List of ASEAN countries by HDI

The following is the list of ASEAN countries by the Human Development Index as well as when it's adjusted by inequality . ^[1] As of the latest report, Singapore has the highest HDI in ASEAN and Asia in general at 0.946, and Cambodia has the lowest HDI in ASEAN at 0.606. The inequality-adjusted report also has Singapore at the top with 0.825, and Cambodia having the lowest with 0.438. ^[2]

Standard HDI

List

HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings

Rank	Country	HDI
Members
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.946
2	Brunei	0.837
3	Malaysia	0.819
High human development
4	Thailand	0.798
5	Vietnam	0.766
―	World (average)	0.756
―	ASEAN (average)	0.745
6	Indonesia	0.728
7	Philippines	0.720
Medium human development
8	East Timor	0.634
9	Laos	0.617
10	Myanmar	0.609
11	Cambodia	0.606
Observers
Medium human development
—	Papua New Guinea	0.576

Map

This map shows the countries by their Human Development Index, The color indicators are as follows:

  Very High Human Development   High Human Development   Medium Human Development

0.837

0.606

0.634

0.728

0.617

0.819

0.609

0.576

0.720

0.946

0.798

0.766

Inequality-adjusted HDI

List

IHDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings

Rank	Country	IHDI
Members
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.823
High human development
2	Brunei	0.756
3	Malaysia	0.707
Medium human development
4	Thailand	0.677
5	Vietnam	0.641
―	ASEAN (average)	0.619
6	Indonesia	0.608
7	Philippines	0.597
―	World (average)	0.590
Low human development
8	Myanmar	0.477
9	Laos	0.462
10	East Timor	0.451
11	Cambodia	0.444
Observers
Low human development
—	Papua New Guinea	0.423

Map

This map shows the countries by their inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, The color indicators are as follows:

  Very High Human Development   High Human Development  Medium Human Development   Low Human Development

0.756

0.444

0.451

0.608

0.462

0.707

0.477

0.423

0.597

0.823

0.677

0.641

Planetary-pressures-adjusted HDI

List

PHDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings

Rank	Country	PHDI
Members
High human development
1	Thailand	0.726
Medium human development
2	Vietnam	0.699
3	Indonesia	0.684
4	Philippines	0.680
―	World (average)	0.680
5	Malaysia	0.677
―	ASEAN (average)	0.642
6	Singapore	0.618
7	Brunei	0.600
8	Myanmar	0.593
9	Cambodia	0.572
10	Laos	0.570
No data
11	East Timor	N/A
Observers
Medium human development
—	Papua New Guinea	0.566

Map

This map shows the countries by their planetary-pressures-adjusted Human Development Index, The color indicators are as follows:

  High Human Development   Medium Human Development   No Data

0.600

0.572

[[Timor-Leste|N/A]]

0.684

0.570

0.677

0.593

0.566

0.680

0.618

0.726

0.699

See also

• List of ASEAN country subdivisions by GDP
• List of ASEAN countries by GDP

References

1. "Human Development Reports" (PDF). hdr.undp.org.
2. "Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)" (PDF). hdr.undp.org. UNDP . Retrieved 15 March 2024.