List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

This is a list of sovereign states in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2015). It covers the member states of the United Nations, along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories; Some UN member states are not included due to 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 and standards of living 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 under-developed 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 and Indian economist Amartya Sen.

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2013 HDI Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Asia and Oceania

State (58)	HDI
	2012	2013	2014
Afghanistan	0.374	0.468	0.465
Australia	0.938	0.954	0.935
Bahrain	0.796	0.815	0.824
Bangladesh	0.515	0.558	0.570
Bhutan	0.538	0.584	0.605
Brunei	0.855	0.852	0.856
Cambodia	0.543	0.584	0.555
China	0.699	0.719	0.727
Cyprus	0.848	0.845	0.850
Fiji	0.702	0.724	0.727
Hong Kong	0.906	0.891	0.910
India	0.554	0.586	0.602
Indonesia	0.629	0.684	0.684
Iran	0.742	0.749	0.766
Iraq	0.590	0.642	0.654
Israel	0.900	0.888	0.894
Japan	0.912	0.890	0.891
Jordan	0.700	0.745	0.748
Kazakhstan	0.754	0.757	0.788
Kiribati	0.629	0.607	0.590
Kuwait	0.790	0.814	0.816
Kyrgyzstan	0.622	0.628	0.655
Laos	0.543	0.569	0.575
Lebanon	0.745	0.765	0.769
Malaysia	0.769	0.773	0.779
Maldives	0.688	0.698	0.706
Marshall Islands
Micronesia	0.645	0.630	0.640
Mongolia	0.675	0.698	0.727
Myanmar	0.498	0.524	0.536
Nauru
Nepal	0.463	0.540	0.548
New Zealand	0.919	0.910	0.913
Oman	0.731	0.783	0.793
Pakistan	0.515	0.537	0.538
Palau	0.791	0.775	0.780
Papua New Guinea	0.466	0.491	0.505
Philippines	0.654	0.660	0.668
Qatar	0.834	0.851	0.850
Samoa	0.702	0.694	0.702
Saudi Arabia	0.782	0.836	0.837
Singapore	0.895	0.901	0.912
Solomon Islands	0.530	0.491	0.506
South Korea	0.909	0.891	0.898
Sri Lanka	0.715	0.750	0.757
Syria	0.648	0.658	0.594
Taiwan	0.882	0.880	0.884
Tajikistan	0.622	0.607	0.624
Thailand	0.690	0.722	0.726
Timor-Leste	0.576	0.620	0.595
Tonga	0.710	0.705	0.717
Turkmenistan	0.698	0.698	0.688
Tuvalu
United Arab Emirates	0.818	0.827	0.835
Uzbekistan	0.654	0.661	0.675
Vanuatu	0.626	0.616	0.594
Vietnam	0.617	0.638	0.666
Yemen	0.458	0.500	0.498
Asia	0.656
Oceania	0.857