Data for 2002

Human Development Index, 2002

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Human Development Index, 2002 covers 172 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.923; Niger is lowest, at 0.278. The middle country reads 0.685. Against 2001, 164 values changed (153 up, 11 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2002

HighestNorway

0.923

LowestNiger

0.278

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

172countries
5measures per country
2002the year it describes
151distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2002: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.923	78.960	17.091	12.1557	68,218.60
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.918	79.935	18.557	11.8133	49,727.46
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.917	80.278	17.560	12.0303	48,893.27
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.912	78.270	18.077	11.8662	51,745.36
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.909	78.475	16.307	13.1099	50,067.24
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.905	78.866	18.408	13.1200	32,607.68
=7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.902	80.052	21.109	11.3977	39,652.28
=7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.902	77.099	16.204	12.8050	54,751.46
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.901	78.168	18.483	10.7358	54,894.14
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.899	79.566	15.600	12.7920	44,561.48
=11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.898	78.412	16.261	11.7900	55,748.86
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.898	76.988	15.688	12.8900	55,563.35
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.896	80.444	14.962	10.8651	72,444.27
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.894	81.795	15.051	12.1740	41,828.04
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.893	79.759	14.263	11.3321	133,252.10
16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.891	78.736	16.877	9.7930	67,704.56
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.887	78.846	15.383	11.2879	57,135.40
18	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.885	81.061	15.588	9.1822	87,687.28
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.883	77.590	17.022	10.8100	48,294.48
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.881	78.237	16.126	11.2082	47,265.33
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.868	77.552	13.433	10.9950	85,154.11
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.862	80.112	15.648	8.9475	51,687.66
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.858	79.411	14.783	9.8557	48,719.01
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.855	76.316	16.241	11.1654	33,229.76
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.854	81.180	13.262	10.5080	44,677.05
=26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.846	79.514	14.891	10.6803	29,744.48
=26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.846	77.230	15.805	10.8680	29,508.06
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.844	79.818	15.970	8.2446	40,850.09
29	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.838	82.448	10.754	9.9841	61,188.54
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.836	79.031	15.001	9.3621	34,584.28
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.835	75.442	14.823	11.3653	30,519.66
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.827	78.758	12.972	10.2350	36,848.33
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.816	74.518	15.622	11.4500	19,314.82
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.813	71.364	15.948	12.5200	18,894.75
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.806	78.467	14.017	8.3940	31,807.74
36	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.805	78.721	10.338	8.6832	86,329.67
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.804	77.370	15.735	6.9600	33,906.52
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.800	72.507	15.055	10.3875	24,147.08
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.799	71.839	15.631	11.3170	18,356.64
=40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.798	74.365	11.851	8.3660	93,225.25
=40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.798	75.766	11.739	7.9758	96,587.71
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.795	74.312	16.393	9.3950	17,684.03
43	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.793	73.023	11.498	11.2040	34,419.51
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.792	74.646	13.663	10.0510	23,741.42
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.791	75.209	12.526	8.3056	48,389.94
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.790	73.765	13.751	10.4840	21,979.22
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.786	70.175	15.359	11.8005	16,131.70
48	Chile`CHL`South America	0.784	77.840	13.526	9.4240	17,905.72
49	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.783	76.188	12.929	6.1714	67,159.10
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.775	74.979	15.135	8.7386	16,645.44
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.767	74.820	14.538	9.2013	14,497.11
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.764	64.730	13.822	12.1800	22,916.86
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.753	72.128	13.200	10.1160	14,831.68
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.750	73.296	12.164	7.0950	37,525.73
55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.746	65.076	13.899	12.1807	14,904.92
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.745	70.835	12.859	9.6800	17,052.73
57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.744	73.142	15.789	8.6393	9,877.36
58	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.738	68.298	13.997	10.5573	12,457.89
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.736	67.699	13.916	11.0375	11,799.38
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.733	70.788	16.134	5.9240	17,584.81
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.732	73.469	12.248	8.0880	17,515.73
=62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.730	77.939	11.764	7.7567	14,059.84
=62	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.730	74.195	12.726	8.1600	14,069.52
=62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.730	69.232	11.600	9.2833	21,600.35
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.729	74.276	11.200	5.9732	41,279.91
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.727	71.112	12.134	8.8990	16,499.48
67	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.724	71.927	14.779	7.8688	10,701.26
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.722	73.106	12.332	6.9750	19,890.88
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.720	64.441	13.041	10.2825	16,937.54
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.719	70.438	13.105	11.9200	6,472.57
=71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.716	71.707	12.361	7.6458	16,404.04
=71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.716	72.823	11.639	7.9580	16,079.02
=73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.711	76.766	13.051	10.1700	4,851.11
=73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.711	72.599	13.025	7.7000	11,500.35
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.710	70.658	12.295	9.5551	9,987.22
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.709	72.271	12.557	10.5560	6,544.96
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.701	72.055	12.687	6.7036	14,038.21
=78	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.700	70.396	14.695	5.6261	13,648.42
=78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.700	70.030	13.783	10.0540	6,090.10
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.698	73.164	12.998	7.4347	9,274.74
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.697	75.299	11.196	8.8857	7,706.64
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.694	72.709	12.056	7.1200	11,853.02
83	Peru`PER`South America	0.690	70.815	12.821	8.4818	7,806.64
=84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.686	69.528	12.466	7.5136	11,088.43
=84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.686	72.359	12.288	7.6532	8,530.48
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.685	72.605	12.107	5.6554	14,922.05
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.684	71.537	12.158	6.9664	10,811.61
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.683	75.994	11.605	6.6392	9,037.02
=89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.682	71.486	10.547	10.5600	6,103.55
=89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.682	71.233	11.692	10.9960	4,724.27
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.679	70.539	13.072	7.0045	8,706.98
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.678	71.775	11.756	6.4322	12,093.16
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.672	71.478	10.984	7.6885	9,203.34
94	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.670	65.492	12.181	8.5355	9,671.97
=95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.669	71.644	11.868	5.7574	11,895.05
=95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.669	66.769	11.553	10.3800	6,220.20
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.668	70.719	11.551	6.6208	10,767.66
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.667	73.070	12.903	5.2920	8,906.98
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.661	62.175	11.593	6.4580	24,227.17
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.645	72.360	12.010	3.4783	13,619.38
=101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.643	67.846	10.887	6.3840	10,406.76
=101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.643	67.886	11.742	8.1050	5,461.39
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.642	63.068	14.683	7.1480	6,038.45
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.635	65.342	11.818	10.4610	3,621.15
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.631	63.992	10.357	9.2400	6,191.25
=106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.621	68.526	11.444	5.2271	7,423.80
=106	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.621	63.825	10.707	8.5299	5,665.37
=106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.621	73.138	10.932	6.0628	4,643.35
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.619	73.034	10.506	6.3080	4,606.56
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.618	66.376	11.040	10.2387	2,921.09
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.617	66.954	10.947	6.4975	6,255.76
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.614	55.580	11.529	8.5200	10,186.53
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.610	71.742	10.129	4.7300	7,322.73
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.609	67.950	10.634	7.0553	4,604.65
=115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.600	69.447	11.179	5.3841	4,673.93
=115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.600	65.724	8.884	5.7668	10,148.51
117	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.596	63.907	10.741	7.7457	4,148.02
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.594	52.373	11.537	7.8780	11,993.31
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.580	64.183	10.369	6.1200	4,737.31
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.575	64.898	9.945	10.8729	1,726.69
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.572	67.835	8.917	3.8500	8,799.41
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.564	68.714	9.403	4.7310	4,417.99
123	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.555	51.988	11.760	5.8802	8,150.44
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.552	56.414	8.801	7.3587	5,781.97
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.550	67.582	9.365	3.4720	5,440.08
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.539	67.350	11.033	5.1703	1,948.18
127	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.536	54.324	6.705	6.5766	11,765.84
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.534	59.477	10.350	4.0463	5,060.85
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.516	63.649	8.872	4.2967	3,230.41
=130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.504	59.041	9.973	3.9515	3,136.19
=130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.504	56.759	8.231	5.6580	3,634.14
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.494	63.591	7.972	4.4800	2,496.72
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.493	58.709	7.194	5.3180	3,400.42
134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.488	59.302	8.297	4.3916	2,921.05
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.479	63.507	8.713	3.0520	2,376.25
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.477	59.723	8.746	3.0300	3,049.39
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.475	62.249	6.359	3.1733	4,814.51
=138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.473	61.395	9.778	3.4985	1,712.62
=138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.473	45.380	9.393	5.1596	6,354.03
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.461	61.643	6.528	3.4845	2,981.60
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.459	45.938	10.529	6.8500	2,192.14
=142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.458	53.922	8.404	3.1364	3,706.28
=142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.458	63.807	7.641	1.6312	3,417.29
=144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.455	45.950	10.072	5.4205	2,974.54
=144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.455	55.032	9.872	3.1618	2,119.17
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.453	54.061	10.287	3.6554	1,790.26
147	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.451	48.020	8.028	4.8664	3,906.95
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.450	62.556	4.747	3.8263	3,474.51
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.448	59.170	8.174	4.1665	1,492.66
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.445	48.461	8.768	5.5726	2,232.39
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.435	56.851	7.581	2.4600	2,698.76
=152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.433	60.925	8.063	2.9977	1,385.15
=152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.433	54.940	6.919	4.3000	1,959.32
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.432	51.443	9.525	4.1000	1,566.43
155	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.424	51.544	6.744	3.3293	3,255.15
156	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.417	47.874	5.676	3.5052	5,902.87
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.415	57.736	6.236	2.4055	2,506.60
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.409	58.912	6.043	1.5818	3,121.24
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.407	48.176	11.123	3.3179	1,156.81
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.392	52.371	7.091	5.2599	860.33
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.385	51.262	8.104	2.6901	1,211.78
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.383	56.225	6.440	1.3670	1,946.70
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.377	53.200	5.931	1.4714	2,543.61
164	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.349	57.824	3.579	1.6731	2,256.69
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.345	46.174	6.614	2.9567	1,102.93
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.340	51.995	4.959	1.2547	1,892.20
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.337	46.840	5.113	2.7382	1,392.45
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.335	50.879	6.956	1.9082	770.54
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.324	49.924	5.057	2.1067	1,008.45
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.320	48.360	5.485	1.3801	1,223.18
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.314	52.085	5.023	1.6306	847.88
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.278	50.645	2.885	1.2453	1,195.70

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.923
#2Sweden0.918
#3Iceland0.917
#4Finland0.912
#5Germany0.909

Lowest

#172Niger0.278
#171Ethiopia0.314
#170Chad0.320
#169Burundi0.324
#168Mozambique0.335

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.685. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra82.448
LowestEswatini45.380
Middle country: 70.754
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.109
LowestNiger2.885
Middle country: 11.762
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestNew Zealand13.1200
LowestNiger1.2453
Middle country: 7.6708
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein133,252.10
LowestMozambique770.54
Middle country: 10,167.52

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 171 in both
153 · 11rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.355 → 0.383+0.028
Cambodia0.453 → 0.473+0.020
Angola0.401 → 0.417+0.016
Equatorial Guinea0.521 → 0.536+0.015
Rwanda0.370 → 0.385+0.015

Fell most

Eswatini0.484 → 0.473−0.011
Netherlands0.902 → 0.898−0.004
Micronesia0.599 → 0.596−0.003
Madagascar0.451 → 0.448−0.003
Solomon Islands0.542 → 0.539−0.003

+ Grenada

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