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Human Development Index 2023

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 2023

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Human Development Index 2023

1	Iceland	0.972
2	Switzerland	0.97
2	Norway	0.97
4	Denmark	0.962
5	Sweden	0.959
5	Germany	0.959
7	Australia	0.958
8	Netherlands	0.955
9	Belgium	0.951
10	Ireland	0.949
11	Finland	0.948
12	Singapore	0.946
12	United Kingdom	0.946
14	United Arab Emirates	0.94
15	Canada	0.939
16	New Zealand	0.938
16	Liechtenstein	0.938
16	United States	0.938
19	South Korea	0.937
20	Slovenia	0.931
21	Austria	0.93
22	Japan	0.925
23	Malta	0.924
24	Luxembourg	0.922
25	France	0.92
26	Israel	0.919
27	Spain	0.918
28	Italy	0.915
28	San Marino	0.915
28	Czech Republic	0.915
31	Andorra	0.913
31	Cyprus	0.913
33	Greece	0.908
34	Poland	0.906
35	Estonia	0.905
36	Saudi Arabia	0.9
37	Bahrain	0.899
38	Lithuania	0.895
39	Portugal	0.89
40	Latvia	0.889
40	Croatia	0.889
42	Qatar	0.886
43	Slovakia	0.88
44	Chile	0.878
45	Hungary	0.87
46	Argentina	0.865
47	Montenegro	0.862
47	Uruguay	0.862
49	Oman	0.858
50	Turkey	0.853
51	Kuwait	0.852
52	Antigua and Barbuda	0.851
53	Seychelles	0.848
54	Romania	0.845
54	Bulgaria	0.845
56	Georgia	0.844
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.84
58	Panama	0.839
59	Brunei	0.837
59	Kazakhstan	0.837
61	Costa Rica	0.833
61	Serbia	0.833
63	Russia	0.832
64	Belarus	0.824
65	Bahamas	0.82
66	Malaysia	0.819
67	North Macedonia	0.815
68	Armenia	0.811
68	Barbados	0.811
70	Albania	0.81
71	Trinidad and Tobago	0.807
72	Mauritius	0.806
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.804
74	Iran	0.799
75	Thailand	0.798
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.798
77	China	0.797
78	Peru	0.794
79	Grenada	0.791
80	Mexico	0.789
80	Azerbaijan	0.789
82	Colombia	0.788
83	Brazil	0.786
83	Palau	0.786
85	Moldova	0.785
86	Ukraine	0.779
87	Ecuador	0.777
88	Guyana	0.776
88	Dominican Republic	0.776
88	Sri Lanka	0.776
91	Tonga	0.769
92	Maldives	0.766
92	Vietnam	0.766
94	Turkmenistan	0.764
95	Algeria	0.763
96	Cuba	0.762
97	Dominica	0.761
98	Paraguay	0.756
99	Egypt	0.754
99	Jordan	0.754
101	Lebanon	0.752
102	Saint Lucia	0.748
103	Mongolia	0.747
104	Tunisia	0.746
105	South Africa	0.741
106	Uzbekistan	0.74
107	Marshall Islands	0.733
107	Gabon	0.733
107	Bolivia	0.733
110	Fiji	0.731
110	Botswana	0.731
112	Indonesia	0.728
113	Suriname	0.722
114	Libya	0.721
114	Belize	0.721
116	Jamaica	0.72
116	Kyrgyzstan	0.72
116	Philippines	0.72
119	Morocco	0.71
120	Venezuela	0.709
121	Samoa	0.708
122	Nicaragua	0.706
123	Nauru	0.703
124	Bhutan	0.698
125	Iraq	0.695
125	Eswatini	0.695
127	Tajikistan	0.691
128	Tuvalu	0.689
129	Bangladesh	0.685
129	India	0.685
131	El Salvador	0.678
132	Palestine	0.674
132	Equatorial Guinea	0.674
134	Cape Verde	0.668
135	Namibia	0.665
136	Guatemala	0.662
137	Republic of the Congo	0.649
138	Honduras	0.645
139	Kiribati	0.644
140	Sao Tome and Principe	0.637
141	Timor Leste	0.634
142	Kenya	0.628
142	Ghana	0.628
144	Nepal	0.622
145	Vanuatu	0.621
146	Laos	0.617
147	Angola	0.616
148	Micronesia	0.615
149	Myanmar	0.609
150	Cambodia	0.606
151	Comoros	0.603
152	Zimbabwe	0.598
153	Zambia	0.595
154	Cameroon	0.588
155	Solomon Islands	0.584
156	Uganda	0.582
156	Ivory Coast	0.582
158	Rwanda	0.578
159	Papua New Guinea	0.576
160	Togo	0.571
161	Syria	0.564
162	Mauritania	0.563
163	Nigeria	0.56
164	Tanzania	0.555
165	Haiti	0.554
166	Lesotho	0.55
167	Pakistan	0.544
168	Senegal	0.53
169	Gambia	0.524
170	DR Congo	0.522
171	Malawi	0.517
172	Benin	0.515
173	Guinea Bissau	0.514
174	Djibouti	0.513
175	Sudan	0.511
176	Liberia	0.51
177	Eritrea	0.503
178	Guinea	0.5
179	Ethiopia	0.497
180	Afghanistan	0.496
181	Mozambique	0.493
182	Madagascar	0.487
183	Yemen	0.47
184	Sierra Leone	0.467
185	Burkina Faso	0.459
186	Burundi	0.439
187	Mali	0.419
187	Niger	0.419
189	Chad	0.416
190	Central African Republic	0.414
191	Somalia	0.404
192	South Sudan	0.388

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HDI by Country

The Human Development Index (HDI) measures a country's overall performance in health, education, and economic living standards. Iceland leads the 2025 HDI rankings with the highest HDI of 0.972. The global average HDI is about 0.739.

Our data is based on the 2025 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report, which presents information from 2023. The rankings presented are based on the Human Development Index that measures average achievements in health, education, and income, and the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) that accounts for how these dimensions are distributed across a country's population.

Region ↕	HDI 2023↕	Inequality-adjusted HDI 2023↕
Iceland	0.972	0.923
Switzerland	0.97	0.894
Norway	0.97	0.909
Denmark	0.962	0.909
Sweden	0.959	0.886
Germany	0.959	0.89
Australia	0.958	0.873
Netherlands	0.955	0.892
Belgium	0.951	0.891
Ireland	0.949	0.886
Finland	0.948	0.891
Singapore	0.946	0.823
United Kingdom	0.946	0.869
United Arab Emirates	0.94	0.866
Canada	0.939	0.867
New Zealand	0.938	0.853
Liechtenstein	0.938
United States	0.938	0.832
South Korea	0.937	0.857
Slovenia	0.931	0.885
Austria	0.93	0.861
Japan	0.925	0.845
Malta	0.924	0.843
Luxembourg	0.922	0.838
France	0.92	0.836
Israel	0.919	0.813
Spain	0.918	0.819
Italy	0.915	0.817
San Marino	0.915
Czech Republic	0.915	0.867
Andorra	0.913	0.837
Cyprus	0.913	0.841
Greece	0.908	0.825
Poland	0.906	0.817
Estonia	0.905	0.841
Saudi Arabia	0.9
Bahrain	0.899
Lithuania	0.895	0.812
Portugal	0.89	0.795
Latvia	0.889	0.812
Croatia	0.889	0.828
Qatar	0.886
Slovakia	0.88	0.833
Chile	0.878	0.723
Hungary	0.87	0.819
Argentina	0.865	0.761
Montenegro	0.862	0.771
Uruguay	0.862	0.747
Oman	0.858	0.75
Turkey	0.853	0.708
Kuwait	0.852
Antigua and Barbuda	0.851
Seychelles	0.848	0.755
Romania	0.845	0.758
Bulgaria	0.845	0.748
Georgia	0.844
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.84
Panama	0.839	0.664
Brunei	0.837	0.756
Kazakhstan	0.837	0.766
Costa Rica	0.833	0.678
Serbia	0.833	0.772
Russia	0.832	0.758
Belarus	0.824	0.771
Bahamas	0.82	0.67
Malaysia	0.819	0.707
North Macedonia	0.815	0.723
Armenia	0.811	0.743
Barbados	0.811	0.62
Albania	0.81	0.705
Trinidad and Tobago	0.807
Mauritius	0.806	0.669
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.804	0.689
Iran	0.799	0.643
Thailand	0.798	0.677
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.798
China	0.797	0.67
Peru	0.794	0.633
Grenada	0.791
Mexico	0.789	0.646
Azerbaijan	0.789	0.735
Colombia	0.788	0.593
Brazil	0.786	0.594
Palau	0.786	0.616
Moldova	0.785	0.719
Ukraine	0.779	0.715
Ecuador	0.777	0.64
Guyana	0.776
Dominican Republic	0.776	0.634
Sri Lanka	0.776	0.63
Tonga	0.769	0.682
Maldives	0.766	0.602
Vietnam	0.766	0.641
Turkmenistan	0.764
Algeria	0.763	0.601
Cuba	0.762
Dominica	0.761
Paraguay	0.756	0.599
Egypt	0.754	0.582
Jordan	0.754	0.637
Lebanon	0.752
Saint Lucia	0.748	0.523
Mongolia	0.747	0.647
Tunisia	0.746	0.595
South Africa	0.741	0.476
Uzbekistan	0.74
Marshall Islands	0.733	0.626
Gabon	0.733	0.558
Bolivia	0.733	0.578
Fiji	0.731	0.626
Botswana	0.731	0.509
Indonesia	0.728	0.608
Suriname	0.722
Libya	0.721
Belize	0.721
Jamaica	0.72	0.59
Kyrgyzstan	0.72	0.649
Philippines	0.72	0.597
Morocco	0.71	0.517
Venezuela	0.709	0.605
Samoa	0.708	0.609
Nicaragua	0.706	0.535
Nauru	0.703	0.599
Bhutan	0.698	0.478
Iraq	0.695	0.534
Eswatini	0.695	0.431
Tajikistan	0.691	0.594
Tuvalu	0.689	0.578
Bangladesh	0.685	0.482
India	0.685	0.475
El Salvador	0.678	0.555
Palestine	0.674	0.538
Equatorial Guinea	0.674
Cape Verde	0.668	0.478
Namibia	0.665	0.438
Guatemala	0.662	0.479
Republic of the Congo	0.649	0.426
Honduras	0.645	0.496
Kiribati	0.644	0.535
Sao Tome and Principe	0.637	0.478
Timor Leste	0.634	0.451
Kenya	0.628	0.456
Ghana	0.628	0.399
Nepal	0.622	0.437
Vanuatu	0.621	0.521
Laos	0.617	0.462
Angola	0.616	0.36
Micronesia	0.615
Myanmar	0.609	0.477
Cambodia	0.606	0.444
Comoros	0.603	0.356
Zimbabwe	0.598	0.406
Zambia	0.595	0.361
Cameroon	0.588	0.361
Solomon Islands	0.584	0.483
Uganda	0.582	0.4
Ivory Coast	0.582	0.35
Rwanda	0.578	0.399
Papua New Guinea	0.576	0.423
Togo	0.571	0.363
Syria	0.564
Mauritania	0.563	0.374
Nigeria	0.56	0.379
Tanzania	0.555	0.391
Haiti	0.554	0.337
Lesotho	0.55	0.357
Pakistan	0.544	0.364
Senegal	0.53	0.34
Gambia	0.524	0.329
DR Congo	0.522	0.341
Malawi	0.517	0.365
Benin	0.515	0.316
Guinea Bissau	0.514	0.331
Djibouti	0.513	0.341
Sudan	0.511	0.328
Liberia	0.51	0.326
Eritrea	0.503
Guinea	0.5	0.302
Ethiopia	0.497	0.326
Afghanistan	0.496	0.321
Mozambique	0.493	0.297
Madagascar	0.487	0.319
Yemen	0.47	0.325
Sierra Leone	0.467	0.281
Burkina Faso	0.459	0.273
Burundi	0.439	0.286
Mali	0.419	0.281
Niger	0.419	0.265
Chad	0.416	0.252
Central African Republic	0.414	0.253
Somalia	0.404	0.229
South Sudan	0.388	0.226

How is HDI calculated?

The HDI measures three basic dimensions: life expectancy at birth (health), education levels (mean and expected years of schooling), and gross national income per capita (standard of living). It uses a geometric mean of normalized indices for each dimension, with scores ranging from 0 to 1.

The UN sets specific benchmarks for calculations: life expectancy ranges from 20 to 85 years, education from 0 to 18 expected years and 0 to 15 mean years, and income from $100 to $75,000 per capita. The IHDI takes into account how unequally services are distributed within countries.

Dimensions	Indicators	HDI - Dimension Index	IHDI - Inequality Adjusted Index
Long and healthy life	Life expectancy at birth	Life expectancy index	Inequality-adjusted life expectancy index
Knowledge	Expected years of schooling and Mean years of schooling	Education index	Inequality-adjusted education index
A decent standard of living	GNI per capita (PPP $)	GNI index	Inequality-adjusted income index

Countries with Highest HDI

Iceland leads the HDI 2025 ranking with 0.972. Switzerland and Norway place 2nd at 0.970 each. Denmark ranks 4th with 0.962, followed by Sweden with 0.959. Germany and Sweden rank 5th with 0.959. Australia holds 7th with 0.958, while the Netherlands ranks 8th at 0.955. Belgium takes 9th position with 0.951, and Ireland completes the top 10 countries with the highest HDI with 0.949.

Top 10 HDI Countries

Country	HDI	Inequality-Adjusted HDI
Iceland	0.972	0.923
Switzerland	0.970	0.894
Norway	0.970	0.909
Denmark	0.962	0.909
Sweden	0.959	0.886
Germany	0.959	0.890
Australia	0.958	0.873
Netherlands	0.955	0.892
Belgium	0.951	0.891
Ireland	0.949	0.886

Countries with Lowest HDI

South Sudan has the lowest HDI with 0.388. Somalia ranks 2nd-lowest with 0.404, followed by Central African Republic with 0.414. Chad holds 4th position with 0.416, with Niger 5th at 0.419. Mali and Niger rank 6th-lowest with 0.419. Burundi follows with 0.439, then Burkina Faso with 0.459. Sierra Leone ranks 9th with 0.467, and Yemen completes the bottom 10 with 0.470.

Bottom 10 HDI Countries

Country	HDI	Inequality-Adjusted HDI
South Sudan	0.388	0.226
Somalia	0.404	0.229
Central African Republic	0.414	0.253
Chad	0.416	0.252
Niger	0.419	0.265
Mali	0.419	0.281
Burundi	0.439	0.286
Burkina Faso	0.459	0.273
Sierra Leone	0.467	0.281
Yemen	0.470	0.325

Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the 2025 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report, Iceland has the highest HDI in the world at 0.972, followed by Switzerland and Norway with 0.970 each.
: 66 countries achieve "Very High Human Development" status with HDI scores above 0.800 in the 2025 rankings.
: According to the 2025 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report, South Sudan has the lowest HDI at 0.388, followed by Somalia at 0.404 and Central African Republic at 0.414.
: The US HDI 2025 ranks 18th globally with a score of 0.938, placing it in the "Very High Human Development" category.