela	0.709	South America
121	Samoa	0.708	Polynesia
122	Nicaragua	0.706	Central America
123	Nauru	0.703	Micronesia
124	Bhutan	0.698	Southern Asia
=125	Eswatini	0.695	Southern Africa
=125	Iraq	0.695	Western Asia
127	Tajikistan	0.691	Central Asia
=128	Bangladesh	0.685	Southern Asia
=128	India	0.685	Southern Asia
130	El Salvador	0.678	Central America
131	Equatorial Guinea	0.674	Middle Africa
132	Cabo Verde	0.668	Western Africa
133	Namibia	0.665	Southern Africa
134	Guatemala	0.662	Central America
135	Congo	0.649	Middle Africa
136	Honduras	0.645	Central America
137	Kiribati	0.644	Micronesia
138	São Tomé and Principe	0.637	Middle Africa
139	Timor-Leste	0.634	South-Eastern Asia
=140	Ghana	0.628	Western Africa
=140	Kenya	0.628	Eastern Africa
142	Nepal	0.622	Southern Asia
143	Vanuatu	0.621	Melanesia
144	Laos	0.617	South-Eastern Asia
145	Angola	0.616	Middle Africa
146	Micronesia	0.615	Micronesia
147	Myanmar	0.609	South-Eastern Asia
148	Cambodia	0.606	South-Eastern Asia
149	Comoros	0.603	Eastern Africa
150	Zimbabwe	0.598	Eastern Africa
151	Zambia	0.595	Eastern Africa
152	Cameroon	0.588	Middle Africa
153	Solomon Islands	0.584	Melanesia
=154	Côte d'Ivoire	0.582	Western Africa
=154	Uganda	0.582	Eastern Africa
156	Rwanda	0.578	Eastern Africa
157	Papua New Guinea	0.576	Melanesia
158	Togo	0.571	Western Africa
159	Syria	0.564	Western Asia
160	Mauritania	0.563	Western Africa
161	Nigeria	0.560	Western Africa
162	Tanzania	0.555	Eastern Africa
163	Haiti	0.554	Caribbean
164	Lesotho	0.550	Southern Africa
165	Pakistan	0.544	Southern Asia
166	Senegal	0.530	Western Africa
167	Gambia	0.524	Western Africa
168	DR Congo	0.522	Middle Africa
169	Malawi	0.517	Eastern Africa
170	Benin	0.515	Western Africa
171	Guinea-Bissau	0.514	Western Africa
172	Djibouti	0.513	Eastern Africa
173	Sudan	0.511	Northern Africa
174	Liberia	0.510	Western Africa
175	Eritrea	0.503	Eastern Africa
176	Guinea	0.500	Western Africa
177	Ethiopia	0.497	Eastern Africa
178	Afghanistan	0.496	Southern Asia
179	Mozambique	0.493	Eastern Africa
180	Madagascar	0.487	Eastern Africa
181	Yemen	0.470	Western Asia
182	Sierra Leone	0.467	Western Africa
183	Burkina Faso	0.459	Western Africa
184	Burundi	0.439	Eastern Africa
=185	Mali	0.419	Western Africa
=185	Niger	0.419	Western Africa
187	Chad	0.416	Middle Africa
188	Central African Republic	0.414	Middle Africa
189	Somalia	0.404	Eastern Africa
190	South Sudan	0.388	Eastern Africa

No UNDP figure for 4 countries: Monaco, North Korea, Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	HDI	Status
Hong Kong	0.955	Territory of China
Palestine	0.674	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the highest human development?

Iceland has the highest human development: an index of 0.972 (2023). Next come Norway (an index of 0.970) and Switzerland (an index of 0.970).

Which country has the lowest human development?

The South Sudan, with an index of 0.388 (2023).

What is the typical human development index of a country?

The median of the 190 countries is an index of 0.762: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The United Nations Development Programme’s index of a long and healthy life, education and a decent standard of living, from 0 to 1. Source: UNDP, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: UNDP. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.