List of countries by Human Development Index

World map indicating HDI of UN member states, 2003.

  0.950 and higher

  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

  0.300–0.349

  lower than 0.300

  n/a

This is a list of countries by Human Development Index (2003), as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005.

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. Due to lack of data, a number of territories have no HDI figures tabulated. Territories are listed under their official UN designations; those that are not UN member states are marked with an asterisk (*).

Rank	Country	HDI
High human development
1	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.963
2	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.956
3	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.955
4	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.949
5	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.949
6	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.949
7	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.947
8	Ireland	0.946
9	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.945
10	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.944
11	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.943
12	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.943
13	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.941
14	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.941
15	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.939
16	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.938
17	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.936
18	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.934
19	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.933
20	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.930
21	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.928
–	European Union*	0.922 (est.)
22	Hong Kong, China (SAR)*	0.916
23	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.915
24	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.912
25	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.907
26	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.904
27	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.904
28	Republic of Korea	0.901
29	Cyprus	0.891
30	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.878
31	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.874
32	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.867
33	Brunei Darussalam	0.866
34	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.863
35	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.862
36	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.858
37	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.854
38	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.853
39	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.852
40	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.849
41	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.849
42	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.849
43	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.846
44	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.844
45	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.841
46	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.840
47	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.838
48	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.836
49	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.834
50	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.832
51	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.821
52	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.817
53	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.814
54	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.810
55	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.808
56	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.804
57	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.801
Medium human development
58	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	0.799
59	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	0.797
60	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.797
61	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.796
62	Russian Federation	0.795
63	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.792
64	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.792
65	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.791
66	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.787
67	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.786
68	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.786
69	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.785
70	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.783
71	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.781
72	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.780
73	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.778
74	Samoa (Western)	0.776
75	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.772
76	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.772
77	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.772
78	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.766
79	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.762
80	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.761
81	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.759
82	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.759
83	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.759
84	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.758
85	China[1]	0.755
86	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.755
87	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.755
88	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.755
89	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.753
90	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.753
91	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.753
92	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.752
93	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.751
94	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.750
95	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.749
96	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.745
97	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.738
98	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.738
99	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.736
100	Georgia	0.732
101	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.729
102	Occupied Palestinian Territories*	0.729
103	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.722
104	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.722
105	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.721
106	Syrian Arab Republic	0.721
107	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.720
108	Viet Nam	0.704
109	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.702
110	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.697
111	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.694
112	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.690
113	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.687
114	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.679
115	Flag of Republic of Moldova Republic of Moldova	0.671
116	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.667
117	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.663
118	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.659
119	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.659
120	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.658
121	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.655
122	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.652
123	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.635
124	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.631
125	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.627
126	São Tomé and Principe	0.604
127	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.602
128	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.594
129	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.578
130	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.571
131	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.565
132	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.547
133	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.545
134	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.536
135	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.527
136	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.526
137	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.523
138	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.520
139	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.520
140	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.513
141	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.512
142	Congo	0.512
143	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.512
144	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.508
145	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.505
Low human development
146	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.499
147	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.498
148	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.497
149	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.497
150	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.495
151	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.489
152	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.477
153	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.475
154	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.474
155	Gambia	0.470
156	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.466
157	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.458
158	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.453
159	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.450
160	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.445
161	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.444
162	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.431
163	Côte d’Ivoire	0.420
164	United Republic of Tanzania	0.418
165	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.404
166	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.394
167	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.385
168	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.379
169	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.378
170	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.367
171	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.355
172	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.348
173	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.341
174	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.333
175	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.317
176	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.298
177	Template:Country data flagcountry	0.281
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1. ^ Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (with a unique HDI entry), Macau SAR, and Taiwan.
2. ^ The HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan, Province of China", the term used by the UN to refer to the domain of the Republic of China (ROC) (which, given the territory's political status, are not co-terminous): the UN does not recognize the ROC as a state. The Republic of China government calculated its HDI to be 0.910 for 2003 based on the following data: life expectancy of 76.1 years, adult literacy rate of 97.0%, combined gross enrolment rate of 97%, and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$23,911. If included among UN HDI figures, the ROC would rank 25th: behind Greece and in front of Singapore. [4]

External link

• UN Human Development Programme: list of countries by HDI trend, 1975–2003