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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Monaco: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
Monaco is placed joint 55th 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 54.6 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 5.22 (2023).
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joint55th
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 Monaco 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
5.22
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
Monaco: 5.22. 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
- France 7.3
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes no 2023 figure for Monaco, so the standing rests on the other keys.
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
- France 0.92
02Over time
Which way Monaco 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.
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births · lower is better
MonacoWorld median
Monaco fell from 10.19 in 2000 to 5.22 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year Monaco World median 2023 5.22 46.7 2022 5.31 53.0 2021 5.47 76.6 2020 23.64 56.0 2019 5.56 48.4 2018 5.53 49.3 2017 5.45 47.2 2016 5.53 50.6 2015 5.44 51.9 2014 5.41 52.8 2013 5.31 53.3 2012 5.29 54.6 2011 10.55 55.0 2010 10.64 56.1 2009 10.52 56.3 2008 10.57 55.8 2007 10.41 56.8 2006 5.15 58.1 2005 5.16 60.1 2004 5.17 63.0 2003 5.12 66.8 2002 10.26 66.0 2001 10.36 68.1 2000 10.19 71.0
03In context
Monaco 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.
Monaco 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | =19th | 99.4 | 7.3 | 0.92 |
| Monaco | =55th | 54.6 | 5.22 | — |
“—”: 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 Monaco in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Monaco is ahead of the world, and behind
17 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 median13
Statistics on which Monaco does better than the middle country measured.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3421.6913.34No real change since 2013
Monaco: 21.69 · 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 1st of 195 · derived.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6386.3774.63No real change since 2013
Monaco: 86.37 · 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 1st of 222 · derived.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1631.188.163No real change since 2013
Monaco: 1.18 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 200th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919991▲ Improved since 2015
Monaco: 99 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8580.732.858▲ Improved since 2014
Monaco: 0.73 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 189th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1341.3998.134No real change since 2014
Monaco: 1.399 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 188th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.542.66114.54No real change since 2014
Monaco: 2.661 · world median 14.54 · Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.26 to 115.65; lower is better.
Position 187th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.262.20912.26No real change since 2014
Monaco: 2.209 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 186th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.410098.4No earlier reading
Monaco: 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.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.216.82510.21▲ Improved since 2010
Monaco: 6.825 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 123rd of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Child and Family Benefit CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 23.7562.923.75No earlier reading
Monaco: 62.9 · 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.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.970.545.9No earlier reading
Monaco: 70.5 · 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.
Disability Benefit CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 43.951.243.9No earlier reading
Monaco: 51.2 · 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.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Monaco does worse than the middle country measured.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 908890▲ Improved since 2015
Monaco: 88 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.824.280.8No earlier reading
Monaco: 24.2 · 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.
Level with the median, or no median to compare2
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Monaco: 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
Monaco: 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 Monaco
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 Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), Mean Years of Schooling, Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Net Official Development Assistance Received, Official Development Assistance Given (% of GNI) (last 2024), 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, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Unemployment Benefit Coverage, 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 Monaco’s 6 topics
Development & Human Capital is Monaco’s 4th best-placed topic of 6. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing2nd of 2002/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties10th of 1982/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience14th of 1932/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 55th of 1962/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 123rd of 1982/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge149th of 1982/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, 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 Monaco 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
Monaco=55th2/3 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 Monaco 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
Monaco 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 Monaco rank on development & human capital?
Monaco is placed joint 55th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage and Maternal Mortality Ratio). 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 Monaco?
54.6 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 Maternal Mortality Ratio figure for Monaco?
5.22 in 2023 (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births), according to UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG). The world median in the same edition was 46.65.
How does Monaco compare with France on development & human capital?
France is placed joint 19th of 196, and Monaco joint 55th. Social Protection Coverage: France 99.4, Monaco 54.6; Maternal Mortality Ratio: France 7.3, Monaco 5.22.
How have Monaco’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 10.19 in 2000 to 5.22 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for Monaco?
No current reading is published for Monaco 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 Development Index, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), Mean Years of Schooling, Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 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, Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, Unemployment Benefit Coverage, 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 17 statistics on this page come from 8 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
Monaco’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Monaco (banner) — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 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). Monaco: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/monaco/development