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  Jordan 0.754 8  Egypt 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 5  Mauritania 0.563 Medium human development 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 2022 data (2023-2024 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 0.840 9  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.840 10  Brunei Darussalam 0.837

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 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 6  Lesotho 0.550 7  Tanzania 0.555 8  Nigeria 0.560 9  Togo 0.571 9  Rwanda 0.578 Medium human development 10  Zimbabwe 0.598

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.952 2  Singapore 0.949 3  Australia 0.946 4  New Zealand 0.939 5  South Korea 0.929 6  Japan 0.920 7  Brunei 0.823 8  Malaysia 0.807 9  Thailand 0.803 High human development 10  Palau 0.797

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Medium human development 1  Solomon Islands 0.562 2  East Timor 0.566 3  Papua New Guinea 0.568 4  Cambodia 0.600 4  Myanmar 0.608 6  Vanuatu 0.614 7  Laos 0.620 8  Kiribati 0.628 9  Micronesia 0.634 10  Tuvalu 0.653

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Denmark 0.951 1  Sweden 0.952 3  Ireland 0.950 3  Germany 0.950 5  Netherlands 0.946 6  Finland 0.942 6  Belgium 0.942 8  Luxembourg 0.927 9  Austria 0.926 9  Slovenia 0.926 10  Malta 0.915

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings High human development 1  Bulgaria 0.799 Very high human development 2  Romania 0.827 3  Hungary 0.851 4  Slovakia 0.855 5  Portugal 0.874 6  Croatia 0.878 7  Latvia 0.879 7  Lithuania 0.879 9  Poland 0.881 10  Greece 0.893

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 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1   Switzerland 0.967 2  Norway 0.966 2  Iceland 0.959 4  Denmark 0.952 4  Sweden 0.952 6  Germany 0.950 6  Ireland 0.950 8  Australia 0.946 8  Netherlands 0.946 10  Finland 0.942 10  Belgium 0.942

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings High human development 1  Colombia 0.758 2  Mexico 0.781 Very high human development 3  Costa Rica 0.806 4  Hungary 0.851 5  Turkey 0.855 5  Slovakia 0.855 7  Chile 0.860 8  Portugal 0.874 9  Latvia 0.879 9  Lithuania 0.879 10  Poland 0.881

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.937 2  Bahrain 0.888 3  Saudi Arabia 0.875 3  Qatar 0.875 5  Turkey 0.855 6  Kuwait 0.847 7  Brunei 0.823 8  Oman 0.819 9  Malaysia 0.807 10  Kazakhstan 0.802

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Somalia 0.380 2  Chad 0.394 2  Niger 0.394 4  Mali 0.410 5  Yemen 0.424 6  Burkina Faso 0.438 7  Sierra Leone 0.458 8  Mozambique 0.461 9  Afghanistan 0.462 10  Guinea 0.471

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Very high human development 1  Singapore 0.949 2  Bahrain 0.888 3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.838 4  Antigua and Barbuda 0.826 5  Bahamas 0.820 6  Trinidad and Tobago 0.814 7  Barbados 0.809 8  Seychelles 0.802 High human development 9  Mauritius 0.796 10  Grenada 0.793

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings Low human development 1  Guinea-Bissau 0.483 Medium human development 2  Haiti 0.552 3  Solomon Islands 0.563 4  East Timor 0.566 5  Papua New Guinea 0.568 6  Comoros 0.586 7  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.613 8  Vanuatu 0.614 9  Kiribati 0.628 10  Micronesia 0.634

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