Human Development Index (HDI) in Europe

42 countries in Europe, 2023. Unit: index 0-1. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.972
Median country
0.914
half above, half below
World
0.756
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.779 to 0.972
Ukraine - Iceland

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Across 42 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Iceland (0.972) and the lowest in Ukraine (0.779).

The median country is at 0.914: half are above, half below.

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Source: UNDP, Human Development Report · licence

Human Development Index over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Iceland0.972
2Switzerland0.970
3Norway0.970
4Denmark0.962
5Germany0.959
6Sweden0.959
7Netherlands0.955
8Belgium0.951
9Ireland0.949
10Finland0.948
11United Kingdom0.946
12Liechtenstein0.938
13Slovenia0.931
14Austria0.930
15Malta0.924
16Luxembourg0.922
17France0.920
18Spain0.918
19Czechia0.915
20Italy0.915
21San Marino0.915
22Andorra0.913
23Greece0.908
24Poland0.906
25Estonia0.905
26Lithuania0.895
27Portugal0.890
28Croatia0.889
29Latvia0.889
30Slovakia0.880
31Hungary0.870
32Montenegro0.862
33Bulgaria0.845
34Romania0.845
35Serbia0.833
36Russia0.832
37Belarus0.824
38North Macedonia0.815
39Albania0.810
40Bosnia and Herzegovina0.804
41Moldova0.785
42Ukraine0.779
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

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