Data for 2020

Human Capital Index, 2020

Name: Human Capital Index, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
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Figures for 2020, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Index, 2020 covers 172 countries. Singapore is highest, at 0.87913; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.29163. The middle country reads 0.56383. Against 2018, 166 values changed (98 up, 68 down), 6 countries joined.

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Human Capital Index · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

0.87913

LowestCentral African Republic

0.29163

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

172countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
171distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Human Capital Index, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.87913
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.81276
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.80471
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.79878
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.79752
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.79600
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.79567
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.79536
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.79260
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.78992
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.78294
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.77720
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.77593
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.77499
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.77105
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.77024
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.76895
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.76274
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.76042
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.75612
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.75552
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.75509
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.75309
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.75226
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.75116
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.74674
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.74528
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.73400
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.72826
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.72782
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.70969
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.70925
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.70658
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.70605
35	United States`USA`Northern America	0.70176
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.70008
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.69001
38	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.68996
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.68615
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.68309
41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.68142
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.67661
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.67301
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.66499
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.65310
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.65247
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.65160
48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.64926
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.63777
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.63425
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.63318
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.63278
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.63139
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.62864
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.62851
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.62639
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.62281
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.62186
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.61440
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.61390
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.61295
62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.61098
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.60931
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.60812
65	Peru`PER`South America	0.60519
66	Colombia`COL`South America	0.60433
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.60349
68	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.60256
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.60214
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.59876
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.59832
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.59662
73	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.59570
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.59425
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.59340
76	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.58811
77	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.58618
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.58419
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.58415
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.58000
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.57968
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.57900
83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.57777
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.57639
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.56893
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.56507
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.56259
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.55735
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.55317
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.55150
91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.54842
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.54675
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.54618
94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.54475
95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.54004
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.53498
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.53456
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.53334
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.53112
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52818
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.51681
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.51596
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.51513
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.50857
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.50810
106	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.50597
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.50460
=108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.50412
=108	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.50412
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.50277
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.50160
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.49523
113	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.49437
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.49351
115	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.49259
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.49159
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.48102
118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.47765
119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.47530
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.46689
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.46404
122	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.46127
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.45761
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.45667
125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.45466
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.45431
127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.45006
128	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.44758
129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.44656
130	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.44644
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.43187
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.42919
133	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.42545
134	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.42340
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.42157
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.42011
137	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.41987
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.41927
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.41403
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.41324
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.40764
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.40607
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.40469
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.40039
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40029
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.40028
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.39740
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39693
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.39199
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.38983
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.38617
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.38418
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.38369
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.38278
155	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.38155
156	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.37989
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.37955
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.37745
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.37278
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.37250
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.37094
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.36637
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.36270
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.36241
165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.36212
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.36061
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.31901
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.31827
169	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.31569
170	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.30652
171	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.29978
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.29163

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore0.87913
2Hong Kong0.81276
3Japan0.80471
4South Korea0.79878
5Canada0.79752

Lowest

172Central African Republic0.29163
171Chad0.29978
170South Sudan0.30652
169Niger0.31569
168Mali0.31827

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.56383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2020

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
98 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Micronesia0.46642 → 0.50597+0.03955
Macau0.76329 → 0.79567+0.03238
Samoa0.52239 → 0.54842+0.02603
Costa Rica0.60326 → 0.62864+0.02538
Türkiye0.62531 → 0.64926+0.02395

Fell most

Kazakhstan0.77706 → 0.62851−0.14855
Serbia0.75949 → 0.67661−0.08288
Bulgaria0.67028 → 0.61390−0.05638
Azerbaijan0.62931 → 0.57777−0.05154
Russia0.72895 → 0.68142−0.04753

+ Belarus

+ Brunei

+ Bhutan

+ Central African Republic

+ Fiji

+ Uzbekistan

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

171 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 0.50412. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2020). Human Capital Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-index/2020

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