What is List Of Countries By Human Development Index?

Information about List Of Countries By Human Development Index

[[Image:HDImap spectrum2006.png|thumb|right|400px|Coloured world map indicating Human Development Index (2006)
     0.950 and over      0.900–0.949      0.850–0.899      0.800–0.849      0.750–0.799      0.700–0.749      0.650–0.699      0.600–0.649      0.550–0.599      0.500–0.549      0.450–0.499      0.400–0.449      0.350–0.399      0.300–0.349      under 0.300      not available
]] 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

=steady =increase =decrease (in HDI)

High

(figures in parentheses indicate the change in rank)

Rank Country HDI
1 Norway 0.965 (0)
2 Iceland 0.960 (0)
3 Australia 0.957 (0)
4 Ireland 0.956 (+4)
5 Sweden 0.951 (+1)
6 Canada 0.950 (-1)
7 Japan 0.949 (+4)
8 United States 0.948 (+2)
9 Switzerland 0.947 (-2)
10 Netherlands 0.947 (+2)
11 Finland 0.947 (+2)
12 Luxembourg 0.945 (-8)
13 Belgium 0.945 (-4)
14 Austria 0.944 (+3)
15 Denmark 0.943 (-1)
16 France 0.942 (0)
17 Italy 0.940 (+1)
18 United Kingdom 0.940 (-3)
19 Spain 0.938 (+2)
20 New Zealand 0.936 (-1)
21 Germany 0.932 (-1)
22 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.927 (0)
23 Israel 0.927 (0)
24 Greece 0.921 (0)
25 Singapore 0.916 (0)
26 South Korea 0.912 (+2)
27 Slovenia 0.910 (-1)
28 Portugal 0.904 (-1)
29 Cyprus 0.903 (0)
30 Czech Republic 0.885 (+1)
31 Barbados 0.879 (-1)
32 Malta 0.875 (0)
Rank Country HDI
33 Kuwait 0.871 (+11)
34 Brunei 0.871 (-1)
35 Hungary 0.869 (0)
36 Argentina 0.863 (-2)
37 Poland 0.862 (-1)
38 Chile 0.859 (-1)
39 Bahrain 0.859 (+4)
40 Estonia 0.858 (-2)
41 Lithuania 0.857 (-2)
42 Slovakia 0.856 (0)
43 Uruguay 0.851 (+3)
44 Croatia 0.846 (+1)
45 Latvia 0.845 (+3)
46 Qatar 0.844 (-6)
47 Seychelles 0.842 (+4)
48 Costa Rica 0.841 (-1)
49 United Arab Emirates 0.839 (-8)
50 Cuba 0.826 (+2)
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.825 (-2)
52 Bahamas 0.825 (-2)
53 Mexico 0.821 (0)
54 Bulgaria 0.816 (+1)
55 Tonga 0.815 (-1)
56 Oman 0.810 (+15)
57 Trinidad and Tobago 0.809 (0)
58 Panama 0.809 (-2)
59 Antigua and Barbuda 0.808 (+1)
60 Romania 0.805 (+4)
61 Malaysia 0.805 (0)
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.800 (+6)
63 Mauritius 0.800 (+2)

Medium

Rank Country HDI
64 Libya 0.798
65 Russian Federation 0.797
66 Republic of Macedonia 0.796
67 Belarus 0.794
68 Dominica 0.793
69 Brazil 0.792
70 Colombia 0.790
71 Saint Lucia 0.790
72 Venezuela 0.784
73 Albania 0.784
74 Thailand 0.784
75 Samoa 0.778
76 Saudi Arabia 0.777
77 Ukraine 0.774
78 Lebanon 0.774
79 Kazakhstan 0.774
80 Armenia 0.768
81 People's Republic of China[2] 0.768
82 Peru 0.767
83 Ecuador 0.765
84 Philippines 0.763
85 Grenada 0.762
86 Jordan 0.760
87 Tunisia 0.760
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.759
89 Suriname 0.759
90 Fiji 0.758
91 Paraguay 0.757
92 Turkey 0.757
93 Sri Lanka 0.755
94 Dominican Republic 0.751
95 Belize 0.751
96 Iran 0.746
97 Georgia 0.743
98 Maldives 0.739
99 Azerbaijan 0.736
100 Palestinian Authority 0.736
101 El Salvador 0.729
102 Algeria 0.728
103 Guyana 0.725
104 Jamaica 0.724
105 Turkmenistan 0.724
Rank Country HDI
106 Cape Verde 0.722
107 Syria 0.716
108 Indonesia 0.711
109 Vietnam 0.709
110 Kyrgyzstan 0.705
111 Egypt 0.702
112 Nicaragua 0.698
113 Uzbekistan 0.696
114 Moldova 0.694
115 Bolivia 0.692
116 Mongolia 0.691
117 Honduras 0.683
118 Guatemala 0.673
119 Vanuatu 0.670
120 Equatorial Guinea 0.653
121 South Africa 0.653
122 Tajikistan 0.652
123 Morocco 0.640
124 Gabon 0.633
125 Namibia 0.626
126 India 0.611
127 0.607
128 Solomon Islands 0.592
129 Cambodia 0.583
130 Myanmar 0.581
131 Botswana 0.570
132 Comoros 0.556
133 Laos 0.553
134 Pakistan 0.539
135 Bhutan 0.538
136 Ghana 0.532
137 Bangladesh 0.530
138 Nepal 0.527
139 Papua New Guinea 0.523
140 Republic of the Congo[3] 0.520
141 Sudan 0.516
142 0.512
143 Madagascar 0.509
144 Cameroon 0.506
145 Uganda 0.502
146 Swaziland 0.500

Low

Rank Country HDI
147 Togo 0.495
148 Djibouti 0.494
149 Lesotho 0.494
150 Yemen 0.492
151 Zimbabwe 0.491
152 Kenya 0.491
153 Mauritania 0.486
154 Haiti 0.482
155 0.479
156 Senegal 0.460
157 Eritrea 0.454
158 Rwanda 0.450
159 Nigeria 0.448
160 Guinea 0.445
161 Angola 0.439
162 Tanzania 0.430
Rank Country HDI
163 Benin 0.428
164 Ivory Coast 0.421
165 Zambia 0.407
166 Malawi 0.400
167 Democratic Republic of the Congo[4] 0.391
168 Mozambique 0.390
169 Burundi 0.384
170 Ethiopia 0.371
171 Chad 0.368
172 Central African Republic 0.353
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.349
174 Burkina Faso 0.342
175 Mali 0.338
176 Sierra Leone 0.335
177 Niger 0.311

Not calculated by the UN



Country HDI
 Republic of China (Taiwan)[5]0.925 (2004)
 Macau SAR, China[6]0.909 (2004)

Regions and groups



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 UnionN/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

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


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


Far East[7]

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


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


Sub-Saharan Africa
Rank Country HDI
High HDI
1 Seychelles 0.842
2 Mauritius 0.800
Medium HDI
3 Cape Verde 0.722
4 Equatorial Guinea 0.653
5 South Africa 0.653
6 Gabon 0.633
7 Namibia 0.626
8 0.607
9 Botswana 0.570
10 Comoros 0.556

Ten lowest HDIs by region

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


Europe[9]
Rank Country HDI
Medium HDI
1 Moldova 0.694
2 Ukraine 0.774
3 Albania 0.784
4 Belarus 0.794
5 Republic of Macedonia 0.796
6 0.797
High HDI
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.800
8 Romania 0.805
9 Bulgaria 0.816
10 Latvia 0.845


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


Middle East[11]
Rank Country HDI
Low HDI
1 Yemen 0.492
Medium HDI
2 Morocco 0.640
3 Egypt 0.702
4 Syria 0.716
5 Algeria 0.728
6 Palestinian Authority 0.736
7 Iran 0.746
8 Turkey 0.757
9 Tunisia 0.760
10 Jordan 0.760


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

Unavailable data

Country HDI
 Afghanistan0.229 (1993)
 Andorra0.944 (1997)
 Greenland0.927 (1998)
 Iraq0.567 (1999)
 Kiribati0.515 (1998)
 Liberia0.311 (1993)
 Liechtenstein0.946 (1997)
 Marshall Islands0.563 (1998)
0.569 (1998)
 Monaco0.946 (1997)
Country HDI
 Montenegro0.789 (1997)
 Nauru0.663 (1998)
 North Korea0.766 (1995)
 Palau0.861 (1998)
 Puerto Rico0.942 (1998)
 San Marino0.944 (1997)
 Serbia0.772 (2002)
 Somalia0.221 (1993)
 Tuvalu0.583 (1998)
 Vatican CityN/A


Notes

1. ^ About HDRO. United Nations Development Programme (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
2. ^ 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)
3. ^ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville and previously simply as Congo.
4. ^ Also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
5. ^ As the UN does not recognize the Republic of China (ROC) as a state, the HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan, Province of China" (the term used by the UN to refer to the domain of the Republic of China; see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2004 to be 0.925 based on the following data: life expectancy of 77.5 years; adult literacy rate of 97.2%; combined gross enrollment rate of 99%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$26,241. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2004, the ROC would rank 24th (behind Israel and in front of Greece). National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan) (Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (2004). Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
6. ^ The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI as of 2004 as 0.909. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2004, Macau would rank 25th (behind Greece and in front of Singapore). 2006 Macao in Figures (English). Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR (2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
7. ^ Including Oceania
8. ^ Including North Africa.
9. ^ 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).
10. ^ Including Oceania
11. ^ Including North Africa.

See also

Satisfaction with Life Index

Happy Planet Index

 •  • [ e]
Economic classification of countries

References

External links

 •  • [ e]
Lists of countries with rankings
Geography
Demographics
Economy
Politics
Society
Military
Environment
Articles that include one or more maps are shown in italics.


Human Development Index (HDI) is the measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.
..... Read more.
United Nations Development Programme
Org type: Programme
Acronyms: UNDP
Head: Kemal Derviş
Status: Active
Established: 1965
Website: www.undp.org
Parent org: ECOSOC[1]
Wikimedia
Commons:
Portal: The
..... Read more.
The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual milestone publication by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The report was first launched in 1990. Its simple goal was to place people at the centre of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy
..... Read more.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2003 2004 2005 - 2006 - 2007 2008 2009

2006 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Read more.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007

2004 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Read more.
United Nations (UN) member states. Each member state is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.

According to the United Nations Charter, Chapter 2, Article 4, the admission of any state to membership in the UN "will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly
..... Read more.
Anthem
March of the Volunteers[1]



Capital None[2]
Largest district (population) Sha Tin District
..... Read more.
Palestinian territories is one of a number of designations for those portions of the British Mandate of Palestine captured and administered by Jordan and by Egypt in the late 1940's, and later by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War.
..... Read more.
Homo.
Upper Paleolithic 33 At age 15: 39 (to age 54)[3][4]
Neolithic 20  
Bronze Age 18[5]  
Classical Greece 25-45  
Classical Rome 25-45  
Medieval Britain 20-30  
..... Read more.
literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate
..... Read more.
Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment and well-developed wisdom.
..... Read more.
The standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people, and the way these goods and services are distributed within a population. It is generally measured by standards such as income inequality, poverty rate, real (i.e.
..... Read more.
In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government.
..... Read more.
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile

Quality of Life is a 2004 drama film, telling the fictional story of two graffiti writers in the Mission District of San Francisco.
..... Read more.
worldwide view.
In the United States, the term "child welfare" is used to describe a set of government services designed to protect children and encourage family stability.
..... Read more.
developed country, or advanced country, is used to categorize countries with developed economies in which the tertiary and quaternary sectors of industry dominate.
..... Read more.
developing country has a relatively low standard of living, an undeveloped industrial base, and a moderate to low Human Development Index (HDI) score. In developing countries, there is low per capita income, widespread poverty, and low capital formation.
..... Read more.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs or Fourth World countries) are countries which according to the United Nations exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world.
..... Read more.
20th century - 21st century
1960s  1970s  1980s  - 1990s -  2000s  2010s  2020s
1987 1988 1989 - 1990 - 1991 1992 1993

Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar).
..... Read more.
Motto
اتحاد، تنظيم، يقين محکم
Ittehad, Tanzim, Yaqeen-e-Muhkam   (Urdu)
..... Read more.
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Greek for oikos (house) and nomos (custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold).
..... Read more.
Mahbub ul Haq (February 22, 1934 - July 16, 1998) was an influential and world renowned Pakistani economist. One of the founders of human development theory (and a personal friend of Amartya Sen, whom he met while studying at Cambridge), together with Amartya Sen he created the
..... Read more.
Motto
Royal: Alt for Norge ("Everything for Norway")
1814 Eidsvoll oath: Enige og tro til Dovre faller
("United and faithful until the mountains of Dovre crumble")

Anthem
Ja, vi elsker

..... Read more.
Anthem
Lofsöngur

Location of  Iceland

..... Read more.
Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
..... Read more.
Ireland
Éire
Airlann <nowiki />

Northwest of continental Europe with Great Britain to the east.

Geography <nowiki/>
Location Western Europe <nowiki />
Archipelago
..... Read more.
Motto
(Royal) "För Sverige - I tiden" 1
"For Sweden – With the Times" Â²
Anthem
Du gamla, Du fria
..... Read more.
This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved.
Protection is not an endorsement of the current [ version] ([ protection log]).
..... Read more.
Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.
If you are prevented from editing this page, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or .
..... Read more.
Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
..... Read more.