HDI (Human Development Index)

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI (PPP) per capita is higher. It was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and was further used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The HDI provide a richer picture of progress than gross domestic product (GDP), which relates to a country’s wealth, or even GDP per capita, which tells us something about an individual’s means but nothing about their life outcomes.

Measuring the Human Development Index:

The Human Development Index (HDI) ranks the countries based on their performance in the key areas of health, education and access to resources. These scores are between 0 and 1.

• The indicator chosen to assess health is the life expectancy at birth. A healthier life expectancy means that people have a greater chance of living longer and healthier lives.
• The adult literacy rate and the gross enrolment ratio represent access to knowledge.
• Access to resources is measured in terms of Purchasing power parity.

The index does not take into account several factors, such as the net wealth per capita or the relative quality of goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking for some of the most advanced countries, such as the G7 members and others.

Below is the sortable list of the Human Development Index (HDI):

Rank	Country Territory	HDI	HDI Annual Growth
1	Norway	0.957	Increase 0.20%
2	Ireland	0.955	Increase 0.65%
3	Switzerland	0.955	Increase 0.16%
4	Iceland	0.949	Increase 0.62%
5	Hong Kong	0.949	Increase 0.54%
6	Germany	0.947	Increase 0.24%
7	Sweden	0.945	Increase 0.41%
8	Netherlands	0.944	Increase 0.32%
9	Australia	0.944	Increase 0.17%
10	Denmark	0.94	Increase 0.28%
11	Finland	0.938	Increase 0.26%
12	Singapore	0.938	Increase 0.35%
13	United Kingdom	0.932	Increase 0.24%
14	New Zealand	0.931	Increase 0.30%
15	Belgium	0.931	Increase 0.25%
16	Canada	0.929	Increase 0.34%
17	United States	0.926	Increase 0.12%
18	Austria	0.922	Increase 0.22%
19	Liechtenstein	0.919	Increase 0.18%
20	Japan	0.919	Increase 0.39%
21	Israel	0.919	Increase 0.29%
22	Slovenia	0.917	Increase 0.35%
23	South Korea	0.916	Increase 0.33%
24	Luxembourg	0.916	Increase 0.22%
25	Spain	0.904	Increase 0.40%
26	France	0.901	Increase 0.28%
27	Czech Republic	0.9	Increase 0.38%
28	Malta	0.895	Increase 0.54%
29	Estonia	0.892	Increase 0.51%
30	Italy	0.892	Increase 0.16%
31	United Arab Emirates	0.89	Increase 0.91%
32	Greece	0.888	Increase 0.29%
33	Cyprus	0.887	Increase 0.40%
34	Lithuania	0.882	Increase 0.66%
35	Poland	0.88	Increase 0.52%
36	Andorra	0.868	Increase 0.40%
37	Latvia	0.866	Increase 0.55%
38	Portugal	0.864	Increase 0.46%
39	Slovakia	0.86	Increase 0.38%
40	Saudi Arabia	0.854	Increase 0.60%
41	Hungary	0.854	Increase 0.30%
42	Bahrain	0.852	Increase 0.70%
43	Croatia	0.851	Increase 0.48%
44	Chile	0.851	Increase 0.65%
45	Qatar	0.848	Increase 0.19%
46	Argentina	0.845	Increase 0.21%
47	Brunei Darussalam	0.838	Increase 0.15%
48	Montenegro	0.829	Increase 0.37%
49	Romania	0.828	Increase 0.31%
50	Palau	0.826	Increase 0.55%
51	Kazakhstan	0.825	Increase 0.86%
52	Russia	0.824	Increase 0.60%
53	Belarus	0.823	Increase 0.39%
54	Turkey	0.82	Increase 1.16%
55	Uruguay	0.817	Increase 0.49%
56	Bulgaria	0.816	Increase 0.39%
57	Panama	0.815	Increase 0.58%
58	Barbados	0.814	Increase 0.23%
59	Bahamas	0.814	Increase 0.12%
60	Oman	0.813	Increase 0.43%
61	Georgia	0.812	Increase 0.87%
62	Malaysia	0.81	Increase 0.54%
63	Costa Rica	0.81	Increase 0.64%
64	Kuwait	0.806	Increase 0.25%
65	Serbia	0.806	Increase 0.57%
66	Mauritius	0.804	Increase 0.76%
67	Trinidad and Tobago	0.796	Increase 0.17%
68	Seychelles	0.796	Increase 0.46%
69	Albania	0.795	Increase 0.72%
70	Iran	0.783	Increase 0.60%
71	Cuba	0.783	Increase 0.03%
72	Sri Lanka	0.782	Increase 0.41%
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.78	Increase 0.88%
74	Mexico	0.779	Increase 0.45%
75	Grenada	0.779	Increase 0.36%
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.779	Increase 0.48%
77	Ukraine	0.779	Increase 0.35%
78	Anguilla	0.778	Increase 0.22%
79	Thailand	0.777	Increase 0.79%
80	Peru	0.777	Increase 0.83%
81	Armenia	0.776	Increase 0.42%
82	North Macedonia	0.774	Increase 0.46%
83	Colombia	0.767	Increase 0.57%
84	Brazil	0.765	Increase 0.57%
85	China	0.761	Increase 0.95%
86	Ecuador	0.759	Increase 0.50%
87	Saint Lucia	0.759	Increase 0.43%
88	Dominican Republic	0.756	Increase 0.76%
89	Azerbaijan	0.756	Increase 0.45%
90	Moldova	0.75	Increase 0.56%
91	Algeria	0.748	Increase 0.41%
92	Lebanon	0.744	Decrease 0.32%
93	Fiji	0.743	Increase 0.43%
94	Dominica	0.742	Increase 0.03%
95	Tunisia	0.74	Increase 0.37%
96	Maldives	0.74	Increase 0.86%
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.738	Increase 0.31%
98	Suriname	0.738	Increase 0.43%
99	Mongolia	0.737	Increase 0.64%
100	Botswana	0.735	Increase 1.15%
101	Jamaica	0.734	Increase 0.03%
102	Jordan	0.729	Decrease 0.12%
103	Paraguay	0.728	Increase 0.50%
104	Tonga	0.725	Increase 0.41%
105	Libya	0.724	Decrease 1.08%
106	Uzbekistan	0.72	Increase 0.82%
107	Philippines	0.718	Increase 0.76%
108	Bolivia	0.718	Increase 0.82%
109	Indonesia	0.718	Increase 0.86%
110	Belize	0.716	Increase 0.33%
111	Turkmenistan	0.715	Increase 0.79%
112	Samoa	0.715	Increase 0.27%
113	Venezuela	0.711	Decrease 0.69%
114	South Africa	0.709	Increase 0.73%
115	Palestine	0.708	Increase 0.38%
116	Egypt	0.707	Increase 0.63%
117	Vietnam	0.704	Increase 0.70%
118	Marshall Islands	0.704	NA[a]
119	Gabon	0.703	Increase 0.84%
120	Kyrgyzstan	0.697	Increase 0.57%
121	Morocco	0.686	Increase 1.20%
122	Guyana	0.682	Increase 0.55%
123	Iraq	0.674	Increase 0.65%
124	El Salvador	0.673	Increase 0.08%
125	Tajikistan	0.668	Increase 0.51%
126	Cape Verde	0.665	Increase 0.57%
127	Guatemala	0.663	Increase 1.00%
128	Nicaragua	0.66	Increase 0.66%
129	Bhutan	0.654	Increase 1.46%
130	Namibia	0.646	Increase 1.03%
131	India	0.645	Increase 1.21%
132	Honduras	0.634	Increase 0.43%
133	Bangladesh	0.632	Increase 1.41%
134	Kiribati	0.63	Increase 0.67%
135	Sao Tome and Principe	0.625	Increase 1.21%
136	Micronesia	0.62	Increase 0.35%
137	Laos	0.613	Increase 1.17%
138	Eswatini	0.611	Increase 2.03%
139	Ghana	0.611	Increase 0.87%
140	Vanuatu	0.609	Increase 0.35%
141	East Timor (Timor Leste)	0.606	Decrease 0.40%
142	Nepal	0.602	Increase 1.28%
143	Kenya	0.601	Increase 0.97%
144	Cambodia	0.594	Increase 1.09%
145	Equatorial Guinea	0.592	Increase 0.30%
146	Zambia	0.584	Increase 1.15%
147	Myanmar	0.583	Increase 1.39%
148	Angola	0.581	Increase 1.31%
149	Reunion	0.574	Increase 1.10%
150	Zimbabwe	0.571	Increase 1.90%
151	Syria	0.567	Decrease 1.87%
152	Solomon Islands	0.567	Increase 0.61%
153	Cameroon	0.563	Increase 1.22%
154	Pakistan	0.557	Increase 0.94%
155	Papua New Guinea	0.555	Increase 0.68%
156	Comoros	0.554	Increase 0.68%
157	Martinique	0.546	Increase 0.87%
158	Benin	0.545	Increase 1.10%
159	Uganda	0.544	Increase 0.99%
160	Rwanda	0.543	Increase 1.10%
161	Nigeria	0.539	Increase 1.25%
162	Ivory Coast (Cote d Ivoire)	0.538	Increase 1.56%
163	Tanzania	0.529	Increase 1.06%
164	Madagascar	0.528	Increase 0.36%
165	Lesotho	0.527	Increase 1.52%
166	Djibouti	0.524	Increase 1.61%
167	Togo	0.515	Increase 1.12%
168	Senegal	0.512	Increase 1.00%
169	Afghanistan	0.511	Increase 0.89%
170	Sudan	0.51	Increase 0.94%
171	Haiti	0.51	Increase 0.89%
172	Gambia	0.496	Increase 0.87%
173	Ethiopia	0.485	Increase 1.58%
174	Malawi	0.483	Increase 1.27%
175	Guinea Bissau	0.48	Increase 1.07%
176	Congo (the Democratic Republic)	0.48	Increase 1.10%
177	Liberia	0.48	Increase 0.60%
178	Guinea	0.477	Increase 1.53%
179	Yemen	0.47	Decrease 0.82%
180	Eritrea	0.459	Increase 0.57%
181	Mozambique	0.456	Increase 1.44%
182	Burkina Faso	0.452	Increase 1.83%
183	Sierra Leone	0.452	Increase 1.40%
184	Mali	0.434	Increase 0.69%
185	Burundi	0.433	Increase 0.58%
186	South Sudan	0.433	Increase 0.61%
187	Chad	0.398	Increase 0.84%
188	Central African Republic	0.397	Increase 0.94%
189	Niger	0.394	Increase 1.95%

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