Data for 1995

Human Development Index, 1995

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Human Development Index, 1995 covers 149 countries on 5 measures. United States is highest, at 0.888; Niger is lowest, at 0.238. The middle country reads 0.654. Against 1994, 137 values changed (121 up, 16 down), 7 countries joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 1995

HighestUnited States

0.888

LowestNiger

0.238

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

149countries
5measures per country
1995the year it describes
130distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	United States`USA`Northern America	0.888	75.852	15.9443	13.1350	46,001.0
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.887	77.797	15.6637	11.8957	51,630.3
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.886	77.551	16.8147	11.4142	46,332.6
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.882	78.257	18.9700	11.3356	32,067.5
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.881	78.021	16.8726	11.6160	37,178.6
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.875	76.840	17.4026	10.1075	48,376.9
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.874	79.684	14.6658	11.8625	40,379.1
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.872	78.565	14.3924	10.4826	66,015.3
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.870	76.552	15.7528	11.4153	46,054.1
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.869	78.822	16.1077	10.5300	41,244.1
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.863	77.543	15.8529	11.0913	37,676.8
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.862	75.287	15.1812	11.6500	47,247.6
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.858	76.785	16.9464	11.4680	27,385.6
=14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.856	76.775	14.8277	10.6529	49,347.0
=14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.856	76.604	16.4172	10.2992	39,109.9
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.854	75.725	16.6015	8.6800	60,512.8
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.837	77.871	15.7727	8.5107	42,249.5
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.835	76.614	14.8562	10.0818	37,194.4
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.824	75.878	11.8035	9.6860	76,441.1
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.823	78.125	14.5440	8.0911	45,338.1
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.810	78.052	13.0759	10.2315	27,142.7
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.809	75.474	13.8614	9.8300	32,148.9
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.804	78.200	15.7524	6.8608	32,243.9
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.800	79.106	10.8612	9.5860	40,785.1
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.792	77.893	13.3901	8.4571	28,478.9
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.789	73.375	14.2735	10.0000	22,858.4
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.788	74.404	12.5134	7.0796	76,123.2
28	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.784	72.838	11.6520	8.0600	94,986.3
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.781	73.177	12.9495	10.0447	25,486.4
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.777	76.583	11.5074	9.0975	30,413.3
31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.774	71.422	11.3776	10.5250	33,402.5
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.773	75.550	15.4171	6.1371	28,275.8
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.768	74.419	12.6694	8.8392	25,358.9
=34	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.763	75.665	11.6716	5.8234	77,098.4
=34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.763	76.982	13.3419	7.0112	25,987.4
=36	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.754	72.864	13.4543	8.4620	20,563.5
=36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.754	71.959	13.1009	10.6062	14,160.8
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.747	71.392	10.2977	7.2513	101,964.5
=39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.744	73.880	13.6356	9.0211	12,696.8
=39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.744	69.969	12.5526	9.8255	19,080.9
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.739	75.298	12.0898	8.7821	14,641.2
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.737	73.361	11.1703	6.5700	44,792.7
=43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.729	72.254	12.1478	8.4000	17,645.1
=43	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.729	73.493	13.2286	7.3456	16,365.8
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.725	67.814	12.7968	10.8832	11,914.5
=46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.713	72.561	10.9881	8.0880	17,527.0
=46	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.713	63.995	11.5729	10.5960	19,080.8
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.712	70.641	15.5680	4.6900	18,193.3
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.709	70.962	12.1744	8.2600	13,431.5
=50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.706	76.440	10.6989	7.2643	14,366.9
=50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.706	69.018	11.5856	10.0268	11,103.0
52	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.705	70.944	10.2428	6.0773	43,134.2
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.702	67.114	11.9802	10.1928	10,990.1
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.701	69.323	10.8135	8.9870	14,912.5
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.698	71.172	12.0136	7.0121	15,498.0
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.695	65.995	11.3697	10.7685	10,531.2
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.692	68.752	12.0014	9.9604	8,057.5
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.691	71.979	10.8420	7.1170	15,823.1
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.690	71.994	11.1860	7.6450	12,205.8
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.687	71.714	10.5908	6.5809	19,052.1
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.686	72.726	12.7520	6.9806	8,825.4
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.680	70.703	11.2150	6.3050	16,818.4
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.677	67.995	10.8214	8.0972	13,145.3
64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.675	68.592	12.3891	10.0432	5,506.9
=65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.672	71.349	11.8808	7.0353	9,129.1
=65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.672	67.904	11.2899	7.1530	13,899.4
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.667	69.746	11.9287	9.4662	5,273.2
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.666	67.701	14.3420	4.4148	13,216.5
=69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.665	71.488	10.8122	7.1040	9,690.6
=69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.665	63.717	11.5554	8.6380	11,627.6
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.664	74.346	11.5247	9.5315	3,770.6
=72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.655	69.810	10.5566	6.6036	11,242.9
=72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.655	69.469	11.6578	10.4808	3,776.4
=74	Peru`PER`South America	0.654	67.220	11.8152	8.0682	7,086.0
=74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.654	61.603	12.9523	8.4855	9,069.5
=76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.653	66.007	11.8606	7.7184	8,541.2
=76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.653	70.915	11.9845	6.3967	7,479.5
=76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.653	71.965	11.1323	5.5712	10,625.2
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.650	70.600	10.6299	6.0800	10,773.5
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.647	69.484	10.9830	6.3086	9,624.4
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.640	61.270	11.2813	5.2200	27,403.0
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.638	74.022	10.0591	7.3422	5,178.0
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.637	68.778	10.4066	6.2664	9,753.7
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.631	68.813	10.1751	10.1328	3,558.5
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.628	69.757	10.0668	5.0991	11,743.1
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.624	69.394	10.1702	5.9221	8,198.4
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.623	69.734	9.6003	4.7325	13,712.4
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.618	61.931	11.3932	10.1028	4,046.5
=89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.609	65.214	9.9724	6.1185	8,667.6
=89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.609	66.311	10.8984	7.3750	4,613.5
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.608	67.691	9.9580	4.8326	10,168.7
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.606	70.785	10.9889	4.1710	6,980.5
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.595	57.518	13.0861	5.7460	7,709.6
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.594	59.787	12.4419	6.5433	5,529.7
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.590	62.919	10.2962	9.7500	2,915.0
=96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.587	70.209	9.7200	4.2688	6,718.5
=96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.587	62.505	10.1440	7.7091	4,452.3
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.583	54.713	10.7009	6.7100	11,070.4
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.575	65.263	10.2556	4.5856	6,235.1
100	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.572	60.891	7.4906	8.6206	5,339.9
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.567	64.903	9.6109	4.3471	7,009.3
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.556	70.871	9.2511	4.7853	3,257.1
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.551	55.474	10.1245	6.7553	5,534.5
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.549	64.869	8.5298	6.1491	3,627.2
105	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.547	61.389	10.0655	10.2653	1,549.5
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.543	70.363	8.7254	5.1300	2,724.4
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.540	55.080	9.6099	6.1314	6,025.5
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.538	64.761	7.8519	5.2241	4,558.4
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.537	66.919	8.5760	4.2622	4,156.7
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.536	62.668	9.2937	5.6217	3,256.4
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.522	63.662	7.1691	3.5714	8,091.2
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.488	55.856	8.2446	4.6840	3,725.2
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.484	64.725	7.2618	2.6600	4,263.8
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.477	51.144	9.8476	5.7790	2,477.2
115	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.476	56.368	9.0879	4.5274	2,362.3
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.473	55.582	9.5426	3.1883	3,137.3
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.469	60.630	8.2650	3.2972	2,511.6
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.459	56.662	6.2844	4.8221	2,981.3
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.442	60.929	5.3163	3.0138	3,857.3
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.439	58.861	5.3816	2.6528	5,147.0
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.438	59.323	7.7692	2.7362	1,997.6
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.436	56.344	6.6977	3.8884	2,255.8
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.434	58.244	6.5532	3.8195	1,967.4
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.433	53.347	7.6692	2.5562	3,321.1
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.425	53.692	8.4748	2.7355	2,007.5
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.415	60.273	4.4503	2.8143	3,391.3
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.413	46.051	8.0907	4.9352	1,999.2
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.404	56.562	7.4210	3.0900	1,228.2
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.402	45.870	6.7957	3.6330	3,282.6
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.399	51.713	5.8883	2.4154	3,413.2
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.393	60.532	6.2298	0.7242	2,632.6
=132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.385	50.381	6.5542	4.5630	1,122.1
=132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.385	58.671	7.7688	2.4768	834.0
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.384	57.336	4.7834	1.8705	2,845.5
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.383	55.366	5.5601	1.8650	2,322.8
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.380	51.005	5.2691	3.7854	1,642.8
=137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.370	54.292	4.7237	2.0252	2,420.7
=137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.370	43.804	10.4831	2.5203	1,151.6
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.356	47.706	5.6220	3.5591	1,274.3
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.329	52.103	4.3964	1.0885	2,035.0
141	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.326	48.109	4.4004	2.2033	1,489.6
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.318	56.234	2.8735	1.1580	2,533.2
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.314	49.836	3.6243	1.3768	2,129.3
=143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.314	42.579	5.0852	2.3634	1,451.1
=145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.294	44.589	4.5141	1.7294	1,130.7
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.294	41.518	5.6448	2.1317	931.3
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.273	48.292	2.8273	1.0319	1,571.1
148	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.257	46.546	4.1532	1.5420	519.7
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.238	45.504	2.2824	0.9287	1,129.1

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

#1United States0.888
#2Norway0.887
#3Netherlands0.886
#4Australia0.882
#5Canada0.881

Lowest

#149Niger0.238
#148Mozambique0.257
#147Mali0.273
#145Rwandashared0.294
#145Burundishared0.294

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.654. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestJapan79.684
LowestRwanda41.518
Middle country: 69.018
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia18.9700
LowestNiger2.2824
Middle country: 10.8984
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestUnited States13.1350
LowestYemen0.7242
Middle country: 6.8608
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates101,964.5
LowestMozambique519.7
Middle country: 9,624.4

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 142 in both
121 · 16rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Malawi0.325 → 0.370+0.045
Kuwait0.734 → 0.763+0.029
Afghanistan0.305 → 0.329+0.024
Estonia0.711 → 0.725+0.014
Vietnam0.543 → 0.556+0.013

Fell most

Republic of the Congo0.561 → 0.551−0.010
Iraq0.547 → 0.538−0.009
Iceland0.868 → 0.863−0.005
Kyrgyzstan0.595 → 0.590−0.005
Namibia0.600 → 0.595−0.005

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Djibouti

+ Croatia

+ Rwanda

+ Serbia

+ Samoa

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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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 1995.
130 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.653. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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