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List of Countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia
List of Countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia
Human
Development Index
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index
(HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the health,
education, income and living conditions in a given country to provide a measure of human
development which is comparable between countries and over time.[1][2]
World map representing Human Development Index categories (based
on 2022 data, published in 2024)
Very high (≥ 0.800) Low (≤ 0.549)
High (0.700–0.799) Data unavailable
Medium (0.550–0.699)
The HDI is the most widely used indicator of human development and has changed how people
view the concept.[3][4] However, several aspects of the index have received criticism. Some
scholars have criticized how the factors are weighed, in particular how an additional year of life
expectancy is valued differently between countries;[4][5] and the limited factors it considers,
noting the omission of factors such as the levels of distributional and gender inequality.[6] In
response to the former, the UNDP introduced the inequality- adjusted Human Development Index
(IHDI) in its 2010 report, and in response to the latter the Gender Development Index (GDI) was
introduced in the 1995 report.[7][8] Others have criticized the perceived oversimplification of using
a single number per country.[9][10]
To reflect developmental differences within countries, a subnational HDI (SHDI) featuring data for
more than 1,600 regions was introduced in 2018 by the Global Data Lab at Radboud University in
the Netherlands.[10] In 2020, the UNDP introduced another index, the planetary pressures–
adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI), which decreases the scores of countries with a
higher ecological footprint.[11]
The data used to calculate HDI comes mostly from United Nations agencies and international
institutions, such as United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Bank, International Monetary
Fund and Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD). Rarely, when one of
the indicators is missing, cross- country regression models are used. Due to improved data and
methodology updates, HDI values are not comparable across human development reports;
instead, each report recalculates the HDI for some previous years.[13][14]
Average annual HDI growth from 2010 to
2021 published in 2022
≥ 1.4% 0.6%… −0.5%…
1.2%… 0.8% 0%
1.4% 0.4%… −1%…
1%… 0.6% −0.5%
1.2% 0.2%… < −1%
0.8%… 0.4% No data
1% 0%…
0.2%
Long and healthy life Life expectancy at birth Life expectancy index
The Human Development Report includes all 193[16] member states of the United Nations, as well
as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine, except for DPR Korea (North Korea), Monaco.
Some components of the index may be calculated for these countries. The Cook Islands, the Holy
See (Vatican City), and Niue are the only state parties within the United Nations System that are
not included in the report.[17] In total, the HDI is available for 192 countries and one territory.[2]
Countries ranked from 1 to 69 in 2022 are designated "very high" HDI; those ranked from 70 to
115 are designated "high" HDI; those ranked from 116 to 159 are denoted "medium" HDI; and
those ranked from 160 to 193 are designated "low" HDI.
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
Finland 0.27%
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
Qatar 0.45%
40 0.875
(6) Saudi Arabia 0.70%
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
Liberia 0.48%
177 0.487
(5) Madagascar 0.02%
annual growth
Rank Δ Country or territory HDI
(2010–2022)
Very high human development 0.784 0.826 0.868 0.895 0.896 0.902
Europe and Central Asia 0.664 0.681 0.746 0.793 0.796 0.802
East Asia and the Pacific 0.507 0.592 0.684 0.748 0.749 0.766
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.633 0.689 0.733 0.755 0.754 0.763
Small Island Developing States 0.601 0.649 0.693 0.732 0.730 0.730
See also
Latin America
Notes
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