World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2007 data, published on 5 October 2009)
| 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 under 0.350 Data unavailable |
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Colour-blind compliant map) For red-green colour vision problems (2007).
This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report released on 5 October 2009, compiled on the basis of data from 2007. It covers 180 UN member states (out of 192), along with Hong Kong (SAR of China) and the Palestinian territories. Twelve UN member states 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 and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[1]
Countries fall into four broad human development categories based on their HDI:
| Division |
Numerical range of HDI |
Map legend color |
| Very high |
1.000 0.900 |
▇ |
| High |
0.900 0.800 |
▇ |
| Medium |
0.800 0.500 |
▇ |
| Low |
0.500 0.000 |
▇ |
Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "very high human development" (0.8 to 1) has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.
Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity per capita.
Complete list of countries
- ▲ = increase.
- ▬ = steady.
- ▼ = decrease.
- Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
- This revision of the index was released on 5 October 2009 and covers the period up to 2007.
- The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 2006, released on 5 October 2009.
| Rank |
Country |
HDI |
| 2007 data |
Change compared to 2006 data |
2007 data |
Change compared to 2006 data |
| 159 |
▬ |
 Togo |
0.499 |
▲ 0.001 |
| 160 |
▲ (1) |
 Malawi |
0.493 |
▲ 0.009 |
| 161 |
▼ (1) |
 Benin |
0.492 |
▲ 0.005 |
| 162 |
▬ |
 Timor-Leste |
0.489 |
▲ 0.005 |
| 163 |
▬ |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
0.484 |
▲ 0.002 |
| 164 |
▬ |
 Zambia |
0.481 |
▲ 0.008 |
| 165 |
▬ |
 Eritrea |
0.472 |
▲ 0.005 |
| 166 |
▬ |
 Senegal |
0.464 |
▲ 0.002 |
| 167 |
▬ |
 Rwanda |
0.460 |
▲ 0.005 |
| 168 |
▬ |
 Gambia |
0.456 |
▲ 0.003 |
| 169 |
▬ |
 Liberia |
0.442 |
▲ 0.008 |
| 170 |
▬ |
 Guinea |
0.435 |
▲ 0.002 |
|
|
List of countries by continent
Africa
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
Americas
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
Asia & Oceania
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
Europe
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
List of countries by non-continental region
European Union
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
Middle East and North Africa
|
10 highest HDIs
|
10 lowest HDIs
|
HDI by regions & groups
|
|
| Group |
Classification
(2007) |
HDI |
| min |
max |
average
(2007) |
average
(2005) |
| Very high human development |
Developed countries |
0.900 |
1.000 |
0.955 ▲ |
0.897 |
| High human development |
Developing countries |
0.800 |
0.899 |
0.833 ▲ |
| Medium human development |
0.500 |
0.799 |
0.686 ▼ |
0.698 |
| Low human development |
Least developed countries |
0.000 |
0.499 |
0.423 ▼ |
0.436 |
| World |
— |
0.000 |
1.000 |
0.753 ▲ |
0.743 |
Older group
(up to 2005) |
GNI per capita
(US$) |
Old
HDI |
| min |
max |
| High-income countries |
10 726 |
— |
0.936 |
| – High-income OECD |
0.950 |
| Middle-income countries |
876 |
10 725 |
0.770 |
| Low-income countries |
— |
875 |
0.570 |
| World |
— |
— |
0.743 |
| – Developing countries |
0.688 |
| – Least developed countries |
0.480 |
|
Countries missing from latest report
UN member states (latest UNDP data)
|
Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)
|
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b As published in United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report "Human Development Indices - A statistical update 2008"; Table 1 "Human development index trends" 2008 and 2009 values are used, as these are the revised values rather than those originally published as shown in Appendix A1.
- ^ a b See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
- ^ Includes data for mainland China; excludes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), the Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- ^ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
- ^ As the UN does not recognize Taiwan as a state, the HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan," (the term used by the UN to refer to the Republic of China(Taiwan); see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$30,352.[7]
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