World map indicating the categories of Human Development Index by country (based on 2019 data, published on 15 December 2020). Very high
High
Medium
Low
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World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2019 data, published on 15 December 2020). ≥ 0.900
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
≤ 0.399
Data unavailable
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 15 December 2020), put together based on estimates for 2019. It covers 187 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories ; 6 UN member states are not included because there is not enough 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 way 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 effect of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq [ 1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen .[ 2]
Countries fall into four wide human development categories: Very High Human Development (66 countries), High Human Development (53 countries), Medium Human Development (37 countries) and Low Human Development (36 countries).
From 2007 to 2010, the first two categories was referred to as developed countries , and the last two are all grouped in developing countries . The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.
Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries ) that have been removed were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.
Complete list of countries
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List of countries by continent
Africa
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Asia
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Europe
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
North America and the Caribbean
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Oceania
South America
List of countries by intercontinental region
Arab League
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Commonwealth of Nations
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
East Asia and the Pacific
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
European Union
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
OECD
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
Small Island Developing States
10 highest HDIs
10 lowest HDIs
HDI by regions and groups
Countries missing from latest report
UN member states (latest UNDP data)
Note : 2009 publication uses old HDI formula
Non-UN member states (latest UNDP data)
Year
Country or territory
HDI
Rank
Source
Publication
Data
High human development
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2016
Kosovo
0.739
—
[ 10]
Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)
Notes
↑ Data not available before 2017
↑ The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.[ 11]
↑ The UN does not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan ) as a sovereign state . The HDI report does not include Taiwan as part of the People's Republic of China when calculating China's figures (see[ 12] ). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.885, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.[ 13]
References
↑ "History of the Human Development Report" . United Nations Development Programme . Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2009 .
↑ "The Human Development concept" . UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011 .
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF) . United Nations Development Programme. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5 . Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
↑ Nations, United (15 December 2020). Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF) . United Nations Development Programme. pp. 347–350. ISBN 978-9-211-26442-5 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
↑ Data not available before 2017
↑ "2011 Human Development Report" . United Nations Development Programme . p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011 .
↑ "The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" " . HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme . pp. 144–147. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2013 .
↑ "Human Development Report 2014 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience" " . HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme . January 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014 .
↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index Archived 5 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine , United Nations ESCAP, February 2009
↑ "About Kosovo" . UNDP. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017 .
↑ "DSEC - 統計資料" . www.dsec.gov.mo .
↑ "- Human Development Reports" (PDF) . hdr.undp.org . Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2011 .
↑ "2017中華民國人類發展指數(HDI)" (Excel) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017 .
↑ Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). "Human Development Index Trends and Inequality in Puerto Rico 2010-2015" . Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research . 7 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017 .
↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 Quel niveau de développement humain dans les outre-mer? , Agence Française de Developpment, 2012 (in French)