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Topic 06 of 18 · Country Index 2026
San Marino: Development & Human Capital
Is a country turning its resources into better lives?
San Marino is placed joint 35th of 196 countries on development & human capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Social Protection Coverage 88.7 (2025); Maternal Mortality Ratio 7.66 (2023).
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joint35th
of 196 countries placed
Placed from 3 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 San Marino 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
7.66
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
Lower is better
San Marino: 7.66. 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 Southern Europe
- 2.72 Spain
- Land neighbours
- Italy 6.48
Key 3 of 3
Human Development Index
UNDP Human Development Report Office
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.915
HDI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Ranked 29th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office
San Marino: 0.915. 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 Southern Europe
- 0.931 Slovenia
- Land neighbours
- Italy 0.915
02Over time
Which way San Marino 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
San MarinoWorld median
San Marino fell from 13.95 in 2000 to 7.66 in 2023; the world median went from 70.99 to 46.65.
Every year’s figures
Year San Marino World median 2023 7.66 46.7 2022 22.24 53.0 2021 34.65 76.6 2020 45.86 56.0 2019 7.33 48.4 2018 7.26 49.3 2017 7.19 47.2 2016 7.39 50.6 2015 7.52 51.9 2014 7.60 52.8 2013 7.88 53.3 2012 7.64 54.6 2011 7.92 55.0 2010 8.15 56.1 2009 8.06 56.3 2008 8.26 55.8 2007 8.07 56.8 2006 12.23 58.1 2005 12.36 60.1 2004 12.84 63.0 2003 13.08 66.8 2002 13.60 66.0 2001 13.98 68.1 2000 13.95 71.0 Human Development Index
HDI score (0–1) · higher is better
San MarinoWorld median
San Marino rose from 0.881 in 2000 to 0.915 in 2023; the world median went from 0.672 to 0.762.
Every year’s figures
Year San Marino World median 2023 0.915 0.7620 2022 0.910 0.7610 2021 0.903 0.7450 2020 0.895 0.7425 2019 0.908 0.7515 2018 0.904 0.7520 2017 0.903 0.7480 2016 0.898 0.7500 2015 0.896 0.7430 2014 0.897 0.7410 2013 0.896 0.7390 2012 0.893 0.7350 2011 0.902 0.7250 2010 0.905 0.7250 2009 0.903 0.7220 2008 0.900 0.7180 2007 0.898 0.7100 2006 0.895 0.7045 2005 0.893 0.6960 2004 0.890 0.6960 2003 0.888 0.6910 2002 0.885 0.6845 2001 0.883 0.6770 2000 0.881 0.6720
03In context
San Marino 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.
San Marino 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | =32nd | 88.8 | 6.48 | 0.915 |
| San Marino | =35th | 88.7 | 7.66 | 0.915 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern 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 San Marino in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where San Marino is ahead of the world, and behind
19 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 median15
Statistics on which San Marino does better than the middle country measured.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.261.21412.26No real change since 2014
San Marino: 1.214 · 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 200th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8580.3922.858No real change since 2014
San Marino: 0.392 · 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 200th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1340.5448.134No real change since 2014
San Marino: 0.544 · 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 200th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Under-Five Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 14.541.2614.54No real change since 2014
San Marino: 1.26 · 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 200th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 74.6385.7174.63No real change since 2013
San Marino: 85.71 · 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 2nd of 222 · derived.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.214.24410.21▼ Worsened since 2010
San Marino: 4.244 · 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 153rd of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Employment Injury Protection CoverageILO · 2024 · world median 45.910045.9No earlier reading
San Marino: 100 · 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.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1632.068.163No real change since 2013
San Marino: 2.06 · 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 190th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 2025 · world median 98.410098.4No earlier reading
San Marino: 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
San Marino: 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.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.9910.971No real change since 2013
San Marino: 0.991 · 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 36th of 184 · derived.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6758.1246.67▲ Improved since 2012
San Marino: 58.12 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 41st of 195 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93311.369.933▲ Improved since 2013
San Marino: 11.36 · 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 57th of 193 · derived.
Old-Age Pension CoverageILO · 2025 · world median 80.894.680.8No earlier reading
San Marino: 94.6 · 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.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3414.613.34▼ Worsened since 2013
San Marino: 14.6 · 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 74th of 195 · derived.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which San Marino does worse than the middle country measured.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 918891▲ Improved since 2015
San Marino: 88 · 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.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 908590▲ Improved since 2015
San Marino: 85 · 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.
Level with the median, or no median to compare2
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
San Marino: 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
San Marino: 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 San Marino
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Cereal Yield, Child and Family Benefit Coverage, 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) (last 2023), Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2023), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Human Capital Index, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2023), 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, 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 San Marino’s 5 topics
Development & Human Capital is San Marino’s 3rd best-placed topic of 5. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing1st of 2002/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties6th of 1982/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 35th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 72nd of 1982/4 keys
- Digital & Technology147th of 1982/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, 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 San Marino 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 Southern Europe
Slovenia13th3/3 keysThis page
San Marino=35th3/3 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 San Marino 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
San Marino 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 San Marino rank on development & human capital?
San Marino is placed joint 35th of 196 countries on Development & Human Capital in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Social Protection Coverage, Maternal Mortality Ratio 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 San Marino?
88.7 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 San Marino?
7.66 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 San Marino compare with Italy on development & human capital?
Italy is placed joint 32nd of 196, and San Marino joint 35th. Social Protection Coverage: Italy 88.8, San Marino 88.7; Maternal Mortality Ratio: Italy 6.48, San Marino 7.66; Human Development Index: Italy 0.915, San Marino 0.915.
How have San Marino’s development & human capital figures changed?
Maternal Mortality Ratio fell from 13.95 in 2000 to 7.66 in 2023; Human Development Index rose from 0.881 in 2000 to 0.915 in 2023.
Which development & human capital statistics are missing for San Marino?
No current reading is published for San Marino on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour Benefits, Cereal Yield, Child and Family Benefit Coverage, 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, Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), 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, 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 19 statistics on this page come from 9 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
San Marino’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- San Marino (banner) — Matl 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). San Marino: Development & Human Capital — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/san-marino/development