List of countries by Human Development Index by region

This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index [HDI] as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report organized by continent or other international regions. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary index assessing countries on 3 dimensions, health, education and standard of living using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for adults, and GNI PPP per capita. The final HDI is a value between 0 and 1 with countries grouped into four categories depending on the value, very high for HDI of 0.800 and above, high from 0.700 to 0.799, medium from 0.550 to 0.699 and low below 0.550. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

List of countries by continent

Africa

Main article: List of African countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Seychelles 0.848 2 Mauritius 0.806 High human development 3 Algeria 0.763 4 Egypt 0.754 5 Tunisia 0.746 6 South Africa 0.741 7 Gabon 0.733 8 Botswana 0.731 9 Libya 0.721 10 Morocco 0.710

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 South Sudan 0.388 2 Somalia 0.404 3 Central African Republic 0.414 4 Chad 0.416 5 Mali 0.419 6 Niger 0.419 7 Burundi 0.439 8 Burkina Faso 0.459 9 Sierra Leone 0.467 10 Madagascar 0.487

Asia

Main article: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.955 2 Singapore 0.946 3 United Arab Emirates 0.940 4 South Korea 0.937 5 Japan 0.925 6 Israel 0.919 7 Saudi Arabia 0.900 8 Bahrain 0.899 9 Qatar 0.886 10 Oman 0.858

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 Yemen 0.470 2 Afghanistan 0.496 3 Pakistan 0.544 Medium human development 4 Syria 0.564 5 Cambodia 0.606 6 Myanmar 0.609 7 Laos 0.617 8    Nepal 0.622 9 East Timor 0.634 10 Palestine 0.674

Europe

Main article: List of sovereign states in Europe by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Iceland 0.972 2   Switzerland 0.970 2 Norway 0.970 4 Denmark 0.962 5 Sweden 0.959 5 Germany 0.959 7 Netherlands 0.955 8 Belgium 0.951 9 Ireland 0.949 10 Finland 0.948

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings High human development 1 Ukraine 0.779 2 Moldova 0.785 3 Azerbaijan 0.789 Very high human development 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.804 5 Albania 0.810 6 Armenia 0.811 7 North Macedonia 0.815 8 Belarus 0.824 9 Kazakhstan 0.837 10 Bulgaria 0.845

North America

See also: List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Canada 0.939 2 United States 0.938 3 Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.840 5 Panama 0.839 6 Costa Rica 0.833 7 Bahamas 0.820 8 Barbados 0.811 9 Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 High human development 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Medium human development 1 Haiti 0.554 2 Honduras 0.645 3 Guatemala 0.662 4 El Salvador 0.678 High human development 5 Nicaragua 0.706 6 Jamaica 0.720 7 Belize 0.721 8 Saint Lucia 0.748 9 Dominica 0.761 10 Cuba 0.762

Oceania

Main article: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

Rank	Country	HDI
		2023 data (2025 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.958
2	New Zealand	0.938
High human development
3	Palau	0.786
4	Tonga	0.769
5	Marshall Islands	0.733
6	Fiji	0.731
7	Samoa	0.708
8	Nauru	0.703
Medium human development
9	Tuvalu	0.689
10	Kiribati	0.644
11	Vanuatu	0.621
12	Micronesia	0.615
13	Solomon Islands	0.584
14	Papua New Guinea	0.576

South America

See also: List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index

Rank	Country	HDI
		2023 data (2025 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.878
2	Argentina	0.865
3	Uruguay	0.862
High human development
4	Peru	0.794
5	Colombia	0.788
6	Brazil	0.786
7	Ecuador	0.777
8	Guyana	0.776
9	Paraguay	0.756
10	Bolivia	0.733
11	Suriname	0.722
12	Venezuela	0.709

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 United Arab Emirates 0.940 2 Saudi Arabia 0.900 3 Bahrain 0.899 4 Qatar 0.886 5 Oman 0.858 6 Kuwait 0.852 High human development 7 Algeria 0.763 8 Egypt 0.754 8 Jordan 0.754 10 Lebanon 0.752

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 Somalia 0.404 2 Yemen 0.470 3 Sudan 0.511 4 Djibouti 0.513 Medium human development 5 Mauritania 0.563 6 Syria 0.564 7 Comoros 0.603 8 Palestine 0.674 9 Iraq 0.695 High human development 10 Morocco 0.710

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Australia 0.958 2 United Kingdom 0.946 3 Singapore 0.946 4 Canada 0.939 5 New Zealand 0.938 6 Malta 0.924 7 Cyprus 0.913 8 Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.840 10 Brunei Darussalam 0.837

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 Sierra Leone 0.467 2 Mozambique 0.493 3 Malawi 0.517 4 Gambia 0.524 5 Pakistan 0.544 Medium human development 6 Lesotho 0.550 7 Tanzania 0.555 8 Nigeria 0.560 9 Togo 0.571 9 Rwanda 0.578 10 Zimbabwe 0.598

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Australia 0.958 2 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.955 3 Singapore 0.946 4 New Zealand 0.938 5 South Korea 0.937 6 Japan 0.925 7 Brunei 0.837 8 Malaysia 0.819 High human development 9 Thailand 0.798 10 China 0.797

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Medium human development 1 Papua New Guinea 0.576 2 Solomon Islands 0.584 3 Cambodia 0.606 4 Myanmar 0.609 4 Micronesia 0.615 6 Laos 0.617 7 Vanuatu 0.621 8 East Timor 0.634 9 Kiribati 0.644 10 Tuvalu 0.689

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Denmark 0.962 2 Germany 0.959 3 Sweden 0.959 4 Netherlands 0.955 5 Belgium 0.951 6 Ireland 0.949 7 Finland 0.948 8 Slovenia 0.931 9 Austria 0.930 10 Malta 0.924

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Romania 0.845 2 Bulgaria 0.845 3 Hungary 0.870 4 Slovakia 0.880 5 Latvia 0.889 6 Croatia 0.889 7 Portugal 0.890 7 Lithuania 0.895 9 Estonia 0.905 10 Poland 0.906

Latin America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Chile 0.878 2 Argentina 0.865 3 Uruguay 0.862 4 Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.840 6 Panama 0.839 6 Costa Rica 0.833 8 Bahamas 0.820 9 Barbados 0.811 10 Trinidad and Tobago 0.807

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Medium human development 1 Haiti 0.554 2 Honduras 0.645 3 Guatemala 0.662 4 El Salvador 0.678 High human development 5 Nicaragua 0.706 6 Venezuela 0.709 7 Jamaica 0.720 8 Belize 0.721 9 Suriname 0.722 10 Bolivia 0.733

OECD

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Iceland 0.972 1 Norway 0.970 2   Switzerland 0.970 3 Denmark 0.962 4 Germany 0.959 5 Sweden 0.959 6 Australia 0.958 7 Netherlands 0.955 8 Belgium 0.951 9 Ireland 0.949 10 Finland 0.948

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings High human development 1 Colombia 0.788 2 Mexico 0.789 Very high human development 3 Costa Rica 0.833 4 Turkey 0.853 5 Hungary 0.870 5 Chile 0.878 7 Slovakia 0.880 8 Latvia 0.889 9 Portugal 0.890 9 Lithuania 0.895 10 Estonia 0.905

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 United Arab Emirates 0.940 2 Saudi Arabia 0.900 3 Bahrain 0.899 4 Qatar 0.886 5 Oman 0.858 6 Turkey 0.853 7 Kuwait 0.852 8 Brunei 0.837 Kazakhstan 0.837 9 Malaysia 0.819 10 Albania 0.810

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 Somalia 0.404 2 Chad 0.416 2 Niger 0.419 4 Mali 0.419 5 Burkina Faso 0.459 6 Sierra Leone 0.467 7 Yemen 0.470 8 Mozambique 0.493 9 Afghanistan 0.496 10 Guinea 0.500

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 Singapore 0.946 2 Bahrain 0.899 3 Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 4 Seychelles 0.848 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.840 6 Bahamas 0.820 7 Barbados 0.811 8 Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 9 Mauritius 0.806 High human development 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 Guinea-Bissau 0.514 Medium human development 2 Haiti 0.554 3 Papua New Guinea 0.576 4 Solomon Islands 0.584 5 Comoros 0.603 6 Micronesia 0.615 7 Vanuatu 0.621 8 East Timor 0.634 9 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.637 10 Cape Verde 0.668

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
• List of countries by planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

References

1. "Human Development Index (HDI) | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. "Human Development Report 2019 – Technical notes" (PDF). hdr.undp.org. United Nation Development Programme. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
3. Human Development Report 2021/2022

External links

• UN Development Programme Human Development Reports