List of countries by Human Development Index by region

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This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index 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]

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List of countries by continent

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

RankCountryHDI
2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0.946
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0.939
High human development
3Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 0.797
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0.739
5Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 0.731
6Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0.729
7Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0.702
Medium human development
8Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 0.698
9Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 0.653
10Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 0.634
11Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 0.628
12Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0.607
13Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0.568
14Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0.562

South America

RankCountryHDI
2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings
Very high human development
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0.860
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0.849
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0.830
High human development
4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 0.765
5Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0.762
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.760
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.758
8Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0.742
9Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 0.731
Medium human development
10Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0.699
11Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 0.698
12Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 0.690

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab States

Commonwealth of Nations

East Asia and the Pacific

European Union

Latin America and the Caribbean

OECD

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Small Island Developing States

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References

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  3. Human Development Report 2021/2022