A composite measure of development: life expectancy, education and income in a single number from 0 to 1.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2023.
Top-20 · index, 0–1
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Iceland
|
0.972 | 2023 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Norway
|
0.97 | 2023 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Switzerland
|
0.97 | 2023 | 2 | |
| 4 |
Denmark
|
0.962 | 2023 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Germany
|
0.959 | 2023 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Sweden
|
0.959 | 2023 | 5 | |
| 7 |
Australia
|
0.958 | 2023 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Hong Kong
|
0.955 | 2023 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Netherlands
|
0.955 | 2023 | 8 | |
| 10 |
Belgium
|
0.951 | 2023 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Ireland
|
0.949 | 2023 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Finland
|
0.948 | 2023 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Singapore
|
0.946 | 2023 | 13 | |
| 14 |
United Kingdom
|
0.946 | 2023 | 13 | |
| 15 |
United Arab Emirates
|
0.94 | 2023 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Canada
|
0.939 | 2023 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Liechtenstein
|
0.938 | 2023 | 17 | |
| 18 |
New Zealand
|
0.938 | 2023 | 17 | |
| 19 |
United States
|
0.938 | 2023 | 17 | |
| 20 |
South Korea
|
0.937 | 2023 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Slovenia
|
0.931 | 2023 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Austria
|
0.93 | 2023 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Japan
|
0.925 | 2023 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Malta
|
0.924 | 2023 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Luxembourg
|
0.922 | 2023 | 25 | |
| 26 |
France
|
0.92 | 2023 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Israel
|
0.919 | 2023 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Spain
|
0.918 | 2023 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Czechia
|
0.915 | 2023 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Italy
|
0.915 | 2023 | 29 | |
| 31 |
San Marino
|
0.915 | 2023 | 29 | |
| 32 |
Andorra
|
0.913 | 2023 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Cyprus
|
0.913 | 2023 | 32 | |
| 34 |
Greece
|
0.908 | 2023 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Poland
|
0.906 | 2023 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Estonia
|
0.905 | 2023 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Saudi Arabia
|
0.9 | 2023 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Bahrain
|
0.899 | 2023 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Lithuania
|
0.895 | 2023 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Portugal
|
0.89 | 2023 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Croatia
|
0.889 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Latvia
|
0.889 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 43 |
Qatar
|
0.886 | 2023 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Slovakia
|
0.88 | 2023 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Chile
|
0.878 | 2023 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Hungary
|
0.87 | 2023 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Argentina
|
0.865 | 2023 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Montenegro
|
0.862 | 2023 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Uruguay
|
0.862 | 2023 | 48 | |
| 50 |
Oman
|
0.858 | 2023 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Türkiye
|
0.853 | 2023 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Kuwait
|
0.852 | 2023 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
0.851 | 2023 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Seychelles
|
0.848 | 2023 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Bulgaria
|
0.845 | 2023 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Romania
|
0.845 | 2023 | 55 | |
| 57 |
Georgia
|
0.844 | 2023 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
0.84 | 2023 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Panama
|
0.839 | 2023 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
0.837 | 2023 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Kazakhstan
|
0.837 | 2023 | 60 | |
| 62 |
Costa Rica
|
0.833 | 2023 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Serbia
|
0.833 | 2023 | 62 | |
| 64 |
Russia
|
0.832 | 2023 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Belarus
|
0.824 | 2023 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Bahamas
|
0.82 | 2023 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Malaysia
|
0.819 | 2023 | 67 | |
| 68 |
North Macedonia
|
0.815 | 2023 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Armenia
|
0.811 | 2023 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Barbados
|
0.811 | 2023 | 69 | |
| 71 |
Albania
|
0.81 | 2023 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
0.807 | 2023 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Mauritius
|
0.806 | 2023 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
0.804 | 2023 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Iran
|
0.799 | 2023 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
0.798 | 2023 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Thailand
|
0.798 | 2023 | 76 | |
| 78 |
China
|
0.797 | 2023 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Peru
|
0.794 | 2023 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Grenada
|
0.791 | 2023 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Azerbaijan
|
0.789 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Mexico
|
0.789 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 83 |
Colombia
|
0.788 | 2023 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Brazil
|
0.786 | 2023 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Palau
|
0.786 | 2023 | 84 | |
| 86 |
Moldova
|
0.785 | 2023 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Ukraine
|
0.779 | 2023 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Ecuador
|
0.777 | 2023 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Dominican Republic
|
0.776 | 2023 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Guyana
|
0.776 | 2023 | 89 | |
| 91 |
Sri Lanka
|
0.776 | 2023 | 89 | |
| 92 |
Tonga
|
0.769 | 2023 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Maldives
|
0.766 | 2023 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Vietnam
|
0.766 | 2023 | 93 | |
| 95 |
Turkmenistan
|
0.764 | 2023 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Algeria
|
0.763 | 2023 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Cuba
|
0.762 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Dominica
|
0.761 | 2023 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Paraguay
|
0.756 | 2023 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Egypt
|
0.754 | 2023 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Jordan
|
0.754 | 2023 | 100 | |
| 102 |
Lebanon
|
0.752 | 2023 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Saint Lucia
|
0.748 | 2023 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Mongolia
|
0.747 | 2023 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Tunisia
|
0.746 | 2023 | 105 | |
| 106 |
South Africa
|
0.741 | 2023 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Uzbekistan
|
0.74 | 2023 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Bolivia
|
0.733 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Gabon
|
0.733 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 110 |
Marshall Islands
|
0.733 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 111 |
Botswana
|
0.731 | 2023 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Fiji
|
0.731 | 2023 | 111 | |
| 113 |
Indonesia
|
0.728 | 2023 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Suriname
|
0.722 | 2023 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Belize
|
0.721 | 2023 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Libya
|
0.721 | 2023 | 115 | |
| 117 |
Jamaica
|
0.72 | 2023 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
0.72 | 2023 | 117 | |
| 119 |
Philippines
|
0.72 | 2023 | 117 | |
| 120 |
Morocco
|
0.71 | 2023 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Venezuela
|
0.709 | 2023 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Samoa
|
0.708 | 2023 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Nicaragua
|
0.706 | 2023 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Nauru
|
0.703 | 2023 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Bhutan
|
0.698 | 2023 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Eswatini
|
0.695 | 2023 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Iraq
|
0.695 | 2023 | 126 | |
| 128 |
Tajikistan
|
0.691 | 2023 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Tuvalu
|
0.689 | 2023 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Bangladesh
|
0.685 | 2023 | 130 | |
| 131 |
India
|
0.685 | 2023 | 130 | |
| 132 |
El Salvador
|
0.678 | 2023 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
0.674 | 2023 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Palestine
|
0.674 | 2023 | 133 | |
| 135 |
Cabo Verde
|
0.668 | 2023 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Namibia
|
0.665 | 2023 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Guatemala
|
0.662 | 2023 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Republic of the Congo
|
0.649 | 2023 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Honduras
|
0.645 | 2023 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Kiribati
|
0.644 | 2023 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
0.637 | 2023 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Timor-Leste
|
0.634 | 2023 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Ghana
|
0.628 | 2023 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Kenya
|
0.628 | 2023 | 143 | |
| 145 |
Nepal
|
0.622 | 2023 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Vanuatu
|
0.621 | 2023 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Laos
|
0.617 | 2023 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Angola
|
0.616 | 2023 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Micronesia
|
0.615 | 2023 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Myanmar
|
0.609 | 2023 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Cambodia
|
0.606 | 2023 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Comoros
|
0.603 | 2023 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Zimbabwe
|
0.598 | 2023 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Zambia
|
0.595 | 2023 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Cameroon
|
0.588 | 2023 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Solomon Islands
|
0.584 | 2023 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
0.582 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Uganda
|
0.582 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 159 |
Rwanda
|
0.578 | 2023 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Papua New Guinea
|
0.576 | 2023 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Togo
|
0.571 | 2023 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Syria
|
0.564 | 2023 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Mauritania
|
0.563 | 2023 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Nigeria
|
0.56 | 2023 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Tanzania
|
0.555 | 2023 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Haiti
|
0.554 | 2023 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Lesotho
|
0.55 | 2023 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Pakistan
|
0.544 | 2023 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Senegal
|
0.53 | 2023 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Gambia
|
0.524 | 2023 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0.522 | 2023 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Malawi
|
0.517 | 2023 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Benin
|
0.515 | 2023 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
0.514 | 2023 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Djibouti
|
0.513 | 2023 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Sudan
|
0.511 | 2023 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Liberia
|
0.51 | 2023 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Eritrea
|
0.503 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Guinea
|
0.5 | 2023 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Ethiopia
|
0.497 | 2023 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Afghanistan
|
0.496 | 2023 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Mozambique
|
0.493 | 2023 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Madagascar
|
0.487 | 2023 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Yemen
|
0.47 | 2023 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Sierra Leone
|
0.467 | 2023 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Burkina Faso
|
0.459 | 2023 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Burundi
|
0.439 | 2023 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Mali
|
0.419 | 2023 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Niger
|
0.419 | 2023 | 188 | |
| 190 |
Chad
|
0.416 | 2023 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Central African Republic
|
0.414 | 2023 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Somalia
|
0.404 | 2023 | 192 | |
| 193 |
South Sudan
|
0.388 | 2023 | 193 |
The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.
Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.
The ratio of the Human Development Index of women to the same index of men.
Indexes 1990–2023 Gender inequality indexA composite measure of inequality between the sexes: health, representation and labor market participation.
Indexes 2010–2020 Human capital indexWhat share of their potential a child born today will manage to realize.
Demography 1960–2024 Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at birth — how many years a newborn will live on average.