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This is a 'list of countries by Human Development Index' as included in the United Nations Development Programme's ''Human Development Report 2006'', compiled on the basis of 2004 data. It covers 175 UN member countries (out of 192), along with: Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. 17 UN member countries 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.^[1]
Countries fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: 'high', 'medium', and 'low' human development. The arrows show the change in HDI from 2005 values.

Contents

List of countries

High

Medium

Low

Not calculated by the UN

Regions and groups

Ten highest HDIs by region

Ten lowest HDIs by region

Unavailable data

Notes

See also

References

External links

List of countries

=steady =increase =decrease (in HDI)

High

(figures in parentheses indicate the change in rank)

Rank Country HDI 1 0.965 (0) 2 0.960 (0) 3 0.957 (0) 4 0.956 (+4) 5 0.951 (+1) 6 0.950 (-1) 7 0.949 (+4) 8 0.948 (+2) 9 0.947 (-2) 10 0.947 (+2) 11 0.947 (+2) 12 0.945 (-8) 13 0.945 (-4) 14 0.944 (+3) 15 0.943 (-1) 16 0.942 (0) 17 0.940 (+1) 18 0.940 (-3) 19 0.938 (+2) 20 0.936 (-1) 21 0.932 (-1) 22  Hong Kong SAR, China 0.927 (0) 23 0.927 (0) 24 0.921 (0) 25 0.916 (0) 26 0.912 (+2) 27 0.910 (-1) 28 0.904 (-1) 29 0.903 (0) 30 0.885 (+1) 31 0.879 (-1) 32 0.875 (0)

Rank Country HDI 33 0.871 (+11) 34 0.871 (-1) 35 0.869 (0) 36 0.863 (-2) 37 0.862 (-1) 38 0.859 (-1) 39 0.859 (+4) 40 0.858 (-2) 41 0.857 (-2) 42 0.856 (0) 43 0.851 (+3) 44 0.846 (+1) 45 0.845 (+3) 46 0.844 (-6) 47 0.842 (+4) 48 0.841 (-1) 49 0.839 (-8) 50 0.826 (+2) 51 0.825 (-2) 52 0.825 (-2) 53 0.821 (0) 54 0.816 (+1) 55 0.815 (-1) 56 0.810 (+15) 57 0.809 (0) 58 0.809 (-2) 59 0.808 (+1) 60 0.805 (+4) 61 0.805 (0) 62 0.800 (+6) 63 0.800 (+2)

Medium

Rank Country HDI 64 0.798 65  Russian Federation 0.797 66 0.796 67 0.794 68 0.793 69 0.792 70 0.790 71 0.790 72 0.784 73 0.784 74 0.784 75 0.778 76 0.777 77 0.774 78 0.774 79 0.774 80 0.768 81 Flag of the People's Republic of China  China (PRC)[2] 0.768 82 0.767 83 0.765 84 0.763 85 0.762 86 0.760 87 0.760 88 0.759 89 0.759 90 0.758 91 0.757 92 0.757 93 0.755 94 0.751 95 0.751 96 0.746 97 0.743 98 0.739 99 0.736 100 0.736 101 0.729 102 0.728 103 0.725 104 0.724 105 0.724

Rank Country HDI 106 0.722 107 0.716 108 0.711 109 0.709 110 0.705 111 0.702 112 0.698 113 0.696 114 0.694 115 0.692 116 0.691 117 0.683 118 0.673 119 0.670 120 0.653 121 0.653 122 0.652 123 0.640 124 0.633 125 0.626 126 0.611 127 0.607 128 0.592 129 0.583 130 0.581 131 0.570 132 0.556 133 0.553 134 0.539 135 0.538 136 0.532 137 0.530 138 0.527 139 0.523 140 Flag of the Republic of the Congo  Republic of the Congo[3] 0.520 141 0.516 142 0.512 143 0.509 144 0.506 145 0.502 146 0.500

Low

Rank Country HDI 147 0.495 148 0.494 149 0.494 150 0.492 151 0.491 152 0.491 153 0.486 154 0.482 155 0.479 156 0.460 157 0.454 158 0.450 159 0.448 160 0.445 161 0.439 162 0.430

Rank Country HDI 163 0.428 164  Ivory Coast 0.421 165 0.407 166 0.400 167 [4] 0.391 168 0.390 169 0.384 170 0.371 171 0.368 172 0.353 173 0.349 174 0.342 175 0.338 176 0.335 177 0.311

Not calculated by the UN

Regions and groups

Ten highest HDIs by region

'Americas'
'Europe'
'Far East'
'Middle East'^[7]
'Sub-Saharan Africa'

Ten lowest HDIs by region

'Americas'
'Europe'^[8]
'Far East'
'Middle East'^[7]
'Sub-Saharan Africa'

Unavailable data

Notes

1. About HDRO
2. Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China; excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
3. Also known as ''Congo-Brazzaville'' and previously simply as ''Congo''.
4. Also known as ''Congo-Kinshasa''.
5. As the UN does not recognize the Republic of China (ROC) as a state, 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; see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2004 to be 0.925 based on the following data: life expectancy of 77.5 years; adult literacy rate of 97.2%; combined gross enrollment rate of 99%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$26,241. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2004, the ROC would rank 24th (behind Israel and in front of Greece). National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
6. The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI as of 2004 as 0.909. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2004, Macau would rank 25th (behind Greece and in front of Singapore). 2006 Macao in Figures
7. Including North Africa.
8. This list includes territories located wholly in Europe, including Belarus (which is not a member of the Council of Europe). This list does not include Asian members of the council of Europe, e.g. Armenia, nor transcontinental territories - located partly in Asia, e.g. Kazakhstan (which is not a member of the Council of Europe), Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, and Turkey (members of the Council of Europe).
9. Including North Africa.

See also

References

★ Human Development Report 2006

★ Table 1: Human Development Index, Human Development Report 2006

★ Tables, Human Development Report 2006

External links

★ Archive of previous global reports.