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)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Norway0.850.910.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.950.950.960.960.96
Switzerland0.850.890.910.940.940.940.950.940.950.950.950.960.960.96
Iceland0.830.900.900.930.910.920.930.930.950.940.940.960.960.96
Germany0.830.890.910.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.950.95
Denmark0.840.890.910.910.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.95
Ireland0.740.850.900.910.900.910.920.930.920.940.950.940.940.95
Sweden0.810.900.900.910.910.910.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.94
Finland0.810.890.910.910.920.920.930.930.930.930.940.940.940.94
Netherlands0.850.890.900.920.930.930.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.94
Liechtenstein0.870.890.920.910.910.910.910.930.920.920.930.940.93
Belgium0.810.880.900.910.910.910.920.920.920.920.930.930.940.93
Luxembourg0.790.860.880.910.900.900.900.900.910.910.910.920.930.92
United Kingdom0.800.860.900.910.910.900.920.930.920.920.930.930.930.92
Austria0.820.870.860.900.910.910.910.910.910.920.920.920.920.92
Slovenia0.820.870.890.890.880.890.890.900.900.910.920.920.91
Malta0.730.780.830.860.850.860.870.870.890.890.890.910.910.90
France0.790.840.870.880.880.890.890.890.890.890.900.900.910.90
Cyprus0.730.800.840.860.860.860.860.860.870.870.880.890.900.90
Spain0.760.830.850.870.880.880.880.890.890.900.900.900.900.89
Italy0.780.840.870.880.880.880.880.880.880.880.890.890.900.89
Czechia0.750.810.840.870.870.870.880.890.890.890.900.890.900.89
Estonia0.740.800.830.860.860.870.870.870.880.880.890.890.890.89
Greece0.760.820.850.870.860.870.870.880.880.870.880.890.890.89
Lithuania0.740.770.820.850.840.840.850.860.870.870.870.880.890.88
Poland0.720.790.810.850.850.840.860.860.870.870.870.880.880.87
Latvia0.730.760.810.830.830.830.840.850.850.850.860.870.870.87
Portugal0.700.790.810.830.830.840.840.850.850.860.860.860.860.86
Croatia0.760.790.820.820.830.830.840.840.840.850.860.870.86
Slovakia0.760.800.840.840.840.850.850.850.850.860.860.860.86
Hungary0.720.770.810.830.830.830.840.840.840.840.850.850.850.85
Romania0.710.720.760.810.810.800.810.810.810.820.820.830.830.83
Bulgaria0.700.720.760.790.790.800.800.810.810.810.810.810.810.80