Data for 2018

Human Capital Index, 2018

Name: Human Capital Index, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Index, 2018 covers 166 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.88708; Chad is lowest, at 0.29903. The middle country reads 0.55800. Against 2017, 156 values changed (88 up, 68 down), 10 countries joined.

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Human Capital Index · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

0.88708

LowestChad

0.29903

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

166countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
166distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Human Capital Index, 2018, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Human Capital Index, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.88708
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.84071
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.83455
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.82172
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.81448
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.81368
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.80304
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.80251
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.80009
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.78869
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.78344
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.78083
13	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.77706
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.77698
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.77413
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.77121
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.77083
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.76867
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.76853
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.76611
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.76452
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.76377
23	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.76329
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.76306
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.76276
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.76022
27	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.75949
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.75596
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.75462
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.75288
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.74343
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.73835
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.73616
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.72937
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.72895
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.72670
37	United States`USA`Northern America	0.71368
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.70849
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.70506
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.69481
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.69237
42	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.68724
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.68005
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.67600
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.67028
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.66527
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.66390
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.64710
49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.64238
50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.63483
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.63258
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.63056
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.62931
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.62867
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.62531
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.62327
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.62282
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.61927
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.61737
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.61731
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.61686
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.61166
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.61119
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.60906
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.60326
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.60237
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.60233
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.59865
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.59622
70	Peru`PER`South America	0.59462
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.59441
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.59355
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.59337
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.59221
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.58859
76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.58176
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.58173
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.58075
79	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.57822
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.57247
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.57173
82	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.56731
83	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.56426
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.55174
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.54902
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.54693
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.54572
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.54499
89	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.54219
90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.54213
91	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.54119
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.53927
93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.53796
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.53586
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.53539
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.53199
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52751
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.52464
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.52239
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.51803
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.51394
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.50961
103	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.50738
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.50688
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.49819
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.49434
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.49254
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.49251
109	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.49068
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.48480
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48031
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.47183
113	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.47072
114	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.46642
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.46124
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.45855
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.45682
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.45677
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.45639
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.45305
121	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.44508
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.44479
123	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.44475
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.44349
125	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.44053
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.43086
127	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.42477
128	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.42255
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.42106
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.42079
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.41784
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.41252
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.41106
134	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.40437
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.40329
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.40095
137	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.39948
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.39930
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.39849
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39695
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.39349
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.39332
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39118
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.38957
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.38626
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.38549
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.38410
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.38213
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.37828
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.37691
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.37604
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.37264
153	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.37059
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.36997
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.36954
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.36908
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.36453
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.36019
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.35547
160	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.35475
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.35329
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.32151
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.31803
164	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.31757
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.30591
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.29903

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore0.88708
2Japan0.84071
3South Korea0.83455
4Hong Kong0.82172
5Finland0.81448

Lowest

166Chad0.29903
165South Sudan0.30591
164Liberia0.31757
163Niger0.31803
162Mali0.32151

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.55800. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 156 in both
88 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

India0.44000 → 0.48480+0.04480
El Salvador0.50100 → 0.54499+0.04399
Papua New Guinea0.38400 → 0.42477+0.04077
Azerbaijan0.59700 → 0.62931+0.03231
Kazakhstan0.74600 → 0.77706+0.03106

Fell most

Tuvalu0.55400 → 0.44053−0.11347
United States0.76200 → 0.71368−0.04832
Seychelles0.67800 → 0.63056−0.04744
Eswatini0.40900 → 0.36954−0.03946
Germany0.79500 → 0.76377−0.03123

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Dominica

+ Micronesia

+ Grenada

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Saint Lucia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Palau

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

+ Samoa

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2018). Human Capital Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-index/2018

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