World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2007 data, published on October 5, 2009)
| 0.950 and over 0.900–0.949 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 0.350–0.399 under 0.350 Data unavailable |
(Color-blind compliant map) For red-green color vision problems (2007). This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report released on October 5, 2009, compiled on the basis of data from 2007. It covers 180 UN member states (out of 192), along with: Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. Twelve UN member states are not included due to lack of 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 means 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 impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[1]
Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high (added in the report for 2007), high (split in the same report), medium and low human development. Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries.
Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity per capita.
Above 0.9 is very high. Between 0.8 and 0.9 is high. Between 0.5 and 0.8 is medium. Below 0.5 is low.
[edit] Complete list of countries
- ▲ = increase.
- ▬ = steady.
- ▼ = decrease.
- Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
- The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) since the 2005 survey.
Note: This revision of the index was released on December 18, 2008. This so-called "statistical update" covers the period up to 2006 and was published without an accompanying report on human development. The update is relevant due to newly released estimates of purchasing power parities (PPP), implying substantial adjustments for many countries, resulting in changes in HDI values and, in many cases, HDI ranks.[2]
[edit] Very high human development (developed countries)
[edit] High human development (developing countries)
[edit] Medium human development (developing countries)
[edit] Low human development (least developed countries)
| Rank | Country | HDI | | 2007 data | Change compared to 2006 data | 2007 data | Change compared to 2006 data | | 159 | ▬ |  Togo | 0.499 | ▲ 0.001 | | 160 | ▲ (2) |  Malawi | 0.493 | ▲ 0.009 | | 161 | ▬ |  Benin | 0.492 | ▲ 0.005 | | 162 | ▼ (4) |  Timor-Leste | 0.489 | ▲ 0.005 | | 163 | ▲ (3) |  Côte d'Ivoire | 0.484 | ▲ 0.002 | | 164 | ▼ (1) |  Zambia | 0.481 | ▲ 0.008 | | 165 | ▼ (1) |  Eritrea | 0.472 | ▲ 0.005 | | 166 | ▼ (13) |  Senegal | 0.464 | ▲ 0.002 | | 167 | ▼ (2) |  Rwanda | 0.460 | ▲ 0.005 | | 168 | ▼ (8) |  Gambia | 0.456 | ▲ 0.003 | | 169 | ▲ (7) |  Liberia | 0.442 | ▲ 0.008 | | 170 | ▼ (3) |  Guinea | 0.435 | ▲ 0.002 | | |
[edit] List of countries by continents
[edit] Africa
| 10 highest HDIs | 10 lowest HDIs |
[edit] Americas
| 10 highest HDIs | 10 lowest HDIs |
[edit] Asia & Oceania
| 10 highest HDIs | 10 lowest HDIs |
[edit] Europe
| 10 highest HDIs | 10 lowest HDIs |
[edit] HDI by regions & groups
| | | Group | Classification
(2007) | HDI | | min | max | average
(2007) | average
(2005) | | Very high human development | Developed countries | 0.900 | 1.000 | 0.955 ▲ | 0.897 | | High human development | Developing countries | 0.800 | 0.899 | 0.833 ▲ | | Medium human development | 0.500 | 0.799 | 0.686 ▼ | 0.698 | | Low human development | Least developed countries | 0.000 | 0.499 | 0.423 ▼ | 0.436 | | World | — | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.753 ▲ | 0.743 | Older group
(up to 2005) | GNI per capita
(US$) | Old
HDI | | min | max | | High-income countries | 10 726 | — | 0.936 | | – High-income OECD | 0.950 | | Middle-income countries | 876 | 10 725 | 0.776 | | Low-income countries | — | 875 | 0.570 | | World | — | — | 0.743 | | – Developing countries | 0.688 | | – Least developed countries | 0.480 | |
[edit] Countries missing from latest report
[edit] UN member states (latest UNDP data) | [edit] Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP) |
- ^ a b As published in United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report "Human Development Indices - A statistical update 2008"; Table 1 "Human development index trends" 2008 and 2009 values are used, as these are the revised values rather than those originally published as shown in Appendix A1.
- ^ a b See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
- ^ Includes data for mainland China; excludes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), the Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- ^ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
- ^ As the UN does not recognize the Taiwan as a state, the HDI report does not include data for "Taiwan, Province of China" (the term used by the UN to refer to the domain of the Taiwan; see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$30,352.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/reports/. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "New UN data shows progress in human development". United Nations Development Programme. 18 December 2008. http://hdr.undp.org/en/mediacentre/news/title,15493,en.html. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Human development indices". United Nations Development Programme. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf. Retrieved 05 October 2009.
- ^ "The State of Human Development" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 1998. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_1998_en_chap1.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2000" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2000. p. 163. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2000_EN.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2007/2008" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2008. p. 231. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_20072008_EN_Complete.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Human Development Report: Somalia 2001" (PDF). 2001. p. 198. http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/africa/somalia/Somalia_2001_en.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)" (in Chinese) (PDF). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.. 2007. http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/910616273671.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ "Puerto Rico (United States)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. http://islands.unep.ch/CSV.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2009. . Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report.
- ^ a b c d e f "Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13" (in French) (PDF). CEROM - INSEE. http://www.cerom-outremer.org/jahia/webdav/site/cerom/users/admin_cerom/public/Pdf/BilanmacroNC2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Greenland (Denmark)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. http://islands.unep.ch/CTP.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2009. . Note: Appears to be simply Denmark's HDI published on the 1997 report.
- ^ The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI as of 2004 as 0.909. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2004, Macau would rank 28th (behind Slovenia and in front of Portugal). "2006 Macao in Figures". Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR. 2006. http://www.dsec.gov.mo/english/indicator/e_mn_indicator.html. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
- ^ "L’Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion" (in French) (PDF). Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var. http://www.regionetdeveloppement.u-3mrs.fr/pdf/R27/Goujon.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-10. [dead link]
- ^ "Human Development Report - Kosovo 2004" (in English, Albanian and Serbian). UNDP. 2004. http://mirror.undp.org/kosovo/HDR/hdr.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
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