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World map by quartiles of Human Development Index in 2013.
  Very High
  Low
  High
  Data unavailable
  Medium
World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2012 data, published on Mar 14, 2013).[1]
  0.900 and over
  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
  0.349 and under
  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. The latest report was released on 14 March 2013 and compiled on the basis of estimates for 2012.[2] It covers 185 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories; 8 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.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standards of living, and quality of life for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[3] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[4]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 47 countries: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development and Low Human Development (46 countries in this category).

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) have been removed that were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

The country with the largest decrease in HDI since 1998 is Zimbabwe, falling from 0.514 in 1998 to 0.140 in 2010. The country with the largest decrease since 2009 is Cape Verde, which decreased by 0.170.

Over half of the world's population live in countries with "medium human development" (51%), while less than a fifth (18%) populate countries falling in the "low human development" category. Countries with "high" to "very high" human development account for slightly less than a third of the world's total population (30%).

The only year without a Human Development Report since 1990, was 2012. The latest report was launched on 14 March, 2013 in Mexico City.[2]

Complete list of countries

2012 Very High HDI nations, by population size
Europe
 
 492.3
N. America
 
 350.5
Asia
 
 227.0
S. America
 
 56.7
Oceania
 
 27.4
Africa
 
 0.0
  • Increase = increase.
  • Steady = steady.
  • Decrease = decrease.
  • The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the ranking in 2011 report.

Very high human development

High human development

Medium human development

Low human development

List of countries by continent

Africa

Americas

Asia and Oceania

Europe

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab League member states

European Union

Average: 0.867[nb 1]

East Asia and the Pacific

Latin America

Middle East and North Africa

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

HDI by regions & groups

Countries missing from latest report

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For the average value in the EU, all member states are weighted according to their populations. The simple average of all members is 0.856, indicating that more populous states tend to have higher HDIs.
  2. ^ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
  3. ^ 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 [1]). Taiwan's government calculated its HDI to be 0.882, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP for calculating 2011 HDIs.[13]

References

  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 "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. 127–130. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "2013 Human Development Report". UNDP. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. ^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  4. ^ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  5. ^ "2011 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e List of sovereign states
  7. ^ "The State of Human Development" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Human Development Report: Somalia 2001" (PDF). 2001. p. 198. Retrieved 26 March 2009. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Puerto Rico (United States)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report[citation needed].
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13" (PDF) (in French). CEROM - INSEE. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Greenland (Denmark)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. Note: Appears to be simply Denmark's HDI published on the 1997 report[citation needed].
  12. ^ The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2007, Macau would rank 23rd or 24th (tying either Singapore or Hong Kong). "Macao in Figures 2010". Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR. 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  13. ^ "2011中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)" (pdf) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2012" (PDF). UNDP. 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  15. ^ "L'Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion" (PDF) (in French). Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var. Retrieved 10 December 2008.[dead link]

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