Human Development Index (HDI)

193 countries, 2023. Unit: index 0-1.

First in the ranking
0.972
Iceland
Median country
0.762
half above, half below
World
0.756
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.388 to 0.972
South Sudan - Iceland

How to read it

Across 193 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Iceland (0.972) and the lowest in South Sudan (0.388).

The median country is at 0.762: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value rose from 0.620 in 1994 to 0.756 in 2023.

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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 Continent Share of the highest value
1Iceland0.972Europe
2Switzerland0.970Europe
3Norway0.970Europe
4Denmark0.962Europe
5Germany0.959Europe
6Sweden0.959Europe
7Australia0.958Oceania
8Hong Kong0.955Asia
9Netherlands0.955Europe
10Belgium0.951Europe
11Ireland0.949Europe
12Finland0.948Europe
13United Kingdom0.946Europe
14Singapore0.946Asia
15United Arab Emirates0.940Asia
16Canada0.939North America
17Liechtenstein0.938Europe
18New Zealand0.938Oceania
19United States0.938North America
20South Korea0.937Asia
21Slovenia0.931Europe
22Austria0.930Europe
23Japan0.925Asia
24Malta0.924Europe
25Luxembourg0.922Europe
26France0.920Europe
27Israel0.919Asia
28Spain0.918Europe
29Czechia0.915Europe
30Italy0.915Europe
31San Marino0.915Europe
32Andorra0.913Europe
33Cyprus0.913Asia
34Greece0.908Europe
35Poland0.906Europe
36Estonia0.905Europe
37Saudi Arabia0.900Asia
38Bahrain0.899Asia
39Lithuania0.895Europe
40Portugal0.890Europe
41Croatia0.889Europe
42Latvia0.889Europe
43Qatar0.886Asia
44Slovakia0.880Europe
45Chile0.878South America
46Hungary0.870Europe
47Argentina0.865South America
48Montenegro0.862Europe
49Uruguay0.862South America
50Oman0.858Asia
51Türkiye0.853Asia
52Kuwait0.852Asia
53Antigua and Barbuda0.851North America
54Seychelles0.848Africa
55Bulgaria0.845Europe
56Romania0.845Europe
57Georgia0.844Asia
58Saint Kitts and Nevis0.840North America
59Panama0.839North America
60Brunei0.837Asia
61Kazakhstan0.837Asia
62Costa Rica0.833North America
63Serbia0.833Europe
64Russia0.832Europe
65Belarus0.824Europe
66Bahamas0.820North America
67Malaysia0.819Asia
68North Macedonia0.815Europe
69Armenia0.811Asia
70Barbados0.811North America
71Albania0.810Europe
72Trinidad and Tobago0.807North America
73Mauritius0.806Africa
74Bosnia and Herzegovina0.804Europe
75Iran0.799Asia
76Thailand0.798Asia
77Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.798North America
78China0.797Asia
79Peru0.794South America
80Grenada0.791North America
81Azerbaijan0.789Asia
82Mexico0.789North America
83Colombia0.788South America
84Brazil0.786South America
85Palau0.786Oceania
86Moldova0.785Europe
87Ukraine0.779Europe
88Ecuador0.777South America
89Dominican Republic0.776North America
90Guyana0.776South America
91Sri Lanka0.776Asia
92Tonga0.769Oceania
93Maldives0.766Asia
94Vietnam0.766Asia
95Turkmenistan0.764Asia
96Algeria0.763Africa
97Cuba0.762North America
98Dominica0.761North America
99Paraguay0.756South America
100Egypt0.754Africa
101Jordan0.754Asia
102Lebanon0.752Asia
103Saint Lucia0.748North America
104Mongolia0.747Asia
105Tunisia0.746Africa
106South Africa0.741Africa
107Uzbekistan0.740Asia
108Bolivia0.733South America
109Gabon0.733Africa
110Marshall Islands0.733Oceania
111Botswana0.731Africa
112Fiji0.731Oceania
113Indonesia0.728Asia
114Suriname0.722South America
115Belize0.721North America
116Libya0.721Africa
117Jamaica0.720North America
118Kyrgyzstan0.720Asia
119Philippines0.720Asia
120Morocco0.710Africa
121Venezuela0.709South America
122Samoa0.708Oceania
123Nicaragua0.706North America
124Nauru0.703Oceania
125Bhutan0.698Asia
126Iraq0.695Asia
127Eswatini0.695Africa
128Tajikistan0.691Asia
129Tuvalu0.689Oceania
130Bangladesh0.685Asia
131India0.685Asia
132El Salvador0.678North America
133Equatorial Guinea0.674Africa
134Palestine0.674Asia
135Cabo Verde0.668Africa
136Namibia0.665Africa
137Guatemala0.662North America
138Republic of the Congo0.649Africa
139Honduras0.645North America
140Kiribati0.644Oceania
141São Tomé and Principe0.637Africa
142Timor-Leste0.634Asia
143Ghana0.628Africa
144Kenya0.628Africa
145Nepal0.622Asia
146Vanuatu0.621Oceania
147Laos0.617Asia
148Angola0.616Africa
149Federated States of Micronesia0.615Oceania
150Myanmar0.609Asia
151Cambodia0.606Asia
152Comoros0.603Africa
153Zimbabwe0.598Africa
154Zambia0.595Africa
155Cameroon0.588Africa
156Solomon Islands0.584Oceania
157Côte d'Ivoire0.582Africa
158Uganda0.582Africa
159Rwanda0.578Africa
160Papua New Guinea0.576Oceania
161Togo0.571Africa
162Syria0.564Asia
163Mauritania0.563Africa
164Nigeria0.560Africa
165Tanzania0.555Africa
166Haiti0.554North America
167Lesotho0.550Africa
168Pakistan0.544Asia
169Senegal0.530Africa
170The Gambia0.524Africa
171Democratic Republic of the Congo0.522Africa
172Malawi0.517Africa
173Benin0.515Africa
174Guinea-Bissau0.514Africa
175Djibouti0.513Africa
176Sudan0.511Africa
177Liberia0.510Africa
178Eritrea0.503Africa
179Guinea0.500Africa
180Ethiopia0.497Africa
181Afghanistan0.496Asia
182Mozambique0.493Africa
183Madagascar0.487Africa
184Yemen0.470Asia
185Sierra Leone0.467Africa
186Burkina Faso0.459Africa
187Burundi0.439Africa
188Mali0.419Africa
189Niger0.419Africa
190Chad0.416Africa
191Central African Republic0.414Africa
192Somalia0.404Africa
193South Sudan0.388Africa
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2013-2023

% change · 192 countries

Largest increase

  1. Eswatini 0.578 → 0.695 +20%
  2. Côte d'Ivoire 0.487 → 0.582 +20%
  3. Bangladesh 0.589 → 0.685 +16%
  4. Guyana 0.669 → 0.776 +16%
  5. Rwanda 0.499 → 0.578 +16%

Largest decrease

  1. Venezuela 0.773 → 0.709 −8%
  2. Yemen 0.507 → 0.470 −7%
  3. Palestine 0.706 → 0.674 −5%
  4. Libya 0.748 → 0.721 −4%
  5. Madagascar 0.497 → 0.487 −2%

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Human Development Index - continent medians

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1995 Africa: 0.42 Asia: 0.62 Europe: 0.78 North America: 0.67 South America: 0.67 Oceania: 0.66 1996 Africa: 0.42 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.79 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.67 Oceania: 0.66 1997 Africa: 0.43 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.79 North America: 0.69 South America: 0.68 Oceania: 0.67 1998 Africa: 0.43 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.8 North America: 0.69 South America: 0.68 Oceania: 0.67 1999 Africa: 0.43 Asia: 0.65 Europe: 0.81 North America: 0.7 South America: 0.68 Oceania: 0.67 2000 Africa: 0.44 Asia: 0.65 Europe: 0.83 North America: 0.71 South America: 0.68 Oceania: 0.67 2001 Africa: 0.45 Asia: 0.66 Europe: 0.83 North America: 0.71 South America: 0.69 Oceania: 0.68 2002 Africa: 0.45 Asia: 0.67 Europe: 0.84 North America: 0.72 South America: 0.7 Oceania: 0.68 2003 Africa: 0.46 Asia: 0.68 Europe: 0.84 North America: 0.72 South America: 0.7 Oceania: 0.68 2004 Africa: 0.46 Asia: 0.68 Europe: 0.85 North America: 0.73 South America: 0.7 Oceania: 0.69 2005 Africa: 0.47 Asia: 0.69 Europe: 0.85 North America: 0.73 South America: 0.71 Oceania: 0.62 2006 Africa: 0.47 Asia: 0.71 Europe: 0.86 North America: 0.74 South America: 0.72 Oceania: 0.63 2007 Africa: 0.48 Asia: 0.72 Europe: 0.86 North America: 0.75 South America: 0.72 Oceania: 0.63 2008 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.72 Europe: 0.86 North America: 0.75 South America: 0.73 Oceania: 0.64 2009 Africa: 0.5 Asia: 0.72 Europe: 0.87 North America: 0.75 South America: 0.73 Oceania: 0.64 2010 Africa: 0.5 Asia: 0.72 Europe: 0.87 North America: 0.75 South America: 0.74 Oceania: 0.64 2011 Africa: 0.51 Asia: 0.73 Europe: 0.88 North America: 0.76 South America: 0.75 Oceania: 0.65 2012 Africa: 0.52 Asia: 0.74 Europe: 0.88 North America: 0.76 South America: 0.75 Oceania: 0.66 2013 Africa: 0.52 Asia: 0.74 Europe: 0.88 North America: 0.77 South America: 0.76 Oceania: 0.66 2014 Africa: 0.52 Asia: 0.75 Europe: 0.89 North America: 0.77 South America: 0.76 Oceania: 0.67 2015 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.75 Europe: 0.89 North America: 0.77 South America: 0.77 Oceania: 0.68 2016 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.76 Europe: 0.89 North America: 0.77 South America: 0.76 Oceania: 0.68 2017 Africa: 0.54 Asia: 0.76 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.78 South America: 0.77 Oceania: 0.69 2018 Africa: 0.54 Asia: 0.77 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.78 South America: 0.77 Oceania: 0.69 2019 Africa: 0.55 Asia: 0.76 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.79 South America: 0.77 Oceania: 0.69 2020 Africa: 0.55 Asia: 0.75 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.77 South America: 0.75 Oceania: 0.7 2021 Africa: 0.56 Asia: 0.75 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.76 South America: 0.76 Oceania: 0.7 2022 Africa: 0.57 Asia: 0.76 Europe: 0.9 North America: 0.78 South America: 0.78 Oceania: 0.7 2023 Africa: 0.57 Asia: 0.77 Europe: 0.91 North America: 0.79 South America: 0.78 Oceania: 0.71 1995 2005 2010 2015 2023

By continent

median country
Africa 0.567
Asia 0.766
Europe 0.914
North America 0.789
South America 0.782
Oceania 0.706

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