Very high High | Medium Low | Data unavailable |
≥ 0.900 0.850–0.899 0.800–0.849 0.750–0.799 0.700–0.749 | 0.650–0.699 0.600–0.649 0.550–0.599 0.500–0.549 0.450–0.499 | 0.400–0.449 ≤ 0.399 Data unavailable |
This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released on 15 December 2020), put together based on estimates for 2019. It covers 187 member states of the United Nations (out of 193), along with Hong Kong (of the People's Republic of China), and the Palestinian territories; 6 UN member states are not included because there is not enough 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 way 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 effect of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]
Countries fall into four wide human development categories: Very High Human Development (66 countries), High Human Development (53 countries), Medium Human Development (37 countries) and Low Human Development (36 countries).
From 2007 to 2010, the first two categories was referred to as developed countries, and the last two are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.
Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) that have been removed were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.
Rank | Country or Territory | HDI | |||
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2019 data (2020 report)[3] | Change over 5 years (2014)[3] | 2019 data (2020 report)[3] | Average change per year (2010-2019)[4] | ||
Very high human development | |||||
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0.955 | ![]() | |
4 | ![]() |
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0.949 | ![]() | |
4 | ![]() |
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0.949 | ![]() | |
6 | ![]() |
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0.947 | ![]() | |
7 | ![]() |
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0.945 | ![]() | |
8 | ![]() |
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0.944 | ![]() | |
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0.944 | ![]() | |
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0.940 | ![]() | |
11 | ![]() |
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0.938 | ![]() | |
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0.938 | ![]() | |
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0.932 | ![]() | |
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0.931 | ![]() | |
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0.929 | ![]() | |
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0.926 | ![]() | |
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0.922 | ![]() | |
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0.919 | ![]() | |
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0.919 | ![]() | |
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0.919 | ![]() | |
22 | ![]() |
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0.917 | ![]() | |
23 | ![]() |
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0.916 | ![]() | |
23 | ![]() |
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0.916 | ![]() | |
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0.904 | ![]() | |
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0.901 | ![]() | |
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0.900 | ![]() | |
28 | ![]() |
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0.895 | ![]() | |
29 | ![]() |
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0.892 | ![]() | |
29 | ![]() |
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0.892 | ![]() | |
31 | ![]() |
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0.890 | ![]() | |
32 | ![]() |
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0.888 | ![]() | |
33 | ![]() |
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0.887 | ![]() | |
34 | ![]() |
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0.882 | ![]() | |
35 | ![]() |
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0.880 | ![]() | |
36 | ![]() |
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0.868 | ![]() | |
37 | ![]() |
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0.866 | ![]() | |
38 | ![]() |
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0.864 | ![]() | |
39 | ![]() |
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0.860 | ![]() | |
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0.854 | ![]() | |
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0.854 | ![]() | |
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0.852 | ![]() | |
43 | ![]() |
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0.851 | ![]() | |
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0.851 | ![]() | |
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0.848 | ![]() | |
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0.845 | ![]() | |
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0.838 | ![]() | |
48 | ![]() |
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0.829 | ![]() | |
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0.828 | ![]() | |
50 | ![]() |
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0.826 | ![]() | |
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0.825 | ![]() | |
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0.824 | ![]() | |
53 | ![]() |
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0.823 | ![]() | |
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0.820 | ![]() | |
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0.817 | ![]() | |
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0.816 | ![]() | |
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0.815 | ![]() | |
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0.814 | ![]() | |
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0.814 | ![]() | |
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0.813 | ![]() | |
61 | ![]() |
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0.812 | ![]() | |
62 | ![]() |
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0.810 | ![]() | |
62 | ![]() |
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0.810 | ![]() | |
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0.806 | ![]() | |
64 | ![]() |
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0.806 | ![]() | |
66 | ![]() |
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0.804 | ![]() | |
High human development | |||||
67 | ![]() |
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0.796 | ![]() | |
67 | ![]() |
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0.796 | ![]() | |
69 | ![]() |
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0.795 | ![]() | |
70 | ![]() |
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0.783 | ![]() | |
70 | ![]() |
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0.783 | ![]() | |
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0.782 | ![]() | |
73 | ![]() |
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0.780 | ![]() | |
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0.779 | ![]() | |
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0.779 | ![]() | |
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0.779 | ![]() | |
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0.779 | ![]() | |
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0.778 | ![]() | |
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0.776 | ![]() | |
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0.767 | ![]() | |
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0.761 | ![]() | |
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0.759 | ![]() | |
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0.756 | ![]() | |
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0.750 | ![]() | |
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0.748 | ![]() | |
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0.744 | ![]() | |
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0.743 | ![]() | |
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0.742 | ![]() | |
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0.740 | ![]() | |
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0.738 | ![]() | |
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0.738 | ![]() | |
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0.737 | ![]() | |
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0.735 | ![]() | |
101 | ![]() |
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0.734 | ![]() | |
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0.728 | ![]() | |
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0.725 | ![]() | |
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0.724 | ![]() | |
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0.718 | ![]() | |
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0.711 | ![]() | |
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0.709 | ![]() | |
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0.708 | ![]() | |
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0.707 | ![]() | |
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0.704 | NA[5] | |
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0.704 | ![]() | |
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0.703 | ![]() | |
Medium human development | |||||
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0.697 | ![]() | |
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0.686 | ![]() | |
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0.682 | ![]() | |
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0.673 | ![]() | |
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0.584 | ![]() | |
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0.583 | ![]() | |
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0.581 | ![]() | |
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0.557 | ![]() | |
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0.555 | ![]() | |
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0.554 | ![]() | |
Low human development | |||||
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0.546 | ![]() | |
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0.545 | ![]() | |
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0.544 | ![]() | |
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0.529 | ![]() | |
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0.527 | ![]() | |
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0.524 | ![]() | |
167 | ![]() |
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0.515 | ![]() | |
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0.512 | ![]() | |
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0.511 | ![]() | |
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0.510 | ![]() | |
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0.510 | ![]() | |
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0.496 | ![]() | |
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0.485 | ![]() | |
174 | ![]() |
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0.483 | ![]() | |
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0.480 | ![]() | |
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0.480 | ![]() | |
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0.480 | ![]() | |
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0.477 | ![]() | |
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0.470 | ![]() | |
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0.459 | ![]() | |
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0.456 | ![]() | |
182 | ![]() |
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0.452 | ![]() | |
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0.434 | ![]() | |
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0.433 | ![]() | |
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0.433 | ![]() | |
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0.398 | ![]() | |
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189 | ![]() |
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See the main article: List of African countries by Human Development Index |
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See the main article: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index |
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See the main article: List of European countries by Human Development Index |
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See the main article: List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index |
Rank | Country | HDI | |
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New 2020 estimates for 2019 | |||
Very high human development | |||
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0.944 | |
2 | ![]() |
0.931 | |
3 | ![]() |
0.826 | |
High human development | |||
4 | ![]() |
0.743 | |
5 | ![]() |
0.725 | |
6 | ![]() |
0.715 | |
7 | ![]() |
0.704 | |
Medium human development | |||
8 | ![]() |
0.630 | |
9 | ![]() |
0.620 | |
10 | ![]() |
0.609 | |
11 | ![]() |
0.567 | |
12 | ![]() |
0.555 |
See the main article: List of Latin American countries by Human Development Index |
Rank | Country | HDI | |
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New 2020 estimates for 2019 | |||
Very high human development | |||
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0.851 | |
2 | ![]() |
0.845 | |
3 | ![]() |
0.817 | |
High human development | |||
4 | ![]() |
0.777 | |
5 | ![]() |
0.767 | |
6 | ![]() |
0.765 | |
7 | ![]() |
0.759 | |
8 | ![]() |
0.738 | |
9 | ![]() |
0.728 | |
10 | ![]() |
0.718 | |
11 | ![]() |
0.711 | |
Medium human development | |||
12 | ![]() |
0.682 |
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Year | Country | HDI | Rank | Source | |
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Publication | Data | ||||
Very high human development | |||||
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.961 | 21 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.956 | 25 | [9] |
High human development | |||||
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.738 | 155 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.733 | 156 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.721 | 164 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.711 | 168 | [9] |
Low human development | |||||
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.364 | 229 | [9] |
Note: 2009 publication uses old HDI formula
Year | Country or territory | HDI | Rank | Source | |
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Publication | Data | ||||
High human development | |||||
— | 2016 | ![]() |
0.739 | — | [10] |
Year | Country or territory | HDI | Rank | Source | |
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Publication | Data | ||||
Very high human development | |||||
2017 | 2015 | ![]() |
0.905 | 17 | [b] |
2017 | 2015 | ![]() |
0.885 | 27 | [c] |
2017 | 2015 | ![]() |
0.845 | 40 | [14] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.822 | 39 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.813 | 41 | [15] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.985 | 2 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.983 | 4 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.981 | 7 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.975 | 9 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.961 | 20 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.958 | 23 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.950 | 33 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.950 | 34 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.945 | 35 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.933 | 43 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.908 | 49 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.901 | 54 | [9] |
High human development | |||||
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.789 | 51 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.763 | 65 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.762 | 66 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.750 | 72 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.739 | 76 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.737 | 77 | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | Saint Martin | 0.702 | n/a | [15] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.894 | 59 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.875 | 71 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.873 | 72 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.869 | 76 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.865 | 79 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.829 | 101 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.827 | 103 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.821 | 106 | [9] |
Medium human development | |||||
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.688 | n/a | [15] |
2012 | 2010 | ![]() |
0.653 | 104 | [15] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.797 | 125 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.794 | 129 | [9] |
2009 | 2008 | ![]() |
0.750 | 149 | [9] |