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Table 1: Human Development Index and its components

Human
Development
Index (HDI)
HDI rank Country Value
2014
VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
1 Norway 0.944
2 Australia 0.935
3 Switzerland 0.930
4 Denmark 0.923
5 Netherlands 0.922
6 Germany 0.916
6 Ireland 0.916
8 United States 0.915
9 New Zealand 0.913
9 Canada 0.913
11 Singapore 0.912
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.910
13 Liechtenstein 0.908
14 Sweden 0.907
14 United Kingdom 0.907
16 Iceland 0.899
17 Korea (Republic of) 0.898
Very high human development 0.896
18 Israel 0.894
19 Luxembourg 0.892
20 Japan 0.891
21 Belgium 0.890
22 France 0.888
23 Austria 0.885
24 Finland 0.883
25 Slovenia 0.880
26 Spain 0.876
27 Italy 0.873
28 Czech Republic 0.870
29 Greece 0.865
30 Estonia 0.861
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.856
32 Qatar 0.850
32 Cyprus 0.850
34 Andorra 0.845
35 Slovakia 0.844
36 Poland 0.843
37 Lithuania 0.839
37 Malta 0.839
39 Saudi Arabia 0.837
40 Argentina 0.836
41 United Arab Emirates 0.835
42 Chile 0.832
43 Portugal 0.830
44 Hungary 0.828
45 Bahrain 0.824
46 Latvia 0.819
47 Croatia 0.818
48 Kuwait 0.816
49 Montenegro 0.802
50 Belarus 0.798
50 Russian Federation 0.798
52 Oman 0.793
52 Romania 0.793
52 Uruguay 0.793
55 Bahamas 0.790
56 Kazakhstan 0.788
57 Barbados 0.785
58 Antigua and Barbuda 0.783
59 Bulgaria 0.782 s

60 Palau 0.780
60 Panama 0.780
62 Malaysia 0.779
63 Mauritius 0.777
64 Seychelles 0.772
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.772
66 Serbia 0.771
67 Cuba 0.769
67 Lebanon 0.769
69 Costa Rica 0.766
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.766
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.762
72 Turkey 0.761
73 Sri Lanka 0.757
74 Mexico 0.756
75 Brazil 0.755
76 Georgia 0.754
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.752
78 Azerbaijan 0.751
79 Grenada 0.750
80 Jordan 0.748
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedon 0.747
81 Ukraine 0.747
83 Algeria 0.736
84 Peru 0.734
85 Armenia 0.733
85 Albania 0.733
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.733
88 Ecuador 0.732
89 Saint Lucia 0.729
90 China 0.727
90 Fiji 0.727
90 Mongolia 0.727
93 Thailand 0.726
94 Libya 0.724
94 Dominica 0.724
96 Tunisia 0.721
97 Colombia 0.720
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.720
99 Jamaica 0.719
100 Tonga 0.717
101 Dominican Republic 0.715
101 Belize 0.715
103 Suriname 0.714
World 0.711
104 Maldives 0.706
105 Samoa 0.702
106 Botswana 0.698
107 Moldova (Republic of) 0.693
108 Egypt 0.690
109 Turkmenistan 0.688
110 Indonesia 0.684
110 Gabon 0.684
112 Paraguay 0.679
113 Palestine, State of 0.677
114 Uzbekistan 0.675
115 Philippines 0.668
116 South Africa 0.666
116 El Salvador 0.666
116 Viet Nam 0.666
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.662
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.655
121 Iraq 0.654
122 Cabo Verde 0.646
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.640
124 Guyana 0.636
125 Nicaragua 0.631
Medium human development 0.630
126 Morocco 0.628
126 Namibia 0.628
128 Guatemala 0.627
129 Tajikistan 0.624
130 India 0.609
131 Honduras 0.606
132 Bhutan 0.605
133 Timor-Leste 0.595
134 Vanuatu 0.594
134 Syrian Arab Republic 0.594
136 Congo 0.591
137 Kiribati 0.590
138 Equatorial Guinea 0.587
139 Zambia 0.586
140 Ghana 0.579
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.575
142 Bangladesh 0.570
143 Sao Tome and Principe 0.555
143 Cambodia 0.555
145 Kenya 0.548
145 Nepal 0.548
147 Pakistan 0.538
148 Myanmar 0.536
149 Angola 0.532
150 Swaziland 0.531
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.521
152 Nigeria 0.514
153 Cameroon 0.512
154 Madagascar 0.510
155 Zimbabwe 0.509
156 Mauritania 0.506
156 Solomon Islands 0.506
158 Papua New Guinea 0.505
Low human development 0.505
159 Comoros 0.503
160 Yemen 0.498
161 Lesotho 0.497
162 Togo 0.484
163 Haiti 0.483
163 Rwanda 0.483
163 Uganda 0.483
166 Benin 0.480
167 Sudan 0.479
168 Djibouti 0.470
169 South Sudan 0.467
170 Senegal 0.466
171 Afghanistan 0.465
172 Cte d'Ivoire 0.462
173 Malawi 0.445
174 Ethiopia 0.442
175 Gambia 0.441
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.433
177 Liberia 0.430
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.420
179 Mali 0.419
180 Mozambique 0.416
181 Sierra Leone 0.413
182 Guinea 0.411
183 Burkina Faso 0.402
184 Burundi 0.400
185 Chad 0.392
186 Eritrea 0.391
187 Central African Republic 0.350
188 Niger 0.348
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Human development groups
Regions

Notes
a. Data refer to 2014 or the most recent year available.
b. Based on Barro and Lee (2013b).
c. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, expected years of schooling is capped at 18 years.
d. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and Barro and Lee (201
e. Based on Barro and Lee (2014).
f. Based on data from the national statistical office.
g. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, GNI per capita is capped at $75,000.
h. Value from UNDESA (2011).
i. Calculated as the average of mean years of schooling for Austria and Switzerland.
j. Estimated using the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate and projected growth rate of Switzerland.
k. HDRO estimate based on data from World Bank (2015a) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
l. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
m. Assumes the same adult mean years of schooling as Spain.
n. Estimated
s. The 2013 HDI usingvaluethe PPP rate and
published projected growth rate of Spain.
in the
2014
o. Based Human Development
on data from UNESCO ReportInstitute
was for Statistics (2011).
based
p. Based on onmiscalculated
data on school GNIlife
perexpectancy
capita in from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013).
2011 PPP dollars, as published in the
q. Based on data from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for 20
World Bank (2014). A more realistic
r. Based
value, on cross-country
based on the modelregression.
developed by
HDRO and verified and accepted by
Cubas National Statistics Office, is
$7,222. The corresponding 2013 HDI
value is 0.759 and the rank is 69th.
t.
u.Based
HDROon a cross-country
calculations basedregression
on data from model and projected
National growth
Institute for rates from
Educational ECLAC
Studies of (2014).
Brazil (2013).
x. Based on projected growth rates from UNESCWA (2014).
v. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and a UNICEF Multiple I
z. Updated by HDRO based on data from
w. Based on
UNESCO data on
Institute forschool life expectancy
Statistics (2015), from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012).
y. Based
an ICF Macro on data from ICF Macro
Demographic and HealthDemographic and Health Surveys for 20052014.
Survey and Barro and
Human Development Index (HDI): A Lee (2014).
aa. Updated
composite by HDRO
index measuring based on data from a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.
average
achievement in three basic
ab. Based on data from Timor-Leste Ministrydimensions of of Finance (2015).
human developmenta long and healthy
life, knowledge and a decent standard of
Definitions
living. See Technical note 1Number
at
Life expectancy at birth: of
http://hdr.undp.org/en
years a newborn infant for details
could on how
expect to
Expected
the HDI years of schooling: Number
is calculated.
live if prevailing patterns
of years of schooling that a child of of age-specific
mortality
school rates atage
entrance the cantimeexpect
of birthtostay the
Gross
same national income
throughout the (GNI)
infants per
life.
receive if prevailingincome
capita: Aggregate patterns of of
anage-
economy
Mean
specific
generated years byof
enrolmentitsschooling:
rates persist
production Average
and its
number
throughout
ownership of years
the
of of education
childs
factors oflife. received
production, lessby
people ages 25 and older,
the incomes paid for the use of factors converted from
of
education attainment levels
production owned by the rest of the using official
durations of eachtolevel.
world, converted international dollars
using PPP rates, divided by midyear
Column
population. 1: HDRO calculations based on
data from UNDESA (2015), UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (2015), United
Main
Nations data sources
Statistics Division (2015), World
Bank (2015a), Barro and Lee (2014) and
IMF (2015).
Column 2: UNDESA (2015).
Column 3: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Column 4: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), UNICEF Multiple Indicator Clust
Column 5: World Bank (2015a), IMF (2015) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
Column 6: Calculated based on data in columns 1 and 5.
s capped at 18 years.
015) and Barro and Lee (2014).

wth rate of Switzerland.


ns Statistics Division (2015).
tics (2013).
icator Cluster Surveys for 20052014.

m ECLAC (2014).

15) and a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.


tics (2012).

er Survey.

ICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys.
ision (2015).
Table 1: Human Development Index and its components

Life expectancy
at birth
HDI rank Country (years)
2014
VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Marshall Islands ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
San Marino ..
Tuvalu ..
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 84.0
20 Japan 83.5
27 Italy 83.1
3 Switzerland 83.0
11 Singapore 83.0
16 Iceland 82.6
26 Spain 82.6
2 Australia 82.4
18 Israel 82.4
14 Sweden 82.2
22 France 82.2
9 Canada 82.0
17 Korea (Republic of) 81.9
9 New Zealand 81.8
19 Luxembourg 81.7
42 Chile 81.7
1 Norway 81.6
5 Netherlands 81.6
23 Austria 81.4
34 Andorra 81.3
6 Germany 80.9
6 Ireland 80.9
29 Greece 80.9
43 Portugal 80.9
21 Belgium 80.8
24 Finland 80.8
14 United Kingdom 80.7
37 Malta 80.6
Very high human development 80.5
25 Slovenia 80.4
4 Denmark 80.2
32 Cyprus 80.2
Organisation for Economic Co-operati 80.2
13 Liechtenstein 80.0
67 Cuba 79.4
69 Costa Rica 79.4
67 Lebanon 79.3
8 United States 79.1
31 Brunei Darussalam 78.8
28 Czech Republic 78.6
32 Qatar 78.2
85 Albania 77.8
94 Dominica 77.8
60 Panama 77.6
36 Poland 77.4
47 Croatia 77.3
52 Uruguay 77.2
41 United Arab Emirates 77.0
30 Estonia 76.8
52 Oman 76.8
74 Mexico 76.8
104 Maldives 76.8
45 Bahrain 76.6
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.5
35 Slovakia 76.3
40 Argentina 76.3
49 Montenegro 76.2
58 Antigua and Barbuda 76.1
88 Ecuador 75.9
90 China 75.8
116 Viet Nam 75.8
99 Jamaica 75.7
57 Barbados 75.6
55 Bahamas 75.4
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 75.4
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedon 75.4
72 Turkey 75.3
44 Hungary 75.2
89 Saint Lucia 75.1
High human development 75.1
Latin America and the Caribbean 75.0
66 Serbia 74.9
73 Sri Lanka 74.9
76 Georgia 74.9
125 Nicaragua 74.9
83 Algeria 74.8
96 Tunisia 74.8
52 Romania 74.7
62 Malaysia 74.7
85 Armenia 74.7
84 Peru 74.6
75 Brazil 74.5
48 Kuwait 74.4
63 Mauritius 74.4
93 Thailand 74.4
39 Saudi Arabia 74.3
46 Latvia 74.2
59 Bulgaria 74.2
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 74.2
East Asia and the Pacific 74.0
80 Jordan 74.0
97 Colombia 74.0
126 Morocco 74.0
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 73.8
101 Dominican Republic 73.5
79 Grenada 73.4
105 Samoa 73.4
37 Lithuania 73.3
122 Cabo Verde 73.3
64 Seychelles 73.1
131 Honduras 73.1
116 El Salvador 73.0
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.9
112 Paraguay 72.9
113 Palestine, State of 72.9
100 Tonga 72.8
60 Palau 72.7
Europe and Central Asia 72.3
134 Vanuatu 71.9
128 Guatemala 71.8
94 Libya 71.6
107 Moldova (Republic of) 71.6
142 Bangladesh 71.6
World 71.5
50 Belarus 71.3
103 Suriname 71.1
108 Egypt 71.1
81 Ukraine 71.0
78 Azerbaijan 70.8
Arab States 70.6
120 Kyrgyzstan 70.6
64 Trinidad and Tobago 70.4
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 70.3
Small island developing states 70.1
50 Russian Federation 70.1
90 Fiji 70.0
101 Belize 70.0
Developing countries 69.8
134 Syrian Arab Republic 69.6
145 Nepal 69.6
132 Bhutan 69.5
56 Kazakhstan 69.4
90 Mongolia 69.4
121 Iraq 69.4
129 Tajikistan 69.4
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 69.1
110 Indonesia 68.9
Medium human development 68.6
South Asia 68.4
114 Uzbekistan 68.4
143 Cambodia 68.4
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.3
115 Philippines 68.2
133 Timor-Leste 68.2
130 India 68.0
156 Solomon Islands 67.9
143 Sao Tome and Principe 66.5
170 Senegal 66.5
124 Guyana 66.4
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.2
147 Pakistan 66.2
137 Kiribati 66.0
148 Myanmar 65.9
109 Turkmenistan 65.6
154 Madagascar 65.1
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 65.0
126 Namibia 64.8
106 Botswana 64.5
110 Gabon 64.4
163 Rwanda 64.2
174 Ethiopia 64.1
160 Yemen 63.8
186 Eritrea 63.7
167 Sudan 63.5
159 Comoros 63.3
Least developed countries 63.3
156 Mauritania 63.1
163 Haiti 62.8
173 Malawi 62.8
158 Papua New Guinea 62.6
136 Congo 62.3
168 Djibouti 62.0
145 Kenya 61.6
140 Ghana 61.4
188 Niger 61.4
177 Liberia 60.9
Low human development 60.6
171 Afghanistan 60.4
175 Gambia 60.2
139 Zambia 60.1
162 Togo 59.7
166 Benin 59.6
182 Guinea 58.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 58.7
183 Burkina Faso 58.7
163 Uganda 58.5
Sub-Saharan Africa 58.5
179 Mali 58.0
138 Equatorial Guinea 57.6
155 Zimbabwe 57.5
116 South Africa 57.4
184 Burundi 56.7
169 South Sudan 55.7
153 Cameroon 55.5
Somalia 55.4
178 Guinea-Bissau 55.2
180 Mozambique 55.1
152 Nigeria 52.8
149 Angola 52.3
185 Chad 51.6
172 Cte d'Ivoire 51.5
181 Sierra Leone 50.9
187 Central African Republic 50.7
161 Lesotho 49.8
150 Swaziland 49.0
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Human development groups

Regions

Notes
a. Data refer to 2014 or the most recent year available.
b. Based on Barro and Lee (2013b).
c. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, expected years of schooling is capped at 18 years.
d. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and Barro and Lee (201
e. Based on Barro and Lee (2014).
f. Based on data from the national statistical office.
g. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, GNI per capita is capped at $75,000.
h. Value from UNDESA (2011).
i. Calculated as the average of mean years of schooling for Austria and Switzerland.
j. Estimated using the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate and projected growth rate of Switzerland.
k. HDRO estimate based on data from World Bank (2015a) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
l. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
m. Assumes the same adult mean years of schooling as Spain.
n. Estimated
s. The using
2013 HDI the PPP
value rate and
published projected growth rate of Spain.
in the
2014 Human
o. Based Development
on data from UNESCO ReportInstitute
was for Statistics (2011).
based on miscalculated GNI per capita
p. Based on data on school life expectancy in from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013).
2011 PPP dollars, as published in the
q. Based on data from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for 20
World Bank (2014). A more realistic
r. Based
value, on cross-country
based on the modelregression.
developed by
HDRO and verified and accepted by
Cubas National Statistics Office, is
$7,222. The corresponding 2013 HDI
value is 0.759 and the rank is 69th.
t.
u.Based
HDROon a cross-country
calculations basedregression
on data from model and projected
National growth
Institute for rates from
Educational ECLAC
Studies of (2014).
Brazil (2013).
x. Based on projected growth rates from UNESCWA (2014).
v. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and a UNICEF Multiple I
z. Updated by HDRO based on data from
w. Based on
UNESCO data on
Institute forschool life expectancy
Statistics (2015), from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012).
y.
anBased on data
ICF Macro from ICF Macro
Demographic Demographic and Health Surveys for 20052014.
and Health
Survey and
Human Barro and Lee
Development (2014).
Index (HDI): A
aa. Updated by HDRO based
composite index measuring average on data from a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.
achievement
ab. Based on in three
data basic
from dimensions
Timor-Leste of
Ministry of Finance (2015).
human developmenta long and healthy
life, knowledge and a decent standard of
Definitions
living. See Technical note 1 at
http://hdr.undp.org/en for details on how
the HDI is calculated.
Life expectancy at birth: Number of
years
Expecteda newborn
years ofinfant could expect
schooling: Numberto
live if prevailing patterns of
of years of schooling that a child ofage-specific
mortality rates atage
school entrance the can
timeexpect
of birthtostay the
Gross
same national income
throughout the (GNI)
infants per
life.
receive Aggregate
capita: if prevailingincome
patterns of of
anage-
economy
Mean
specificyears
generated byofitsschooling:
enrolment rates persist
production Average
and its
number
throughout
ownership of years
the
of of education
childs
factors oflife. received
production, lessby
people ages 25 and older, converted
the incomes paid for the use of factors from
of
education attainment levels
production owned by the rest of the using official
durations of eachtolevel.
world, converted international dollars
using PPP rates, divided by midyear
Column
population.1: HDRO calculations based on
data from UNDESA (2015), UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (2015), United
Main
Nations data sources
Statistics Division (2015), World
Bank (2015a), Barro and Lee (2014) and
IMF (2015).
Column 2: UNDESA (2015).
Column 3: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Column 4: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), UNICEF Multiple Indicator Clust
Column 5: World Bank (2015a), IMF (2015) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
Column 6: Calculated based on data in columns 1 and 5.
s capped at 18 years.
015) and Barro and Lee (2014).

wth rate of Switzerland.


ns Statistics Division (2015).

tics (2013).
icator Cluster Surveys for 20052014.

m ECLAC (2014).

15) and a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.


tics (2012).

er Survey.
ICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys.
ision (2015).
Table 1: Human Development Index and its components

Expected years
of schooling
HDI rank Country (years)
2014 a

VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


1 Norway 17.5
2 Australia 20.2 c

3 Switzerland 15.8
4 Denmark 18.7 c

5 Netherlands 17.9
6 Germany 16.5
6 Ireland 18.6 c

8 United States 16.5


9 Canada 15.9
9 New Zealand 19.2 c

11 Singapore 15.4 f

12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 15.6


13 Liechtenstein h
15.0
14 Sweden 15.8
14 United Kingdom 16.2
16 Iceland 19.0 c

17 Korea (Republic of) 16.9


18 Israel 16.0
19 Luxembourg 13.9
20 Japan 15.3
21 Belgium 16.3
22 France 16.0
23 Austria 15.7
24 Finland 17.1
25 Slovenia 16.8
26 Spain 17.3
27 Italy 16.0
28 Czech Republic 16.4
29 Greece 17.6
30 Estonia 16.5
31 Brunei Darussalam 14.5
32 Cyprus 14.0
32 Qatar 13.8 l
34 Andorra h
13.5 f

35 Slovakia 15.1
36 Poland 15.5
37 Lithuania 16.4
37 Malta 14.4
39 Saudi Arabia 16.3
40 Argentina 17.9
41 United Arab Emirates 13.3 o

42 Chile 15.2
43 Portugal 16.3
44 Hungary 15.4
45 Bahrain 14.4 p

46 Latvia 15.2
47 Croatia 14.8
48 Kuwait 14.7 l

49 Montenegro 15.2
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
50 Belarus 15.7
50 Russian Federation 14.7
52 Oman 13.6
52 Romania 14.2
52 Uruguay 15.5
55 Bahamas 12.6 r

56 Kazakhstan 15.0
57 Barbados 15.4
58 Antigua and Barbuda 14.0
59 Bulgaria 14.4
60 Palau h
13.7
60 Panama 13.3
62 Malaysia 12.7 l

63 Mauritius 15.6
64 Seychelles 13.4
64 Trinidad and Tobago 12.3 l

66 Serbia 14.4
67 Cuba 13.8
67 Lebanon 13.8
69 Costa Rica 13.9
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15.1
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.2
72 Turkey 14.5
73 Sri Lanka 13.7
74 Mexico 13.1
75 Brazil 15.2 u

76 Georgia 13.8
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis h
12.9
78 Azerbaijan 11.9
79 Grenada 15.8
80 Jordan 13.5
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 13.4
81 Ukraine 15.1
83 Algeria 14.0
84 Peru 13.1
85 Albania 11.8 l

85 Armenia 12.3
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.6
88 Ecuador 14.2
89 Saint Lucia 12.6
90 China 13.1
90 Fiji 15.7 l

90 Mongolia 14.6
93 Thailand 13.5
94 Dominica h
12.7 w

94 Libya 14.0 l

96 Tunisia 14.6
97 Colombia 13.5
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.4 l

99 Jamaica 12.4
100 Tonga 14.7
101 Belize 13.6
101 Dominican Republic 13.1
103 Suriname 12.7 l

104 Maldives 13.0 l

105 Samoa 12.9 f

MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


106 Botswana 12.5
107 Moldova (Republic of) 11.9
108 Egypt 13.5
109 Turkmenistan 10.8
110 Gabon 12.5 l

110 Indonesia 13.0


112 Paraguay 11.9
113 Palestine, State of 13.0
114 Uzbekistan 11.5
115 Philippines 11.3
116 El Salvador 12.3
116 South Africa 13.6
116 Viet Nam 11.9 w
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.2
120 Kyrgyzstan 12.5
121 Iraq 10.1
122 Cabo Verde 13.5
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11.7
124 Guyana 10.3
125 Nicaragua 11.5 l

126 Morocco 11.6


126 Namibia 11.3
128 Guatemala 10.7
129 Tajikistan 11.2
130 India 11.7
131 Honduras 11.1
132 Bhutan 12.6
133 Timor-Leste 11.7
134 Syrian Arab Republic 12.3
134 Vanuatu 10.6 l

136 Congo 11.1


137 Kiribati 12.3
138 Equatorial Guinea 9.0 l

139 Zambia 13.5


140 Ghana 11.5
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.6
142 Bangladesh 10.0
143 Cambodia 10.9
143 Sao Tome and Principe 11.3
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
145 Kenya 11.0
145 Nepal 12.4
147 Pakistan 7.8
148 Myanmar 8.6
149 Angola 11.4
150 Swaziland 11.3
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 9.2
152 Nigeria 9.0 l

153 Cameroon 10.4


154 Madagascar 10.3
155 Zimbabwe 10.9
156 Mauritania 8.5
156 Solomon Islands 9.2
158 Papua New Guinea 9.9 r

159 Comoros 11.5


160 Yemen 9.2
161 Lesotho 11.1
162 Togo 12.2
163 Haiti 8.7 r

163 Rwanda 10.3


163 Uganda 9.8
166 Benin 11.1
167 Sudan 7.0
168 Djibouti 6.4
169 South Sudan 7.6 r

170 Senegal 7.9


171 Afghanistan 9.3
172 Cte d'Ivoire 8.9
173 Malawi 10.8
174 Ethiopia 8.5
175 Gambia 8.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 9.8
177 Liberia 9.5 l

178 Guinea-Bissau 9.0


179 Mali 8.4
180 Mozambique 9.3
181 Sierra Leone 8.6 l

182 Guinea 8.7


183 Burkina Faso 7.8
184 Burundi 10.1
185 Chad 7.4
186 Eritrea 4.1
187 Central African Republic 7.2
188 Niger 5.4
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Monaco ..
Nauru 9.3
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..

Human development groups


Very high human development 16.4
High human development 13.6
Medium human development 11.8
Low human development 9.0

Developing countries 11.7

Regions
Arab States 12.0
East Asia and the Pacific 12.7
Europe and Central Asia 13.6
Latin America and the Caribbean 14.0
South Asia 11.2
Sub-Saharan Africa 9.6

Least developed countries 9.3


Small island developing states 11.4

Organisation for Economic Co-operation 15.8

World 12.2

Notes
a. Data refer to 2014 or the most recent year available.
b. Based on Barro and Lee (2013b).
c. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, expected years of schooling is capped at 18 years.
d. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and Barro and Lee (201
e. Based on Barro and Lee (2014).
f. Based on data from the national statistical office.
g. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, GNI per capita is capped at $75,000.
h. Value from UNDESA (2011).
i. Calculated as the average of mean years of schooling for Austria and Switzerland.
j. Estimated using the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate and projected growth rate of Switzerland.
k. HDRO estimate based on data from World Bank (2015a) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
l. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
m. Assumes the same adult mean years of schooling as Spain.
n. Estimated using the PPP rate and projected growth rate of Spain.
o. Based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2011).
p. Based on data on school life expectancy from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013).
q. Based on data from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for 20
s. The 2013 HDI value published in the 2014 Human Development
r. Basedwas
Report on based
cross-country regression.
on miscalculated GNI per capita in 2011 PPP
dollars, as published in the World Bank (2014). A more realistic
value, based on the model developed by HDRO and verified and
accepted by Cubas National Statistics Office, is $7,222. The
corresponding 2013 HDI value is 0.759 and the rank is 69th.
t.
u.Based
HDROon a cross-country
calculations basedregression model
on data from and projected
National growth
Institute for rates from
Educational ECLAC
Studies of (2014).
Brazil (2013).
x. Based on projected growth rates from UNESCWA (2014).
v. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and a UNICEF Multiple I
w. Based on data on school life expectancy from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012).
y. Based on
Statistics data from
(2015), ICF
an ICF Macro
Macro Demographic
Demographic andand Health
Health Surveys for 20052014.
Survey
and Barro and Lee (2014).
aa. Updated by HDRO based on data from a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.
ab. Based on data from Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance (2015).
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring
average achievement in three basic dimensions of human
Definitions
developmenta long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent
standard of living. See Technical note 1 at http://hdr.undp.org/en for
details on how theatHDI
Life expectancy is calculated.
birth: Number of years a newborn infant could
expect to live if prevailing patterns
Expected years of schooling: Number of age-specific mortality
of years of schoolingrates
thatata
the time of birth stay the same throughout the infants life.
child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing
patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist throughout the
childs life.
Mean
Grossyears
nationalof schooling:
income (GNI)Average number
per capita: of years of
Aggregate education
income of an
received by people ages 25 and older, converted from education
economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of
attainment
production,levels using
less the officialpaid
incomes durations
for theof each
use level. of production
of factors
owned by the rest of the world, converted to international dollars
using PPP rates, divided by midyear population.
Column 1: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2015),
Main
UNESCOdataInstitute
sourcesfor Statistics (2015), United Nations Statistics
Division (2015), World Bank (2015a), Barro and Lee (2014) and IMF
(2015).
Column 2: UNDESA (2015).
Column 3: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Column 4: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), UNICEF Multiple Indicator Clust
Column 5: World Bank (2015a), IMF (2015) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
Column 6: Calculated based on data in columns 1 and 5.
pped at 18 years.
and Barro and Lee (2014).

ate of Switzerland.
tatistics Division (2015).

or Cluster Surveys for 20052014.

CLAC (2014).

and a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.


F Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys.
Table 9: Health outcomes

Physicians

HDI rank Country (per 10,000 people)


b
20012013 a

VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.1
177 Liberia 0.1
173 Malawi 0.2
188 Niger 0.2
181 Sierra Leone 0.2
174 Ethiopia 0.3
184 Burundi 0.3
Somalia 0.4
185 Chad 0.4
180 Mozambique 0.4
183 Burkina Faso 0.5
187 Central African Republic 0.5
161 Lesotho 0.5
186 Eritrea 0.5
158 Papua New Guinea 0.5
162 Togo 0.5
163 Rwanda 0.6
166 Benin 0.6
170 Senegal 0.6
155 Zimbabwe 0.6
139 Zambia 0.7
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.7
133 Timor-Leste 0.7
153 Cameroon 0.8
179 Mali 0.8
136 Congo 1.0
140 Ghana 1.0
182 Guinea 1.0
175 Gambia 1.1
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 1.1
134 Vanuatu 1.2
163 Uganda 1.2
156 Mauritania 1.3
172 Cte d'Ivoire 1.4
159 Comoros 1.5
154 Madagascar 1.6
149 Angola 1.7
150 Swaziland 1.7
Least developed countries 1.8
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.8
145 Kenya 1.8
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.8
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.9
160 Yemen 2.0
110 Indonesia 2.0
145 Nepal 2.1
124 Guyana 2.1
156 Solomon Islands 2.2
143 Cambodia 2.3
168 Djibouti 2.3
171 Afghanistan 2.3
132 Bhutan 2.6
167 Sudan 2.8
Low human development 2.9
110 Gabon 2.9
122 Cabo Verde 3.0
138 Equatorial Guinea 3.0
106 Botswana 3.4
142 Bangladesh 3.6
131 Honduras 3.7
125 Nicaragua 3.7
126 Namibia 3.7
137 Kiribati 3.8
93 Thailand 3.9
152 Nigeria 4.1
99 Jamaica 4.1
90 Fiji 4.3
Marshall Islands 4.4
105 Samoa 4.5
89 Saint Lucia 4.7
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.7
143 Sao Tome and Principe 4.9
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.3
100 Tonga 5.6
121 Iraq 6.1
148 Myanmar 6.1
126 Morocco 6.2
79 Grenada 6.6
South Asia 6.8
73 Sri Lanka 6.8
130 India 7.0
Nauru 7.1
39 Saudi Arabia 7.7
Medium human development 7.7
116 South Africa 7.8
147 Pakistan 8.3
101 Belize 8.3
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.9
103 Suriname 9.1 e

45 Bahrain 9.1
128 Guatemala 9.3
42 Chile 10.2
Developing countries 10.3
63 Mauritius 10.6
Tuvalu 10.9
112 Paraguay 11.1
69 Costa Rica 11.1
84 Peru 11.3
85 Albania 11.5
115 Philippines 11.5
116 Viet Nam 11.6
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7
64 Trinidad and Tobago 11.8
62 Malaysia 12.0
83 Algeria 12.1
East Asia and the Pacific 12.2
96 Tunisia 12.2
World 13.8
60 Palau 13.8
Arab States 13.8
104 Maldives 14.2
90 China 14.6
97 Colombia 14.7
101 Dominican Republic 14.9
31 Brunei Darussalam 15.0
134 Syrian Arab Republic 15.0
64 Seychelles 15.1
60 Panama 15.5
94 Dominica 15.9
116 El Salvador 16.0
88 Ecuador 16.9
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.9
72 Turkey 17.1
High human development 17.6
48 Kuwait 17.9
57 Barbados 18.1
75 Brazil 18.9
Latin America and the Caribbean 18.9
129 Tajikistan 19.0
94 Libya 19.0
11 Singapore 19.2
41 United Arab Emirates 19.3
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19.4
120 Kyrgyzstan 19.6
49 Montenegro 19.8
9 Canada 20.7
74 Mexico 21.0
66 Serbia 21.1
17 Korea (Republic of) 21.4
36 Poland 22.0
52 Oman 22.2
Small island developing states 22.6
32 Cyprus 22.9
20 Japan 23.0
114 Uzbekistan 23.8
52 Romania 23.9
8 United States 24.5
25 Slovenia 25.2
80 Jordan 25.6
Europe and Central Asia 25.9
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Maced 26.2
85 Armenia 26.9
Organisation for Economic Co-opera 27.0
6 Ireland 27.2
9 New Zealand 27.4
90 Mongolia 27.6
Very high human development 27.9
14 United Kingdom 27.9
55 Bahamas 28.2
19 Luxembourg 28.2
108 Egypt 28.3
47 Croatia 28.4
107 Moldova (Republic of) 28.6
46 Latvia 28.8
24 Finland 29.1
44 Hungary 29.6
21 Belgium 29.9
35 Slovakia 30.0
5 Netherlands 31.5
40 Argentina 31.6
22 France 31.8
67 Lebanon 32.0
30 Estonia 32.6
14 Sweden 32.7
2 Australia 32.7
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 32.9
18 Israel 33.5
43 Portugal 34.2
4 Denmark 34.2
78 Azerbaijan 34.3
16 Iceland 34.8
37 Malta 35.0
81 Ukraine 35.3
56 Kazakhstan 35.8
28 Czech Republic 36.2
26 Spain 37.0
34 Andorra 37.0
52 Uruguay 37.4
1 Norway 37.4
50 Belarus 37.6
6 Germany 38.1
59 Bulgaria 38.1
3 Switzerland 39.4
27 Italy 40.9
37 Lithuania 41.2
109 Turkmenistan 41.8
76 Georgia 42.4
50 Russian Federation 43.1
29 Greece 43.8
23 Austria 48.3
San Marino 51.3
67 Cuba 67.2
Monaco 71.7
32 Qatar 77.4
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
13 Liechtenstein ..
58 Antigua and Barbuda ..
113 Palestine, State of ..
163 Haiti ..
169 South Sudan ..
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES

Human development groups

Regions

Notes
a. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
b. Data are annual average of projected values for 20102015.
c. Refers to a year earlier than that specified.
d. 0.1 or less.
e. Refers to 2012.
T. From original data source.

DEFINITIONS
Infants exclusively breastfed: Percentage of children ages 05 months who are fed exclusively with
Infants lacking immunization against DPT: Percentage of surviving infants who have not received th
Infants lacking immunization against measles: Percentage of surviving infants who have not receiv
Infant mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 1, expressed per 1,000 live b
Under-five mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 5, expressed per 1,000
Stunted children: Percentage of children ages 059 months who are more than two standard deveia
Public health expenditure: Current
Adult mortality
and capital rate:on
spending Probability that a 15-year-old will die before reaching age 60, expressed per 1,0
health from
Deaths due (central
government to malaria:
and Number
local) of deaths due to malaria from confirmed and probable cases, expres
budgets, external borrowing
Deaths due to tuberculosis: and
Number of deaths due to tuberculosis from confirmed and probable cas
grants (including donations from
HIV prevalence, adult: Percentage of the population ages 1549 who are living with HIV.
international agencies and
Life expectancy at age 60: Additional number of years that a 60-year-old could expect to live if preva
nongovernmental organizations) and
Physicians: Number ofhealth
social (or compulsory) medical doctors (physicians), both generalists and specialists, expressed per
insurance funds, expressed as a
percentage of GDP.

Main data sources


Columns 16: UNICEF (2015).
Columns 711 and 13: WHO (2015).
Column 12: UNDESA (2013a).
Column 14: World Bank (2015b).
are fed exclusively with breast milk in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
ho have not received their first dose of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus vaccine.
nts who have not received the first dose of measles vaccine.
ressed per 1,000 live births.
5, expressed per 1,000 live births.
an two standard deveiations below the median height-for-age of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standa
e 60, expressed per 1,000 people.
probable cases, expressed per 100,000 people.
rmed and probable cases, expressed per 100,000 people.
g with HIV.
d expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates stay the same throughout the rest of his or her life.
cialists, expressed per 10,000 people.
n (WHO) Child Growth Standards.

the rest of his or her life.


Table 9: Health outcomes

Public health
expenditure

HDI rank Country (% of GDP)


a
2013

VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Switzerland ..
4 Denmark ..
5 Netherlands ..
6 Germany ..
6 Ireland ..
8 United States 19.7
9 Canada 17.1
9 New Zealand 16.5
11 Singapore 12.9
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 12.6
13 Liechtenstein 12.3
14 Sweden 12.2
14 United Kingdom 11.8
16 Iceland 11.8
17 Korea (Republic of) 11.7
18 Israel 11.5
19 Luxembourg 11.5
20 Japan 11.3
21 Belgium 11.2
22 France 11.1
23 Austria 11.0
24 Finland 10.9
25 Slovenia 10.8
26 Spain 10.6
27 Italy 10.6
28 Czech Republic 10.3
29 Greece 10.1
30 Estonia 10.0
31 Brunei Darussalam 9.9
32 Cyprus 9.9
32 Qatar 9.9
34 Andorra 9.8
35 Slovakia 9.8
36 Poland 9.7
37 Lithuania 9.7
37 Malta 9.7
39 Saudi Arabia 9.7
40 Argentina 9.6
41 United Arab Emirates 9.6
42 Chile 9.4
43 Portugal 9.4
44 Hungary 9.4
45 Bahrain 9.2
46 Latvia 9.1
47 Croatia 9.1
48 Kuwait 9.1
49 Montenegro 9.0
50 Belarus 9.0
50 Russian Federation 8.9
52 Oman 8.9
52 Romania 8.9
52 Uruguay 8.9
55 Bahamas 8.8
56 Kazakhstan 8.8
57 Barbados 8.7
58 Antigua and Barbuda 8.6
59 Bulgaria 8.6
60 Palau 8.5
60 Panama 8.4
62 Malaysia 8.3
63 Mauritius 8.3
64 Seychelles 8.2
64 Trinidad and Tobago 8.1
66 Serbia 8.1
67 Cuba 8.0
67 Lebanon 8.0
69 Costa Rica 7.8
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.7
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.7
72 Turkey 7.6
73 Sri Lanka 7.6
74 Mexico 7.5
75 Brazil 7.5
76 Georgia 7.4
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.3
78 Azerbaijan 7.3
79 Grenada 7.3
80 Jordan 7.3
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Maced 7.2
81 Ukraine 7.2
83 Algeria 7.2
84 Peru 7.2
85 Albania 7.2
85 Armenia 7.2
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.1
88 Ecuador 7.1
89 Saint Lucia 7.1
90 China 6.9
90 Fiji 6.9
90 Mongolia 6.8
93 Thailand 6.8
94 Dominica 6.8
94 Libya 6.8
96 Tunisia 6.7
97 Colombia 6.7
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.7
99 Jamaica 6.6
100 Tonga 6.5
101 Belize 6.5
101 Dominican Republic 6.5
103 Suriname 6.5
104 Maldives 6.5
105 Samoa 6.5
106 Botswana 6.5
107 Moldova (Republic of) 6.5
108 Egypt 6.4
109 Turkmenistan 6.4
110 Gabon 6.4 e

110 Indonesia 6.3


112 Paraguay 6.3
113 Palestine, State of 6.2
114 Uzbekistan 6.2
115 Philippines 6.2
116 El Salvador 6.1
116 South Africa 6.1
116 Viet Nam 6.1
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 6.0
121 Iraq 6.0
122 Cabo Verde 6.0
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 6.0
124 Guyana 6.0
125 Nicaragua 5.9
126 Morocco 5.9
126 Namibia 5.8
128 Guatemala 5.8
129 Tajikistan 5.7
130 India 5.7
131 Honduras 5.7
132 Bhutan 5.6
133 Timor-Leste 5.6
134 Syrian Arab Republic 5.6
134 Vanuatu 5.6
136 Congo 5.6
137 Kiribati 5.5
138 Equatorial Guinea 5.4
139 Zambia 5.4
140 Ghana 5.4
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.4
142 Bangladesh 5.4
143 Cambodia 5.3
143 Sao Tome and Principe 5.3
145 Kenya 5.3
145 Nepal 5.3
147 Pakistan 5.2
148 Myanmar 5.2
149 Angola 5.2
150 Swaziland 5.1
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 5.1
152 Nigeria 5.1
153 Cameroon 5.1
154 Madagascar 5.0
155 Zimbabwe 4.9
156 Mauritania 4.9
156 Solomon Islands 4.8
158 Papua New Guinea 4.8
159 Comoros 4.7
160 Yemen 4.7
161 Lesotho 4.6
162 Togo 4.6
163 Haiti 4.6
163 Rwanda 4.6
163 Uganda 4.5
166 Benin 4.5
167 Sudan 4.5
168 Djibouti 4.5
169 South Sudan 4.4
170 Senegal 4.4
171 Afghanistan 4.3
172 Cte d'Ivoire 4.3
173 Malawi 4.3
174 Ethiopia 4.2
175 Gambia 4.2
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 4.1
177 Liberia 4.1
178 Guinea-Bissau 4.1
179 Mali 4.0
180 Mozambique 4.0
181 Sierra Leone 4.0
182 Guinea 4.0
183 Burkina Faso 3.9
184 Burundi 3.9
185 Chad 3.9
186 Eritrea 3.8
187 Central African Republic 3.8
188 Niger 3.8
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 3.7
Marshall Islands 3.6
Monaco 3.6
Nauru 3.5
San Marino 3.5
Somalia 3.4
Tuvalu 3.3
3.2
Human development groups 3.2
Very high human development 3.2
High human development 3.1
Medium human development 3.0
Low human development 2.9
2.8
Developing countries 2.6
2.5
Regions 2.2
Arab States 2.2
East Asia and the Pacific 2.0
Europe and Central Asia 2.0
Latin America and the Caribbean 1.8
South Asia 1.3
Sub-Saharan Africa

Least developed countries


Small island developing states
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

World

Notes
a. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
b. Data are annual average of projected values for 20102015.
c. Refers to a year earlier than that specified.
d. 0.1 or less.
e. Refers to 2012.
T. From original data source.

DEFINITIONS
Infants exclusively breastfed: Percentage of children ages 05 months who are fed exclusively with bre
Infants lacking immunization against DPT: Percentage of surviving infants who have not received their
Infants lacking immunization against measles: Percentage of surviving infants who have not received
Infant mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 1, expressed per 1,000 live birth
Under-five mortality rate: Probability of dying between birth and exactly age 5, expressed per 1,000 live
Stunted children: Percentage of children ages 059 months who are more than two standard deveiation
Adult mortality rate: Probability that a 15-year-old will die before reaching age 60, expressed per 1,000 p
Deaths due to malaria: Number of deaths due to malaria from confirmed and probable cases, expressed
Deaths due to tuberculosis: Number of deaths due to tuberculosis from confirmed and probable cases,
Public health expenditure:
HIV prevalence, Currentof
adult: Percentage and
thecapital spending
population ages 1549 who are living with HIV.
on health from government (central and local) budgets,
Life expectancy at age 60: Additional number of years that a 60-year-old could expect to live if prevailing
external borrowing and grants (including donations from
Physicians: Number of
international agencies medical
and doctors (physicians), both generalists and specialists, expressed per 10,
nongovernmental
organizations) and social (or compulsory) health
insurance funds, expressed as a percentage of GDP.

Main data sources


Columns 16: UNICEF (2015).
Columns 711 and 13: WHO (2015).
Column 12: UNDESA (2013a).
Column 14: World Bank (2015b).
ed exclusively with breast milk in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
ave not received their first dose of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus vaccine.
who have not received the first dose of measles vaccine.
ed per 1,000 live births.
pressed per 1,000 live births.
o standard deveiations below the median height-for-age of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards.
expressed per 1,000 people.
able cases, expressed per 100,000 people.
d and probable cases, expressed per 100,000 people.

pect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates stay the same throughout the rest of his or her life.
sts, expressed per 10,000 people.
Growth Standards.
Table 10: Education achievements

Population
with at
least some
secondary
education
HDI rank Country (% ages 25 and
older)
d d
20052013

VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


1 Norway 97.1
2 Australia 94.4 e

3 Switzerland 95.7
4 Denmark 96.1 f

5 Netherlands 89.0
6 Germany 96.6
6 Ireland 79.6
8 United States 95.0
9 Canada 100.0
9 New Zealand 95.2
11 Singapore 77.4
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 75.4
13 Liechtenstein ..
14 Sweden 86.9
14 United Kingdom 99.9
16 Iceland 91.3
17 Korea (Republic of) 82.9
18 Israel 85.8
19 Luxembourg 100.0 f

20 Japan 86.4
21 Belgium 80.1
22 France 80.5
23 Austria 100.0
24 Finland 100.0
25 Slovenia 96.9
26 Spain 69.8
27 Italy 75.7
28 Czech Republic 99.8
29 Greece 63.2
30 Estonia 100.0 f

31 Brunei Darussalam 65.9 h

32 Cyprus 78.7
32 Qatar 60.5
34 Andorra 49.4
35 Slovakia 99.3
36 Poland 82.3
37 Lithuania 91.4
37 Malta 73.3
39 Saudi Arabia 66.5
40 Argentina 56.9
41 United Arab Emirates 64.3
42 Chile 74.8
43 Portugal 48.0
44 Hungary 98.3 f

45 Bahrain 54.9 h

46 Latvia 98.9
47 Croatia 89.1
48 Kuwait 56.0
49 Montenegro 89.2
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
50 Belarus 89.3
50 Russian Federation 90.9
52 Oman 53.9
52 Romania 88.9
52 Uruguay 52.5
55 Bahamas ..
56 Kazakhstan 99.3
57 Barbados 88.7 h

58 Antigua and Barbuda ..


59 Bulgaria 94.3
60 Palau ..
60 Panama 52.0
62 Malaysia 68.2 h

63 Mauritius 53.6
64 Seychelles ..
64 Trinidad and Tobago 59.3
66 Serbia 65.6
67 Cuba 76.5 h

67 Lebanon 54.2
69 Costa Rica 50.6
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 65.1
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53.7
72 Turkey 49.4
73 Sri Lanka 74.0
74 Mexico 58.0
75 Brazil 53.6
76 Georgia ..
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
78 Azerbaijan 95.5
79 Grenada ..
80 Jordan 74.1
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ..
81 Ukraine 93.6 h

83 Algeria 28.9
84 Peru 61.1
85 Albania 84.8
85 Armenia 94.5 h

85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.8


88 Ecuador 39.8
89 Saint Lucia ..
90 China 65.3 h

90 Fiji 64.3
90 Mongolia 84.8 h

93 Thailand 38.1
94 Dominica ..
94 Libya 48.5 h

96 Tunisia 39.3
97 Colombia 56.3
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
99 Jamaica 72.2 h

100 Tonga 87.9


101 Belize 76.1
101 Dominican Republic 54.4
103 Suriname 45.9
104 Maldives 30.1
105 Samoa ..
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
106 Botswana 75.7 h

107 Moldova (Republic of) 95.0


108 Egypt 52.1 h

109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Gabon 45.2 h

110 Indonesia 44.5


112 Paraguay 38.8
113 Palestine, State of 56.7
114 Uzbekistan ..
115 Philippines 64.8
116 El Salvador 39.8
116 South Africa 74.3
116 Viet Nam 65.0
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53.1
120 Kyrgyzstan 95.6
121 Iraq 39.0 h

122 Cabo Verde ..


123 Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
124 Guyana 54.5 h

125 Nicaragua 38.9 h

126 Morocco 25.3


126 Namibia 33.9 h

128 Guatemala 22.6


129 Tajikistan 93.2
130 India 42.1 h

131 Honduras 27.0


132 Bhutan 34.4
133 Timor-Leste ..
134 Syrian Arab Republic 34.1
134 Vanuatu ..
136 Congo 43.2
137 Kiribati ..
138 Equatorial Guinea ..
139 Zambia 35.0 h

140 Ghana 54.3 h

141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.8 h

142 Bangladesh 37.8 h

143 Cambodia 15.5


143 Sao Tome and Principe ..
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
145 Kenya 28.6
145 Nepal 27.4 h

147 Pakistan 33.2


148 Myanmar 19.2 h

149 Angola ..
150 Swaziland 23.8 h

151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 7.5 h

152 Nigeria ..
153 Cameroon 28.0 h

154 Madagascar ..
155 Zimbabwe 55.3 h

156 Mauritania 14.4 h

156 Solomon Islands ..


158 Papua New Guinea 11.1 h

159 Comoros ..
160 Yemen 17.6 h

161 Lesotho 20.9


162 Togo 26.8
163 Haiti 28.5 h

163 Rwanda 8.4 h

163 Uganda 28.8


166 Benin 19.2 h

167 Sudan 15.2 h

168 Djibouti ..
169 South Sudan ..
170 Senegal 10.8
171 Afghanistan 18.2 h

172 Cte d'Ivoire 22.4 h

173 Malawi 16.3 h

174 Ethiopia 12.5


175 Gambia 24.3 h

176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 22.4 h

177 Liberia 26.7 h

178 Guinea-Bissau ..
179 Mali 10.9
180 Mozambique 3.6 h

181 Sierra Leone 15.7 h

182 Guinea ..
183 Burkina Faso 2.0
184 Burundi 6.7 h

185 Chad 5.5


186 Eritrea ..
187 Central African Republic 18.1 h

188 Niger 5.2 h

OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES


Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..

Human development groups


Very high human development 87.0
High human development 64.9
Medium human development 45.0
Low human development 21.6

Developing countries 51.2

Regions
Arab States 41.5
East Asia and the Pacific 60.5
Europe and Central Asia 75.5
Latin America and the Caribbean 54.6
South Asia 42.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 26.5

Least developed countries 21.6


Small island developing states ..

Organisation for Economic Co-operation an 84.5

World 59.7

Notes
a. Average score for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develoment (OECD) countries is 496.
b. Average score for OECD countries is 494.
c. Average score for OECD countries is 501.
d. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
e. Refers to population ages 2564.
f. Refers to population ages 2574.
g. Refers to 2007.
h. Barro and Lee (2014) estimate for 2010 based on data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific a
i. Refers to 2005.
j. Refers to 2003.
k. Refers to 2004.
l. Refers to 2006.
m. Refers to Shanghai only.

Primary school dropout rate: Percentage of


DEFINITIONS
students from a given cohort that have enrolled in
Adult literacy
primary school rate: Percentage
but that of the population
drop out before reaching ages 15 and older who can, with understanding, both read and wr
the lastliteracy
Youth grade ofrate:
primary education.
Percentage It ispopulation ages 1524 who can, with understanding, both read and write a s
of the
calculated as 100 minus the survival rate to the
Population with at least some secondary education: Percentage of the population ages 25 and older that has re
last grade of primary education and assumes that
Gross enrolment
observed flow ratesratio: Total
remain enrolment in a given level of education (pre-primary, primary, secondary or tertiary), re
unchanged
throughout the cohort life and that dropouts do
not re-enter school.
Performance of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics and science: Score obtained in testing of skills a
Primary school teachers trained to teach: Percentage of primary school teachers that have received the minimum
Pupilteacher ratio, primary school: Average number of pupils per teacher in primary education in a given school
Public expenditure on education: Current and capital spending on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.

Main data sources


Columns 19, 13 and 14: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Columns 1012: OECD (2014).
Column 15: World Bank (2015b).
ent (OECD) countries is 496.

ations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics.

understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on their everyday life.
standing, both read and write a short simple statement on their everyday life.
on ages 25 and older that has reached at least a secondary level of education.
primary, secondary or tertiary), regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population for the same level of edu

core obtained in testing of skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in these subjects essential for participation in society.
s that have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the primary level.
mary education in a given school year.
pressed as a percentage of GDP.
for the same level of education.

e primary level.
Tabele 15: International integration

Mobile phone
subscriptions
(per 100
HDI rank Country people)
2014
VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Switzerland ..
4 Denmark 239.3
5 Netherlands 218.4
6 Germany 210.4
6 Ireland 189.4
8 United States 179.6
9 Canada 178.1
9 New Zealand 173.3
11 Singapore 170.6
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 168.6
13 Liechtenstein 167.3
14 Sweden 163.0
14 United Kingdom 162.2
16 Iceland 161.1
17 Korea (Republic of) 160.8
18 Israel 160.7
19 Luxembourg 158.7
20 Japan 158.1
21 Belgium 158.1
22 France 157.8
23 Austria 156.5
24 Finland 155.1
25 Slovenia 155.1
26 Spain 154.3
27 Italy 151.9
28 Czech Republic 149.7
29 Greece 149.0
30 Estonia 148.8
31 Brunei Darussalam 148.4
32 Cyprus 147.8
32 Qatar 147.3
34 Andorra 147.1
35 Slovakia 147.0
36 Poland 145.8
37 Lithuania 144.4
37 Malta 144.1
39 Saudi Arabia 144.0
40 Argentina 143.8
41 United Arab Emirates 140.5
42 Chile 139.8
43 Portugal 139.7
44 Hungary 139.0
45 Bahrain 137.7
46 Latvia 135.8
47 Croatia 134.5
48 Kuwait 133.3
49 Montenegro 132.3
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 131.7
50 Belarus 131.2
50 Russian Federation 130.0
52 Oman 128.5
52 Romania 127.8
52 Uruguay 127.5
55 Bahamas 127.0
56 Kazakhstan 126.5
57 Barbados 126.2
58 Antigua and Barbuda 126.0
59 Bulgaria 124.9
60 Palau 124.2
60 Panama 123.6
62 Malaysia 122.5
63 Mauritius 122.1
64 Seychelles 121.8
64 Trinidad and Tobago 121.5
66 Serbia 120.4
67 Cuba 120.2
67 Lebanon 120.0
69 Costa Rica 119.6
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 118.9
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic 118.1
72 Turkey 116.9
73 Sri Lanka 116.5
74 Mexico 116.4
75 Brazil 115.9
76 Georgia 115.5
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 115.0
78 Azerbaijan 114.8
79 Grenada 114.6
80 Jordan 114.3
81 The former Yugoslav Republic 114.3
81 Ukraine 113.8
83 Algeria 113.1
84 Peru 112.1
85 Albania 112.1
85 Armenia 111.8
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 111.2
88 Ecuador 111.1
89 Saint Lucia 110.9
90 China 110.1
90 Fiji 109.1
90 Mongolia 108.0
93 Thailand 107.9
94 Dominica 106.8
94 Libya 106.6
96 Tunisia 106.3
97 Colombia 105.9
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadin 105.6
99 Jamaica 105.5
100 Tonga 105.2
101 Belize 105.1
101 Dominican Republic 104.4
103 Suriname 104.3
104 Maldives 104.3
105 Samoa 103.9
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPM 103.2
106 Botswana 102.9
107 Moldova (Republic of) 102.9
108 Egypt 102.6
109 Turkmenistan 101.9
110 Gabon 101.7
110 Indonesia 100.4
112 Paraguay 99.0
113 Palestine, State of 98.8
114 Uzbekistan 98.8
115 Philippines 98.4
116 El Salvador 96.3
116 South Africa 96.3
116 Viet Nam 95.1
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 94.9
120 Kyrgyzstan 94.8
121 Iraq 94.2
122 Cabo Verde 93.5
123 Micronesia (Federated States of 93.3
124 Guyana 92.3
125 Nicaragua 91.3
126 Morocco 90.6
126 Namibia 88.5
128 Guatemala 88.4
129 Tajikistan 87.8
130 India 83.0
131 Honduras 82.6
132 Bhutan 82.5
133 Timor-Leste 82.5
134 Syrian Arab Republic 82.1
134 Vanuatu 80.8
136 Congo 78.9
137 Kiribati 77.8
138 Equatorial Guinea 76.7
139 Zambia 75.9
140 Ghana 75.7
141 Lao People's Democratic Repub 74.9
142 Bangladesh 74.5
143 Cambodia 73.8
143 Sao Tome and Principe 73.8
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 73.4
145 Kenya 73.3
145 Nepal 72.3
147 Pakistan 72.2
148 Myanmar 72.1
149 Angola 72.1
150 Swaziland 71.7
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 71.4
152 Nigeria 71.0
153 Cameroon 70.5
154 Madagascar 69.7
155 Zimbabwe 69.0
156 Mauritania 68.5
156 Solomon Islands 67.3
158 Papua New Guinea 67.0
159 Comoros 66.4
160 Yemen 65.8
161 Lesotho 64.9
162 Togo 64.7
163 Haiti 64.3
163 Rwanda 64.0
163 Uganda 63.5
166 Benin 63.5
167 Sudan 62.8
168 Djibouti 60.4
169 South Sudan 58.7
170 Senegal 55.5
171 Afghanistan 53.5
172 Cte d'Ivoire 52.4
173 Malawi 50.9
174 Ethiopia 50.9
175 Gambia 50.7
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of 49.5
177 Liberia 44.9
178 Guinea-Bissau 44.4
179 Mali 39.8
180 Mozambique 38.4
181 Sierra Leone 38.2
182 Guinea 32.4
183 Burkina Faso 31.6
184 Burundi 31.4
185 Chad 30.5
186 Eritrea 30.5
187 Central African Republic 29.4
188 Niger 24.5
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERR 22.5
Korea (Democratic People's Rep 17.4
Marshall Islands 11.2
Monaco 6.4
Nauru
San Marino
Somalia
Tuvalu

Human development groups


Very high human development 119.8
High human development 104.6
Medium human development 91.5
Low human development 65.6

Developing countries 91.2

Regions
Arab States 109.4
East Asia and the Pacific 100.5
Europe and Central Asia 113.0
Latin America and the Caribbea 114.9
South Asia 75.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.1
Least developed countries 63.1
Small island developing state 64.8

Organisation for Economic C 110.4

World 96.2

Notes
a. A negative value refers to net official development assistance disbursed by donor countries.
b. Data refer to 2013 or the most recent year available.
c. Data are average annual projected for 2010-2015.
d. Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
e. Includes
Exports and Christmas
imports:Island,
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
sum of exports
f. Includes Canary andIslands,
importsCeuta and Melilla.
of
g. goods
Includes and services,
Northern Cyprus.
expressed as a percentage
h.
of Includes Sabah product
gross domestic and Sarawak.
i. Includes
(GDP). It isAgalega,
a basic Rodrigues and Saint Brandon
indicator
j. IncludesofKosovo.
openness to
Net official
foreign development
tradeAbkhazia
k. Excludes and economic and South Ossetia, which have declared independence from Georgia.
assistance
integration and received:
indicates
l. Includes Nagorno-Karabakh.
Disbursements
the dependenceofofloans
m.
made Includes
domestic Transnistria.
on concessional
producers on
n. Includes
terms (net
foreign demand East
of Jerusalem.
repayments
(exports) of Refugees are not part of the foreign-born migrant stock in the State of Palest
principal) and grants
and of domestic consumers by
official
and agenciesontoforeign
producers promote
Definitions
economic development
supply (imports), relativeand
to
welfare ofinimmigrants:
the countrys
Stock countries
economic andsize
territories
(GDP).
Ratio of the onstock
the of
International
Development student
Assistance
immigrants
Foreign
mobility: into
direct
Total a country,
investment,
number net inflows: Sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term
Committee
expressed listaof
as aid of
percentage
Private
tertiary capital
students flows:
from as aNet foreign direct investment and portfolio investment, expressed as a percentage
recipients,
of the expressed
country's population.
abroad
percentage (inbound
of of students)
theimmigrant
recipient
The definition
studying in a given country
countrys
varies GNI.
minus across
the number countries
of but
Remittances,
generally
students at theinflows:
includes same Earnings and material resources transferred by international migrants or refugees
thelevel
stock
of
of foreign-born
Neteducation
migration frompeople,
rate:that the
Ratio of the difference between the number of in-migrants and out-migrants from a co
stock
country of studying
foreign people abroad
(according to citizenship) or
(outbound students),
a
expressed as aofpercentage
combination the two.
of total tertiary enrolment in
that country.
International inbound tourists: Arrivals of nonresident visitors (overnight visitors, tourists, same-day vis
Internet users: People with access to the worldwide network.
Mobile phone subscriptions: Number of subscriptions for the mobile phone service expressed per 100 p

Main data sources


Columns 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9: World Bank (2015b).
Columns 3: HDRO calculations based on data from World Bank (2015b).
Columns 6 and 7: UNDESA (2013b).
Column 8: UNESCO Institute of Statistics (2015).
Columns 10 and 11: ITU (2015)
Column 12: HDRO calculations based on data from ITU (2015).
donor countries.

from Georgia.

stock in the State of Palestine.

of earnings, other long-term capital and short-term capital, expressed as a percentage of GDP.
expressed as a percentage of GDP.

ational migrants or refugees to recipients in their country of origin or countries in which the migrant formerly resided.
s and out-migrants from a country to the average population, expressed per 1,000 people.

itors, tourists, same-day visitors and excursionists) at national borders.

service expressed per 100 people.


erly resided.
2014

Populao abaixo do nivel de


Posio Pas pobreza (%)

1 Chade 80
2 Hait 80
3 Libria 80

4 Congo-Kinshasa 71

5 Serra Leoa 70.2

6 Nigria 70

7 Suriname 70

8 Suazilndia 69

9 Zimbabu 68

10 Burndi 68

11 So Tom e Prncipe 66.2

12 Nger 63
13 Zmbia 60.5
14 Comores 60

15 Honduras 60

16 Guatemala 54

17 Senegal 54
18 Malvi 53
19 Mxico 52.3

20 Moambique 52

21 Sudo do Sul 50.6

22 Madagscar 50

23 Eritreia 50
24 Lesoto 49
25 Gmbia 48.4

26 Camares 48

27 Guin 47
28 Burquina Faso 46.7

29 Congo-Brazzaville 46.5

30 Sudo 46.5
31 Imen 45.2
32 Bolvia 45
33 Ruanda 44.9
34 Qunia 43.4

35 Nicargua 42.5

36 Costa do Marfim 42

37 Belize 41

38 Timor Leste 41

39 Angola 40.5

40 Mauritnia 40

41 Etpia 39
42 Granada 38

43 Gaza Strip 38

44 Benim 37.4

45 Papua-Nova Guin 37

46 Salvador 36.5
47 Mali 36.1

48 Afeganisto 36

49 Tanznia 36
50 Armnia 35.8

51 Tajiquisto 35.6

52 Guiana 35
53 Paraguai 34.7

54 Repblica Dominicana 34.4

55 Quirguizisto 33.7

56 Birmnia 32.7
57 Colmbia 32.7

58 Togo 32

59 Venezuela 31.6

60 Bangladeche 31.5

61 frica do Sul 31.3

62 Fiji 31

63 Macednia 30.4

64 Botsuana 30.3

65 Argentna 30

66 Cabo Verde 30

67 Kosovo 30

68 Turquemenisto 30

69 Itlia 29.9
70 ndia 29.8

71 Monglia 29.8

72 Domnica 29

73 Ilhas Virgens Americanas 28.9

74 Nambia 28.7
75 Gana 28.5
76 Lbano 28

77 Bielorrssia 27.1

78 Micronsia 26.7

79 Filipinas 26.5
80 Panam 26
81 Peru 25.8
82 Equador 25.6
83 Nepal 25.2
84 Iraque 25

85 Costa Rica 24.8

86 Uganda 24.5
87 Ucrnia 24.1
88 Tonga 24
89 Arglia 23
90 Anguila 23
91 Guame 23

92 Paquisto 22.3

93 Romnia 22.2
94 Laos 22
95 Egipto 22
96 Moldvia 21.9
97 Bulgria 21.8
98 Brasil 21.4
99 Crocia 21.1
100 Espanha 21.1

101 Eslovquia 21

102 Israel 21
103 Grcia 20
104 Camboja 20

105 Polinsia Francesa 19.7

106 Hong Kong 19.6

107 Emiratos rabes Unidos 19.5

108 Jibut 18.8


109 Iro 18.7

110 Bsnia e Herzegovina 18.6

111 Uruguai 18.6

112 West Bank 18.3

113 Portugal 18
114 Estnia 17.5

115 Trindade e Tobago 17

116 Usbequisto 17

117 Turquia 16.9


118 Jamaica 16.5

119 Reino Unido 16.2


120 Coreia do Sul 16

121 Japo 16
122 Maldivas 16

123 Alemanha 15.5

124 Blgica 15.2


125 Chile 15.1
126 Malta 15.1

127 Estados Unidos 15.1

128 Marrocos 15
129 Albnia 14.3
130 Jordnia 14.2
131 Hungria 14

132 Eslovnia 13.5

133 Dinamarca 13.4

134 Tailndia 13.2


135 Buto 12
136 Sria 11.9

137 Indonsia 11.7

138 Vietname 11.3

139 Bermudas 11

140 Rssia 11
141 Polnia 10.6

142 Repblica Checa 9.8

143 Canad 9.4


144 Baamas 9.3
145 Gergia 9.2

146 Gronelndia 9.2

147 Srvia 9.1

148 Pases Baixos 9.1

149 Sri Lanca 8.9


150 Maurcia 8
151 Frana 7.9
152 Sua 7.6
153 Montenegro 6.6

154 ustria 6.2


155 China 6.1

156 Azerbaijo 6

157 Irlanda 5.5

158 Cazaquisto 5.3

159 Litunia 4
160 Malsia 3.8
161 Tunsia 3.8
162 Taiwan 1.5

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