List of countries by Human Development Index

This is a full list of countries by the Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. The latest report was released on 9 December 2019 and is based on data collected in 2018.^[1]

In the 2010 Human Development Report, a further Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) was introduced. It stated that while the HDI remains useful, "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality)" and "the HDI can be viewed as an index of "potential" human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)".^[2] The index does not take into account several factors, such as the net wealth per capita or the relative quality of goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking for some of the most advanced countries, such as the G7 members and others.^[3]

Methodology

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators. A country scores higher HDI when the life expectancy at birth is longer, the education period is longer, and the income per capita is higher. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq^[4]^[5] and Indian economist Amartya Sen. The UN report covers 187 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong and Palestine; 7 UN member states are not included because of lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the world and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

Countries fall into four broad human development categories: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development.

Because of the new methodology adopted since the 2010 Human Development Report, the new reported HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

From 2007 to 2010, the first category was referred to as developed countries, and the last three 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income countries) that were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Frequency of issuing the index

The index was first published in 1990 along with the Human Development Report. Since then, each year the index has been updated except for the years 2012 and 2017, where no Human Development Report was issued. The indices for 2012 and 2017 were still both published in the following Human Development Report.

The latest index—covering 189 countries—was released on 9 December 2019.^[1]

Complete list of countries

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Very high human development

Rank		Country/territory	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country/territory	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
1		Norway	0.954	0.001
2		Switzerland	0.946	0.003
3		Ireland	0.942	0.003
4		Germany	0.939	0.001
4	(2)	Hong Kong	0.939	0.003
6	(1)	Australia	0.938	0.001
6	(1)	Iceland	0.938	0.003
8	(1)	Sweden	0.937	0.001
9		Singapore	0.935	0.001
10		Netherlands	0.933	0.001
11		Denmark	0.930	0.001
12		Finland	0.925	0.001
13		Canada	0.922	0.001
14		New Zealand	0.921	0.001
15		United Kingdom	0.920	0.001
15		United States	0.920	0.001
17		Belgium	0.919	0.002
18		Liechtenstein	0.917	0.001
19		Japan	0.915	0.002
20		Austria	0.914	0.002
21		Luxembourg	0.909	0.001
22		Israel	0.906	0.002
22		South Korea	0.906	0.002
24		Slovenia	0.902	0.003
25		Spain	0.893	0.002
26		Czech Republic	0.891	0.003
26		France	0.891	0.001
28		Malta	0.885	0.002
29		Italy	0.883	0.002
30		Estonia	0.882	0.003
31		Cyprus	0.873	0.002

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
32		Greece	0.872	0.001
32	(1)	Poland	0.872	0.004
34		Lithuania	0.869	0.003
35		United Arab Emirates	0.866	0.002
36	(2)	Andorra	0.857	0.005
36		Saudi Arabia	0.857	0.001
36	(2)	Slovakia	0.857	0.003
39		Latvia	0.854	0.004
40		Portugal	0.850	0.002
41		Qatar	0.848
42		Chile	0.847	0.002
43		Brunei	0.845	0.002
43		Hungary	0.845	0.004
45		Bahrain	0.838	0.001
46		Croatia	0.837	0.002
47		Oman	0.834	0.001
48		Argentina	0.830	0.002
49		Russia	0.824	0.008
50	(3)	Belarus	0.817	0.009
50	(8)	Kazakhstan	0.817	0.017
52	(1)	Bulgaria	0.816	0.003
52	(2)	Montenegro	0.816	0.002
52	(1)	Romania	0.816	0.003
55	(1)	Palau	0.814	0.003
56	(5)	Barbados	0.813
57		Kuwait	0.808	0.001
57	(1)	Uruguay	0.808	0.001
59		Turkey	0.806	0.001
60		Bahamas	0.805	0.001
61		Malaysia	0.804	0.002
62		Seychelles	0.801	0.001

High human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
63	(2)	Serbia	0.799	0.005
63		Trinidad and Tobago	0.799
65	(2)	Iran	0.797	0.002
66		Mauritius	0.796	0.003
67		Panama	0.795	0.002
68		Costa Rica	0.794	0.002
69		Albania	0.791	0.002
70		Georgia	0.786	0.003
71	(1)	Sri Lanka	0.780	0.004
72	(1)	Cuba	0.778	0.001
73	(1)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.777	0.003
74	(1)	Antigua and Barbuda	0.776	0.002
75		Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.769	0.002
76		Mexico	0.767	0.002
77		Thailand	0.765	0.003
78		Grenada	0.763	0.003
79	(1)	Brazil	0.761	0.001
79	(1)	Colombia	0.761	0.001
81		Armenia	0.760	0.002
82	(1)	Algeria	0.759	0.001
82	(1)	North Macedonia	0.759	0.001
82	(3)	Peru	0.759	0.003
85	(1)	China	0.758	0.005
85	(1)	Ecuador	0.758	0.001
87		Azerbaijan	0.754	0.002
88		Ukraine	0.750	0.003
89	(1)	Dominican Republic	0.745	0.004
89		Saint Lucia	0.745	0.001

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
91		Tunisia	0.739	0.001
92	(2)	Mongolia	0.735	0.006
—	—	World	0.731	0.002
93		Lebanon	0.730	0.002
94	(3)	Botswana	0.728	0.004
94	(1)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.728	0.002
96		Jamaica	0.726	0.001
96	(4)	Venezuela	0.726	0.009
98		Dominica	0.724	0.001
98	(4)	Fiji	0.724	0.003
98	(1)	Paraguay	0.724	0.002
98	(1)	Suriname	0.724	0.002
102	(3)	Jordan	0.723	0.001
103		Belize	0.720	0.001
104	(1)	Maldives	0.719	0.003
105	(1)	Tonga	0.717
106		Philippines	0.712	0.003
107	(1)	Moldova	0.711	0.002
108		Turkmenistan	0.710	0.002
108	(1)	Uzbekistan	0.710	0.003
110	(1)	Libya	0.708	0.004
111		Indonesia	0.707	0.003
111	(1)	Samoa	0.707	0.001
113	(2)	South Africa	0.705	0.001
114		Bolivia	0.703	0.003
115		Gabon	0.702	0.002
116		Egypt	0.700	0.004

Medium human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
117	(1)	Marshall Islands	0.698	0.002
118		Vietnam	0.693	0.003
119		Palestine	0.690	0.001
120		Iraq	0.689	0.005
121		Morocco	0.676	0.001
122		Kyrgyzstan	0.674	0.003
123		Guyana	0.670	0.002
124		El Salvador	0.667	0.002
125	(1)	Tajikistan	0.656	0.005
126	(2)	Cape Verde	0.651	0.004
126	(1)	Guatemala	0.651	0.002
126	(1)	Nicaragua	0.651	0.002
129	(1)	India	0.647	0.007
130	(1)	Namibia	0.645	0.002
131		East Timor	0.626	0.002
132	(1)	Honduras	0.623	0.002
132		Kiribati	0.623
134		Bhutan	0.617	0.002

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
135	(1)	Bangladesh	0.614	0.005
135		Micronesia	0.614	0.002
137	(2)	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.609	0.006
138	(2)	Congo, Republic of the	0.608	0.001
138	(1)	Eswatini	0.608	0.005
140		Laos	0.604	0.002
141		Vanuatu	0.597	0.002
142		Ghana	0.596	0.005
143	(1)	Zambia	0.591	0.002
144	(1)	Equatorial Guinea	0.588	0.002
145	(1)	Myanmar	0.584	0.007
146	(1)	Cambodia	0.581	0.003
147	(1)	Kenya	0.579	0.005
147	(1)	Nepal	0.579	0.005
149	(2)	Angola	0.574	0.002
150		Cameroon	0.563	0.003
150	(3)	Zimbabwe	0.563	0.010
152	(1)	Pakistan	0.560	0.002
153	(1)	Solomon Islands	0.557	0.002

Low human development

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
154		Syria	0.549	0.005
155		Papua New Guinea	0.543
156		Comoros	0.538	0.001
157	(1)	Rwanda	0.536	0.007
158	(1)	Nigeria	0.534	0.001
159	(1)	Tanzania	0.528	0.004
159	(1)	Uganda	0.528	0.004
161	(2)	Mauritania	0.527	0.003
162		Madagascar	0.521	0.003
163		Benin	0.520	0.005
164		Lesotho	0.518	0.004
165		Ivory Coast	0.516	0.004
166		Senegal	0.514	0.004
167		Togo	0.513	0.003
168		Sudan	0.507
169		Haiti	0.503	0.002
170		Afghanistan	0.496	0.003
171		Djibouti	0.495	0.003

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change in rank from previous year^[1]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings ^[1]	Change from previous year ^[1]
172		Malawi	0.485	0.003
173		Ethiopia	0.470	0.004
174	(3)	The Gambia	0.466	0.007
174	(2)	Guinea	0.466	0.003
176	(3)	Liberia	0.465	0.001
177	(2)	Yemen	0.463
178	(1)	Guinea-Bissau	0.461	0.001
179		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.459	0.003
180		Mozambique	0.446	0.004
181		Sierra Leone	0.438	0.003
182	(1)	Burkina Faso	0.434	0.005
182		Eritrea	0.434	0.003
184		Mali	0.427	0.001
185		Burundi	0.423	0.002
186		South Sudan	0.413	0.001
187		Chad	0.401
188		Central African Republic	0.381	0.005
189		Niger	0.377	0.004

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Seychelles	0.801
High human development
2	Mauritius	0.796
3	Algeria	0.759
4	Tunisia	0.739
5	Botswana	0.728
6	Libya	0.708
7	South Africa	0.705
8	Gabon	0.702
9	Egypt	0.700
Medium human development
10	Morocco	0.676

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Niger	0.377
2	Central African Republic	0.381
3	Chad	0.401
4	South Sudan	0.413
5	Burundi	0.423
6	Mali	0.427
7	Eritrea	0.434
7	Burkina Faso	0.434
9	Sierra Leone	0.438
10	Mozambique	0.446

Asia

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country/Territory	HDI
Rank	Country/Territory	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong	0.939
2	Singapore	0.935
3	Japan	0.915
4	Israel	0.906
4	South Korea	0.906
6	United Arab Emirates	0.866
7	Saudi Arabia	0.857
8	Qatar	0.848
9	Brunei	0.845
10	Bahrain	0.838

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Yemen	0.463
2	Afghanistan	0.496
3	Syria	0.549
Medium human development
4	Pakistan	0.560
5	Nepal	0.579
6	Cambodia	0.581
7	Myanmar	0.584
8	Laos	0.604
9	Bangladesh	0.614
10	Bhutan	0.617

Europe

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.954
2	Switzerland	0.946
3	Ireland	0.942
4	Germany	0.939
5	Iceland	0.938
6	Sweden	0.937
7	Netherlands	0.933
8	Denmark	0.930
9	Finland	0.925
10	United Kingdom	0.920

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
High human development
1	Moldova	0.711
2	Ukraine	0.750
3	Azerbaijan	0.754
4	North Macedonia	0.759
5	Armenia	0.760
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.769
7	Georgia	0.786
8	Albania	0.791
9	Serbia	0.799
Very high human development
10	Turkey	0.806

North America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Canada	0.922
2	United States	0.920
3	Barbados	0.813
4	Bahamas	0.805
High human development
5	Trinidad and Tobago	0.799
6	Panama	0.795
7	Costa Rica	0.794
8	Cuba	0.778
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.777
10	Antigua and Barbuda	0.776

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Haiti	0.503
Medium human development
2	Honduras	0.623
3	Guatemala	0.651
3	Nicaragua	0.651
5	El Salvador	0.667
High human development
6	Belize	0.720
7	Dominica	0.724
8	Jamaica	0.726
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.728
10	Dominican Republic	0.745

Oceania

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.939
2	New Zealand	0.917
3	Palau	0.814
High human development
4	Fiji	0.724
5	Tonga	0.717
6	Samoa	0.707
Medium human development
7	Marshall Islands	0.698
8	Kiribati	0.623
9	Micronesia	0.614
10	Vanuatu	0.597
11	Solomon Islands	0.557
Low human development
12	Papua New Guinea	0.543

South America

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Chile	0.847
2	Argentina	0.830
3	Uruguay	0.808
High human development
4	Brazil	0.761
4	Colombia	0.761
6	Peru	0.759
7	Ecuador	0.758
8	Venezuela	0.726
9	Paraguay	0.724
9	Suriname	0.724
11	Bolivia	0.703
Medium human development
12	Guyana	0.670

List of countries by intercontinental region

Arab League

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2017 data (2018 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.866
2	Saudi Arabia	0.857
3	Qatar	0.848
4	Bahrain	0.838
5	Oman	0.834
6	Kuwait	0.808
High human development
7	Algeria	0.759
9	Tunisia	0.739
9	Lebanon	0.730
9	Jordan	0.723
10	Egypt	0.700

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Yemen	0.463
2	Djibouti	0.495
3	Sudan	0.507
4	Mauritania	0.527
5	Comoros	0.538
6	Syria	0.549
Medium human development
7	Morocco	0.676
8	Iraq	0.689
9	Palestine	0.690

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Australia	0.938
2	Singapore	0.935
3	Canada	0.922
4	New Zealand	0.921
5	United Kingdom	0.920
6	Malta	0.885
7	Cyprus	0.873
8	Brunei	0.845
9	Barbados	0.813
10	Bahamas	0.805

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Sierra Leone	0.438
2	Mozambique	0.446
3	Gambia	0.466
4	Malawi	0.485
5	Lesotho	0.518
6	Uganda	0.528
6	Tanzania	0.528
8	Nigeria	0.534
9	Rwanda	0.536
10	Papua New Guinea	0.543

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2017 data (2018 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Hong Kong	0.939
2	Australia	0.938
3	Singapore	0.935
4	New Zealand	0.921
5	Japan	0.906
6	South Korea	0.903
7	Brunei	0.845
8	Palau	0.814
9	Malaysia	0.804
High human development
10	Thailand	0.765

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	New 2015 estimates for 2014
Low human development
1	Papua New Guinea	0.544
2	Solomon Islands	0.546
Medium human development
3	Myanmar	0.578
4	Cambodia	0.582
5	Laos	0.601
6	Vanuatu	0.603
7	Kiribati	0.612
8	Timor Leste	0.625
9	Micronesia	0.627
10	Vietnam	0.694

European Union

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Ireland	0.942
2	Germany	0.939
3	Sweden	0.937
4	Netherlands	0.933
5	Denmark	0.930
6	Finland	0.925
7	Belgium	0.919
8	Austria	0.914
9	Luxembourg	0.909
10	Slovenia	0.902

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Romania	0.816
1	Bulgaria	0.816
3	Croatia	0.837
4	Hungary	0.845
5	Portugal	0.850
5	Latvia	0.854
7	Slovakia	0.857
8	Lithuania	0.869
9	Poland	0.872
9	Greece	0.872

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	United Arab Emirates	0.866
2	Saudi Arabia	0.857
3	Qatar	0.848
4	Bahrain	0.838
5	Oman	0.834
6	Kazakhstan	0.817
7	Kuwait	0.808
8	Turkey	0.806
9	Malaysia	0.804
High human development
10	Iran	0.797

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2017 data (2018 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Niger	0.377
2	Chad	0.401
3	Mali	0.427
4	Burkina Faso	0.434
5	Sierra Leone	0.438
6	Mozambique	0.446
7	Guinea-Bissau	0.461
8	Yemen	0.463
9	Guinea	0.466
9	Gambia	0.466

OECD

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Norway	0.954
2	Switzerland	0.946
3	Ireland	0.932
4	Germany	0.939
5	Australia	0.938
5	Iceland	0.938
7	Sweden	0.937
8	Netherlands	0.933
9	Denmark	0.930
10	Finland	0.925

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings
High human development
1	Mexico	0.767
Very high human development
2	Turkey	0.806
3	Hungary	0.845
4	Chile	0.847
5	Portugal	0.850
6	Latvia	0.854
7	Slovakia	0.857
8	Lithuania	0.869
9	Poland	0.872
9	Greece	0.872

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2017 data (2018 report) rankings
Very high human development
1	Singapore	0.935
2	Bahrain	0.838
3	Palau	0.814
4	Barbados	0.813
5	Bahamas	0.805
6	Seychelles	0.801
High human development
7	Trinidad and Tobago	0.799
8	Mauritius	0.796
9	Cuba	0.778
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.777

10 lowest HDIs

Rank	Country	HDI
Rank	Country	2017 data (2018 report) rankings
Low human development
1	Guinea-Bissau	0.461
2	Haiti	0.503
3	Comoros	0.538
4	Papua New Guinea	0.543
Medium human development
5	Solomon Islands	0.557
6	Vanuatu	0.597
7	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.609
8	Micronesia	0.614
9	Kiribati	0.623
10	East Timor	0.626

HDI by regions and groups

Region or group	1990 data rankings ^[1]	2000 data rankings ^[1]	2010 data rankings ^[1]	2013 data rankings ^[1]	2015 data rankings ^[1]	2016 data rankings ^[1]	2017 data rankings ^[1]	2018 data rankings ^[1]
Very high human development
OECD	0.785	0.834	0.873	0.883	0.889	0.892	0.894	0.895
Very high human development	0.779	0.823	0.866	0.878	0.886	0.888	0.890	0.892
High human development
Europe and Central Asia	0.652	0.667	0.735	0.759	0.770	0.772	0.776	0.779
Latin America and the Caribbean	0.628	0.687	0.731	0.748	0.754	0.756	0.758	0.759
High human development	0.568	0.630	0.706	0.727	0.738	0.743	0.746	0.750
East Asia and the Pacific	0.519	0.597	0.697	0.714	0.727	0.733	0.737	0.741
World	0.598	0.641	0.697	0.713	0.722	0.727	0.729	0.731
Small Island Developing States	0.595	0.642	0.702	0.708	0.717	0.719	0.722	0.723
Arab states	0.556	0.613	0.676	0.688	0.695	0.699	0.701	0.703
Medium human development
Developing countries	0.516	0.571	0.642	0.663	0.674	0.680	0.683	0.686
South Asia	0.441	0.505	0.585	0.607	0.624	0.634	0.639	0.642
Medium human development	0.436	0.497	0.575	0.599	0.616	0.625	0.630	0.634
Low human development
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.402	0.423	0.498	0.521	0.532	0.535	0.539	0.541
Least developed countries	0.350	0.399	0.485	0.504	0.516	0.520	0.525	0.528
Low human development	0.352	0.386	0.473	0.490	0.499	0.501	0.505	0.507

Countries missing from latest report

Note: The 2009 publication uses an older version of the HDI formula and classification standard. The ranges are 0–0.499 for low HDI, 0.500–0.799 for medium HDI, 0.800–0.899 for high HDI and greater than 0.900 for very high HDI.^[6]

UN member states (not calculated by the UNDP)

Year		Country	HDI	Source
Publication	Data	Country	HDI	Source
Very high human development
2009	2008	San Marino	0.961	^[7]
2009	2008	Monaco	0.956	^[7]
Medium human development
2009	2008	North Korea	0.733	^[7]
2009	2008	Nauru	0.721	^[7]
2009	2008	Tuvalu	0.711	^[7]
Low human development
2018	2017	Somalia	0.351	^[8]

Non-UN member states (latest UNDP data)

Year		Country or territory	HDI	Source
Publication	Data	Country or territory	HDI	Source
High human development
—	2016	Kosovo	0.739	^[9]

Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)

Year		Country or territory	HDI	Source
Publication	Data	Country or territory	HDI	Source
Very high human development
2019	2017	Macau	0.914	^[a]
2019	2018	Taiwan	0.911	^[b]
2017	2016	Martinique	0.863	^[13]
2017	2016	Guadeloupe	0.850	^[13]
2017	2016	Reunion	0.844	^[13]
2017	2015	Puerto Rico	0.845	^[14]
2009	2008	Jersey	0.985	^[7]
2009	2008	Cayman Islands	0.983	^[7]
2009	2008	Bermuda	0.981	^[7]
2009	2008	Guernsey	0.975	^[7]
2009	2008	Gibraltar	0.961	^[7]
2009	2008	Faroe Islands	0.950	^[7]
2009	2008	Isle of Man	0.950	^[7]
2009	2008	British Virgin Islands	0.945	^[7]
2009	2008	Falkland Islands	0.933	^[7]
2009	2008	Aruba	0.908	^[7]
2009	2008	Guam	0.901	^[7]
High human development
2017	2016	Mayotte	0.789	^[13]
2015	2010	Greenland	0.839	^[15]
2009	2008	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.894	^[7]
2009	2008	Northern Mariana Islands	0.875	^[7]
2009	2008	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.873	^[7]
2009	2008	Anguilla	0.865	^[7]
2009	2008	Cook Islands	0.829	^[7]
2009	2008	American Samoa	0.827	^[7]
2009	2008	Montserrat	0.821	^[7]
2012	2010	New Caledonia	0.789	^[16]
2012	2005	Wallis and Futuna	0.763	^[16]
2012	2010	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.762	^[16]
2012	2010	French Polynesia	0.737	^[16]
2012	2000	Saint Martin	0.702	^[16]
Medium human development
2009	2008	Saint Helena	0.797	^[7]
2009	2008	Niue	0.794	^[7]
2009	2008	Tokelau	0.750	^[7]
2012	2000	Saint Barthélemy	0.688	^[16]

Notes

^ The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.^[10]
^ 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^[11]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.907 (This is the 2017 data.), based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ Human Development Report, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (2010) p.87
^ The Courier. Commission of the European Communities. 1994.
^ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
^ Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, p. 15
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009
^ "Somalia HDI 2017".
^ "About Kosovo". UNDP. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "Macao in Figures, 2019". www.dsec.gov.mo.
^ "- Human Development Reports" (PDF). hdr.undp.org.
^ "2018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. 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Human Development Index Trends and Inequality in Puerto Rico 2010-2015" Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "The Greenlandic Economy – Structure and Prospects" Andersen, Torben M. (2015). Economics Working Papers, 2015-14. Aarhus University. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Quel niveau de développement des départements et collectivités d‘outre-mer ? Une approche par l’indice de développement humain, Agence Française de Developpment, 2012 (in French)

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[11] The UN does not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI.^[10]

[14] 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^[11]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.907 (This is the 2017 data.), based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP.^[12]

[UNDP2019-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap "Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. pp. 22–25. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[2] Human Development Report, The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development (2010) p.87

[3] The Courier. Commission of the European Communities. 1994.

[4] "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[5] "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.

[6] Human Development Report 2009, UNDP, p. 15

[UN_Escap-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Filling Gaps in the Human Development Index, United Nations ESCAP, February 2009

[8] "Somalia HDI 2017".

[9] "About Kosovo". UNDP. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

[10] "Macao in Figures, 2019". www.dsec.gov.mo.

[12] "- Human Development Reports" (PDF). hdr.undp.org.

[13] "2018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. 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[Sub-national_HDI-15] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[16] "Human Development Index Trends and Inequality in Puerto Rico 2010-2015" Fuentes-Ramírez, Ricardo R. (2017). Ceteris Paribus: Journal of Socio-Economic Research. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[17] "The Greenlandic Economy – Structure and Prospects" Andersen, Torben M. (2015). Economics Working Papers, 2015-14. Aarhus University. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[IDH_DOM-18] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Quel niveau de développement des départements et collectivités d‘outre-mer ? Une approche par l’indice de développement humain, Agence Française de Developpment, 2012 (in French)

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