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This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2006, compiled on the basis of 2004 data. It covers 175 UN member countries (out of 192), along with: Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. 17 UN member countries are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing, or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq.^[1]

Countries fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development. The arrows show the change in HDI from 2005 values.

List of countries Edit

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High Edit

(figures in brackets indicate the change in rank)

Rank	Country	HDI
1	Template:Country data Norway	0.965 (0)
2	Template:Country data Iceland	0.960 (0)
3	Template:Country data Australia	0.957 (0)
4	Template:Country data Ireland	0.956 (+4)
5	Template:Country data Sweden	0.951 (+1)
6	Template:Country data Canada	0.950 (-1)
7	Template:Country data Japan	0.949 (+4)
8	Template:Country data United States	0.948 (+2)
9	Template:Country data Switzerland	0.947 (-2)
10	Template:Country data Netherlands	0.947 (+2)
11	Template:Country data Finland	0.947 (+2)
12	Template:Country data Luxembourg	0.945 (-8)
13	Template:Country data Belgium	0.945 (-4)
14	Template:Country flagcountry2	0.944 (+3)
15	Template:Country data Denmark	0.943 (-1)
16	Template:Country data France	0.942 (0)
17	Template:Country data Italy	0.940 (+1)
18	Template:Country flagcountry2	0.940 (-3)
19	Template:Country data Spain	0.938 (+2)
20	Template:Country data New Zealand	0.936 (-1)
21	Template:Country data Germany	0.932 (-1)
22	[[Image:Template:Country flag alias Hong Kong\|22x20px\|Template:Country alias Hong Kong]] Hong Kong SAR, China	0.927 (0)
23	Template:Country data Israel	0.927 (0)
24	Template:Country data Greece	0.921 (0)
25	Template:Country data Singapore	0.916 (0)
26	Template:Country data South Korea	0.912 (+2)
27	Template:Country data Slovenia	0.910 (-1)
28	Template:Country data Portugal	0.904 (-1)
29	Template:Country data Cyprus	0.903 (0)
30	Template:Country data Czech Republic	0.885 (+1)
31	Template:Country data Barbados	0.879 (-1)
32	Template:Country data Malta	0.875 (0)

Rank	Country	HDI
33	Template:Country data Kuwait	0.871 (+11)
34	Template:Country data Brunei	0.871 (-1)
35	Template:Country data Hungary	0.869 (0)
36	Template:Country data Argentina	0.863 (-2)
37	Template:Country data Poland	0.862 (-1)
38	Template:Country data Chile	0.859 (-1)
39	Template:Country data Bahrain	0.859 (+4)
40	Template:Country data Estonia	0.858 (-2)
41	Template:Country data Lithuania	0.857 (-2)
42	Template:Country data Slovakia	0.856 (0)
43	Template:Country data Uruguay	0.851 (+3)
44	Template:Country data Croatia	0.846 (+1)
45	Template:Country data Latvia	0.845 (+3)
46	Template:Country data Qatar	0.844 (-6)
47	Template:Country data Seychelles	0.842 (+4)
48	Template:Country data Costa Rica	0.841 (-1)
49	Template:Country data United Arab Emirates	0.839 (-8)
50	Template:Country data Cuba	0.826 (+2)
51	Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.825 (-2)
52	Template:Country data Bahamas	0.825 (-2)
53	Template:Country data Mexico	0.821 (0)
54	Template:Country data Bulgaria	0.816 (+1)
55	Template:Country data Tonga	0.815 (-1)
56	Template:Country data Oman	0.810 (+15)
57	Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago	0.809 (0)
58	Template:Country data Panama	0.809 (-2)
59	Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda	0.808 (+1)
60	Template:Country data Romania	0.805 (+4)
61	Template:Country data Malaysia	0.805 (0)
62	Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.800 (+6)
63	Template:Country data Mauritius	0.800 (+2)

Medium Edit

Rank	Country	HDI
64	Template:Country data Libya	0.798
65	[[Image:Template:Country flag alias Russia\|22x20px\|Template:Country alias Russia]] Russian Federation	0.797
66	Template:Country data Republic of Macedonia	0.796
67	Template:Country data Belarus	0.794
68	Template:Country data Dominica	0.793
69	Template:Country data Brazil	0.792
70	Template:Country data Colombia	0.790
71	Template:Country data Saint Lucia	0.790
72	Template:Country data Venezuela	0.784
73	Template:Country data Albania	0.784
74	Template:Country data Thailand	0.784
75	Template:Country data Samoa	0.778
76	Template:Country data Saudi Arabia	0.777
77	Template:Country data Ukraine	0.774
78	Template:Country data Lebanon	0.774
79	Template:Country data Kazakhstan	0.774
80	Template:Country data Armenia	0.768
81	Flag of the People's Republic of China China (PRC)^[2]	0.768
82	Template:Country data Peru	0.767
83	Template:Country data Ecuador	0.765
84	Template:Country data Philippines	0.763
85	Template:Country data Grenada	0.762
86	Template:Country data Jordan	0.760
87	Template:Country data Tunisia	0.760
88	Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.759
89	Template:Country data Suriname	0.759
90	Template:Country data Fiji	0.758
91	Template:Country data Paraguay	0.757
92	Template:Country data Turkey	0.757
93	Template:Country data Sri Lanka	0.755
94	Template:Country data Dominican Republic	0.751
95	Template:Country data Belize	0.751
96	Template:Country data Iran	0.746
97	Template:Country data Georgia	0.743
98	Template:Country data Maldives	0.739
99	Template:Country data Azerbaijan	0.736
100	Template:Country data Palestinian Authority	0.736
101	Template:Country data El Salvador	0.729
102	Template:Country data Algeria	0.728
103	Template:Country data Guyana	0.725
104	Template:Country data Jamaica	0.724
105	Template:Country data Turkmenistan	0.724

Rank	Country	HDI
106	Template:Country data Cape Verde	0.722
107	Template:Country data Syria	0.716
108	Template:Country data Indonesia	0.711
109	Template:Country data Vietnam	0.709
110	Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan	0.705
111	Template:Country data Egypt	0.702
112	Template:Country data Nicaragua	0.698
113	Template:Country data Uzbekistan	0.696
114	Template:Country data Moldova	0.694
115	Template:Country data Bolivia	0.692
116	Template:Country data Mongolia	0.691
117	Template:Country data Honduras	0.683
118	Template:Country data Guatemala	0.673
119	Template:Country data Vanuatu	0.670
120	Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea	0.653
121	Template:Country data South Africa	0.653
122	Template:Country data Tajikistan	0.652
123	Template:Country data Morocco	0.640
124	Template:Country data Gabon	0.633
125	Template:Country data Namibia	0.626
126	Template:Country data India	0.611
127	Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe	0.607
128	Template:Country data Solomon Islands	0.592
129	Template:Country data Cambodia	0.583
130	Template:Country data Myanmar	0.581
131	Template:Country data Botswana	0.570
132	Template:Country data Comoros	0.556
133	Template:Country data Laos	0.553
134	Template:Country data Pakistan	0.539
135	Template:Country data Bhutan	0.538
136	Template:Country data Ghana	0.532
137	Template:Country data Bangladesh	0.530
138	Template:Country data Nepal	0.527
139	Template:Country data Papua New Guinea	0.523
140	Republic of the Congo^[3]	0.520
141	Template:Country data Sudan	0.516
142	Template:Country data East Timor	0.512
143	Template:Country data Madagascar	0.509
144	Template:Country data Cameroon	0.506
145	Template:Country data Uganda	0.502
146	Template:Country data Swaziland	0.500

Low Edit

Rank	Country	HDI
147	Template:Country data Togo	0.495
148	Template:Country data Djibouti	0.494
149	Template:Country data Lesotho	0.494
150	Template:Country data Yemen	0.492
151	Template:Country data Zimbabwe	0.491
152	Template:Country data Kenya	0.491
153	Template:Country data Mauritania	0.486
154	Template:Country data Haiti	0.482
155	Template:Country data The Gambia	0.479
156	Template:Country data Senegal	0.460
157	Template:Country data Eritrea	0.454
158	Template:Country data Rwanda	0.450
159	Template:Country data Nigeria	0.448
160	Template:Country data Guinea	0.445
161	Template:Country data Angola	0.439
162	Template:Country data Tanzania	0.430

Rank	Country	HDI
163	Template:Country data Benin	0.428
164	File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	0.421
165	Template:Country data Zambia	0.407
166	Template:Country data Malawi	0.400
167	Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo ^[4] \|\| 0.391
168	Template:Country data Mozambique	0.390
169	Template:Country data Burundi	0.384
170	Template:Country data Ethiopia	0.371
171	Template:Country data Chad	0.368
172	Template:Country data Central African Republic	0.353
173	Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau	0.349
174	Template:Country data Burkina Faso	0.342
175	Template:Country data Mali	0.338
176	Template:Country data Sierra Leone	0.335
177	Template:Country data Niger	0.311

Not calculated by the UN Edit

Country	HDI
Republic of China (Taiwan)Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.	0.909 (2004)

Regions and groups Edit

Region/Group	HDI
World	0.741
Developing countries	0.679
Least Developed Countries	0.464
Arab states	0.680
East Asia and the Pacific	0.760
Latin America and the Caribbean	0.795
South Asia	0.599
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.472
Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS	0.802
OECD	0.923
European Union	N/A

Region/Group	HDI
High Human Development	0.923
Medium Human Development	0.701
Low Human Development	0.427
High income	0.942
Middle income	0.768
Low income	0.556

Ten highest HDIs by region Edit

Americas

Rank	Country	HDI
High HDI
1	Template:Country data Canada	0.950
2	Template:Country data United States	0.948
3	Template:Country data Barbados	0.879
4	Template:Country data Argentina	0.863
5	Template:Country data Chile	0.859
6	Template:Country data Uruguay	0.851
7	Template:Country data Costa Rica	0.841
8	Template:Country data Cuba	0.826
9	Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.825
10	Template:Country data Bahamas	0.825

Europe

Rank	Country	HDI
High HDI
1	Template:Country data Norway	0.965
2	Template:Country data Iceland	0.960
3	Template:Country data Ireland	0.956
4	Template:Country data Sweden	0.951
5	Template:Country data Switzerland	0.947
6	Template:Country data Netherlands	0.947
7	Template:Country data Finland	0.947
8	Template:Country data Luxembourg	0.945
9	Template:Country data Belgium	0.945
10	Template:Country flagcountry2	0.944

Far East

Rank	Country	HDI
High HDI
1	Template:Country data Australia	0.957
2	Template:Country data Japan	0.949
3	Template:Country data New Zealand	0.936
4	Template:Country data Hong Kong	0.927
5	Template:Country data Singapore	0.916
6	Template:Country data South Korea	0.912
7	Template:Country data Brunei	0.871
8	Template:Country data Tonga	0.815
9	Template:Country data Malaysia	0.805
Medium HDI
10	Template:Country data Thailand	0.784

Middle East & North Africa

Rank	Country	HDI
High HDI
1	Template:Country data Israel	0.927
2	Template:Country data Cyprus	0.903
3	Template:Country data Kuwait	0.871
4	Template:Country data Bahrain	0.859
5	Template:Country data Qatar	0.844
6	Template:Country data United Arab Emirates	0.839
7	Template:Country data Oman	0.810
Medium HDI
8	Template:Country data Libya	0.798
9	Template:Country data Saudi Arabia	0.777
10	Template:Country data Lebanon	0.774

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rank	Country	HDI
High HDI
1	Template:Country data Seychelles	0.842
2	Template:Country data Mauritius	0.800
Medium HDI
3	Template:Country data Cape Verde	0.722
4	Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea	0.653
5	Template:Country data South Africa	0.653
6	Template:Country data Gabon	0.633
7	Template:Country data Namibia	0.626
8	Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe	0.607
9	Template:Country data Botswana	0.570
10	Template:Country data Comoros	0.556

Ten lowest HDIs by region Edit

Americas

Rank	Country	HDI
Low HDI
1	Template:Country data Haiti	0.482
Medium HDI
2	Template:Country data Guatemala	0.673
3	Template:Country data Honduras	0.683
4	Template:Country data Bolivia	0.692
5	Template:Country data Nicaragua	0.698
6	Template:Country data Jamaica	0.724
7	Template:Country data Guyana	0.725
8	Template:Country data El Salvador	0.729
9	Template:Country data Belize	0.751
10	Template:Country data Dominican Republic	0.751

Europe^[5]

Rank	Country	HDI
Medium HDI
1	Template:Country data Moldova	0.694
2	Template:Country data Ukraine	0.774
3	Template:Country data Albania	0.784
4	Template:Country data Belarus	0.794
5	Template:Country data Republic of Macedonia	0.796
High HDI
6	Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.800
7	Template:Country data Romania	0.805
8	Template:Country data Bulgaria	0.816
9	Template:Country data Latvia	0.845
10	Template:Country data Croatia	0.846

Far East

Rank	Country	HDI
Medium HDI
1	Template:Country data East Timor	0.512
2	Template:Country data Papua New Guinea	0.523
3	Template:Country data Nepal	0.527
4	Template:Country data Bangladesh	0.530
5	Template:Country data Bhutan	0.538
6	Template:Country data Pakistan	0.539
7	Template:Country data Laos	0.553
8	Template:Country data Myanmar	0.581
9	Template:Country data Cambodia	0.583
10	Template:Country data Solomon Islands	0.592

Middle East & North Africa

Rank	Country	HDI
Low HDI
1	Template:Country data Yemen	0.492
Medium HDI
2	Template:Country data Morocco	0.640
3	Template:Country data Egypt	0.702
4	Template:Country data Syria	0.716
5	Template:Country data Algeria	0.728
6	Template:Country data Palestinian Authority	0.736
7	Template:Country data Iran	0.746
8	Template:Country data Turkey	0.757
9	Template:Country data Tunisia	0.760
10	Template:Country data Jordan	0.760

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rank	Country	HDI
Low HDI
1	Template:Country data Niger	0.311
2	Template:Country data Sierra Leone	0.335
3	Template:Country data Mali	0.338
4	Template:Country data Burkina Faso	0.342
5	Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau	0.349
6	Template:Country data Central African Republic	0.353
7	Template:Country data Chad	0.368
8	Template:Country data Ethiopia	0.371
9	Template:Country data Burundi	0.384
10	Template:Country data Mozambique	0.390

Unavailable data Edit

Country	HDI
Template:Country data Afghanistan	0.229 (1993)
Template:Country data Andorra	0.944 (1997)
Template:Country data Greenland	0.927 (1998)
Template:Country data Iraq	0.567 (1999)
Template:Country data Kiribati	0.515 (1998)
Template:Country data Liberia	0.311 (1993)
Template:Country data Liechtenstein	0.946 (1997)
Template:Country data Marshall Islands	0.563 (1998)
Template:Country data Micronesia	0.569 (1998)
Template:Country data Monaco	0.946 (1997)

Country	HDI
Template:Country data Montenegro	0.789 (1997)
Template:Country data Nauru	0.663 (1998)
Template:Country data North Korea	0.766 (1995)
Template:Country data Palau	0.861 (1998)
Template:Country data Puerto Rico	0.942 (1998)
Template:Country data San Marino	0.944 (1997)
Template:Country data Serbia	0.772 (2002)
Template:Country data Somalia	0.221 (1993)
Template:Country data Tuvalu	0.583 (1998)
Template:Country data Vatican City	style="background: #ececec; color: black;" class="table-na" \| N/A

Notes Edit

↑ (2006). About HDRO. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2006-10-30.
↑ Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China; excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
↑ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville and previously simply as Congo.
↑ Also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
↑ This list includes territories located wholly in Europe, including Belarus (which is not a member of the Council of Europe). This list does not include asian members of the council of Europe, e.g. Armenia, nor transcontinental territories - located partly in Asia, e.g. Kazakhstan (which is not a member of the Council of Europe), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey (members of the Council of Europe).

References Edit

(2006). Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30.
Table 1: Human Development Index, Human Development Report 2006. Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30.
Tables, Human Development Report 2006. Human Development Report 2006. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2007-01-30.

External linksEdit

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[0] (2006). About HDRO. United Nations Development Programme. URL accessed on 2006-10-30.

[1] Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China; excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).

[2] Also known as Congo-Brazzaville and previously simply as Congo.

[3] Also known as Congo-Kinshasa.

[4] This list includes territories located wholly in Europe, including Belarus (which is not a member of the Council of Europe). This list does not include asian members of the council of Europe, e.g. Armenia, nor transcontinental territories - located partly in Asia, e.g. Kazakhstan (which is not a member of the Council of Europe), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey (members of the Council of Europe).

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