Table 1: Human Development Index and its components

Human
Development Life expectancy
Index (HDI) at birth
HDI rank Country Value (years)
2014 2014
VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1 Norway 0.944 81.6
2 Australia 0.935 82.4
3 Switzerland 0.930 83.0
4 Denmark 0.923 80.2
5 Netherlands 0.922 81.6
6 Germany 0.916 80.9
6 Ireland 0.916 80.9
8 United States 0.915 79.1
9 Canada 0.913 82.0
9 New Zealand 0.913 81.8
11 Singapore 0.912 83.0
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.910 84.0
13 Liechtenstein 0.908 80.0 h

14 Sweden 0.907 82.2

14 United Kingdom 0.907 80.7
16 Iceland 0.899 82.6
17 Korea (Republic of) 0.898 81.9
18 Israel 0.894 82.4
19 Luxembourg 0.892 81.7
20 Japan 0.891 83.5
21 Belgium 0.890 80.8
22 France 0.888 82.2
23 Austria 0.885 81.4
24 Finland 0.883 80.8
25 Slovenia 0.880 80.4
26 Spain 0.876 82.6
27 Italy 0.873 83.1
28 Czech Republic 0.870 78.6
29 Greece 0.865 80.9
30 Estonia 0.861 76.8
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.856 78.8
32 Cyprus 0.850 80.2
32 Qatar 0.850 78.2
34 Andorra 0.845 81.3 h

35 Slovakia 0.844 76.3

36 Poland 0.843 77.4
37 Lithuania 0.839 73.3
37 Malta 0.839 80.6
39 Saudi Arabia 0.837 74.3
40 Argentina 0.836 76.3
41 United Arab Emirates 0.835 77.0
42 Chile 0.832 81.7
43 Portugal 0.830 80.9
44 Hungary 0.828 75.2
45 Bahrain 0.824 76.6
46 Latvia 0.819 74.2
47 Croatia 0.818 77.3
48 Kuwait 0.816 74.4
49 Montenegro 0.802 76.2
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
50 Belarus 0.798 71.3
50 Russian Federation 0.798 70.1
52 Oman 0.793 76.8
52 Romania 0.793 74.7
52 Uruguay 0.793 77.2
55 Bahamas 0.790 75.4
56 Kazakhstan 0.788 69.4
57 Barbados 0.785 75.6
58 Antigua and Barbuda 0.783 76.1
59 Bulgaria 0.782 74.2
60 Palau 0.780 72.7 h

60 Panama 0.780 77.6

62 Malaysia 0.779 74.7
63 Mauritius 0.777 74.4
64 Seychelles 0.772 73.1
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.772 70.4
66 Serbia 0.771 74.9
67 Cuba 0.769 s
79.4
67 Lebanon 0.769 79.3
69 Costa Rica 0.766 79.4
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.766 75.4
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.762 74.2
72 Turkey 0.761 75.3
73 Sri Lanka 0.757 74.9
74 Mexico 0.756 76.8
75 Brazil 0.755 74.5
76 Georgia 0.754 74.9
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.752 73.8 h

78 Azerbaijan 0.751 70.8

79 Grenada 0.750 73.4
80 Jordan 0.748 74.0
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedon 0.747 75.4
81 Ukraine 0.747 71.0
83 Algeria 0.736 74.8
84 Peru 0.734 74.6
85 Albania 0.733 77.8
85 Armenia 0.733 74.7
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.733 76.5
88 Ecuador 0.732 75.9
89 Saint Lucia 0.729 75.1
90 China 0.727 75.8
90 Fiji 0.727 70.0
90 Mongolia 0.727 69.4
93 Thailand 0.726 74.4
94 Dominica 0.724 77.8 h

94 Libya 0.724 71.6

96 Tunisia 0.721 74.8
97 Colombia 0.720 74.0
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.720 72.9
99 Jamaica 0.719 75.7
100 Tonga 0.717 72.8
101 Belize 0.715 70.0
101 Dominican Republic 0.715 73.5
103 Suriname 0.714 71.1
104 Maldives 0.706 76.8
105 Samoa 0.702 73.4
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
106 Botswana 0.698 64.5
107 Moldova (Republic of) 0.693 71.6
108 Egypt 0.690 71.1
109 Turkmenistan 0.688 65.6
110 Gabon 0.684 64.4
110 Indonesia 0.684 68.9
112 Paraguay 0.679 72.9
113 Palestine, State of 0.677 72.9
114 Uzbekistan 0.675 68.4
115 Philippines 0.668 68.2
116 El Salvador 0.666 73.0
116 South Africa 0.666 57.4
116 Viet Nam 0.666 75.8
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.662 68.3
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.655 70.6
121 Iraq 0.654 69.4
122 Cabo Verde 0.646 73.3
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.640 69.1
124 Guyana 0.636 66.4
125 Nicaragua 0.631 74.9
126 Morocco 0.628 74.0
126 Namibia 0.628 64.8
128 Guatemala 0.627 71.8
129 Tajikistan 0.624 69.4
130 India 0.609 68.0
131 Honduras 0.606 73.1
132 Bhutan 0.605 69.5
133 Timor-Leste 0.595 68.2
134 Syrian Arab Republic 0.594 69.6
134 Vanuatu 0.594 71.9
136 Congo 0.591 62.3
137 Kiribati 0.590 66.0
138 Equatorial Guinea 0.587 57.6
139 Zambia 0.586 60.1
140 Ghana 0.579 61.4
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.575 66.2
142 Bangladesh 0.570 71.6
143 Cambodia 0.555 68.4
143 Sao Tome and Principe 0.555 66.5
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
145 Kenya 0.548 61.6
145 Nepal 0.548 69.6
147 Pakistan 0.538 66.2
148 Myanmar 0.536 65.9
149 Angola 0.532 52.3
150 Swaziland 0.531 49.0
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.521 65.0
152 Nigeria 0.514 52.8
153 Cameroon 0.512 55.5
154 Madagascar 0.510 65.1
155 Zimbabwe 0.509 57.5
156 Mauritania 0.506 63.1
156 Solomon Islands 0.506 67.9
158 Papua New Guinea 0.505 62.6
159 Comoros 0.503 63.3
160 Yemen 0.498 63.8
161 Lesotho 0.497 49.8
162 Togo 0.484 59.7
163 Haiti 0.483 62.8
163 Rwanda 0.483 64.2
163 Uganda 0.483 58.5
166 Benin 0.480 59.6
167 Sudan 0.479 63.5
168 Djibouti 0.470 62.0
169 South Sudan 0.467 55.7
170 Senegal 0.466 66.5
171 Afghanistan 0.465 60.4
172 Côte d'Ivoire 0.462 51.5
173 Malawi 0.445 62.8
174 Ethiopia 0.442 64.1
175 Gambia 0.441 60.2
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.433 58.7
177 Liberia 0.430 60.9
178 Guinea-Bissau 0.420 55.2
179 Mali 0.419 58.0
180 Mozambique 0.416 55.1
181 Sierra Leone 0.413 50.9
182 Guinea 0.411 58.8
183 Burkina Faso 0.402 58.7
184 Burundi 0.400 56.7
185 Chad 0.392 51.6
186 Eritrea 0.391 63.7
187 Central African Republic 0.350 50.7
188 Niger 0.348 61.4
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. 70.3
Marshall Islands .. ..
Monaco .. ..
Nauru .. ..
San Marino .. ..
Somalia .. 55.4
Tuvalu .. ..

Human development groups

Very high human development 0.896 80.5
High human development 0.744 75.1
Medium human development 0.630 68.6
Low human development 0.505 60.6

Developing countries 0.660 69.8

Regions
Arab States 0.686 70.6
East Asia and the Pacific 0.710 74.0
Europe and Central Asia 0.748 72.3
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.748 75.0
South Asia 0.607 68.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.518 58.5

Least developed countries 0.502 63.3

Small island developing states 0.660 70.1

Organisation for Economic Co-operati 0.880 80.2

World 0.711 71.5

Notes
a. Data refer to 2014 or the most recent year available.
b. Based on Barro and Lee (2013b).
c. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, expected years of schooling is capped at 18 years.
d. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and Barro and Lee (201
e. Based on Barro and Lee (2014).
f. Based on data from the national statistical office.
g. For the purpose of calculating the HDI value, GNI per capita is capped at $75,000.
h. Value from UNDESA (2011).
i. Calculated as the average of mean years of schooling for Austria and Switzerland.
j. Estimated using the purchasing power parity (PPP) rate and projected growth rate of Switzerland.
k. HDRO estimate based on data from World Bank (2015a) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
l. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
m. Assumes the same adult mean years of schooling as Spain.
n. Estimated using the PPP rate and projected growth rate of Spain.
o. Based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2011).
p. Based on data on school life expectancy from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013).
q. Based on data from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for 20
r. Based on cross-country regression.

s. The 2013 HDI value published in the 2014 Human Development Report was based on miscalculated G
realistic value, based on the model developed by HDRO and verified and accepted by Cuba’s National St
69th.
t. Based on a cross-country regression model and projected growth rates from ECLAC (2014).
Brazil (2013).
x. Based on projected growth rates from UNESCWA (2014).
v. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and a UNICEF Multiple I
w. Based on data on school life expectancy from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012).
y. Based on data from ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys for 2005–2014.
z. Updated by HDRO based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), an ICF Macro Demogra
aa. Updated by HDRO based on data from a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.
ab. Based on data from Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance (2015).

Definitions
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic di
standard of living. See Technical note 1 at http://hdr.undp.org/en for details on how the HDI is calculated.
Life expectancy at birth: Number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of a
life.
Expected years of schooling: Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can exp
the child’s life.

Mean years of schooling: Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older,
Gross national income (GNI) per capita: Aggregate income of an economy generated by its production
factors of production owned by the rest of the world, converted to international dollars using PPP rates, di

Main data sources

Column 1: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2015), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (201
(2014) and IMF (2015).
Column 2: UNDESA (2015).
Column 3: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Column 4: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), UNICEF Multiple Indicator Clust
Column 5: World Bank (2015a), IMF (2015) and United Nations Statistics Division (2015).
Column 6: Calculated based on data in columns 1 and 5.
 Gross national GNI per capita
Expected years Mean years of income (GNI) per rank minus HDI
of schooling schooling capita rank
(years) (years) (2011 PPP $)
2014 a
2014 a
2014 2014

17.5 12.6 b
64,992 5
20.2 c
13.0 42,261 17
15.8 12.8 56,431 6
18.7 c
12.7 44,025 11
17.9 11.9 45,435 9
16.5 13.1 d
43,919 11
18.6 c
12.2 e
39,568 16
16.5 12.9 52,947 3
15.9 13.0 42,155 11
19.2 c
12.5 b
32,689 23
15.4 f
10.6 e
76,628 g
-7
15.6 11.2 53,959 -2
15.0 11.8 i
79,851 g,j
-10
15.8 12.1 45,636 -1
16.2 13.1 d
39,267 9
19.0 c
10.6 e
35,182 12
16.9 11.9 e
33,890 13
16.0 12.5 30,676 16
13.9 11.7 58,711 -11
15.3 11.5 e
36,927 7
16.3 11.3 d
41,187 0
16.0 11.1 38,056 4
15.7 10.8 d
43,869 -5
17.1 10.3 e
38,695 0
16.8 11.9 27,852 12
17.3 9.6 32,045 7
16.0 10.1 d
33,030 4
16.4 12.3 26,660 10
17.6 10.3 24,524 14
16.5 12.5 e
25,214 12
14.5 8.8 e
72,570 k
-26
14.0 11.6 28,633 3
13.8 l
9.1 123,124 g
-31
13.5 f
9.6 m
43,978 n
-18
15.1 12.2 d
25,845 5
15.5 11.8 23,177 10
16.4 12.4 24,500 7
14.4 10.3 27,930 -1
16.3 8.7 d
52,821 -27
17.9 9.8 d
22,050 k
11
13.3 o
9.5 d
60,868 -34
15.2 9.8 21,290 11
16.3 8.2 25,757 -2
15.4 11.6 d
22,916 3
14.4 p
9.4 b
38,599 -20
15.2 11.5 d
22,281 4
14.8 11.0 19,409 11
14.7 l
7.2 83,961 g
-46
15.2 11.2 14,558 27

15.7 12.0 q
16,676 14
14.7 12.0 22,352 -1
13.6 8.0 34,858 -23
14.2 10.8 18,108 10
15.5 8.5 19,283 7
12.6 r
10.9 21,336 -3
15.0 11.4 e
20,867 -1
15.4 10.5 q
12,488 27
14.0 9.2 r
20,070 -1
14.4 10.6 d
15,596 13
13.7 12.3 f
13,496 18
13.3 9.3 18,192 1
12.7 l
10.0 22,762 -14
15.6 8.5 17,470 0
13.4 9.4 r
23,300 -19
12.3 l
10.9 26,090 -25
14.4 10.5 12,190 20
13.8 11.5 q
7,301 t
47
13.8 7.9 l
16,509 -1
13.9 8.4 13,413 10
15.1 8.2 e
15,440 4
14.2 8.9 d
16,159 -2
14.5 7.6 18,677 -12
13.7 10.8 b
9,779 29
13.1 8.5 16,056 -4
15.2 u
7.7 15,175 -1
13.8 12.1 q
7,164 40
12.9 8.4 r
20,805 -21
11.9 11.2 l
16,428 -11
15.8 8.6 r
10,939 14
13.5 9.9 11,365 11
13.4 9.3 q
11,780 9
15.1 11.3 e
8,178 25
14.0 7.6 13,054 -1
13.1 9.0 11,015 8
11.8 l
9.3 9,943 14
12.3 10.9 e
8,124 22
13.6 8.3 v
9,638 19
14.2 7.6 10,605 7
12.6 9.3 q
9,765 14
13.1 7.5 b
12,547 -7
15.7 l
9.9 7,493 21
14.6 9.3 e
10,729 4
13.5 7.3 13,323 -13
12.7 w
7.9 r
9,994 4
14.0 l
7.3 e
14,911 k,x
-19
14.6 6.8 q
10,404 1
13.5 7.3 d
12,040 -9
13.4 l
8.6 r
9,937 3
12.4 9.7 e
7,415 13
14.7 10.7 e
5,069 32
13.6 10.5 7,614 9
13.1 7.6 11,883 -12
12.7 l
7.7 y
15,617 -32
13.0 l
5.8 z
12,328 -19
12.9 f
10.3 f
5,327 24

12.5 8.9 e
16,646 -41
11.9 11.2 5,223 23
13.5 6.6 e
10,512 -12
10.8 9.9 r
13,066 -28
12.5 l
7.8 y
16,367 -42
13.0 7.6 z
9,788 -9
11.9 7.7 b
7,643 -3
13.0 8.9 4,699 x
21
11.5 10.9 aa
5,567 10
11.3 8.9 d
7,915 -7
12.3 6.5 7,349 -3
13.6 9.9 12,122 -29
11.9 w
7.5 e
5,092 15
13.2 8.2 5,760 4
12.5 10.6 3,044 29
10.1 6.4 e
14,003 -44
13.5 4.7 r
6,094 -1
11.7 9.7 f
3,432 21
10.3 8.5 e
6,522 -4
11.5 l
6.0 e
4,457 12
11.6 4.4 b
6,850 -8
11.3 6.2 e
9,418 -21
10.7 5.6 6,929 -11
11.2 10.4 y
2,517 27
11.7 5.4 e
5,497 -4
11.1 5.5 3,938 7
12.6 3.0 q
7,176 -17
11.7 4.4 y
5,363 ab
-6
12.3 6.3 e
2,728 k,x
21
10.6 l
6.8 aa
2,803 19
11.1 6.1 b
6,012 -14
12.3 7.8 r
2,434 21
9.0 l
5.5 y
21,056 -84
13.5 6.6 e
3,734 2
11.5 7.0 3,852 -1
10.6 5.0 q
4,680 -6
10.0 5.1 e
3,191 5
10.9 4.4 y
2,949 7
11.3 4.7 y
2,918 8

11.0 6.3 b
2,762 9
12.4 3.3 e
2,311 16
7.8 4.7 4,866 -14
8.6 4.1 e
4,608 k
-12
11.4 4.7 y
6,822 -30
11.3 7.1 b
5,542 -25
9.2 5.1 e
2,411 8
9.0 l
5.9 y
5,341 -24
10.4 6.0 e
2,803 -1
10.3 6.0 q
1,328 24
10.9 7.3 e
1,615 13
8.5 3.8 e
3,560 -14
9.2 5.0 f
1,540 16
9.9 r
4.0 e
2,463 -1
11.5 4.6 y
1,456 16
9.2 2.6 e
3,519 -17
11.1 5.9 z
3,306 -16
12.2 4.5 y
1,228 17
8.7 r
4.9 y
1,669 4
10.3 3.7 1,458 11
9.8 5.4 e
1,613 6
11.1 3.3 e
1,767 0
7.0 3.1 b
3,809 -27
6.4 3.8 q
3,276 k
-22
7.6 r
5.4 2,332 -9
7.9 2.5 2,188 -8
9.3 3.2 e
1,885 -7
8.9 4.3 b
3,171 -24
10.8 4.3 e
747 13
8.5 2.4 1,428 2
8.8 2.8 e
1,507 -2
9.8 6.0 680 11
9.5 l
4.1 e
805 7
9.0 2.8 r
1,362 -1
8.4 2.0 1,583 -8
9.3 3.2 y
1,123 1
8.6 l
3.1 e
1,780 -16
8.7 2.4 y
1,096 0
7.8 1.4 y
1,591 -13
10.1 2.7 e
758 1
7.4 1.9 2,085 -22
4.1 3.9 r
1,130 -6
7.2 4.2 q
581 1
5.4 1.5 e
908 -5

.. .. .. ..
.. .. 4,674 ..
.. .. .. ..
9.3 .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. .. ..
.. .. 5,278 ..

16.4 11.8 41,584 —

13.6 8.2 13,961 —
 11.8 6.2 6,353 —
9.0 4.5 3,085 —

11.7 6.8 9,071 —

12.0 6.4 15,722 —

12.7 7.5 11,449 —
13.6 10.0 12,791 —
14.0 8.2 14,242 —
11.2 5.5 5,605 —
9.6 5.2 3,363 —

9.3 4.1 2,387 —

11.4 7.9 6,991 —

15.8 11.5 37,658 —

12.2 7.9 14,301 —

pped at 18 years.
and Barro and Lee (2014).

te of Switzerland.
atistics Division (2015).

r Cluster Surveys for 2005–2014.

sed on miscalculated GNI per capita in 2011 PPP dollars, as published in the World Bank (2014). A more
d by Cuba’s National Statistics Office, is $7,222. The corresponding 2013 HDI value is 0.759 and the rank is

LAC (2014).

nd a UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.

an ICF Macro Demographic and Health Survey and Barro and Lee (2014).

ement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent
w the HDI is calculated.
f prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant’s

l entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist throughout

ople ages 25 and older, converted from education attainment levels using official durations of each level.
erated by its production and its ownership of factors of production, less the incomes paid for the use of
ars using PPP rates, divided by midyear population.

titute for Statistics (2015), United Nations Statistics Division (2015), World Bank (2015a), Barro and Lee

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys.