Data for 1993

Human Development Index, 1993

Name: Human Development Index, 1993
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Human Development Index, 1993 covers 142 countries on 5 measures. United States is highest, at 0.884; Niger is lowest, at 0.228. The middle country reads 0.644. Against 1992, 139 values changed (116 up, 23 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 1993

HighestUnited States

0.884

LowestNiger

0.228

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

142countries
5measures per country
1993the year it describes
129distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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1	United States`USA`Northern America	0.884	75.568	15.924	13.122	43,694.2
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.875	77.221	15.175	11.821	47,829.0
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.872	78.006	17.431	11.292	30,461.6
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.871	77.725	16.728	11.268	35,125.0
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.867	78.234	14.127	10.503	65,820.6
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.865	79.446	14.093	11.774	39,313.7
=7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.863	78.809	15.540	10.858	37,132.7
=7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.863	77.041	15.208	11.290	43,355.5
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.860	76.363	16.719	9.826	45,770.3
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.859	76.080	15.478	10.995	44,452.4
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.853	75.189	14.798	11.540	43,649.5
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.850	78.136	15.386	10.210	37,400.8
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.845	76.225	14.419	10.471	47,504.8
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.840	75.533	16.524	8.224	52,603.7
=15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.838	75.885	15.962	9.852	35,734.6
=15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.838	76.499	16.024	10.934	25,391.8
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.827	76.160	14.462	9.904	37,440.1
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.818	77.349	14.814	8.126	40,952.3
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.812	75.426	11.418	9.338	74,201.8
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.806	77.653	13.828	7.830	43,226.0
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.801	77.862	12.739	10.099	25,118.0
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.794	75.289	13.409	9.550	28,343.0
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.789	77.728	15.257	6.465	30,926.2
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.784	77.691	13.171	8.199	27,608.9
=24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.784	78.327	10.259	9.218	40,684.9
26	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.783	72.333	12.030	7.840	92,595.1
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.778	74.071	12.205	6.813	77,804.7
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.770	72.745	13.739	9.708	19,603.8
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.764	76.294	11.167	8.772	28,837.4
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.763	71.420	11.343	10.319	28,241.1
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.760	72.853	11.963	9.667	23,499.6
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.754	76.834	13.154	6.792	23,968.8
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.751	74.761	14.482	5.789	26,999.0
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.748	72.303	13.273	8.326	20,647.8
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.746	73.584	12.293	8.175	23,051.0
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.737	71.344	12.823	10.231	12,276.9
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.736	71.159	10.286	6.654	91,795.8
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.735	73.739	13.361	8.760	12,088.7
39	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.732	72.939	11.549	5.980	46,203.1
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.729	69.180	11.777	9.687	18,570.7
=41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.725	74.679	11.739	8.623	13,253.0
=41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.725	65.039	11.851	10.219	22,695.5
43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.722	73.147	12.987	7.269	15,654.5
44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.721	68.287	11.909	9.827	15,861.0
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.713	68.222	12.328	10.393	11,044.6
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.711	71.185	12.012	7.667	16,910.5
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.710	71.880	11.829	7.780	15,500.4
=48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.705	70.247	15.410	4.338	18,937.4
=48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.705	68.934	11.610	9.680	11,880.4
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.704	75.772	7.968	5.750	68,375.9
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.696	76.315	10.394	7.082	13,681.3
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.694	71.050	11.914	6.831	15,587.3
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.693	70.208	9.752	5.876	45,303.9
=54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.692	66.629	11.733	10.124	10,027.4
=54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.692	69.512	10.643	8.789	13,474.3
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.686	71.805	11.051	7.551	12,236.5
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.680	71.385	10.646	6.085	19,612.6
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.677	71.721	10.748	6.729	13,860.1
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.675	69.961	10.955	6.163	18,036.9
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.673	64.538	11.662	8.183	14,053.4
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.667	67.825	10.599	7.758	12,572.5
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.665	73.874	12.275	9.236	3,708.2
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.664	71.758	10.968	6.937	9,445.2
=64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.660	70.070	11.562	6.921	8,812.2
=64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.660	68.157	11.993	9.674	5,054.8
=66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.658	67.037	11.093	6.587	14,048.2
=66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.658	70.049	11.751	9.090	4,884.2
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.654	66.892	14.243	4.123	12,236.7
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.650	62.618	12.928	7.771	8,885.0
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.647	71.731	11.120	5.153	10,749.3
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.645	69.083	10.420	6.500	10,382.8
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.643	70.568	12.003	5.840	7,230.8
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.642	65.510	11.769	7.271	8,040.7
74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.641	70.365	10.367	5.992	10,197.2
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.640	69.595	10.639	5.964	10,063.8
76	Peru`PER`South America	0.633	65.732	11.355	7.950	6,162.2
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.631	61.125	11.194	4.860	26,258.5
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.626	68.234	10.024	6.055	9,484.4
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.624	73.638	10.074	7.346	4,079.8
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.621	68.143	10.728	9.993	2,951.0
=81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.615	63.646	11.029	9.519	3,927.8
=81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.615	69.018	9.371	4.622	13,938.3
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.612	69.568	9.630	4.864	10,379.6
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.611	68.860	9.810	5.660	7,801.5
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.603	67.797	9.916	4.466	10,433.9
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.602	65.661	10.832	7.297	4,377.9
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.601	59.260	12.885	5.728	7,603.2
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.593	64.147	9.611	5.792	8,322.1
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.588	57.316	10.472	6.234	11,081.9
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.587	69.992	10.242	3.888	6,762.1
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.583	70.309	10.069	4.074	5,952.2
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.579	62.110	9.992	7.475	4,280.2
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.577	58.660	11.863	6.321	5,220.6
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.567	60.829	7.620	8.568	4,762.1
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.566	56.041	10.503	6.398	7,209.9
96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.555	64.851	9.861	4.039	5,490.6
=97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.550	58.092	9.430	6.195	5,548.6
=97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.550	65.310	7.638	5.079	6,338.7
99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.549	55.512	10.820	9.880	2,425.5
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.548	63.998	8.962	4.096	6,462.0
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.534	64.093	8.188	5.896	3,356.8
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.531	69.957	8.626	4.511	2,723.5
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.529	66.074	8.340	4.103	4,289.4
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.522	69.492	8.606	4.734	2,245.1
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.521	63.016	8.954	5.482	2,667.5
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.510	62.442	7.029	3.421	7,791.5
=107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.483	56.668	8.093	4.346	3,589.9
=107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.483	53.976	9.644	5.473	2,389.3
109	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.477	58.060	8.697	4.361	2,372.4
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.468	63.868	6.739	2.440	4,198.1
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.467	54.478	9.423	2.985	3,347.3
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.458	59.823	8.241	3.091	2,277.5
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.450	56.286	6.025	4.567	2,914.2
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.436	53.872	7.922	2.389	3,380.5
115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.432	60.466	5.018	2.766	4,050.7
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.426	55.583	6.733	3.679	2,057.1
117	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.425	57.597	7.676	2.629	1,868.0
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.421	58.733	4.563	2.498	5,153.2
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.419	57.073	6.148	3.611	1,863.6
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.417	46.678	7.973	4.753	2,196.7
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.408	60.083	4.365	2.615	3,305.3
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.404	53.852	7.488	2.568	1,730.8
123	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.399	56.036	7.206	2.981	1,250.7
=124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.393	52.247	5.666	2.238	3,297.1
=124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.393	45.783	6.394	3.281	3,370.4
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.385	49.621	6.407	4.144	1,381.6
=127	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.382	57.348	4.594	1.921	2,835.3
=127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.382	51.215	5.498	3.604	1,659.4
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	59.655	5.881	0.564	2,441.1
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.374	58.032	7.772	2.374	744.8
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.371	54.612	5.249	1.695	2,280.7
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.355	53.150	4.350	1.773	2,534.6
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.347	47.681	5.567	3.405	1,136.1
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.324	43.648	6.444	2.424	1,083.6
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321	48.899	4.197	2.069	1,434.1
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.312	43.428	4.647	2.180	1,571.1
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.311	51.021	3.812	1.002	1,993.7
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.300	48.819	3.172	1.351	2,064.9
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.265	37.221	4.480	1.622	1,343.5
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.259	47.586	2.360	0.957	1,594.1
141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.252	45.675	3.953	1.565	519.6
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.228	43.838	2.110	0.848	1,158.2

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

#1United States0.884
#2Norway0.875
#3Australia0.872
#4Canada0.871
#5Switzerland0.867

Lowest

#142Niger0.228
#141Mozambique0.252
#140Mali0.259
#139Burundi0.265
#138Guinea0.300

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.644. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestJapan79.446
LowestBurundi37.221
Middle country: 68.897
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia17.431
LowestNiger2.110
Middle country: 10.738
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestUnited States13.122
LowestYemen0.564
Middle country: 6.431
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestBrunei92,595.1
LowestMozambique519.6
Middle country: 10,045.6

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 141 in both
116 · 23rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Sweden0.829 → 0.850+0.021
Iraq0.532 → 0.550+0.018
New Zealand0.822 → 0.838+0.016
Portugal0.735 → 0.751+0.016
Belgium0.845 → 0.860+0.015

Fell most

Burundi0.294 → 0.265−0.029
Russia0.744 → 0.725−0.019
Lithuania0.723 → 0.705−0.018
Latvia0.709 → 0.692−0.017
Kyrgyzstan0.631 → 0.615−0.016

+ Tajikistan

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 1993.
129 distinct values among 142
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.863. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s
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Every one of the 142 countries has every column.

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