Human development index

NAM Rankings World Rankings

A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. 1=the most developed.

Human development index (score)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Singapore	0.78	0.86	0.87	0.92	0.91	0.92	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.94	0.93	0.94	0.95	0.94
United Arab Emirates	0.72	0.79	0.81	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.84	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.88	0.91	0.93	0.93
Korea (Republic of)	0.73	0.82	0.86	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.92	0.92	0.92
Bahrain	0.73	0.78	0.80	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.82	0.82	0.86	0.85	0.85	0.88	0.89	0.88
Qatar	0.76	0.79	0.84	0.83	0.84	0.85	0.84	0.84	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.87	0.86
Saudi Arabia	0.70	0.75	0.77	0.81	0.82	0.84	0.85	0.85	0.84	0.86	0.85	0.87	0.86	0.86
Chile	0.71	0.76	0.79	0.81	0.82	0.82	0.83	0.84	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.85
Saint Kitts and Nevis			0.71	0.79	0.75	0.75	0.76	0.77	0.83	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.84	0.83
Brunei Darussalam	0.78	0.79	0.82	0.83	0.83	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.83	0.84	0.84	0.83	0.83	0.83
Kuwait	0.70	0.78	0.78	0.81	0.79	0.80	0.79	0.80	0.83	0.80	0.81	0.84	0.84	0.83
Oman		0.70	0.74	0.80	0.78	0.79	0.80	0.80	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.83	0.84	0.82
Antigua and Barbuda			0.76	0.81	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.82	0.77	0.77	0.80	0.83	0.82
Trinidad and Tobago	0.66	0.71	0.75	0.79	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.79	0.81	0.79	0.80	0.82	0.81	0.82
Panama	0.67	0.72	0.75	0.78	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.82	0.81
Barbados	0.73	0.76	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.80	0.81	0.80
Malaysia	0.65	0.73	0.73	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.80
Thailand	0.58	0.66	0.70	0.74	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.74	0.79	0.76	0.77	0.80	0.80	0.80
Belarus		0.71	0.73	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.81	0.80
Seychelles		0.76	0.73	0.77	0.77	0.76	0.78	0.78	0.80	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.80
Bahamas	0.76	0.79	0.80	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.83	0.80	0.80
Mauritius	0.62	0.68	0.72	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.79
Grenada			0.74	0.78	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.79	0.77	0.77	0.80	0.79	0.79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		0.69	0.71	0.76	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.78	0.73	0.73	0.78	0.79	0.79
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.61	0.69	0.68	0.76	0.75	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.78
Sri Lanka	0.64	0.69	0.73	0.74	0.76	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.76	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.78	0.78
Dominican Republic	0.58	0.65	0.68	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.77	0.76
Cuba	0.68	0.69	0.73	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.76
Peru	0.62	0.68	0.70	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.77	0.76
Colombia	0.61	0.67	0.69	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.76
Lebanon			0.74	0.75	0.77	0.76	0.76	0.75	0.76	0.74	0.75	0.75	0.76	0.74
Mongolia	0.58	0.60	0.65	0.70	0.71	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.75	0.74
Jordan	0.62	0.68	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.74
Dominica		0.72	0.72	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.72	0.74	0.74	0.73	0.75	0.74
Libya	0.72	0.75	0.80	0.77	0.76	0.79	0.76	0.73	0.75	0.69	0.71	0.72	0.76	0.74
Maldives		0.64	0.65	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.75	0.75	0.74
Tunisia	0.57	0.65	0.69	0.71	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.73
Ecuador	0.65	0.68	0.70	0.74	0.73	0.75	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.73
Turkmenistan				0.70	0.67	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.73	0.70	0.70	0.75	0.73	0.73
Algeria	0.59	0.65	0.69	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.75	0.74	0.73
Egypt	0.57	0.63	0.64	0.67	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.73	0.72	0.73
Guyana	0.50	0.57	0.63	0.65	0.66	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.69	0.68	0.68	0.70	0.71	0.73
Viet Nam	0.49	0.60	0.62	0.68	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.70	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.72	0.73
Saint Lucia	0.67	0.69	0.70	0.73	0.74	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.75	0.73	0.72
Fiji	0.63	0.67	0.71	0.70	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.73	0.72
South Africa	0.64	0.63	0.62	0.68	0.67	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.72	0.70	0.71	0.73	0.74	0.72
Azerbaijan		0.64	0.67	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.74	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.72
Uzbekistan		0.60	0.63	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.73	0.72
Palestine, State of			0.66	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.70	0.71	0.72	0.74	0.72
Indonesia	0.53	0.60	0.63	0.67	0.67	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.71
Jamaica	0.66	0.66	0.71	0.71	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.71	0.73	0.73	0.72	0.71	0.71
Belize	0.61	0.66	0.66	0.72	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.71
Philippines	0.60	0.64	0.65	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71
Gabon	0.60	0.63	0.63	0.66	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.69	0.71	0.70	0.70
Suriname			0.69	0.70	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.74	0.71	0.74	0.73	0.76	0.71	0.70
Botswana	0.59	0.58	0.60	0.65	0.68	0.69	0.70	0.71	0.69	0.72	0.73	0.72	0.70	0.70
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.55	0.63	0.64	0.66	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.71	0.71	0.72	0.69
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.66	0.70	0.72	0.76	0.77	0.77	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.76	0.74	0.74	0.72	0.69
Morocco	0.45	0.53	0.58	0.60	0.63	0.64	0.64	0.65	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.68
Bhutan			0.52	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.66	0.67	0.68
Iraq	0.50	0.58	0.62	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.66	0.66	0.67	0.69	0.68	0.66
Bangladesh	0.40	0.49	0.51	0.56	0.57	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.64	0.65	0.66
Nicaragua	0.49	0.56	0.60	0.61	0.63	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.64	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.65
Equatorial Guinea		0.51	0.57	0.61	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.65	0.59	0.58	0.60	0.65	0.65
Cabo Verde		0.59	0.60	0.65	0.64	0.64	0.65	0.65	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.67	0.67	0.65
India	0.43	0.49	0.54	0.57	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.62	0.62	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.64	0.64
Guatemala	0.49	0.55	0.57	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.62	0.65	0.63	0.65	0.66	0.64	0.65	0.64
Namibia	0.60	0.55	0.55	0.58	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.63	0.63	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.63
Timor-Leste		0.50	0.54	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.63	0.62	0.62	0.60	0.60	0.61	0.63	0.63
Eswatini (Kingdom of)	0.55	0.47	0.46	0.50	0.52	0.54	0.55	0.57	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.62
Honduras	0.51	0.55	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.61	0.63	0.63	0.62	0.63	0.62
Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.41	0.47	0.51	0.56	0.57	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.62
Myanmar	0.33	0.41	0.46	0.51	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.55	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.59	0.61	0.62
Vanuatu			0.57	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.61	0.61
Sao Tome and Principe	0.48	0.50	0.53	0.55	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.62	0.62	0.61	0.61
Ghana	0.45	0.50	0.52	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.62	0.60	0.60
Kenya	0.48	0.49	0.50	0.55	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.58	0.60	0.60
Congo	0.54	0.51	0.47	0.58	0.52	0.54	0.55	0.56	0.61	0.58	0.57	0.58	0.60	0.60
Cambodia	0.38	0.43	0.49	0.54	0.55	0.55	0.56	0.57	0.56	0.58	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.60
Angola		0.38	0.46	0.52	0.53	0.54	0.56	0.57	0.59	0.58	0.58	0.60	0.60	0.59
Nepal	0.40	0.46	0.48	0.54	0.55	0.56	0.57	0.58	0.57	0.59	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.59
Comoros		0.46	0.49	0.52	0.53	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.56	0.55	0.55	0.56	0.58	0.59
Cameroon	0.44	0.43	0.47	0.52	0.51	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.56	0.55	0.56	0.58	0.59	0.59
Zambia	0.42	0.42	0.47	0.53	0.53	0.55	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.58	0.57	0.57	0.57
Papua New Guinea	0.39	0.46	0.48	0.50	0.53	0.52	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.56	0.57
Syrian Arab Republic	0.56	0.59	0.65	0.66	0.68	0.66	0.60	0.56	0.55	0.53	0.56	0.58	0.56	0.56
Haiti	0.44	0.49	0.45	0.45	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.55	0.50	0.51	0.54	0.56	0.56
Zimbabwe	0.48	0.43	0.41	0.48	0.50	0.53	0.54	0.55	0.54	0.56	0.56	0.60	0.56	0.55
Uganda	0.33	0.39	0.44	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.52	0.54	0.55
Togo	0.40	0.44	0.44	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.51	0.50	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.54
Mauritania	0.40	0.46	0.49	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.56	0.55	0.54
Nigeria			0.47	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.54
Pakistan	0.39	0.43	0.49	0.50	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.53	0.54	0.55	0.55	0.54	0.54
Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.37	0.40	0.44	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.54	0.53	0.54
Rwanda	0.32	0.33	0.41	0.49	0.50	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.53	0.53	0.54
Lesotho	0.48	0.46	0.44	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.50	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.53
Côte d’Ivoire	0.43	0.45	0.44	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.53	0.53
Sudan	0.32	0.42	0.44	0.49	0.47	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.52
Senegal	0.37	0.39	0.43	0.47	0.47	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51
Djibouti		0.33	0.40	0.42	0.46	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.47	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51
Malawi	0.30	0.38	0.37	0.46	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.47	0.50	0.47	0.47	0.51	0.51	0.51
Benin	0.35	0.41	0.46	0.48	0.50	0.51	0.52	0.53	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.53	0.51	0.50
Gambia	0.32	0.39	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.50	0.49	0.49
Eritrea			0.43	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.47	0.46	0.45	0.49	0.49	0.49
Ethiopia		0.29	0.36	0.41	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.49	0.49	0.49
Afghanistan	0.28	0.34	0.42	0.45	0.48	0.49	0.50	0.50	0.48	0.50	0.51	0.48	0.49	0.49
Madagascar		0.44	0.49	0.49	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.50	0.52	0.53	0.51	0.50	0.49
Liberia		0.43	0.43	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.49	0.48
Guinea-Bissau			0.40	0.44	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.48
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.48	0.48	0.48	0.48
Guinea	0.27	0.35	0.38	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.47	0.47
Mozambique	0.24	0.30	0.36	0.41	0.40	0.40	0.42	0.43	0.45	0.44	0.45	0.45	0.47	0.47
Sierra Leone	0.31	0.32	0.35	0.42	0.41	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.44	0.47	0.46	0.45
Burkina Faso		0.30	0.33	0.37	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.45	0.45
Yemen	0.36	0.43	0.48	0.50	0.51	0.50	0.51	0.50	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.43	0.43
Burundi	0.29	0.30	0.34	0.40	0.42	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.42	0.44	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.42
Mali	0.24	0.32	0.37	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.42	0.41	0.42	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.41
Chad		0.29	0.33	0.36	0.38	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Niger	0.21	0.26	0.29	0.34	0.34	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.39	0.39
Central African Republic	0.33	0.32	0.34	0.36	0.37	0.38	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.41	0.39	0.39

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