Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical tool used to measure a country’s overall achievement in its social and economic dimensions. The social and economic dimensions of a country are based on the health of people, their level of education attainment and their standard of living.
Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq created HDI in 1990 which was further used to measure the country’s development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Calculation of the index combines four major indicators: life expectancy for health, expected years of schooling, mean of years of schooling for education and Gross National Income per capita for standard of living.
Every year UNDP ranks countries based on the HDI report released in their annual report. HDI is one of the best tools to keep track of the level of development of a country, as it combines all major social and economic indicators that are responsible for economic development.

Source: United Nations Development Program

#	Rank	Country	Human Development Index (HDI) (value)	Life expectancy at birth (years) SDG3	Expected years of schooling (years) SDG 4.3	Mean years of schooling (years) SDG 4.6	Gross national income (GNI) per capita (PPP $) SDG 8.5
1	1	Norway	0.954	82.3	18.1	12.6	68,059
2	2	Switzerland	0.946	83.6	16.2	13.4	59,375
3	3	Ireland	0.942	82.1	18.8	12.5	55,660
4	4	Germany	0.939	81.2	17.1	14.1	46,946
5	4	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	0.939	84.7	16.5	12	60,221
6	6	Australia	0.938	83.3	22.1	12.7	44,097
7	6	Iceland	0.938	82.9	19.2	12.5	47,566
8	8	Sweden	0.937	82.7	18.8	12.4	47,955
9	9	Singapore	0.935	83.5	16.3	11.5	83,793
10	10	Netherlands	0.933	82.1	18	12.2	50,013
11	11	Denmark	0.93	80.8	19.1	12.6	48,836
12	12	Finland	0.925	81.7	19.3	12.4	41,779
13	13	Canada	0.922	82.3	16.1	13.3	43,602
14	14	New Zealand	0.921	82.1	18.8	12.7	35,108
15	15	United Kingdom	0.92	81.2	17.4	13	39,507
16	15	United States	0.92	78.9	16.3	13.4	56,140
17	17	Belgium	0.919	81.5	19.7	11.8	43,821
18	18	Liechtenstein	0.917	80.5	14.7	12.5	99,732
19	19	Japan	0.915	84.5	15.2	12.8	40,799
20	20	Austria	0.914	81.4	16.3	12.6	46,231
21	21	Luxembourg	0.909	82.1	14.2	12.2	65,543
22	22	Israel	0.906	82.8	16	13	33,650
23	22	Korea (Republic of)	0.906	82.8	16.4	12.2	36,757
24	24	Slovenia	0.902	81.2	17.4	12.3	32,143
25	25	Spain	0.893	83.4	17.9	9.8	35,041
26	26	Czechia	0.891	79.2	16.8	12.7	31,597
27	26	France	0.891	82.5	15.5	11.4	40,511
28	28	Malta	0.885	82.4	15.9	11.3	34,795
29	29	Italy	0.883	83.4	16.2	10.2	36,141
30	30	Estonia	0.882	78.6	16.1	13	30,379
31	31	Cyprus	0.873	80.8	14.7	12.1	33,100
32	32	Greece	0.872	82.1	17.3	10.5	24,909
33	32	Poland	0.872	78.5	16.4	12.3	27,626
34	34	Lithuania	0.869	75.7	16.5	13	29,775
35	35	United Arab Emirates	0.866	77.8	13.6	11	66,912
36	36	Andorra	0.857	81.8	13.3	10.2	48,641
37	36	Saudi Arabia	0.857	75	17	9.7	49,338
38	36	Slovakia	0.857	77.4	14.5	12.6	30,672
39	39	Latvia	0.854	75.2	16	12.8	26,301
40	40	Portugal	0.85	81.9	16.3	9.2	27,935
41	41	Qatar	0.848	80.1	12.2	9.7	110,489
42	42	Chile	0.847	80	16.5	10.4	21,972
43	43	Brunei Darussalam	0.845	75.7	14.4	9.1	76,389
44	43	Hungary	0.845	76.7	15.1	11.9	27,144
45	45	Bahrain	0.838	77.2	15.3	9.4	40,399
46	46	Croatia	0.837	78.3	15	11.4	23,061
47	47	Oman	0.834	77.6	14.7	9.7	37,039
48	48	Argentina	0.83	76.5	17.6	10.6	17,611
49	49	Russian Federation	0.824	72.4	15.5	12	25,036
50	50	Belarus	0.817	74.6	15.4	12.3	17,039
51	50	Kazakhstan	0.817	73.2	15.3	11.8	22,168
52	52	Bulgaria	0.816	74.9	14.8	11.8	19,646
53	52	Montenegro	0.816	76.8	15	11.4	17,511
54	52	Romania	0.816	75.9	14.3	11	23,906
55	55	Palau	0.814	73.7	15.6	12.4	16,720
56	56	Barbados	0.813	79.1	15.2	10.6	15,912
57	57	Kuwait	0.808	75.4	13.8	7.3	71,164
58	57	Uruguay	0.808	77.8	16.3	8.7	19,435
59	59	Turkey	0.806	77.4	16.4	7.7	24,905
60	60	Bahamas	0.805	73.8	12.8	11.5	28,395
61	61	Malaysia	0.804	76	13.5	10.2	27,227
62	62	Seychelles	0.801	73.3	15.5	9.7	25,077
63	63	Serbia	0.799	75.8	14.8	11.2	15,218
64	63	Trinidad and Tobago	0.799	73.4	13	11	28,497
65	65	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.797	76.5	14.7	10	18,166
66	66	Mauritius	0.796	74.9	15	9.4	22,724
67	67	Panama	0.795	78.3	12.9	10.2	20,455
68	68	Costa Rica	0.794	80.1	15.4	8.7	14,790
69	69	Albania	0.791	78.5	15.2	10.1	12,300
70	70	Georgia	0.786	73.6	15.4	12.8	9,570
71	71	Sri Lanka	0.78	76.8	14	11.1	11,611
72	72	Cuba	0.778	78.7	14.4	11.8	7,811
73	73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.777	74.6	13.6	8.5	26,770
74	74	Antigua and Barbuda	0.776	76.9	12.5	9.3	22,201
75	75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.769	77.3	13.8	9.7	12,690
76	76	Mexico	0.767	75	14.3	8.6	17,628
77	77	Thailand	0.765	76.9	14.7	7.7	16,129
78	78	Grenada	0.763	72.4	16.6	8.8	12,684
79	79	Brazil	0.761	75.7	15.4	7.8	14,068
80	79	Colombia	0.761	77.1	14.6	8.3	12,896
81	81	Armenia	0.76	74.9	13.2	11.8	9,277
82	82	Algeria	0.759	76.7	14.7	8	13,639
83	82	North Macedonia	0.759	75.7	13.5	9.7	12,874
84	82	Peru	0.759	76.5	13.8	9.2	12,323
85	85	China	0.758	76.7	13.9	7.9	16,127
86	85	Ecuador	0.758	76.8	14.9	9	10,141
87	87	Azerbaijan	0.754	72.9	12.4	10.5	15,240
88	88	Ukraine	0.75	72	15.1	11.3	7,994
89	89	Dominican Republic	0.745	73.9	14.1	7.9	15,074
90	89	Saint Lucia	0.745	76.1	13.9	8.5	11,528
91	91	Tunisia	0.739	76.5	15.1	7.2	10,677
92	92	Mongolia	0.735	69.7	14.2	10.2	10,784
93	93	Lebanon	0.73	78.9	11.3	8.7	11,136
94	94	Botswana	0.728	69.3	12.7	9.3	15,951
95	94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.728	72.4	13.6	8.6	11,746
96	96	Jamaica	0.726	74.4	13.1	9.8	7,932
97	96	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.726	72.1	12.8	10.3	9,070
98	98	Dominica	0.724	78.1	13	7.8	9,245
99	98	Fiji	0.724	67.3	14.4	10.9	9,110
100	98	Paraguay	0.724	74.1	12.7	8.5	11,720
101	98	Suriname	0.724	71.6	12.9	9.1	11,933
102	102	Jordan	0.723	74.4	11.9	10.5	8,268
103	103	Belize	0.72	74.5	13.1	9.8	7,136
104	104	Maldives	0.719	78.6	12.1	6.8	12,549
105	105	Tonga	0.717	70.8	14.3	11.2	5,783
106	106	Philippines	0.712	71.1	12.7	9.4	9,540
107	107	Moldova (Republic of)	0.711	71.8	11.6	11.6	6,833
108	108	Turkmenistan	0.71	68.1	10.9	9.8	16,407
109	108	Uzbekistan	0.71	71.6	12	11.5	6,462
110	110	Libya	0.708	72.7	12.8	7.6	11,685
111	111	Indonesia	0.707	71.5	12.9	8	11,256
112	111	Samoa	0.707	73.2	12.5	10.6	5,885
113	113	South Africa	0.705	63.9	13.7	10.2	11,756
114	114	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.703	71.2	14	9	6,849
115	115	Gabon	0.702	66.2	12.9	8.3	15,794
116	116	Egypt	0.7	71.8	13.1	7.3	10,744
117	117	Marshall Islands	0.698	73.9	12.4	10.9	4,633
118	118	Viet Nam	0.693	75.3	12.7	8.2	6,220
119	119	Palestine, State of	0.69	73.9	12.8	9.1	5,314
120	120	Iraq	0.689	70.5	11.1	7.3	15,365
121	121	Morocco	0.676	76.5	13.1	5.5	7,480
122	122	Kyrgyzstan	0.674	71.3	13.4	10.9	3,317
123	123	Guyana	0.67	69.8	11.5	8.5	7,615
124	124	El Salvador	0.667	73.1	12	6.9	6,973
125	125	Tajikistan	0.656	70.9	11.4	10.7	3,482
126	126	Cabo Verde	0.651	72.8	11.9	6.2	6,513
127	126	Guatemala	0.651	74.1	10.6	6.5	7,378
128	126	Nicaragua	0.651	74.3	12.2	6.8	4,790
129	129	India	0.647	69.4	12.3	6.5	6,829
130	130	Namibia	0.645	63.4	12.6	6.9	9,683
131	131	Timor-Leste	0.626	69.3	12.4	4.5	7,527
132	132	Honduras	0.623	75.1	10.2	6.6	4,258
133	132	Kiribati	0.623	68.1	11.8	7.9	3,917
134	134	Bhutan	0.617	71.5	12.1	3.1	8,609
135	135	Bangladesh	0.614	72.3	11.2	6.1	4,057
136	135	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.614	67.8	11.5	7.7	3,700
137	137	Sao Tome and Principe	0.609	70.2	12.7	6.4	3,024
138	138	Congo	0.608	64.3	11.6	6.5	5,804
139	138	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	0.608	59.4	11.4	6.7	9,359
140	140	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.604	67.6	11.1	5.2	6,317
141	141	Vanuatu	0.597	70.3	11.4	6.8	2,808
142	142	Ghana	0.596	63.8	11.5	7.2	4,099
143	143	Zambia	0.591	63.5	12.1	7.1	3,582
144	144	Equatorial Guinea	0.588	58.4	9.2	5.6	17,796
145	145	Myanmar	0.584	66.9	10.3	5	5,764
146	146	Cambodia	0.581	69.6	11.3	4.8	3,597
147	147	Kenya	0.579	66.3	11.1	6.6	3,052
148	147	Nepal	0.579	70.5	12.2	4.9	2,748
149	149	Angola	0.574	60.8	11.8	5.1	5,555
150	150	Cameroon	0.563	58.9	12.7	6.3	3,291
151	150	Zimbabwe	0.563	61.2	10.5	8.3	2,661
152	152	Pakistan	0.56	67.1	8.5	5.2	5,190
153	153	Solomon Islands	0.557	72.8	10.2	5.5	2,027
154	154	Syrian Arab Republic	0.549	71.8	8.9	5.1	2,725
155	155	Papua New Guinea	0.543	64.3	10	4.6	3,686
156	156	Comoros	0.538	64.1	11.2	4.9	2,426
157	157	Rwanda	0.536	68.7	11.2	4.4	1,959
158	158	Nigeria	0.534	54.3	9.7	6.5	5,086
159	159	Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.528	65	8	6	2,805
160	159	Uganda	0.528	63	11.2	6.1	1,752
161	161	Mauritania	0.527	64.7	8.5	4.6	3,746
162	162	Madagascar	0.521	66.7	10.4	6.1	1,404
163	163	Benin	0.52	61.5	12.6	3.8	2,135
164	164	Lesotho	0.518	53.7	10.7	6.3	3,244
165	165	Côte d'Ivoire	0.516	57.4	9.6	5.2	3,589
166	166	Senegal	0.514	67.7	9	3.1	3,256
167	167	Togo	0.513	60.8	12.6	4.9	1,593
168	168	Sudan	0.507	65.1	7.7	3.7	3,962
169	169	Haiti	0.503	63.7	9.5	5.4	1,665
170	170	Afghanistan	0.496	64.5	10.1	3.9	1,746
171	171	Djibouti	0.495	66.6	6.5	4	3,601
172	172	Malawi	0.485	63.8	11	4.6	1,159
173	173	Ethiopia	0.47	66.2	8.7	2.8	1,782
174	174	Gambia	0.466	61.7	9.5	3.7	1,490
175	174	Guinea	0.466	61.2	9	2.7	2,211
176	176	Liberia	0.465	63.7	9.6	4.7	1,040
177	177	Yemen	0.463	66.1	8.7	3.2	1,433
178	178	Guinea-Bissau	0.461	58	10.5	3.3	1,593
179	179	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	0.459	60.4	9.7	6.8	800
180	180	Mozambique	0.446	60.2	9.7	3.5	1,154
181	181	Sierra Leone	0.438	54.3	10.2	3.6	1,381
182	182	Burkina Faso	0.434	61.2	8.9	1.6	1,705
183	182	Eritrea	0.434	65.9	5	3.9	1,708
184	184	Mali	0.427	58.9	7.6	2.4	1,965
185	185	Burundi	0.423	61.2	11.3	3.1	660
186	186	South Sudan	0.413	57.6	5	4.8	1,455
187	187	Chad	0.401	54	7.5	2.4	1,716
188	188	Central African Republic	0.381	52.8	7.6	4.3	777
189	189	Niger	0.377	62	6.5	2	912

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