Data for 1992

Human Development Index, 1992

Name: Human Development Index, 1992
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1992, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 1992 covers 141 countries on 5 measures. United States is highest, at 0.882; Niger is lowest, at 0.222. The middle country reads 0.639. Against 1991, 135 values changed (106 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 1992

HighestUnited States

0.882

LowestNiger

0.222

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

141countries
5measures per country
1992the year it describes
129distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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1	United States`USA`Northern America	0.882	75.779	15.728	13.0750	43,266
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.873	77.853	17.106	11.0940	34,680
=3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.868	77.473	17.432	11.2695	29,603
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.868	77.246	14.640	11.7843	46,773
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.863	77.944	13.811	10.5136	66,206
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.861	77.365	14.947	11.2273	42,935
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.860	78.587	15.560	10.7411	37,093
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.859	79.303	13.634	11.7290	39,414
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.850	75.269	14.525	11.5200	43,610
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.849	76.004	14.755	10.7843	45,003
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.845	76.358	15.449	9.6858	45,942
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.841	75.992	14.230	10.3807	47,632
=13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.833	75.647	15.740	9.6277	36,389
=13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.833	75.326	16.485	7.9960	49,609
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.829	78.071	13.405	10.0200	39,143
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.824	76.307	14.265	9.8148	36,648
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.822	76.191	15.087	10.6670	24,193
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.814	77.297	14.699	7.9343	41,256
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.801	74.746	11.103	9.1640	71,802
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.800	77.365	13.532	7.6993	43,542
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.794	77.273	12.538	10.0323	24,730
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.787	75.423	12.938	9.4100	27,615
=23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.782	72.090	12.217	7.7300	94,742
=23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.782	77.306	13.240	8.0693	28,293
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.781	77.589	14.798	6.2677	31,367
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.773	77.988	9.970	9.0340	37,698
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.770	73.876	11.795	6.6791	81,349
28	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.762	71.298	11.326	10.2160	29,124
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.761	76.291	11.001	8.6100	29,301
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.759	72.175	13.356	9.5620	18,471
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.752	72.330	11.748	9.4787	23,338
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.748	76.680	12.943	6.6828	23,372
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.744	67.843	12.174	10.0305	24,607
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.743	72.096	13.313	8.2580	19,221
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.741	73.419	12.382	7.8423	22,371
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.735	74.871	13.219	5.6143	27,572
37	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.733	68.947	12.189	9.6446	18,844
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.732	73.610	13.224	8.6296	12,116
39	Chile`CHL`South America	0.730	74.367	12.726	8.5437	12,552
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.729	71.166	10.094	6.3554	91,649
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.728	72.785	11.752	5.6850	43,988
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.724	70.900	12.160	10.0430	11,771
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.723	70.337	12.044	9.5071	14,126
=44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.722	69.159	12.621	10.1486	11,964
=44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.722	69.167	11.297	9.6182	18,091
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.719	73.185	12.866	7.2312	15,315
=47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.709	71.178	12.129	7.3700	17,003
=47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.709	68.451	12.272	9.8019	11,572
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.703	69.974	15.332	4.1620	20,064
50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.702	71.365	11.704	7.4700	15,411
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.699	75.735	8.105	5.7129	57,477
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.694	69.506	10.934	8.6900	13,276
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.692	70.734	11.865	6.7405	15,956
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.691	76.385	10.242	6.9908	12,926
55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.688	69.799	9.515	5.7760	47,432
=56	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.680	64.978	11.909	7.9559	15,469
=56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.680	71.461	10.903	7.5040	11,591
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.676	71.177	10.673	5.8364	20,008
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.674	73.846	12.370	9.0885	4,382
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.672	69.663	10.992	6.0920	17,793
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.670	71.483	10.795	6.5352	12,869
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.665	67.780	10.577	7.5889	12,736
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.664	71.816	11.046	6.8535	9,318
=64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.654	69.468	11.402	6.8641	8,698
=64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.654	67.927	11.800	9.4894	4,894
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.652	66.653	10.996	6.3044	14,350
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.650	69.619	11.664	8.9015	4,611
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.648	66.539	14.193	3.9769	11,917
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.645	62.839	12.700	7.4140	8,917
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.642	71.302	11.187	4.9625	10,659
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.639	68.764	10.261	6.4486	9,959
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.638	70.400	11.977	5.5616	7,191
=73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.637	65.407	11.723	7.0467	7,959
=73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.637	70.213	10.235	5.9480	9,859
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.634	69.601	10.472	5.7921	9,711
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.631	64.427	11.423	9.4029	4,707
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.629	65.031	11.393	7.8913	5,996
78	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.628	61.013	11.150	4.6800	26,220
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.622	73.303	10.658	7.3478	3,603
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.619	67.961	9.735	5.9500	9,329
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.618	67.882	10.312	9.9232	3,127
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.608	68.603	9.222	4.5672	13,146
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.604	68.525	9.634	5.5286	7,536
=84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.603	60.160	12.471	5.7190	7,999
=84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.603	69.353	9.341	4.7458	9,684
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.601	67.725	9.909	4.2833	10,794
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.599	65.353	10.799	7.2580	4,320
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.589	58.190	10.512	5.9960	10,878
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.586	63.585	9.431	5.6290	8,280
=90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.582	70.243	10.175	3.9772	5,817
=90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.582	69.684	10.023	3.7468	6,831
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.581	60.440	8.751	8.5411	5,186
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.572	56.483	10.692	6.2186	7,878
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.568	57.923	11.584	6.2100	5,110
95	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.566	60.290	9.917	7.3573	4,133
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.558	59.284	9.501	6.2269	5,699
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.545	64.182	9.874	3.7663	5,173
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.538	62.944	8.812	3.9700	6,195
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.532	65.344	7.533	5.0087	4,476
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.531	63.672	8.018	5.7689	3,508
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.523	65.908	8.281	4.0233	4,008
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.521	69.620	8.313	4.3734	2,580
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.511	69.059	8.600	4.5360	1,998
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507	62.816	8.789	5.4115	2,184
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.506	61.992	6.986	3.3452	7,667
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.487	55.602	9.543	5.3200	2,367
107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.484	57.095	8.020	4.1764	3,761
108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.481	58.638	8.965	4.2785	2,359
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.466	54.041	9.364	2.8834	3,609
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.461	63.388	6.500	2.3300	4,324
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.453	59.445	8.229	2.9872	2,216
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.444	56.055	5.899	4.4387	2,859
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.442	54.053	8.048	2.3049	3,767
114	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.421	60.260	4.875	2.6423	3,555
=115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.420	55.098	6.654	3.5747	1,996
=115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.420	56.686	7.672	2.5749	1,847
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.414	46.968	7.914	4.6621	2,058
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.411	56.592	5.945	3.5061	1,810
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.409	58.568	4.091	2.4211	5,098
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.406	54.077	7.213	2.4845	1,994
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.405	59.983	4.323	2.5156	3,343
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.396	55.747	7.099	2.9266	1,263
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.392	52.429	5.558	2.1487	3,391
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.388	45.587	6.202	3.1044	3,484
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.387	49.323	6.334	3.9348	1,609
=126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.381	57.287	4.500	1.9468	2,900
=126	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.381	51.432	5.411	3.5133	1,688
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.370	59.260	5.714	0.4836	2,419
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.368	57.681	7.633	2.3232	712
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.363	54.137	5.100	1.6100	2,212
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.347	52.477	4.175	1.6472	2,581
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.339	47.671	5.243	3.3273	1,070
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321	49.213	4.095	2.0020	1,491
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.318	43.636	6.293	2.3752	1,002
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.305	43.451	4.428	2.0885	1,479
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.301	46.569	3.520	0.9586	2,990
137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.294	44.469	4.203	1.5678	1,397
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.293	48.266	2.996	1.3380	1,990
139	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.251	47.238	2.153	0.9193	1,572
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.245	45.095	3.926	1.5767	480
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.222	43.064	2.024	0.8084	1,174

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1United States0.882
#2Canada0.873
#3Australiashared0.868
#3Norwayshared0.868
#5Switzerland0.863

Lowest

#141Niger0.222
#140Mozambique0.245
#139Mali0.251
#138Guinea0.293
#137Burundi0.294

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.639. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestJapan79.303
LowestNiger43.064
Middle country: 68.947
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia17.432
LowestNiger2.024
Middle country: 10.795
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestUnited States13.0750
LowestYemen0.4836
Middle country: 6.2269
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestBrunei94,742
LowestMozambique480
Middle country: 9,711

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 141 in both
106 · 29rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Iraq0.504 → 0.532+0.028
Portugal0.718 → 0.735+0.017
Belgium0.829 → 0.845+0.016
Guyana0.491 → 0.507+0.016
Bangladesh0.395 → 0.411+0.016

Fell most

Armenia0.652 → 0.618−0.034
Latvia0.733 → 0.709−0.024
Albania0.638 → 0.622−0.016
Central African Republic0.336 → 0.321−0.015
Lithuania0.738 → 0.723−0.015

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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.

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One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
129 distinct values among 141
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.868. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 141 countries has every column.

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