List of countries by Human Development Index

From New World Encyclopedia

This is a list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report 2007/2008, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published in Brasília, Brazil, on November 27, 2007. It covers 175 U.N. member countries (out of 192), along with: Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. 17 U.N. member countries 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 three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium and low human development.

Contents 1 Complete list of countries 1.1 High 1.2 Medium 1.3 Low 1.4 Not calculated by the UN 2 List of countries by continents 2.1 Americas 2.2 Africa 2.3 Asia-Pacific 2.4 Europe 3 HDI by Regions & Groups 4 Unavailable data 5 Historical data 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links 9 Credits

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 2004 survey.

High

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 1 (1)  Iceland 0.968 2 (1)  Norway 0.968 3 (0)  Australia 0.962 4 (2)  Canada 0.961 5 (1)  Ireland 0.959 6 (1)  Sweden 0.956 7 (2)  Switzerland 0.955 8 (1)  Japan 0.953 9 (1)  Netherlands 0.953 10 (6)  France 0.952 11 (0)  Finland 0.952 12 (4)  United States 0.951 13 (6)  Spain 0.949 14 (1)  Denmark 0.949 15 (1)  Austria 0.948 16 (2)  United Kingdom 0.946 17 (4)  Belgium 0.946 18 (6)  Luxembourg 0.945 19 (1)  New Zealand 0.943 20 (3)  Italy 0.941 21 (1)  Hong Kong 0.937 22 (1)  Germany 0.935 23 (0)  Israel 0.932 24 (0)  Greece 0.926 25 (0)  Singapore 0.922 26 (0)  South Korea 0.921 27 (0)  Slovenia 0.917 28 (1)  Cyprus 0.903 29 (1)  Portugal 0.897 30 (4)  Brunei 0.894 31 (0)  Barbados 0.892 32 (2)  Czech Republic 0.891 33 (0)  Kuwait 0.891 34 (2)  Malta 0.878 35 (11)  Qatar 0.875

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 36 (1)  Hungary 0.874 37 (0)  Poland 0.870 38 (2)  Argentina 0.869 39 (10)  United Arab Emirates 0.868 40 (2)  Chile 0.867 41 (2)  Bahrain 0.866 42 (0)  Slovakia 0.863 43 (2)  Lithuania 0.862 44 (4)  Estonia 0.860 45 (0)  Latvia 0.855 46 (3)  Uruguay 0.852 47 (3)  Croatia 0.850 48 (0)  Costa Rica 0.846 49 (3)  Bahamas 0.845 50 (3)  Seychelles 0.843 51 (1)  Cuba 0.838 52 (1)  Mexico 0.829 53 (1)  Bulgaria 0.824 54 (3)  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.821 55 (0)  Tonga 0.819 56 (8)  Libya 0.818 57 (2)  Antigua and Barbuda 0.815 58 (2)  Oman 0.814 59 (2)  Trinidad and Tobago 0.814 60 (0)  Romania 0.813 61 (15)  Saudi Arabia 0.812 62 (4)  Panama 0.812 63 (2)  Malaysia 0.811 64 (1)  Brazil 0.807 65 (3)  Belarus 0.804 66 (2)  Mauritius 0.804 67 (4)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.803 68 (2)  Russia 0.802 69 (5)  Albania 0.801 70 (3)  FYR Macedonia 0.801

Medium

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 71 (3)  Dominica 0.798 72 (1)  Saint Lucia 0.795 73 (6)  Kazakhstan 0.794 74 (2)  Venezuela 0.792 75 (5)  Colombia 0.791 76 (1)  Ukraine 0.788 77 (2)  Samoa 0.785 78 (4)  Thailand 0.781 79 (15)  Dominican Republic 0.779 80 (15)  Belize 0.778 81 (0)  People's Republic of China[2] 0.777 82 (3)  Grenada 0.777 83 (3)  Armenia 0.775 84 (8)  Turkey 0.775 85 (4)  Suriname 0.774 86 (0)  Jordan 0.773 87 (5)  Peru 0.773 88 (10)  Lebanon 0.772 89 (6)  Ecuador 0.772 90 (6)  Philippines 0.771 91 (4)  Tunisia 0.766 92 (2)  Fiji 0.762 93 (5)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.761 94 (1)  Iran 0.759 95 (4)  Paraguay 0.755 96 (1)  Georgia 0.754 97 (6)  Guyana 0.750 98 (1)  Azerbaijan 0.746 99 (6)  Sri Lanka 0.743 100 (2)  Maldives 0.741 101 (3)  Jamaica 0.736 102 (4)  Cape Verde 0.736 103 (2)  El Salvador 0.735 104 (2)  Algeria 0.733 105 (4)  Vietnam 0.733 106 (6)  Palestinian Authority 0.731 107 (1)  Indonesia 0.728 108 (1)  Syria 0.724 109 (4)  Turkmenistan 0.713 110 (2)  Nicaragua 0.710 111 (3)  Moldova 0.708 112 (1)  Egypt 0.708

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 113 (0)  Uzbekistan 0.702 114 (2)  Mongolia 0.700 115 (2)  Honduras 0.700 116 (6)  Kyrgyzstan 0.696 117 (2)  Bolivia 0.695 118 (0)  Guatemala 0.689 119 (5)  Gabon 0.677 120 (1)  Vanuatu 0.674 121 (0)  South Africa 0.674 122 (0)  Tajikistan 0.673 123 (4)  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.654 124 (7)  Botswana 0.654 125 (0)  Namibia 0.650 126 (3)  Morocco 0.646 127 (7)  Equatorial Guinea 0.642 128 (2)  India 0.619 129 (1)  Solomon Islands 0.602 130 (3)  Laos 0.601 131 (2)  Cambodia 0.598 132 (2)  Myanmar 0.583 133 (2)  Bhutan 0.579 134 (2)  Comoros 0.561 135 (1)  Ghana 0.553 136 (2)  Pakistan 0.551 137 (16)  Mauritania 0.550 138 (11)  Lesotho 0.549 139 (1)  Republic of the Congo[3] 0.548 140 (3)  Bangladesh 0.547 141 (5)  Swaziland 0.547 142 (4)  Nepal 0.534 143 (0)  Madagascar 0.533 144 (0)  Cameroon 0.532 145 (6)  Papua New Guinea 0.530 146 (8)  Haiti 0.529 147 (6)  Sudan 0.526 148 (4)  Kenya 0.521 149 (1)  Djibouti 0.516 150 (8)  Timor-Leste (East Timor) 0.514 151 (0)  Zimbabwe 0.513 152 (5)  Togo 0.512 153 (3)  Yemen 0.508 154 (9)  Uganda 0.505 155 (0)  Gambia 0.502

Low

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 156 (0)  Senegal 0.499 157 (0)  Eritrea 0.483 158 (1)  Nigeria 0.470 159 (3)  Tanzania 0.467 160 (0)  Guinea 0.456 161 (3)  Rwanda 0.452 162 (1)  Angola 0.446 163 (0)  Benin 0.437 164 (2)  Malawi 0.437 165 (0)  Zambia 0.434 166 (2)  Côte d'Ivoire 0.432

Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) 167 (2)  Burundi 0.413 168 (1)  Democratic Republic of the Congo[4] 0.411 169 (1)  Ethiopia 0.406 170 (1)  Chad 0.388 171 (1)  Central African Republic 0.384 172 (4)  Mozambique 0.384 173 (2)  Mali 0.380 174 (3)  Niger 0.374 175 (2)  Guinea-Bissau 0.374 176 (2)  Burkina Faso 0.370 177 (1)  Sierra Leone 0.336

Not calculated by the UN

Country HDI Year of publication  Republic of China (Taiwan)[5] 0.932 2007 (compiled on the basis of 2005 data)  Macau[6] 0.909 2006 (compiled on the basis of 2004 data)  Montenegro[7] 0.799 2005 (compiled on the basis of 2004 data)  Serbia[8] na na List of countries by continents Americas 10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) High 1 (0)  Canada 0.961 2 (0)  United States 0.951 3 (0)  Barbados 0.892 4 (0)  Argentina 0.869 5 (0)  Chile 0.867 6 (0)  Uruguay 0.852 7 (0)  Costa Rica 0.846 8 (2)  Bahamas 0.845 9 (1)  Cuba 0.838 10 (1)  Mexico 0.829 10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) Medium 1 (0)  Haiti 0.529 2 (0)  Guatemala 0.689 3 (1)  Bolivia 0.695 4 (1)  Honduras 0.700 5 (0)  Nicaragua 0.710 6 (2)  El Salvador 0.735 7 (1)  Jamaica 0.736 8 (1)  Guyana 0.750 9 (2)  Paraguay 0.755 10 (2)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.761 Africa 10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) High 1 (0)  Seychelles 0.843 2 (1)  Libya 0.818 3 (1)  Mauritius 0.804 Medium 4 (0)  Tunisia 0.766 5 (1)  Cape Verde 0.736 6 (1)  Algeria 0.733 7 (0)  Egypt 0.708 8 (3)  Gabon 0.677 9 (0)  South Africa 0.674 10 (3)  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.654 10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) Low 1 (1)  Sierra Leone 0.336 2 (2)  Burkina Faso 0.370 3 (2)  Guinea-Bissau 0.374 4 (3)  Niger 0.374 5 (2)  Mali 0.380 6 (4)  Mozambique 0.384 7 (1)  Central African Republic 0.384 8 (1)  Chad 0.388 9 (1)  Ethiopia 0.406 10 (1)  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.411 Asia-Pacific 10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) High 1 (0)  Australia 0.962 2 (0)  Japan 0.953 3 (0)  New Zealand 0.943 4 (0)  Hong Kong 0.937 5 (0)  Israel 0.932 6 (0)  Singapore 0.922 7 (0)  South Korea 0.921 8 (1)  Brunei 0.894 9 (1)  Kuwait 0.891 10 (4)  Qatar 0.875 10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) Medium 1 (0)  Yemen 0.508 2 (0)  East Timor 0.514 3 (0)  Papua New Guinea 0.530 4 (0)  Nepal 0.534 5 (0)  Bangladesh 0.547 6 (1)  Pakistan 0.551 7 (1)  Bhutan 0.579 8 (1)  Myanmar 0.583 9 (1)  Cambodia 0.598 10 (2)  Laos 0.601 Europe 10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) High 1 (1)  Iceland 0.968 2 (1)  Norway 0.968 3 (0)  Ireland 0.959 4 (0)  Sweden 0.956 5 (0)  Switzerland 0.955 6 (0)  Netherlands 0.953 7 (5)  France 0.952 8 (1)  Finland 0.952 9 (6)  Spain 0.949 10 (1)  Denmark 0.949 10 lowest HDIs[9] Rank Country HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) Medium 1 (0)  Moldova 0.708 2 (0)  Ukraine 0.788 High 3 (2)  FYR Macedonia 0.801 4 (1)  Albania 0.801 5 (2)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.803 6 (2)  Belarus 0.804 7 (1)  Romania 0.813 8 (1)  Bulgaria 0.824 9 (2)  Croatia 0.850 10 (0)  Latvia 0.855 HDI by Regions & Groups Rank Region or Group HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) High HDI 1 (0) OECD 0.916 2 (0) Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 0.808 3 (0) Latin America and the Caribbean 0.803 Medium HDI 4 (0) East Asia and the Pacific 0.771 - - World 0.743 5 (0) ASEAN 0.742 6 (0) Arab states 0.699 7 (0) Developing countries 0.691 8 (0) South Asia 0.611 Low HDI 9 (0) Sub-Saharan Africa 0.493 10 (0) Least Developed Countries 0.488 Rank Group HDI in 2005 (published in 2007) 2005 data (published in 2007) Change compared to 2004 data (published in 2006) - - High Human Development 0.897 - - Medium Human Development 0.698 - - Low Human Development 0.436 - - High income 0.936 - - Middle income 0.776 - - Low income 0.570 Unavailable data Year Country HDI in the UN last report 2005 (published in 2007) Year of the last country report - (1997)  Monaco 0.946 - (1997)  Liechtenstein 0.946 - (1997)  Andorra 0.944 - (1997)  San Marino 0.944 - (1998)  Puerto Rico 0.942 - (1998)  Greenland 0.927 - (1998)  Palau 0.861 - (1995)  North Korea 0.766 - (1998)  Nauru 0.663 Year Country HDI in the UN last report 2005 (published in 2007) Year of the last country report - (1998)  Tuvalu 0.583 - (1998)  Micronesia 0.569 - (1999)  Iraq 0.567 - (1998)  Marshall Islands 0.563 - (1998)  Kiribati 0.515 - (1993)  Liberia 0.311 - (1993)  Afghanistan 0.229 - (1993)  Somalia 0.221 - -  Vatican City N/A Historical data Rank (2005) Country 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 1 Iceland 0.868 0.890 0.899 0.918 0.923 0.947 0.968 2 Norway 0.870 0.889 0.900 0.913 0.938 0.958 0.968 3 Australia 0.851 0.868 0.880 0.894 0.934 0.949 0.962 4 Canada 0.873 0.888 0.911 0.931 0.936 0.946 0.961 5 Ireland 0.823 0.835 0.851 0.875 0.898 0.931 0.959 6 Sweden 0.872 0.882 0.893 0.904 0.935 0.952 0.956 7 Switzerland 0.883 0.895 0.902 0.915 0.926 0.946 0.955 8 Japan 0.861 0.886 0.899 0.916 0.929 0.941 0.953 9 Netherlands 0.873 0.885 0.899 0.914 0.934 0.947 0.953 10 France 0.856 0.872 0.884 0.907 0.925 0.938 0.952 11 Finland 0.846 0.866 0.884 0.906 0.918 0.940 0.952 12 United States 0.870 0.890 0.904 0.919 0.931 0.942 0.951 13 Spain 0.846 0.863 0.877 0.896 0.914 0.932 0.949 14 Denmark 0.875 0.883 0.890 0.898 0.916 0.935 0.949 15 Austria 0.848 0.862 0.876 0.899 0.918 0.938 0.948 16 United Kingdom 0.853 0.860 0.870 0.890 0.929 0.931 0.946 17 Belgium 0.852 0.869 0.883 0.903 0.931 0.943 0.946 18 Luxembourg 0.836 0.850 0.863 0.890 0.913 0.929 0.944 19 New Zealand 0.854 0.860 0.871 0.880 0.908 0.927 0.943 20 Italy 0.845 0.861 0.869 0.892 0.910 0.926 0.941 21 Hong Kong 0.763 0.803 0.830 0.865 0.886 0.919 0.937 22 Germany .. 0.863 0.871 0.890 0.913 0.928 0.935 23 Israel 0.805 0.830 0.850 0.869 0.891 0.918 0.932 24 Greece 0.841 0.856 0.869 0.877 0.882 0.897 0.926 25 Singapore 0.729 0.762 0.789 0.827 0.865 .. 0.922 26 Korea (Republic of) 0.713 0.747 0.785 0.825 0.861 0.892 0.921 27 Slovenia .. .. .. 0.851 0.857 0.891 0.917 28 Cyprus .. 0.809 0.828 0.851 0.870 0.893 0.903 29 Portugal 0.793 0.807 0.829 0.855 0.885 0.904 0.897 30 Brunei Darussalam .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.894 31 Barbados .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.892 32 Czech Republic .. .. .. 0.845 0.854 0.866 0.891 33 Kuwait 0.771 0.789 0.794 .. 0.826 0.855 0.891 34 Malta 0.738 0.772 0.799 0.833 0.857 0.877 0.878 35 Qatar .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.875 36 Hungary 0.786 0.801 0.813 0.813 0.817 0.845 0.874 37 Poland .. .. .. 0.806 0.822 0.852 0.870 38 Argentina 0.790 0.804 0.811 0.813 0.836 0.862 0.869 39 United Arab Emirates 0.734 0.769 0.790 0.816 0.825 0.837 0.868 40 Chile 0.708 0.743 0.761 0.788 0.819 0.845 0.867 41 Bahrain .. 0.747 0.783 0.808 0.834 0.846 0.866 42 Slovakia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.863 43 Lithuania .. .. .. 0.827 0.791 0.831 0.862 44 Estonia .. 0.811 0.820 0.813 0.792 0.829 0.860 45 Latvia .. 0.797 0.810 0.804 0.771 0.817 0.855 46 Uruguay 0.762 0.782 0.787 0.806 0.821 0.842 0.852 47 Croatia .. .. .. 0.812 0.805 0.828 0.850 48 Costa Rica 0.746 0.772 0.774 0.794 0.814 0.830 0.846 49 Bahamas .. 0.809 0.822 0.831 0.820 0.825 0.845 50 Seychelles .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.843 51 Cuba .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.838 52 Mexico 0.694 0.739 0.758 0.768 0.786 0.814 0.829 53 Bulgaria .. 0.771 0.792 0.794 0.785 0.800 0.824 54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.821 55 Tonga .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.819 56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.818 57 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.815 58 Oman 0.487 0.547 0.641 0.697 0.741 0.779 0.814 59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.756 0.784 0.782 0.784 0.785 0.796 0.814 60 Romania .. 0.786 0.792 0.777 0.772 0.780 0.813 61 Saudi Arabia 0.611 0.666 0.684 0.717 0.748 0.788 0.812 62 Panama 0.718 0.737 0.751 0.752 0.775 0.797 0.812 63 Malaysia 0.619 0.662 0.696 0.725 0.763 0.790 0.811 64 Belarus .. .. .. 0.790 0.755 0.778 0.804 65 Mauritius .. 0.662 0.692 0.728 0.751 0.781 0.804 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.803 67 Russian Federation .. .. .. 0.815 0.771 0.782 0.802 68 Albania .. 0.675 0.694 0.704 0.705 0.746 0.801 69 Macedonia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.801 70 Brazil 0.649 0.685 0.700 0.723 0.753 0.789 0.800 71 Dominica .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.798 72 Saint Lucia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.795 73 Kazakhstan .. .. .. 0.771 0.724 0.738 0.794 74 Venezuela 0.723 0.737 0.743 0.762 0.770 0.776 0.792 75 Colombia 0.663 0.694 0.709 0.729 0.753 0.772 0.791 76 Ukraine .. .. .. 0.809 0.756 0.761 0.788 77 Samoa .. .. 0.709 0.721 0.740 0.765 0.785 78 Thailand 0.615 0.654 0.679 0.712 0.745 0.761 0.781 79 Dominican Republic 0.628 0.660 0.684 0.697 0.723 0.757 0.779 80 Belize .. 0.712 0.718 0.750 0.777 0.795 0.778 81 China 0.530 0.559 0.595 0.634 0.691 0.732 0.777 82 Grenada .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.777 83 Armenia .. .. .. 0.737 0.701 0.738 0.775 84 Turkey 0.594 0.615 0.651 0.683 0.717 0.753 0.775 85 Suriname .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.774 86 Jordan .. 0.647 0.669 0.684 0.710 0.751 0.773 87 Peru 0.647 0.676 0.699 0.710 0.737 0.763 0.773 88 Lebanon .. .. .. 0.692 0.730 0.748 0.772 89 Ecuador 0.636 0.678 0.699 0.714 0.734 .. 0.772 90 Philippines 0.655 0.688 0.692 0.721 0.739 0.758 0.771 91 Tunisia 0.519 0.575 0.626 0.662 0.702 0.741 0.766 92 Fiji 0.665 0.688 0.702 .. 0.743 0.747 0.762 93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.761 94 Iran 0.571 0.578 0.615 0.653 0.693 0.722 0.759 95 Paraguay 0.667 0.701 0.707 0.718 0.737 0.749 0.755 96 Georgia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.754 97 Guyana 0.682 0.684 0.675 0.679 0.699 0.722 0.750 98 Azerbaijan .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.746 99 Sri Lanka 0.619 0.656 0.683 0.702 0.721 0.731 0.743 100 Maldives .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.741 101 Jamaica 0.686 0.689 0.690 0.713 0.728 0.744 0.736 102 Cape Verde .. .. 0.589 0.627 0.678 0.709 0.736 103 El Salvador 0.595 0.590 0.611 0.653 0.692 0.716 0.735 104 Algeria 0.511 0.562 0.613 0.652 0.672 0.702 0.733 105 Viet Nam .. .. 0.590 0.620 0.672 0.711 0.733 106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.731 107 Indonesia 0.471 0.533 0.585 0.626 0.670 0.692 0.728 108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.547 0.593 0.628 0.646 0.676 0.690 0.724 109 Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.713 110 Nicaragua 0.583 0.593 0.601 0.610 0.637 0.671 0.710 111 Moldova .. 0.700 0.722 0.740 0.684 0.683 0.708 112 Egypt 0.434 0.482 0.532 0.575 0.613 0.659 0.708 113 Uzbekistan .. .. .. 0.704 0.683 0.691 0.702 114 Mongolia .. .. 0.637 0.654 0.638 0.667 0.700 115 Honduras 0.528 0.578 0.611 0.634 0.653 0.668 0.700 116 Kyrgyzstan .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.696 117 Bolivia 0.519 0.553 0.580 0.606 0.639 0.677 0.695 118 Guatemala 0.514 0.550 0.566 0.592 0.626 0.667 0.689 119 Gabon .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.677 120 Vanuatu .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.674 121 South Africa 0.650 0.670 0.699 0.731 0.745 0.707 0.674 122 Tajikistan .. .. 0.705 0.703 0.638 0.640 0.673 123 Sao Tome and Principe .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.654 124 Botswana 0.509 0.571 0.624 0.674 0.658 0.631 0.654 125 Namibia .. .. .. .. 0.698 0.657 0.650 126 Morocco 0.435 0.483 0.519 0.551 0.581 0.613 0.646 127 Equatorial Guinea .. .. 0.484 0.505 0.529 0.606 0.642 128 India 0.419 0.450 0.487 0.521 0.551 0.578 0.619 129 Solomon Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.602 130 Lao People’s Democratic Republic .. .. 0.448 0.478 0.524 0.563 0.601 131 Cambodia .. .. .. .. 0.540 0.547 0.598 132 Myanmar .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.583 133 Bhutan .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.579 134 Comoros .. 0.483 0.500 0.506 0.521 0.540 0.561 135 Ghana 0.442 0.471 0.486 0.517 0.542 0.568 0.553 136 Pakistan 0.367 0.394 0.427 0.467 0.497 0.516 0.551 137 Mauritania 0.383 0.410 0.435 0.455 0.487 0.509 0.550 138 Lesotho 0.499 0.541 0.571 0.605 0.616 0.581 0.549 139 Congo 0.478 0.520 0.567 0.559 0.546 0.518 0.548 140 Bangladesh 0.347 0.365 0.392 0.422 0.453 0.511 0.547 141 Swaziland 0.527 0.561 0.588 0.633 0.641 0.592 0.547 142 Nepal 0.301 0.338 0.380 0.427 0.469 0.502 0.534 143 Madagascar 0.407 0.444 0.440 0.450 0.463 0.493 0.533 144 Cameroon 0.422 0.468 0.523 0.529 0.513 0.525 0.532 145 Papua New Guinea 0.431 0.462 0.481 0.495 0.532 0.544 0.530 146 Haiti .. 0.442 0.462 0.472 0.487 .. 0.529 147 Sudan 0.354 0.381 0.400 0.429 0.463 0.491 0.526 148 Kenya 0.466 0.514 0.534 0.556 0.544 0.529 0.521 149 Djibouti .. .. .. 0.476 0.485 0.490 0.516 150 Timor-Leste .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.514 151 Zimbabwe 0.550 0.579 0.645 0.654 0.613 0.541 0.513 152 Togo 0.423 0.473 0.469 0.496 0.514 0.521 0.512 153 Yemen .. .. .. 0.402 0.439 0.473 0.508 154 Uganda .. .. 0.420 0.434 0.433 0.480 0.505 155 Gambia 0.290 .. .. .. 0.436 0.472 0.502 156 Senegal 0.342 0.367 0.401 0.428 0.449 0.473 0.499 157 Eritrea .. .. .. .. 0.435 0.459 0.483 158 Nigeria 0.321 0.378 0.391 0.411 0.432 0.445 0.470 159 Tanzania .. .. .. 0.421 0.419 0.433 0.467 160 Guinea .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.456 161 Rwanda 0.337 0.385 0.403 0.340 0.330 0.418 0.452 162 Angola .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.446 163 Benin 0.312 0.344 0.367 0.374 0.403 0.424 0.437 164 Malawi 0.330 0.355 0.370 0.388 0.444 0.431 0.437 165 Zambia 0.470 0.478 0.489 0.477 0.439 0.420 0.434 166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.419 0.448 0.453 0.450 0.436 0.432 0.432 167 Burundi 0.290 0.318 0.352 0.366 0.347 0.368 0.413 168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.414 0.423 0.430 0.423 0.391 0.375 0.411 169 Ethiopia .. .. 0.311 0.332 0.347 0.379 0.406 170 Chad 0.296 0.298 0.342 0.364 0.377 0.397 0.388 171 Central African Republic 0.350 0.371 0.394 0.398 0.390 0.394 0.384 172 Mozambique .. 0.304 0.291 0.317 0.335 0.375 0.384 173 Mali 0.245 0.268 0.272 0.296 0.321 0.352 0.380 174 Niger 0.246 0.264 0.261 0.279 0.296 0.321 0.374 175 Guinea-Bissau 0.267 0.271 0.300 0.322 0.350 0.365 0.374 176 Burkina Faso 0.257 0.280 0.305 0.321 0.337 0.353 0.370 177 Sierra Leone .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.336 Notes ↑ About HDRO. United Nations Development Program (2006). Retrieved 2006-10-30. ↑ Includes data for mainland People's Republic of China; excludes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) (separately ranked), Macau SAR and the Republic of China (Taiwan). ↑ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville and previously simply as Congo. ↑ Also known as Congo-Kinshasa. ↑ As the UN does not recognize the Republic of China (ROC) 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 Republic of China; see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2005 to be 0.932 based on the following data: life expectancy of 77.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.3%; combined gross enrollment rate of 100%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$28,552. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2005, the ROC would rank 23rd as same as Israel. National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (2006). Retrieved 2008-02-24. ↑ 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 25th (behind Greece and in front of Singapore). 2006 Macao in Figures (in English). Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR (2006). Retrieved 2006-11-02. ↑ The Institute for Strategic Studies and Prognoses (ISSP), in Podgorica, issued a study on Montenegro in collaboration with the UNDP. Human development report for Montenegro. ↑ The HDI of Serbia was not calculated by UNDP. 2007/2008 Report Serbia and Montenegro. ↑ This list includes territories located wholly in Europe, including Belarus (which is not a member of the Council of Europe). 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