Data for 2004

Human Development Index, 2004

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2004, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2004 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.937; Niger is lowest, at 0.292. The middle country reads 0.696. Against 2003, 172 values changed (160 up, 12 down), 2 countries joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2004

HighestNorway

0.937

LowestNiger

0.292

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

175countries
5measures per country
2004the year it describes
152distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 2004: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.937	79.965	17.55906	12.230	73,200
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.928	80.721	17.92899	12.323	50,891
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.923	79.119	16.44995	13.800	51,377
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.912	77.785	16.51911	12.920	57,177
=4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.912	79.355	18.88574	13.220	34,815
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.911	78.846	17.11434	12.135	53,750
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.910	80.733	21.43794	11.510	42,309
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.909	78.960	18.48071	10.930	56,241
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.908	80.546	16.02107	12.180	52,355
=10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.906	80.029	15.44046	13.056	47,592
=10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.906	81.055	15.18083	11.093	75,989
=12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.905	79.658	16.95594	10.111	74,135
=12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.905	77.535	15.96799	12.820	57,883
=14	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.904	80.733	14.60918	11.514	123,851
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.904	79.239	16.29900	11.790	56,969
=16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.899	78.503	17.59018	11.090	50,931
=16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.899	82.127	15.11332	12.263	43,138
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.897	78.900	16.55472	11.716	49,268
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.895	79.362	15.53297	11.469	58,751
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.890	81.592	15.53585	9.370	93,038
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.878	78.658	13.35353	11.353	94,890
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.874	81.017	16.06415	9.163	52,047
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.870	76.932	16.38866	11.830	35,364
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.869	80.336	14.85524	10.240	49,800
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.866	81.455	13.69073	10.754	47,421
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.859	77.957	16.16551	11.116	31,311
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.852	80.328	15.93444	8.640	42,149
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.851	79.350	15.57778	9.621	37,796
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.850	80.305	14.66952	10.770	30,182
30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.849	82.815	10.46099	10.700	64,353
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.848	75.942	14.99580	11.743	33,000
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.840	79.007	13.46363	10.560	38,465
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.834	72.375	16.25459	12.860	22,472
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.832	79.166	14.93609	9.318	32,355
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.821	72.001	16.39171	11.686	22,642
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.820	74.943	15.17919	11.690	20,431
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.815	80.272	10.34918	8.888	91,614
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.811	72.906	15.18011	10.682	26,443
39	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.810	74.603	12.60894	8.442	92,940
=40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.809	70.939	16.10834	12.130	19,155
=40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.809	78.427	15.23720	7.390	34,156
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.808	74.871	16.29898	10.010	19,297
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.807	75.266	14.10562	10.293	26,091
=43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.807	76.484	11.77958	8.300	107,040
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.806	74.217	14.29823	10.932	23,479
46	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.798	76.388	13.71344	6.130	84,122
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.797	78.276	14.06828	9.700	18,885
=48	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.795	73.235	11.53275	11.368	33,614
=48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.795	75.787	12.56598	8.237	49,760
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.779	75.319	15.48839	8.633	16,780
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.777	65.149	14.23518	12.220	26,386
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.775	75.150	14.88556	9.413	14,841
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.773	74.027	12.77607	7.520	43,089
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.769	72.575	13.87142	10.268	16,750
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.768	74.379	12.59328	10.545	16,711
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.758	68.688	14.75090	10.734	15,082
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.757	71.096	13.08275	10.044	18,902
58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.755	65.816	14.09432	12.297	15,529
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.751	67.472	14.25391	11.232	14,717
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.750	69.879	11.82262	9.622	27,101
61	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.746	72.447	15.93736	8.727	10,410
=62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.743	65.040	13.84399	10.778	19,583
=62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.743	74.820	11.34686	6.614	40,420
=64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.741	78.512	12.06894	7.955	14,714
=64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.741	72.040	12.04690	9.340	18,233
=64	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.741	71.210	15.64355	6.268	20,237
=64	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.741	74.845	12.92230	8.440	14,483
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.739	74.027	12.70936	7.756	19,164
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.737	71.011	13.50691	12.036	7,805
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.734	77.326	14.38752	10.436	5,286
=71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.732	73.432	12.66340	7.290	20,307
=71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.732	72.867	13.27563	8.547	13,094
73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.730	71.987	14.63742	8.106	11,592
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.726	72.453	12.45981	7.827	17,512
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.719	70.445	12.68761	9.717	10,929
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.718	72.752	11.88372	7.734	16,991
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.716	72.546	13.00905	7.107	15,220
78	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.712	71.361	14.79738	5.980	14,320
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.710	75.951	11.44725	9.017	8,638
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.709	73.868	13.31749	7.549	9,820
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.708	73.448	12.00957	7.691	12,773
=82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.705	72.788	12.85731	8.144	9,357
=82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.705	70.433	14.32883	10.062	5,861
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.703	70.152	13.13245	7.858	11,672
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.700	71.926	10.62846	10.700	7,843
=86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.699	72.760	12.65600	7.070	11,404
=86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.699	72.100	12.12438	7.200	13,412
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.696	73.223	12.10730	5.860	16,878
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.695	68.022	12.73617	10.468	7,205
=90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.694	76.489	11.93883	6.665	9,904
=90	Peru`PER`South America	0.694	71.447	12.58326	8.600	8,137
92	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.691	71.508	11.77507	11.148	5,170
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.685	72.536	12.47398	5.906	12,811
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.684	71.542	11.61485	7.855	9,598
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.683	73.519	13.33904	5.635	9,734
96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.682	67.488	11.59968	10.460	7,253
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.681	71.054	12.73396	7.230	8,701
=98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.679	65.841	12.37188	8.817	10,029
=98	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.679	66.362	11.15811	7.740	16,813
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.673	70.730	11.97165	6.777	10,151
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.665	62.694	11.68349	6.766	21,802
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.658	64.343	11.79346	9.440	7,396
=103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.655	73.008	12.02898	3.487	15,811
=103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.655	68.301	11.72441	8.640	5,865
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.654	71.094	12.72623	7.530	4,883
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.648	63.819	14.97253	7.024	6,116
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.646	65.649	11.98088	10.575	4,049
108	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645	68.211	10.78256	6.402	10,686
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.642	73.727	11.19851	6.496	5,553
110	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.638	73.062	11.38419	6.487	5,218
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.636	69.295	12.16205	5.479	7,516
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.635	72.494	10.85873	5.482	7,568
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.632	67.203	11.31293	10.419	3,228
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.624	65.521	11.32516	7.044	6,598
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.623	69.510	10.71780	7.260	4,894
116	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.621	63.989	10.87731	8.764	5,197
117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.613	53.963	11.85160	8.820	10,915
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.610	70.499	11.11141	5.455	5,116
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.608	53.573	11.60267	8.146	12,642
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.604	64.634	9.42738	5.930	10,098
=121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.600	64.214	10.82208	6.407	5,930
=121	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.600	64.898	10.83188	7.688	4,104
123	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.598	66.604	10.42245	10.946	2,049
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.580	68.245	9.47024	3.750	8,902
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.573	69.050	9.63896	4.865	4,611
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.567	68.272	9.89105	3.684	5,924
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.563	52.175	11.70338	6.041	9,270
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.557	57.957	8.79964	7.455	5,339
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.552	55.307	7.31408	6.765	11,986
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.548	67.628	11.07074	5.250	2,196
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.547	60.743	11.08925	4.339	4,561
132	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.538	64.484	9.75906	4.451	3,634
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.526	57.947	9.37803	5.889	3,706
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.511	64.912	8.37682	4.640	2,733
=135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.505	58.517	10.09919	4.167	3,096
=135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.505	60.080	8.88086	4.535	3,207
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.503	59.316	7.56693	5.413	3,568
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.502	63.256	10.84489	3.624	1,986
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.494	63.369	6.90665	3.328	5,151
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.493	64.744	9.07798	3.156	2,514
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.492	60.557	9.27726	3.344	3,048
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.477	49.148	8.91429	5.265	4,411
143	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.475	64.881	8.07511	1.925	3,489
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.472	63.097	5.15584	4.330	3,808
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.470	54.578	8.60837	3.292	4,088
=146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.468	61.795	6.91282	3.604	2,930
=146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.468	50.540	9.65451	5.755	2,330
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.467	43.906	10.02122	4.737	6,734
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.465	60.168	8.52490	4.430	1,633
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.461	55.594	10.07438	3.239	2,122
=150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.461	53.699	10.64040	4.450	1,667
152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.455	56.836	7.52933	4.530	2,117
153	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.454	44.039	10.63401	5.837	3,087
=154	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.453	61.443	8.31204	3.162	1,759
=154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.453	46.043	10.36139	7.054	1,888
156	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.449	57.346	8.37692	2.485	2,746
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.448	51.123	6.52975	3.586	6,240
158	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.442	55.949	10.13948	3.786	1,258
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.432	58.749	6.66839	2.572	2,753
160	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.430	51.939	7.00055	3.519	3,132
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.423	60.308	6.59554	1.447	3,300
162	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421	51.073	10.46849	3.622	1,224
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.417	55.520	8.93041	2.924	1,262
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.408	57.810	7.60043	1.470	1,964
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.403	53.534	7.24467	5.379	916
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.391	53.975	6.62247	1.499	2,567
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.368	58.103	4.09236	1.859	2,488
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.363	47.485	7.06321	3.140	1,195
169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.360	51.855	7.76513	2.062	922
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.359	53.253	5.58966	1.325	2,023
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.344	52.217	5.98983	2.214	963
172	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.342	47.696	5.31698	2.883	1,268
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.338	48.687	5.70569	1.480	1,613
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.331	53.735	5.50718	1.783	886
175	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.292	52.402	3.30404	1.330	1,149

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.937
#2Iceland0.928
#3Germany0.923
#4Denmarkshared0.912
#4New Zealandshared0.912

Lowest

#175Niger0.292
#174Ethiopia0.331
#173Chad0.338
#172Central African Republic0.342
#171Burundi0.344

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.696. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra82.815
LowestEswatini43.906
Middle country: 71.094
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.43794
LowestNiger3.30404
Middle country: 12.02898
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.800
LowestMali1.325
Middle country: 7.756
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein123,851
LowestEthiopia886
Middle country: 10,686

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 173 in both
160 · 12rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Iraq0.582 → 0.604+0.022
Rwanda0.398 → 0.417+0.019
Chad0.320 → 0.338+0.018
Jamaica0.668 → 0.684+0.016
Afghanistan0.392 → 0.408+0.016

Fell most

Sri Lanka0.713 → 0.695−0.018
Sweden0.923 → 0.908−0.015
Grenada0.751 → 0.746−0.005
Bahrain0.799 → 0.795−0.004
Finland0.915 → 0.911−0.004

+ Palestine

+ Suriname

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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