List of African countries by Human Development Index

Human Development Index 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. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries (almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories) fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development.

List of African countries

The following list of Africa countries by Human Development Index

Very High Human Development
Rank	Country	HDI	World rank
1	Seychelles	0.806	46
High Human Development
Rank	Country	HDI	World rank
2	Libya	0.755	53
3	Mauritius	0.701	72
4	Tunisia	0.683	81
5	Algeria	0.677	84
Medium Human Development
Rank	Country	HDI	World rank
6	Gabon	0.648	93
7	Botswana	0.633	98
8	Egypt	0.620	101
9	Namibia	0.606	105
10	South Africa	0.597	110
11	Morocco	0.567	114
12	Equatorial Guinea	0.538	117
13	Cape Verde	0.534	118
14	Swaziland	0.498	121
15	Republic of the Congo	0.489	126
16	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.488	127
17	Kenya	0.470	128
18	Ghana	0.467	130
Low Human Development
Rank	Country	HDI	World rank
19	Cameroon	0.460	131
20	Benin	0.435	134
21	Madagascar	0.435	135
22	Mauritania	0.433	136
23	Togo	0.428	139
24	Comoros	0.428	140
25	Lesotho	0.427	141
26	Nigeria	0.423	142
27	Uganda	0.422	143
28	Senegal	0.411	144
29	Angola	0.403	146
30	Djibouti	0.402	147
31	Tanzania	0.398	148
32	Côte d'Ivoire	0.397	149
33	Zambia	0.395	150
34	Gambia	0.390	151
35	Rwanda	0.385	152
36	Malawi	0.385	153
37	Sudan	0.379	154
38	Guinea	0.340	156
39	Ethiopia	0.328	157
40	Sierra Leone	0.317	158
41	Central African Republic	0.315	159
42	Mali	0.309	160
43	Burkina Faso	0.305	161
44	Liberia	0.300	162
45	Chad	0.295	163
46	Guinea-Bissau	0.289	164
47	Mozambique	0.284	165
48	Burundi	0.282	166
49	Niger	0.261	167
50	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.239	168
Unavailable Data
Rank	Country	HDI	World rank
	Somalia
	Eritrea
	South Sudan
	Western Sahara
	Zimbabwe

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of African countries by GDP
• List of African countries by GDP PPP
• List of African countries by GDP per capita
• List of African countries by population
• List of African countries by population density

References

• "HDR Statistics: Human Development Index (by trend 1975–2003)". United Nations Development Programme. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2006-10-30. 
• "Human Development Report 2005". United Nations Development Programme. 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-30. 
• "Human Development Indicators". Human Development Report 2005. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-10-30.