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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Liechtenstein: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Liechtenstein is placed joint 19th of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 92 (2025); Human Development Index 0.938 (2023).
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joint19th
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Liechtenstein on development & human capital — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 2 of 3
Maternal Mortality Ratio
UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
MMEIG publishes no 2023 figure for Liechtenstein, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 0.11 (Cook Islands) to 992.83 (Nigeria); the world median is 46.65.
- World median
- 46.65
- Best in Western Europe
- 3.62 Germany
- Land neighbours
- Austria 6.1 · Switzerland 5.46
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.938
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 17th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
Liechtenstein: 0.938. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.388 (South Sudan) to 0.972 (Iceland); the world median is 0.762.
- World median
- 0.762
- Best in Western Europe
- 0.97 Switzerland
- Land neighbours
- Austria 0.93 · Switzerland 0.97
02Over time
Which way Liechtenstein is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
LiechtensteinWorld median
Liechtenstein rose from 0.882 in 2000 to 0.938 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year Liechtenstein World median 2023 0.938 0.7620 2022 0.936 0.7610 2021 0.933 0.7450 2020 0.929 0.7425 2019 0.935 0.7515 2018 0.928 0.7520 2017 0.929 0.7480 2016 0.926 0.7500 2015 0.925 0.7430 2014 0.923 0.7410 2013 0.920 0.7390 2012 0.919 0.7350 2011 0.919 0.7250 2010 0.914 0.7250 2009 0.913 0.7220 2008 0.912 0.7180 2007 0.909 0.7100 2006 0.908 0.7045 2005 0.903 0.6960 2004 0.904 0.6960 2003 0.897 0.6910 2002 0.893 0.6845 2001 0.888 0.6770 2000 0.882 0.6720
03In context
Liechtenstein beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 196 countries on development & human capital, never a place within the region.
Liechtenstein and the countries it borders
Standing among all 196; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Social Protection CoveragePopulation covered by at least one social protection benefit (%) | Maternal Mortality RatioMaternal deaths per 100,000 live births | Human Development IndexHDI score (0–1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland | 8th | 100 | 5.46 | 0.97 |
 Austria | 15th | 100 | 6.1 | 0.93 |
| Liechtenstein | =19th | 92 | — | 0.938 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 196.
Placed either side on development & human capital
The countries immediately above and below Liechtenstein in the topic’s list.
New Zealand=16th
Japan18th
France=19th- Liechtenstein=19th
Poland21st
Estonia22nd
Luxembourg23rd
04Context, no vote
Where Liechtenstein is ahead of the world, and behind
12 more statistics filed under development & human capital, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median9
Statistics on which Liechtenstein does better than the middle country measured.
Unemployment Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 01000No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 0 · Unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6383.6374.63No real change since 2013
Liechtenstein: 83.63 · world median 74.63 · Years a newborn would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 54.46 to 86.37; higher is better.
Position 13th of 222 · derived.
Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 23.7510023.75No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 23.75 · Children or households with children receiving child or family cash benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.410098.4No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 98.4 · Children under 5 whose birth is registered (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.7 to 100; higher is better.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.910043.9No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 43.9 · People with severe disabilities receiving disability benefits (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.810080.8No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 80.8 · People above statutory pensionable age receiving an old-age pension (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.987.745.9No earlier reading
Liechtenstein: 87.7 · world median 45.9 · Labour force covered in the event of a work injury (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93312.419.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Liechtenstein: 12.41 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 35th of 193 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3415.4113.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Liechtenstein: 15.41 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 61st of 195 · derived.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Liechtenstein does worse than the middle country measured.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9640.971No real change since 2013
Liechtenstein: 0.964 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 96th of 184 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare2
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Liechtenstein: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
No current reading for Liechtenstein
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Cereal Yield, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, GDP per Capita (PPP), Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Immunisation Coverage, DTP3, Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Infant Mortality Rate, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2023), Maternal Mortality Ratio, Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14, Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Neonatal Mortality Rate, Net Official Development Assistance Received, Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI) (last 2019), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Productive Capacities Index, Prosperity Gap, Statistical Performance Indicators, Stillbirth Rate, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Under-Five Mortality Rate, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Development & Human Capital among Liechtenstein’s 6 topics
Development & Human Capital is Liechtenstein’s 4th best-placed topic of 6. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Risk & Resilience1st of 1932/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties3rd of 1982/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge16th of 1982/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 19th of 1962/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability27th of 1862/4 keys
- Digital & Technology102nd of 1982/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Health & Wellbeing, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on development & human capital
The three countries placed highest of 196, and the leaders Liechtenstein can most readily be measured against.
1
Cook IslandsPolynesia
1st of 196 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Benedict Adam · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern Europe
3rd of 196 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Norway2nd3/3 keysHighest in Western Europe
Germany4th3/3 keysThis page
Liechtenstein=19th2/3 keys
Positions out of 196 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Liechtenstein and development & human capital
On development & human capital
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On development & human capital
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
08Questions
Liechtenstein on development & human capital: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Liechtenstein rank on development & human capital?
Liechtenstein is placed joint 19th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage and Human Development Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Social Protection Coverage figure for Liechtenstein?
92 in 2025 (population covered by at least one social protection benefit (%)), according to International Labour Organization (ILO). The world median in the same edition was 52.1.
What is the latest Human Development Index figure for Liechtenstein?
0.938 in 2023 (hDI score (0–1)), according to UNDP Human Development Report Office. The world median in the same edition was 0.762.
How does Liechtenstein compare with Austria on development & human capital?
Austria is placed 15th of 196, and Liechtenstein joint 19th. Social Protection Coverage: Austria 100, Liechtenstein 92; Human Development Index: Austria 0.93, Liechtenstein 0.938.
How have Liechtenstein’s development & human capital figures changed?
Human Development Index rose from 0.882 in 2000 to 0.938 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Liechtenstein?
No current reading is published for Liechtenstein on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Cereal Yield, Child Marriage, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Human Inequality, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Foundational ID Ownership, GDP per Capita (PPP), Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Immunisation Coverage, DTP3, Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Infant Mortality Rate, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), Maternal Mortality Ratio, Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14, Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Neonatal Mortality Rate, Net Official Development Assistance Received, Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI), Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a Day, Productive Capacities Index, Prosperity Gap, Statistical Performance Indicators, Stillbirth Rate, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Under-Five Mortality Rate, Violent Discipline of Children and Wasting Prevalence in Children Under Five. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Poverty lines, inequality and aid received are published here as context rather than as keys, often because they cover fewer countries or are measured too rarely. Development is also not the same as economic size or growth, which belong to Economy & Innovation.
How the Development & Human Capital standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The development & human capital method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Social Protection Coverage — International Labour Organization (ILO), CC BY 4.0
- Maternal Mortality Ratio — UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Human Development Index — UNDP Human Development Report Office, CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 12 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Liechtenstein’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Liechtenstein (banner) — Guido Radig,Inkey, CC BY 3.0
- Cook Islands — Benedict Adam, CC BY 2.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Liechtenstein: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/liechtenstein/development