Data for 2000

Human Development Index, 2000

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Human Development Index, 2000 covers 171 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.924; Niger is lowest, at 0.266. The middle country reads 0.672. Against 1999, 148 values changed (138 up, 10 down), 18 countries joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2000

HighestNorway

0.924

LowestNiger

0.266

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

171countries
5measures per country
2000the year it describes
152distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.924	78.692	17.427	12.081	68,717.5
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.912	79.739	18.693	11.447	48,894.8
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.902	79.549	17.024	11.737	46,484.4
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.900	78.130	16.540	11.790	55,972.5
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.898	77.671	17.683	11.418	49,646.5
=6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.897	79.621	20.780	11.285	37,976.6
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.897	78.056	16.163	12.420	49,503.5
=8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.896	76.815	16.203	12.475	53,790.1
=8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.896	78.668	17.929	12.803	30,279.4
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.895	76.806	15.408	12.960	54,984.3
=11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.894	77.768	17.771	10.542	54,094.1
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.894	79.233	15.759	12.486	44,038.0
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.892	79.834	15.038	10.638	74,303.0
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.889	81.179	14.988	12.085	41,849.8
=15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.882	78.576	14.070	11.150	153,445.0
=15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.882	77.752	16.797	9.475	68,627.8
17	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.881	80.504	15.640	8.998	83,846.0
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.879	78.235	15.233	11.106	55,758.4
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.870	77.849	15.995	10.700	45,239.9
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.869	76.535	16.717	10.530	46,011.3
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.861	77.263	13.415	10.556	88,150.7
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.852	79.044	14.937	9.471	47,970.9
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.849	79.607	15.082	8.754	50,336.8
=24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.839	80.704	12.526	10.262	43,438.6
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.839	79.180	14.314	10.591	30,349.4
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.833	79.412	15.865	7.849	38,665.1
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.830	76.235	15.536	10.620	26,481.8
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.829	75.830	14.978	10.501	30,802.8
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.828	78.442	15.083	9.104	32,380.2
30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.825	81.863	10.547	9.814	54,809.1
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.817	74.978	14.021	10.988	28,476.7
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.808	77.900	12.404	9.910	33,675.2
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.801	73.645	14.895	11.243	18,664.8
34	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.797	76.830	15.685	6.790	32,971.7
35	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.795	75.250	12.128	7.652	98,270.2
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.793	71.014	15.163	12.180	16,194.0
37	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.792	74.017	11.532	8.290	90,894.2
=38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.790	77.903	14.054	7.470	30,504.0
=38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.790	76.347	10.326	8.479	95,250.5
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.789	73.910	15.688	8.802	21,829.0
41	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.787	72.481	11.464	11.040	33,714.9
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.781	71.758	14.343	10.171	21,657.6
=43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.778	75.873	12.269	6.212	74,223.4
=43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.778	72.139	14.499	10.948	15,710.3
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.775	74.673	11.618	8.045	49,059.4
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.774	73.139	13.486	9.950	20,415.6
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.771	77.128	13.136	9.148	17,242.0
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.769	74.001	12.822	9.623	20,929.1
=49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.764	70.175	14.192	11.471	13,838.3
=49	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.764	74.693	14.167	8.316	18,691.3
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.762	74.580	14.267	8.990	14,974.2
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.750	64.998	12.791	12.059	20,565.1
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.737	72.607	11.581	6.670	41,039.5
54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.736	64.499	13.707	12.064	13,636.1
=55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.733	71.575	12.805	9.743	12,426.4
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.733	72.732	12.393	8.420	17,059.2
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.730	71.159	12.209	9.482	14,900.1
58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.727	70.542	15.970	5.580	17,933.4
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.724	68.464	13.244	10.383	11,180.4
60	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.721	71.715	14.922	7.636	10,587.6
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.720	77.317	11.460	7.558	13,741.9
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.718	73.443	12.333	7.880	13,836.5
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.716	67.786	12.799	10.843	9,964.1
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.714	68.629	11.378	8.944	18,875.4
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.712	72.562	11.962	6.660	20,485.3
=66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.710	70.166	11.797	8.458	15,315.0
=66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.710	70.779	12.262	7.465	17,083.9
68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.707	73.643	10.468	5.421	41,099.2
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.705	70.091	12.590	11.806	5,742.0
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.703	72.388	10.453	7.822	17,634.3
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.702	71.179	12.377	10.561	6,486.2
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.701	72.334	13.172	7.440	10,127.4
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.700	70.350	12.072	9.396	9,202.2
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.697	75.922	12.445	9.997	4,638.9
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.692	63.793	12.238	9.788	13,260.1
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.690	69.584	14.593	5.272	13,467.1
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.688	69.635	13.021	10.046	5,777.4
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.686	72.569	11.895	6.677	11,927.3
=79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.683	72.090	12.679	7.321	8,323.2
=79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.683	71.760	11.928	6.300	13,421.9
=81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.682	74.826	10.821	8.751	6,754.1
=81	Peru`PER`South America	0.682	69.821	12.815	8.364	7,538.7
83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.679	70.905	12.154	6.863	10,752.3
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.676	70.791	11.610	10.846	4,621.7
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.674	75.292	11.280	6.613	8,624.3
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.672	71.926	11.815	7.360	8,016.5
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.671	68.911	11.891	7.169	10,752.1
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.669	71.931	11.133	5.451	15,571.2
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.668	66.194	12.089	8.254	9,450.1
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.667	70.812	10.725	10.492	4,802.7
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.664	70.026	12.146	6.794	8,737.5
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.659	71.281	10.103	7.521	9,158.0
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.658	70.365	11.131	6.465	10,353.2
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.657	71.205	11.324	5.664	11,413.0
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.654	72.604	12.535	4.949	8,649.5
=96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.652	65.377	11.507	10.300	5,284.4
=96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.652	61.810	11.503	6.150	22,833.6
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.651	70.576	11.222	5.609	11,116.3
=99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.639	67.332	10.778	6.366	10,268.6
=99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.639	70.892	11.992	3.469	13,518.6
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.632	67.789	11.539	7.570	5,324.8
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.630	62.057	14.016	7.099	5,998.3
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.627	65.242	11.437	10.347	3,423.2
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.618	58.368	11.936	7.464	9,643.4
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.611	63.458	9.161	9.040	5,842.6
106	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.610	63.536	10.541	8.295	5,157.2
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.607	67.711	10.897	4.976	7,343.3
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.604	72.746	10.559	5.638	4,205.5
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.603	65.456	10.591	10.062	2,714.5
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.600	66.292	10.765	5.951	5,713.9
111	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.598	72.288	9.905	6.120	3,945.0
112	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.596	64.317	10.652	7.804	4,048.2
=113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.594	52.263	11.744	7.610	12,252.6
=113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.594	70.856	10.012	4.364	6,536.0
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.593	66.360	10.033	6.850	4,553.3
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.592	64.860	8.340	5.604	11,493.6
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.585	68.117	10.892	5.314	4,194.2
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.567	64.075	10.200	6.011	3,947.4
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.563	67.102	8.418	3.917	8,717.3
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.561	52.946	12.027	5.791	7,914.4
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.558	68.302	9.167	4.597	4,408.7
122	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.554	63.542	9.621	10.800	1,462.3
123	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.547	67.116	10.996	5.092	2,311.5
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.545	55.371	9.179	7.263	5,252.3
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.528	66.794	8.563	3.260	4,976.2
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.508	53.395	6.096	6.394	8,388.2
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.507	58.097	9.691	3.773	4,172.6
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.501	62.749	8.326	4.143	3,069.5
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.500	56.084	8.391	5.427	3,696.7
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.497	58.175	9.848	3.736	3,229.4
131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.493	47.627	9.558	5.582	6,252.7
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.487	58.139	7.172	5.223	3,248.2
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.477	62.049	7.566	4.284	2,324.9
134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.473	58.317	7.926	4.248	2,658.0
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.471	62.642	8.580	2.895	2,319.3
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.468	61.044	6.303	3.019	4,908.4
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.462	48.783	9.671	5.004	2,962.4
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.461	58.941	8.182	2.716	3,041.4
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.458	46.034	10.418	6.544	2,294.0
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.456	61.609	6.143	3.365	3,198.6
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.448	54.577	9.483	3.084	2,125.4
=142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.443	51.852	10.435	3.525	1,772.1
=142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.443	57.974	7.824	3.903	1,702.8
=144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.439	53.338	7.394	2.981	3,572.1
=144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.439	62.761	7.208	1.337	3,247.4
146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.438	59.491	7.958	3.373	1,557.7
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.436	61.903	4.662	3.322	3,467.7
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.435	47.143	8.046	4.514	3,294.8
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.429	46.577	8.562	5.390	2,139.2
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.419	51.393	6.487	3.140	3,463.5
=151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.415	56.594	6.517	2.290	2,608.5
=151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.415	60.357	7.910	2.833	1,133.5
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.414	53.244	6.309	4.230	1,814.4
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.407	49.640	8.410	3.945	1,461.5
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.403	56.899	5.804	2.239	2,537.9
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.398	57.615	5.490	1.716	3,136.5
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.394	46.170	10.680	3.014	1,256.2
=158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.391	46.501	4.822	3.426	4,964.9
=158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.391	51.887	6.938	5.141	919.6
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.359	52.420	5.239	1.444	2,367.1
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.351	55.005	5.856	1.264	1,331.1
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.340	47.798	6.473	2.456	1,020.8
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.337	56.734	3.339	1.506	2,276.5
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.333	46.609	4.910	2.593	1,447.6
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.320	50.605	4.328	1.184	1,781.5
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.318	44.834	6.181	2.773	828.3
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.311	49.476	6.018	1.754	703.2
168	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.308	47.617	4.600	1.999	1,028.5
169	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.303	47.937	4.895	1.280	1,104.5
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.293	50.880	4.218	1.483	819.6
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.266	49.172	2.713	1.161	1,135.3

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.924
#2Sweden0.912
#3Iceland0.902
#4Netherlands0.900
#5Finland0.898

Lowest

#171Niger0.266
#170Ethiopia0.293
#169Chad0.303
#168Burundi0.308
#167Mozambique0.311

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.672. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra81.863
LowestSierra Leone44.834
Middle country: 70.175
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia20.780
LowestNiger2.713
Middle country: 11.539
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestUnited States12.960
LowestNiger1.161
Middle country: 7.440
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein153,445.0
LowestMozambique703.2
Middle country: 9,643.4

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+18 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 153 in both
138 · 10rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.403 → 0.443+0.040
Rwanda0.317 → 0.340+0.023
Estonia0.776 → 0.793+0.017
Sierra Leone0.301 → 0.318+0.017
Türkiye0.652 → 0.669+0.017

Fell most

Eswatini0.504 → 0.493−0.011
South Africa0.626 → 0.618−0.008
Solomon Islands0.554 → 0.547−0.007
France0.856 → 0.852−0.004
Zimbabwe0.462 → 0.458−0.004

+ Andorra

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Comoros

+ Cabo Verde

+ Dominica

+ Ethiopia

+ Micronesia

+ Georgia

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Liechtenstein

+ Maldives

+ Oman

+ Palau

+ San Marino

+ Chad

+ Timor-Leste

+ Uzbekistan

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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.

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