Data for 2001

Human Development Index, 2001

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Human Development Index, 2001 covers 171 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.923; Niger is lowest, at 0.272. The middle country reads 0.677. Against 2000, 169 values changed (158 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2001

HighestNorway

0.923

LowestNiger

0.272

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

171countries
5measures per country
2001the year it describes
147distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 2001: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.923	78.896	17.0314	12.1186	69,721
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.915	79.836	18.6844	11.6300	49,213
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.910	80.421	17.0502	11.8838	47,708
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.908	78.142	17.9814	11.6423	51,176
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.904	78.402	16.2350	12.7648	50,179
=6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.902	76.974	16.5472	12.6400	54,423
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.902	78.338	16.6025	11.7900	56,104
=6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.902	78.662	18.1684	13.0700	31,826
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.900	80.006	20.9444	11.3416	38,416
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.899	78.082	18.3099	10.6387	54,137
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.897	79.449	15.6795	12.6600	44,068
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.897	76.919	15.5477	12.9250	55,298
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.895	80.251	15.0658	10.7514	73,207
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.892	81.510	15.0193	12.1295	41,968
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.888	79.194	14.1662	11.2411	138,373
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.885	78.267	16.8370	9.6340	66,520
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.883	78.718	15.3079	11.1971	55,924
=17	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.883	80.803	15.6139	9.0896	86,644
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.876	77.100	16.8269	10.6700	47,274
=19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.876	78.121	16.0324	10.9543	46,345
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863	77.530	13.3015	10.7300	88,681
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.856	79.885	15.4086	8.8400	51,524
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.855	79.221	14.8517	9.6636	48,696
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.847	80.992	12.8888	10.3850	44,249
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.845	76.181	15.7920	10.8331	32,085
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.841	79.479	14.3779	10.6354	30,307
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.839	79.739	15.9228	8.0469	39,870
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.838	76.919	15.6373	10.7440	27,321
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.837	78.909	15.4751	9.2329	33,557
30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.832	82.162	10.6499	9.8989	59,109
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.828	75.314	14.4661	11.1767	29,656
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.815	78.185	12.5066	10.0725	35,146
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.809	74.177	15.2610	11.3464	18,924
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.802	70.834	15.6577	12.3500	17,329
=35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.801	78.902	14.0587	7.9320	31,200
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.801	77.152	15.7102	6.8800	33,479
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.798	77.621	10.3320	8.5809	93,167
=38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.795	74.154	16.3058	8.8700	20,594
=38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.795	75.486	11.8256	7.8137	95,154
40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.794	74.209	11.6316	8.3280	91,519
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.791	72.394	14.6945	10.2400	22,715
42	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.790	72.765	11.4808	11.1220	33,897
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.787	71.712	15.0901	11.1327	16,936
=44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.785	74.942	12.0718	8.3400	48,545
=44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.785	74.355	13.5404	9.9300	22,370
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.781	73.571	13.4614	10.2600	21,084
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.778	77.580	13.3311	9.2860	17,625
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.777	76.037	12.3938	6.1919	70,121
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.775	69.906	14.8801	11.6358	15,047
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.771	74.987	14.6806	8.5271	17,919
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.763	74.707	14.3635	9.0956	14,533
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.758	65.015	13.3064	12.1193	21,970
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.744	72.951	11.8687	6.8825	39,554
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.742	71.879	12.7956	10.0400	13,476
55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.741	64.800	13.8028	12.1226	14,427
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.737	71.122	12.3845	9.5810	15,908
=57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.731	68.435	13.6206	10.4699	11,773
=57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.731	73.080	12.3228	8.2540	16,894
59	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.730	70.653	16.0515	5.7520	17,729
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.728	67.675	13.5478	10.9400	11,090
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.726	77.609	11.6123	7.6574	13,948
62	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.725	71.862	14.8505	7.7500	11,146
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.723	73.820	12.5355	8.0200	13,575
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.721	68.874	11.4889	9.1139	19,931
=65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.719	70.619	12.1434	8.6787	15,415
=65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.719	73.979	10.8338	5.6905	42,417
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.715	72.912	11.9947	6.8175	20,133
=68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.712	70.371	12.8678	11.8628	6,019
=68	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.712	71.367	12.3111	7.5553	16,226
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.708	71.019	11.0461	8.0700	17,932
=71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.707	64.108	12.6394	10.0350	15,288
=71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.707	72.275	13.2572	7.5701	10,848
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.705	76.429	12.7188	10.0837	4,794
=74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.704	70.382	12.1838	9.4754	9,466
=74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.704	71.804	12.4670	10.6000	6,342
76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.697	71.985	12.6136	6.5018	13,905
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.694	69.980	14.6440	5.4491	13,428
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.693	69.800	13.4398	10.0500	5,776
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.691	75.083	11.0087	8.8200	7,400
=79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.691	72.571	12.8386	7.3776	8,886
=79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.691	73.006	12.0201	6.8987	11,640
82	Peru`PER`South America	0.690	70.315	13.3044	8.4227	7,528
83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.683	71.028	11.6511	10.9200	4,978
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.681	71.185	12.1562	6.9145	10,733
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.679	72.141	12.0519	7.5064	8,317
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.677	75.573	11.4411	6.6261	8,712
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.676	68.944	12.0819	7.3414	10,808
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.675	72.271	11.7345	5.5530	14,218
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.672	71.174	10.5056	10.4900	5,317
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.671	70.281	12.5731	6.8991	8,634
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.670	66.205	12.1353	8.3945	9,345
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.668	71.287	10.8310	7.6050	9,194
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.667	71.520	11.5511	6.0483	11,588
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.663	70.553	11.3409	6.5430	10,448
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.661	72.822	12.7682	5.1203	8,879
96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.660	66.043	11.5304	10.3400	5,710
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.659	71.025	11.4607	5.6833	11,523
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.657	61.982	11.5478	6.3040	24,052
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.642	67.612	10.8609	6.3750	10,483
=100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.639	62.538	14.5807	7.2100	5,998
=100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.639	71.659	12.0011	3.4738	12,721
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.636	67.829	11.5369	7.8375	5,375
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.634	65.319	11.7495	10.4040	3,634
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.622	63.806	9.9252	9.1400	5,905
=105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.613	57.161	11.7326	7.6700	9,799
=105	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.613	63.709	10.6237	8.4126	5,166
=107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.612	67.965	11.1042	5.1014	7,369
=107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.612	72.984	10.7053	5.8506	4,424
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.610	65.853	10.8151	10.1497	2,829
=110	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.608	72.675	10.1605	6.2140	4,233
=110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.608	66.583	10.8112	6.2244	6,023
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.602	71.296	10.0703	4.5471	6,959
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.601	67.028	10.3337	6.9528	4,598
114	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.599	64.801	10.6964	7.7745	4,127
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.598	65.292	8.6121	5.6853	11,388
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.595	52.210	11.7259	7.7440	12,366
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.591	68.707	10.8200	5.3492	4,508
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.575	64.380	10.2847	6.0655	4,333
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.567	67.436	8.6675	3.8835	8,769
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.563	64.197	9.7374	10.8365	1,573
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.561	68.491	9.2846	4.6640	4,392
122	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.555	51.980	12.0390	5.8000	7,786
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.550	55.885	8.9897	7.3107	5,650
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.542	67.237	11.0147	5.1310	2,100
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.539	67.200	8.9331	3.3660	5,296
=126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.521	53.827	6.4005	6.4845	9,634
=126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.521	58.772	10.0150	3.9075	4,616
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.511	63.158	8.8076	4.2197	3,164
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.505	56.501	8.4701	5.5424	3,719
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.500	58.591	9.9101	3.8439	3,161
=131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.486	62.836	7.7689	4.4000	2,403
=131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.486	58.403	6.8629	5.2702	3,338
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.484	46.344	9.4757	5.3708	6,559
134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.479	58.887	7.9767	4.3197	2,771
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.472	63.288	8.1907	3.0000	2,422
=136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.470	59.587	8.4643	2.8728	3,053
=136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.470	61.662	6.3347	3.0960	4,644
=138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.458	53.598	8.6717	3.0588	3,607
=138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.458	61.647	6.3355	3.4246	3,088
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.457	47.153	9.8868	5.2122	2,936
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.456	44.525	10.9186	6.6970	2,343
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.453	60.457	8.5949	3.4356	1,650
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.452	54.746	9.7635	3.1230	2,085
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.451	58.674	7.9989	4.0347	1,755
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.449	63.286	7.4241	1.4841	3,371
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.448	53.109	10.3609	3.5902	1,771
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.443	62.241	4.7047	3.5743	3,478
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.438	47.549	7.7274	4.6902	3,421
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.437	47.408	8.6647	5.4815	2,193
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.426	56.654	7.1189	2.3750	2,665
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.423	60.640	7.9381	2.9155	1,249
=152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.422	51.428	6.6156	3.2346	3,392
=152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.422	54.124	6.6143	4.2648	1,846
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.418	50.576	8.9676	4.0227	1,472
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.410	57.283	6.0202	2.3223	2,594
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.404	58.158	5.7664	1.6490	3,202
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.401	47.032	5.2488	3.4648	5,009
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.400	47.205	11.0684	3.1659	1,166
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.389	52.205	7.0145	5.2005	847
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.370	49.490	8.0629	2.5732	1,088
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.366	52.669	5.5852	1.4579	2,407
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.355	55.511	6.1484	1.3156	1,246
163	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.342	57.506	3.4321	1.5874	2,238
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.335	46.734	5.0115	2.6657	1,433
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.332	51.300	4.6433	1.2195	1,920
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.330	45.448	6.4003	2.8651	922
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.326	50.259	6.4930	1.8311	770
168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.313	48.306	5.1853	1.3302	1,192
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.311	48.509	4.6169	2.0528	995
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.307	51.428	4.7306	1.5566	860
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.272	49.872	2.7990	1.2031	1,181

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.923
#2Sweden0.915
#3Iceland0.910
#4Finland0.908
#5Germany0.904

Lowest

#171Niger0.272
#170Ethiopia0.307
#169Burundi0.311
#168Chad0.313
#167Mozambique0.326

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.677. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra82.162
LowestZimbabwe44.525
Middle country: 70.382
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia20.9444
LowestNiger2.7990
Middle country: 11.7259
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestNew Zealand13.0700
LowestNiger1.2031
Middle country: 7.5553
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein138,373
LowestMozambique770
Middle country: 9,799

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 171 in both
158 · 11rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda0.340 → 0.370+0.030
Cameroon0.439 → 0.458+0.019
Croatia0.769 → 0.785+0.016
Slovenia0.829 → 0.845+0.016
Kazakhstan0.692 → 0.707+0.015

Fell most

Eswatini0.493 → 0.484−0.009
Namibia0.561 → 0.555−0.006
Lesotho0.462 → 0.457−0.005
Solomon Islands0.547 → 0.542−0.005
South Africa0.618 → 0.613−0.005

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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