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Source: Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2025 | United Nations Development Programme
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HDI: Human Development Index (HDI) Change in HDI rank Average annual HDI growth
Value (%)
HDI rank Country 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 2023 2015-2023 a 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2023 1990-2023
Very high human development
1 Iceland 0.841 0.902 0.935 0.956 0.965 0.967 0.964 0.972 2 0.70 0.36 0.30 0.44
2 Norway 0.856 0.924 0.947 0.959 0.969 0.969 0.967 0.970 -1 0.77 0.25 0.18 0.38
2 Switzerland 0.858 0.892 0.945 0.957 0.963 0.968 0.966 0.970 0 0.39 0.58 0.20 0.37
4 Denmark 0.844 0.896 0.920 0.943 0.954 0.958 0.959 0.962 2 0.60 0.26 0.34 0.40
5 Germany 0.834 0.897 0.936 0.948 0.955 0.958 0.955 0.959 -1 0.73 0.43 0.19 0.42
5 Sweden 0.818 0.912 0.918 0.945 0.951 0.958 0.959 0.959 0 1.09 0.07 0.34 0.48
7 Australia 0.867 0.897 0.929 0.938 0.950 0.954 0.952 0.958 1 0.34 0.35 0.24 0.30
8 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.755 0.839 0.912 0.937 0.950 0.961 0.950 0.955 2 1.06 0.84 0.36 0.71
8 Netherlands 0.855 0.900 0.925 0.940 0.945 0.951 0.953 0.955 -1 0.51 0.27 0.25 0.34
10 Belgium 0.824 0.894 0.921 0.933 0.939 0.948 0.945 0.951 3 0.82 0.30 0.25 0.44
11 Ireland 0.776 0.869 0.915 0.931 0.948 0.946 0.947 0.949 4 1.14 0.52 0.28 0.61
12 Finland 0.823 0.898 0.920 0.938 0.947 0.949 0.946 0.948 -4 0.88 0.24 0.23 0.43
13 Singapore 0.819 0.882 0.932 0.935 0.944 0.948 0.942 0.946 -2 0.74 0.55 0.11 0.44
13 United Kingdom 0.812 0.870 0.921 0.931 0.930 0.941 0.946 0.946 2 0.69 0.57 0.21 0.46
15 United Arab Emirates 0.713 0.790 0.835 0.857 0.909 0.903 0.921 0.940 27 1.03 0.56 0.92 0.84
16 Canada 0.865 0.894 0.918 0.932 0.931 0.937 0.935 0.939 -2 0.33 0.27 0.17 0.25
17 Liechtenstein .. 0.882 0.914 0.925 0.929 0.933 0.936 0.938 1 .. 0.36 0.20 ..
17 New Zealand 0.811 0.896 0.926 0.934 0.940 0.939 0.933 0.938 -5 1.00 0.33 0.10 0.44
17 United States 0.878 0.895 0.919 0.928 0.925 0.921 0.930 0.938 0 0.19 0.26 0.16 0.20
20 Korea (Republic of) 0.738 0.830 0.894 0.914 0.928 0.933 0.928 0.937 1 1.18 0.75 0.36 0.73
21 Slovenia 0.734 0.829 0.896 0.909 0.918 0.924 0.926 0.931 2 1.22 0.78 0.30 0.72
22 Austria 0.832 0.879 0.912 0.919 0.925 0.930 0.927 0.930 -3 0.55 0.37 0.15 0.34
23 Japan 0.853 0.889 0.907 0.917 0.922 0.922 0.921 0.925 -3 0.41 0.20 0.15 0.25
24 Malta 0.735 0.790 0.867 0.892 0.903 0.914 0.917 0.924 5 0.72 0.93 0.49 0.70
25 Luxembourg 0.787 0.861 0.909 0.913 0.916 0.918 0.922 0.922 -3 0.90 0.54 0.11 0.48
26 France 0.798 0.852 0.888 0.901 0.909 0.915 0.916 0.920 -1 0.66 0.41 0.27 0.43
27 Israel 0.787 0.839 0.889 0.902 0.912 0.918 0.921 0.919 -3 0.64 0.58 0.26 0.47
28 Spain 0.766 0.833 0.875 0.895 0.901 0.912 0.911 0.918 0 0.84 0.49 0.37 0.55
29 Czechia 0.753 0.817 0.880 0.900 0.898 0.901 0.911 0.915 -3 0.82 0.75 0.30 0.59
29 Italy 0.787 0.849 0.887 0.889 0.899 0.908 0.905 0.915 1 0.76 0.44 0.24 0.46
29 San Marino .. 0.881 0.905 0.896 0.895 0.903 0.910 0.915 -2 .. 0.27 0.08 ..
32 Andorra .. 0.825 0.870 0.869 0.851 0.871 0.893 0.913 3 .. 0.53 0.37 ..
32 Cyprus 0.749 0.808 0.869 0.882 0.905 0.907 0.908 0.913 1 0.76 0.73 0.38 0.60
34 Greece 0.770 0.828 0.876 0.888 0.896 0.897 0.897 0.908 -3 0.73 0.57 0.28 0.50
35 Poland 0.722 0.801 0.852 0.879 0.880 0.884 0.902 0.906 -1 1.04 0.62 0.47 0.69
36 Estonia 0.738 0.793 0.868 0.888 0.901 0.899 0.902 0.905 -5 0.72 0.91 0.32 0.62
37 Saudi Arabia 0.670 0.737 0.801 0.851 0.875 0.878 0.893 0.900 9 0.96 0.84 0.90 0.90
38 Bahrain 0.734 0.775 0.810 0.868 0.885 0.885 0.902 0.899 -1 0.55 0.44 0.81 0.62
39 Lithuania 0.745 0.778 0.854 0.869 0.888 0.887 0.888 0.895 -4 0.43 0.94 0.36 0.56
40 Portugal 0.707 0.797 0.836 0.857 0.870 0.876 0.883 0.890 2 1.21 0.48 0.48 0.70
41 Croatia .. 0.769 0.831 0.852 0.867 0.876 0.886 0.889 4 .. 0.78 0.52 ..
41 Latvia 0.736 0.764 0.833 0.859 0.879 0.871 0.881 0.889 -1 0.37 0.87 0.50 0.57
43 Qatar 0.767 0.795 0.834 0.860 0.872 0.866 0.883 0.886 -4 0.36 0.48 0.47 0.44
44 Slovakia 0.698 0.774 0.851 0.861 0.867 0.859 0.873 0.880 -6 1.04 0.95 0.26 0.70
45 Chile 0.718 0.771 0.823 0.855 0.856 0.865 0.869 0.878 -1 0.71 0.65 0.50 0.61
46 Hungary 0.730 0.781 0.838 0.847 0.857 0.852 0.867 0.870 1 0.68 0.71 0.29 0.53
47 Argentina 0.733 0.789 0.844 0.859 0.851 0.847 0.858 0.865 -7 0.74 0.68 0.19 0.50
48 Montenegro .. .. 0.815 0.839 0.841 0.840 0.853 0.862 0 .. .. 0.43 ..
48 Uruguay 0.713 0.764 0.796 0.818 0.837 0.837 0.852 0.862 13 0.69 0.41 0.61 0.58
50 Oman .. 0.707 0.804 0.838 0.843 0.834 0.846 0.858 1 .. 1.29 0.50 ..
51 T rkiye 0.598 0.669 0.750 0.821 0.838 0.841 0.853 0.853 7 1.13 1.15 0.99 1.08
52 Kuwait 0.698 0.778 0.812 0.832 0.837 0.839 0.845 0.852 1 1.09 0.43 0.37 0.61
53 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 0.828 0.839 0.840 0.843 0.848 0.851 -5 .. .. 0.21 ..
54 Seychelles .. .. 0.758 0.819 0.853 0.838 0.836 0.848 5 .. .. 0.87 ..
55 Bulgaria 0.706 0.733 0.799 0.824 0.826 0.817 0.835 0.845 1 0.38 0.87 0.43 0.55
55 Romania 0.719 0.730 0.822 0.823 0.832 0.829 0.840 0.845 2 0.15 1.19 0.21 0.49
57 Georgia .. 0.705 0.770 0.807 0.822 0.819 0.838 0.844 6 .. 0.89 0.71 ..
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. 0.791 0.830 0.828 0.818 0.829 0.840 -4 .. .. 0.46 ..
59 Panama 0.672 0.718 0.775 0.803 0.808 0.819 0.835 0.839 6 0.66 0.77 0.61 0.67
60 Brunei Darussalam 0.781 0.792 0.830 0.839 0.836 0.835 0.825 0.837 -12 0.14 0.47 0.06 0.21
60 Kazakhstan 0.689 0.692 0.781 0.819 0.826 0.816 0.831 0.837 -1 0.04 1.22 0.53 0.59
62 Costa Rica 0.677 0.720 0.776 0.803 0.819 0.817 0.823 0.833 3 0.62 0.75 0.55 0.63
62 Serbia .. 0.701 0.775 0.802 0.809 0.807 0.826 0.833 5 .. 1.01 0.56 ..
64 Russian Federation 0.762 0.750 0.808 0.833 0.818 0.813 0.826 0.832 -12 -0.16 0.75 0.23 0.27
65 Belarus .. 0.724 0.803 0.825 0.815 0.817 0.824 0.824 -10 .. 1.04 0.20 ..
66 Bahamas 0.762 0.787 0.801 0.807 0.797 0.794 0.818 0.820 -3 0.32 0.18 0.18 0.22
67 Malaysia 0.653 0.733 0.779 0.800 0.810 0.802 0.810 0.819 2 1.16 0.61 0.39 0.69
68 North Macedonia 0.644 0.686 0.765 0.795 0.783 0.781 0.811 0.815 4 0.63 1.10 0.49 0.72
69 Armenia 0.663 0.667 0.747 0.777 0.761 0.786 0.801 0.811 9 0.06 1.14 0.63 0.61
69 Barbados 0.730 0.762 0.797 0.800 0.803 0.803 0.807 0.811 0 0.43 0.45 0.13 0.32
71 Albania 0.654 0.682 0.769 0.797 0.794 0.794 0.806 0.810 0 0.42 1.21 0.40 0.65
72 Trinidad and Tobago 0.661 0.714 0.789 0.808 0.800 0.796 0.805 0.807 -10 0.77 1.00 0.17 0.61
73 Mauritius 0.627 0.683 0.755 0.792 0.795 0.789 0.794 0.806 0 0.86 1.01 0.50 0.76
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. 0.674 0.725 0.769 0.783 0.783 0.799 0.804 7 .. 0.73 0.80 ..
High human development
75 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.626 0.710 0.778 0.788 0.775 0.777 0.793 0.799 -1 1.27 0.92 0.21 0.74
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. 0.700 0.746 0.765 0.781 0.781 0.794 0.798 11 .. 0.64 0.52 ..
76 Thailand 0.584 0.657 0.742 0.788 0.798 0.800 0.792 0.798 -2 1.18 1.22 0.56 0.95
78 China 0.491 0.598 0.710 0.750 0.786 0.794 0.796 0.797 16 1.99 1.73 0.89 1.48
79 Peru 0.625 0.682 0.731 0.768 0.769 0.764 0.790 0.794 5 0.88 0.70 0.64 0.73
80 Grenada .. .. 0.771 0.782 0.782 0.782 0.789 0.791 -4 .. .. 0.20 ..
81 Azerbaijan .. 0.652 0.744 0.771 0.757 0.765 0.784 0.789 -1 .. 1.33 0.45 ..
81 Mexico 0.668 0.712 0.751 0.773 0.763 0.761 0.783 0.789 -2 0.64 0.53 0.38 0.51
83 Colombia 0.623 0.679 0.741 0.767 0.764 0.762 0.782 0.788 3 0.86 0.88 0.47 0.71
84 Brazil 0.641 0.690 0.748 0.764 0.770 0.768 0.780 0.786 4 0.74 0.81 0.38 0.62
84 Palau .. 0.736 0.779 0.802 0.799 0.789 0.786 0.786 -17 .. 0.57 0.07 ..
86 Moldova (Republic of) .. .. 0.739 0.759 0.770 0.773 0.784 0.785 5 .. .. 0.47 ..
87 Ukraine 0.750 0.716 0.782 0.778 0.783 0.772 0.772 0.779 -10 -0.46 0.89 -0.03 0.12
88 Ecuador 0.646 0.683 0.737 0.764 0.740 0.753 0.773 0.777 0 0.56 0.76 0.41 0.56
89 Dominican Republic 0.589 0.658 0.715 0.747 0.767 0.762 0.778 0.776 6 1.11 0.83 0.63 0.84
89 Guyana 0.494 0.567 0.647 0.683 0.722 0.713 0.763 0.776 33 1.39 1.33 1.41 1.38
89 Sri Lanka 0.638 0.702 0.748 0.769 0.780 0.777 0.777 0.776 -8 0.96 0.64 0.28 0.60
92 Tonga 0.641 0.688 0.724 0.743 0.765 0.763 0.764 0.769 4 0.71 0.51 0.46 0.55
93 Maldives .. 0.639 0.689 0.725 0.730 0.745 0.764 0.766 10 .. 0.76 0.82 ..
93 Viet Nam 0.499 0.604 0.686 0.717 0.755 0.754 0.764 0.766 16 1.93 1.28 0.85 1.31
95 Turkmenistan .. .. 0.700 0.725 0.744 0.754 0.761 0.764 8 .. .. 0.68 ..
96 Algeria 0.595 0.651 0.718 0.737 0.742 0.755 0.761 0.763 3 0.90 0.98 0.47 0.76
97 Cuba 0.687 0.697 0.783 0.769 0.762 0.745 0.764 0.762 -16 0.14 1.17 -0.21 0.31
98 Dominica .. 0.721 0.747 0.741 0.753 0.749 0.759 0.761 0 .. 0.35 0.14 ..
99 Paraguay 0.607 0.664 0.709 0.737 0.742 0.723 0.747 0.756 0 0.90 0.66 0.49 0.67
100 Egypt 0.572 0.639 0.677 0.706 0.736 0.738 0.751 0.754 15 1.11 0.58 0.83 0.84
100 Jordan 0.619 0.672 0.732 0.743 0.743 0.736 0.751 0.754 -4 0.82 0.86 0.23 0.60
102 Lebanon .. .. 0.750 0.763 0.750 0.733 0.755 0.752 -12 .. .. 0.02 ..
103 Saint Lucia 0.683 0.710 0.749 0.757 0.734 0.724 0.747 0.748 -11 0.39 0.54 -0.01 0.28
104 Mongolia 0.593 0.611 0.714 0.753 0.741 0.727 0.742 0.747 -11 0.30 1.57 0.35 0.70
105 Tunisia 0.569 0.654 0.717 0.728 0.733 0.728 0.745 0.746 -4 1.40 0.92 0.31 0.82
106 South Africa 0.633 0.618 0.669 0.722 0.724 0.721 0.737 0.741 -1 -0.24 0.80 0.79 0.48
107 Uzbekistan .. 0.603 0.681 0.707 0.723 0.727 0.737 0.740 7 .. 1.22 0.64 ..
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.552 0.630 0.677 0.704 0.697 0.693 0.727 0.733 8 1.33 0.72 0.61 0.86
108 Gabon 0.621 0.652 0.684 0.720 0.732 0.720 0.730 0.733 -1 0.49 0.48 0.53 0.50
108 Marshall Islands .. .. .. 0.691 0.722 0.723 0.732 0.733 11 .. .. .. ..
111 Botswana 0.590 0.594 0.652 0.690 0.718 0.700 0.729 0.731 9 0.07 0.94 0.88 0.65
111 Fiji 0.629 0.668 0.697 0.715 0.718 0.705 0.726 0.731 -1 0.60 0.43 0.37 0.46
113 Indonesia 0.531 0.600 0.670 0.701 0.710 0.707 0.726 0.728 4 1.23 1.11 0.64 0.96
114 Suriname .. .. 0.707 0.718 0.714 0.697 0.719 0.722 -6 .. .. 0.16 ..
115 Belize 0.617 0.671 0.727 0.721 0.713 0.713 0.717 0.721 -9 0.84 0.80 -0.06 0.47
115 Libya 0.690 0.727 0.755 0.728 0.688 0.729 0.741 0.721 -14 0.52 0.38 -0.35 0.13
117 Jamaica 0.662 0.659 0.708 0.713 0.711 0.703 0.718 0.720 -6 -0.05 0.72 0.13 0.25
117 Kyrgyzstan 0.649 0.627 0.668 0.695 0.700 0.704 0.717 0.720 1 -0.34 0.64 0.58 0.32
117 Philippines 0.593 0.632 0.669 0.690 0.699 0.690 0.714 0.720 3 0.64 0.57 0.57 0.59
120 Morocco 0.451 0.528 0.607 0.659 0.683 0.690 0.704 0.710 7 1.59 1.40 1.21 1.38
121 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.658 0.703 0.764 0.768 0.699 0.696 0.706 0.709 -37 0.66 0.84 -0.57 0.23
122 Samoa .. 0.676 0.708 0.708 0.708 0.706 0.703 0.708 -9 .. 0.46 0.00 ..
123 Nicaragua 0.515 0.593 0.651 0.679 0.676 0.682 0.701 0.706 0 1.42 0.94 0.63 0.96
124 Nauru .. .. 0.616 0.660 0.684 0.692 0.700 0.703 2 .. .. 1.02 ..
Medium human development
125 Bhutan .. .. 0.593 0.637 0.688 0.691 0.695 0.698 9 .. .. 1.26 ..
126 Eswatini (Kingdom of) 0.570 0.493 0.534 0.607 0.657 0.658 0.695 0.695 16 -1.44 0.80 2.05 0.60
126 Iraq 0.531 0.592 0.650 0.675 0.680 0.687 0.695 0.695 -2 1.09 0.94 0.52 0.82
128 Tajikistan .. 0.554 0.639 0.658 0.664 0.672 0.687 0.691 0 .. 1.44 0.60 ..
129 Tuvalu 0.566 0.610 0.636 0.658 0.681 0.681 0.686 0.689 -1 0.75 0.42 0.62 0.60
130 Bangladesh 0.397 0.477 0.561 0.621 0.663 0.663 0.680 0.685 9 1.85 1.64 1.55 1.67
130 India 0.446 0.501 0.590 0.633 0.652 0.647 0.676 0.685 5 1.17 1.65 1.16 1.31
132 El Salvador 0.523 0.607 0.660 0.667 0.660 0.663 0.674 0.678 -7 1.50 0.84 0.21 0.79
133 Equatorial Guinea .. 0.508 0.612 0.656 0.668 0.671 0.677 0.674 -2 .. 1.88 0.75 ..
133 Palestine, State of .. .. 0.691 0.712 0.718 0.718 0.733 0.674 -21 .. .. -0.19 ..
135 Cabo Verde .. 0.585 0.648 0.658 0.647 0.651 0.664 0.668 -7 .. 1.03 0.23 ..
136 Namibia 0.597 0.561 0.591 0.630 0.647 0.631 0.649 0.665 0 -0.62 0.52 0.91 0.33
137 Guatemala 0.499 0.563 0.623 0.638 0.645 0.639 0.655 0.662 -4 1.21 1.02 0.47 0.86
138 Congo 0.573 0.545 0.609 0.643 0.643 0.643 0.644 0.649 -6 -0.50 1.12 0.49 0.38
139 Honduras 0.516 0.558 0.596 0.610 0.625 0.628 0.643 0.645 1 0.79 0.66 0.61 0.68
140 Kiribati .. .. 0.600 0.623 0.632 0.631 0.642 0.644 -2 .. .. 0.55 ..
141 Sao Tome and Principe .. .. 0.564 0.608 0.628 0.631 0.636 0.637 0 .. .. 0.94 ..
142 Timor-Leste .. 0.507 0.645 0.628 0.650 0.644 0.633 0.634 -5 .. 2.44 -0.13 ..
143 Ghana 0.432 0.487 0.558 0.588 0.614 0.618 0.625 0.628 4 1.21 1.37 0.91 1.14
143 Kenya 0.485 0.500 0.552 0.583 0.600 0.608 0.626 0.628 5 0.31 0.99 1.00 0.79
145 Nepal 0.404 0.471 0.551 0.575 0.599 0.596 0.605 0.622 5 1.55 1.58 0.94 1.32
146 Vanuatu .. .. 0.582 0.599 0.617 0.615 0.621 0.621 0 .. .. 0.50 ..
147 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.409 0.473 0.556 0.604 0.616 0.613 0.614 0.617 -4 1.46 1.63 0.80 1.25
148 Angola .. 0.391 0.528 0.603 0.610 0.609 0.615 0.616 -3 .. 3.05 1.19 ..
149 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. 0.596 0.603 0.604 0.609 0.611 0.614 0.615 -6 .. 0.12 0.15 ..
150 Myanmar 0.347 0.415 0.515 0.566 0.609 0.605 0.606 0.609 3 1.81 2.18 1.30 1.72
151 Cambodia 0.387 0.438 0.543 0.562 0.595 0.594 0.602 0.606 5 1.25 2.17 0.85 1.37
152 Comoros .. 0.461 0.534 0.565 0.592 0.594 0.602 0.603 2 .. 1.48 0.94 ..
153 Zimbabwe 0.500 0.458 0.512 0.567 0.582 0.581 0.594 0.598 -1 -0.87 1.12 1.20 0.54
154 Zambia 0.422 0.429 0.533 0.565 0.578 0.574 0.589 0.595 0 0.16 2.19 0.85 1.05
155 Cameroon 0.448 0.439 0.529 0.575 0.579 0.574 0.581 0.588 -5 -0.20 1.88 0.82 0.83
156 Solomon Islands .. 0.547 0.564 0.576 0.579 0.577 0.583 0.584 -7 .. 0.31 0.27 ..
157 C te d'Ivoire 0.389 0.419 0.465 0.519 0.553 0.557 0.565 0.582 10 0.75 1.05 1.74 1.23
157 Uganda 0.342 0.407 0.514 0.547 0.571 0.573 0.578 0.582 3 1.76 2.36 0.96 1.62
159 Rwanda .. 0.340 0.504 0.525 0.555 0.562 0.570 0.578 5 .. 4.01 1.06 ..
160 Papua New Guinea 0.403 0.456 0.503 0.543 0.567 0.567 0.572 0.576 1 1.24 0.99 1.05 1.09
161 Togo 0.412 0.448 0.483 0.523 0.554 0.560 0.567 0.571 4 0.84 0.76 1.30 0.99
162 Syrian Arab Republic 0.572 0.594 0.669 0.549 0.570 0.571 0.571 0.564 -3 0.38 1.20 -1.30 -0.04
163 Mauritania 0.396 0.468 0.525 0.551 0.554 0.553 0.562 0.563 -5 1.68 1.16 0.54 1.07
164 Nigeria 0.379 0.435 0.502 0.530 0.547 0.554 0.557 0.560 -2 1.39 1.44 0.84 1.19
165 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.381 0.414 0.513 0.520 0.554 0.548 0.554 0.555 1 0.83 2.17 0.61 1.15
166 Haiti 0.461 0.497 0.452 0.552 0.555 0.548 0.552 0.554 -9 0.75 -0.94 1.58 0.56
167 Lesotho 0.483 0.462 0.478 0.517 0.537 0.532 0.547 0.550 1 -0.44 0.34 1.09 0.39
Low human development
168 Pakistan 0.396 0.436 0.500 0.527 0.536 0.537 0.544 0.544 -5 0.97 1.38 0.65 0.97
169 Senegal 0.377 0.398 0.477 0.509 0.522 0.522 0.526 0.530 1 0.54 1.83 0.81 1.04
170 Gambia 0.331 0.403 0.463 0.482 0.512 0.513 0.519 0.524 5 1.99 1.40 0.96 1.40
171 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.388 0.391 0.440 0.477 0.506 0.508 0.514 0.522 8 0.08 1.19 1.32 0.90
172 Malawi 0.306 0.394 0.475 0.504 0.512 0.509 0.513 0.517 -1 2.56 1.89 0.65 1.60
173 Benin 0.351 0.415 0.485 0.511 0.504 0.506 0.512 0.515 -4 1.69 1.57 0.46 1.17
174 Guinea-Bissau .. .. 0.452 0.481 0.498 0.502 0.511 0.514 2 .. .. 0.99 ..
175 Djibouti .. 0.337 0.421 0.469 0.499 0.501 0.510 0.513 6 .. 2.25 1.53 ..
176 Sudan .. .. 0.479 0.498 0.513 0.512 0.516 0.511 -3 .. .. 0.50 ..
177 Liberia .. 0.443 0.467 0.480 0.498 0.503 0.508 0.510 0 .. 0.53 0.68 ..
178 Eritrea .. .. 0.465 0.480 0.495 0.496 0.499 0.503 -1 .. .. 0.61 ..
179 Guinea 0.282 0.359 0.430 0.465 0.488 0.490 0.498 0.500 3 2.44 1.82 1.17 1.75
180 Ethiopia .. 0.293 0.415 0.456 0.486 0.487 0.494 0.497 4 .. 3.54 1.40 ..
181 Afghanistan 0.285 0.351 0.465 0.496 0.501 0.486 0.495 0.496 -7 2.10 2.85 0.50 1.69
182 Mozambique 0.246 0.311 0.419 0.457 0.477 0.478 0.490 0.493 1 2.37 3.03 1.26 2.13
183 Madagascar .. 0.443 0.493 0.501 0.483 0.481 0.483 0.487 -11 .. 1.08 -0.09 ..
184 Yemen 0.359 0.439 0.502 0.475 0.459 0.458 0.466 0.470 -4 2.03 1.35 -0.51 0.82
185 Sierra Leone 0.313 0.318 0.410 0.432 0.454 0.458 0.463 0.467 0 0.16 2.57 1.01 1.22
186 Burkina Faso .. .. 0.377 0.419 0.453 0.454 0.457 0.459 1 .. .. 1.53 ..
187 Burundi 0.294 0.308 0.416 0.432 0.435 0.435 0.437 0.439 -2 0.47 3.05 0.41 1.22
188 Mali 0.240 0.320 0.410 0.413 0.414 0.414 0.417 0.419 0 2.92 2.51 0.17 1.70
188 Niger 0.215 0.266 0.339 0.374 0.404 0.413 0.414 0.419 3 2.15 2.45 1.64 2.04
190 Chad .. 0.303 0.375 0.396 0.408 0.408 0.414 0.416 -1 .. 2.15 0.80 ..
191 Central African Republic 0.342 0.333 0.358 0.377 0.386 0.339 .. 0.414 -1 -0.27 0.73 1.12 0.58
192 Somalia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.385 0.404 .. .. .. .. ..
193 South Sudan .. .. 0.420 0.317 0.398 0.393 0.388 0.388 0 .. .. -0.61 ..
Other countries or territories
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Human development groups
Very high human development 0.797 0.838 0.879 0.898 0.901 0.903 0.908 0.914 0.50 0.48 0.30 0.42
High human development 0.569 0.636 0.714 0.744 0.763 0.766 0.774 0.777 1.12 1.16 0.65 0.95
Medium human development 0.439 0.491 0.573 0.611 0.631 0.629 0.649 0.656 1.13 1.56 1.05 1.22
Low human development 0.346 0.393 0.467 0.491 0.507 0.507 0.512 0.515 1.28 1.74 0.76 1.21
Developing countries 0.520 0.576 0.649 0.680 0.696 0.696 0.708 0.712 1.03 1.20 0.72 0.96
Regions
Arab States 0.550 0.615 0.670 0.693 0.707 0.710 0.716 0.719 1.12 0.86 0.54 0.82
East Asia and the Pacific 0.514 0.604 0.699 0.735 0.764 0.768 0.773 0.775 1.63 1.47 0.80 1.25
Europe and Central Asia 0.674 0.686 0.753 0.789 0.802 0.803 0.815 0.818 0.18 0.94 0.64 0.59
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.648 0.697 0.747 0.767 0.764 0.762 0.778 0.783 0.73 0.70 0.36 0.58
South Asia 0.454 0.508 0.590 0.627 0.645 0.641 0.665 0.672 1.13 1.51 1.01 1.20
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.405 0.435 0.510 0.540 0.557 0.558 0.565 0.568 0.72 1.60 0.83 1.03
Least developed countries 0.360 0.411 0.494 0.526 0.550 0.549 0.555 0.560 1.33 1.86 0.97 1.35
Small island developing states 0.617 b 0.660 0.702 0.727 0.731 0.727 0.737 0.739 0.68 0.62 0.40 0.55
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 0.801 0.846 0.883 0.899 0.903 0.904 0.910 0.916 0.55 0.43 0.28 0.41
World 0.608 0.651 0.707 0.731 0.742 0.742 0.752 0.756 0.69 0.83 0.52 0.66
Notes
For HDI values that are comparable across years and countries, use this table or the interpolated data at http://hdr.undp.org/en/data, which present trends using consistent data.
a. A positive value indicates an improvement in rank.
b. Value reported with relaxed aggregation rule. For more details see Reader's guide.
Definitions
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. See Technical note 1 at https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2025_HDR/hdr2025_technical_notes.pdf for details on how the HDI is calculated.
Average annual HDI growth: A smoothed annualized growth of the HDI in a given period, calculated as the annual compound growth rate.
Main data sources
Columns 1-8: HDRO calculations based on data from Barro and Lee (2018), IMF (2024), UNDESA (2024a), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2024), United Nations Statistics Division (2025) and World Bank (2024a).
Column 9: Calculated based on data in columns 4 and 8.
Columns 10-13: Calculated based on data in columns 1, 2, 3 and 8.
Source

Human Development Indices: A statistical update 2025

Source:  United Nations Development Programme

The Human Development Report is a reliable source and an alternative perspective on critical issues for human development worldwide. Featuring the Human Development Index, every report presents agenda-setting data and analysis and calls international attention to issues and policy options that put people at the center of strategies to meet the challenges of development today - economic, social, political, and cultural.
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