Data for 2006

Human Development Index, 2006

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2006, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2006 covers 186 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.942; Niger is lowest, at 0.309. The middle country reads 0.704. Against 2005, 180 values changed (171 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2006

HighestNorway

0.942

LowestNiger

0.309

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

186countries
5measures per country
2006the year it describes
153distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2006: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.942	80.440	17.531	12.370	84,296.0
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.936	80.938	18.129	12.560	54,269.0
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.927	79.586	16.593	13.600	53,766.4
=4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.918	80.015	19.188	13.320	35,379.0
=4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.918	81.549	15.313	11.740	80,425.1
=6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.917	81.258	21.767	11.640	44,801.0
=6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.917	78.223	16.646	12.740	61,485.5
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.917	79.373	17.176	12.230	55,883.5
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.915	80.832	15.961	12.330	56,686.6
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.914	79.847	16.552	11.890	60,613.9
=11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.913	79.389	19.054	11.050	57,776.7
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.913	80.540	15.281	13.320	50,443.8
=13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.911	80.640	17.036	10.110	85,069.5
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.911	77.798	16.166	12.910	60,735.1
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.908	79.150	17.449	11.370	54,868.7
=15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.908	81.403	14.645	11.590	147,365.2
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.903	82.370	15.176	12.352	44,065.9
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.902	79.965	15.683	11.545	61,359.3
=18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.902	79.347	16.033	12.250	50,455.6
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.895	82.258	15.484	9.562	95,816.8
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.883	77.820	16.891	11.810	38,056.6
=22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.881	80.745	15.418	10.445	51,031.0
=22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.881	81.414	16.314	9.390	52,522.8
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.880	78.838	13.225	11.538	93,052.5
25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.879	81.947	13.937	11.000	52,201.4
=26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.871	79.760	16.476	10.100	39,827.0
=26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.871	79.035	16.480	11.147	33,102.6
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.867	80.786	14.577	11.780	32,550.1
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.864	76.708	15.384	12.120	35,806.8
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.862	80.963	15.931	9.030	43,724.7
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.855	73.200	16.457	13.200	28,192.6
32	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.851	83.374	10.658	10.410	66,390.1
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.850	79.456	13.392	10.970	41,030.7
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.838	79.561	14.631	9.820	32,754.9
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.834	70.964	17.099	12.010	26,837.1
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.831	75.250	15.380	11.930	22,594.4
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.824	74.416	14.784	11.380	27,150.4
=38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.823	73.344	15.451	11.075	28,162.6
=38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.823	70.550	16.429	12.300	24,123.0
=38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.823	81.155	10.361	9.158	94,828.0
=41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.822	75.279	16.174	10.190	24,187.5
=41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.822	77.323	11.732	9.087	117,481.7
=43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.819	74.753	13.255	8.538	94,176.9
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.819	75.677	14.475	10.535	28,295.8
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.815	79.089	15.148	7.620	34,244.7
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.804	78.533	14.318	9.773	19,829.0
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.800	73.456	11.568	11.532	34,460.5
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.799	76.554	13.720	6.140	93,457.1
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.795	76.510	12.407	8.168	49,310.8
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.791	66.546	14.161	12.260	30,280.7
=51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.785	74.671	13.411	10.755	18,269.3
=51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.785	74.762	12.900	7.996	43,588.6
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.783	75.049	15.234	9.545	15,850.6
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.781	72.169	13.794	10.408	21,781.6
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.779	72.690	14.084	10.420	18,789.5
=56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.777	69.436	15.053	10.914	18,351.0
=56	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.777	75.888	15.161	8.000	19,118.9
=58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.766	77.406	16.061	10.702	6,599.9
=58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.766	75.354	12.105	7.302	41,876.7
=58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.766	70.437	12.053	9.961	31,697.0
=61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.765	65.722	14.647	11.273	21,650.7
=61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.765	66.633	14.292	12.413	16,420.6
=61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.765	71.356	14.397	8.734	22,655.7
64	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.764	73.930	16.087	8.816	12,088.4
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.762	67.490	14.722	11.366	16,382.4
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.757	72.895	12.306	9.870	19,141.1
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.755	79.049	12.611	8.032	15,875.7
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.753	75.429	12.982	8.720	16,217.3
=68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.753	73.395	13.688	9.393	14,310.4
70	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.751	71.632	15.324	6.614	23,793.3
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.750	70.983	13.507	12.152	9,538.7
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.745	73.746	12.846	7.870	21,003.7
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.742	74.697	11.944	8.083	20,859.2
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.741	72.794	13.173	8.008	18,767.0
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.737	72.007	14.497	8.344	12,884.6
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.736	72.972	12.975	7.510	19,962.0
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.732	76.994	12.276	9.149	9,815.7
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.731	70.434	13.129	9.881	12,259.9
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.729	72.781	13.362	7.511	16,235.7
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.726	73.791	12.305	8.261	14,249.2
=81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.725	72.219	11.335	10.840	10,300.3
=81	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.725	72.296	14.901	6.320	15,097.8
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.724	72.825	12.916	10.380	8,057.0
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.719	73.225	12.841	8.832	10,069.0
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.718	74.010	13.637	7.663	10,529.7
=86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.713	70.535	13.053	8.522	11,821.9
=86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.713	75.677	11.262	7.843	13,182.4
88	Colombia`COL`South America	0.712	73.497	13.524	6.800	12,520.5
=89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.711	68.489	11.646	10.540	11,241.5
=89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.711	68.423	11.962	11.034	9,498.1
=89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.711	73.804	12.452	6.060	19,196.1
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.710	73.341	12.529	6.970	14,516.5
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.708	70.710	14.735	10.070	5,687.8
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.701	76.028	12.283	6.692	10,908.0
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.698	73.116	12.811	6.170	13,470.0
=96	Peru`PER`South America	0.697	72.337	12.823	7.930	8,818.1
=96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.697	71.620	11.858	11.300	5,405.5
=96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.697	73.888	13.778	5.975	10,361.3
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.696	71.395	12.461	8.022	9,893.6
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.691	71.054	12.392	7.012	12,264.7
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.690	67.643	11.135	7.821	18,317.8
=102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.684	66.126	12.546	9.099	9,778.4
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.684	71.584	12.563	7.070	9,571.2
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.683	65.569	12.996	9.640	8,254.5
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.672	75.256	12.048	3.790	16,969.4
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.670	63.259	11.775	7.050	20,428.6
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.666	74.404	11.891	6.684	6,897.9
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.664	71.831	12.836	7.740	5,245.1
109	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.662	66.574	8.984	10.881	7,916.5
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.658	73.040	11.537	6.234	7,958.8
=111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.656	64.529	15.283	6.900	6,516.4
=111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.656	73.293	11.837	6.910	5,866.3
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.654	68.172	11.398	8.675	6,223.1
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.652	65.782	12.174	10.689	4,243.4
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.651	68.493	10.880	6.420	11,557.9
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.647	69.612	12.393	5.730	8,105.6
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.646	67.664	11.367	7.590	7,192.2
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.644	67.905	11.443	10.602	3,594.2
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.636	70.958	10.801	7.508	5,191.9
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.631	71.341	11.963	5.526	5,882.3
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.627	55.112	11.835	8.398	14,249.4
122	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.625	64.247	11.052	8.999	4,955.6
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.622	54.220	11.968	8.950	12,080.4
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.620	66.997	10.775	11.019	2,641.7
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.619	64.848	11.048	6.694	7,306.8
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.611	64.029	9.891	6.093	10,601.6
127	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.602	64.859	10.923	7.631	4,227.3
128	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.593	65.601	10.264	8.027	3,526.0
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.591	56.354	7.923	6.958	22,274.7
130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.590	68.790	10.023	3.650	9,247.1
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.588	61.881	11.829	4.653	7,459.3
=132	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.582	69.364	9.875	4.941	5,000.0
=132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.582	59.474	9.221	7.516	6,980.7
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.579	69.157	10.018	3.880	6,442.0
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.569	53.183	11.379	6.177	9,745.0
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.567	69.126	10.169	5.668	2,983.9
137	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.565	59.409	10.943	7.598	3,449.5
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.557	65.373	10.299	4.635	4,104.6
139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.553	67.968	11.108	5.330	2,274.1
140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.546	63.041	9.604	4.989	4,286.4
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.541	59.059	9.734	6.081	3,958.8
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.527	66.048	8.658	4.800	3,024.2
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.525	64.886	11.161	3.808	2,395.5
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.524	59.975	8.645	5.521	3,822.2
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.520	60.740	10.227	4.364	3,150.5
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.515	61.074	9.225	4.681	3,241.5
=147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.512	64.493	7.181	3.490	6,054.9
=147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.512	65.891	9.870	3.260	2,664.7
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.506	61.229	9.775	3.659	3,096.2
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.492	52.693	10.541	5.937	2,445.6
=151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.489	49.876	8.806	5.711	4,815.0
=151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.489	63.624	5.626	4.570	4,153.8
153	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.486	65.800	8.045	2.237	3,722.1
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.485	44.563	10.958	4.784	7,508.4
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.481	56.118	10.578	4.800	1,857.1
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.479	62.018	7.298	3.747	3,081.1
157	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.477	58.512	8.139	4.760	2,319.8
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.475	52.965	7.384	3.667	7,180.0
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.474	61.140	8.782	4.522	1,685.5
=160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.473	55.301	8.322	3.430	4,143.7
=160	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.473	61.457	8.113	4.703	1,763.5
=160	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.473	62.026	8.561	3.343	2,225.1
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.465	56.142	10.506	3.294	1,966.5
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.462	57.966	9.148	2.511	2,732.6
165	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.457	47.056	10.507	7.258	1,707.1
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.452	58.342	10.206	3.186	1,436.6
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.451	43.182	11.011	5.830	2,996.2
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.450	57.495	9.992	3.914	1,293.0
169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.441	59.667	7.101	2.759	2,509.0
170	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.440	52.885	7.257	3.706	3,083.1
171	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.438	61.801	7.002	1.540	3,356.2
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.436	53.652	10.405	3.926	1,252.1
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.426	58.553	8.116	1.595	2,193.3
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.424	54.089	9.133	2.271	1,861.8
175	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.413	54.498	7.398	5.479	958.9
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.409	54.875	7.583	1.526	2,496.9
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.385	58.962	4.342	2.065	2,795.1
178	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.379	52.748	8.694	2.190	975.6
179	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.377	54.305	6.221	1.440	2,100.7
180	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.376	53.962	7.855	2.322	972.6
181	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.372	49.547	7.543	3.197	1,079.1
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.366	55.402	6.848	1.941	1,039.7
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.350	48.687	5.521	3.012	1,254.6
184	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.340	53.784	4.779	1.320	1,716.9
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.339	48.747	5.810	1.592	1,516.8
186	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.309	54.223	3.674	1.404	1,210.7

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.942
#2Iceland0.936
#3Germany0.927
#4Switzerlandshared0.918
#4New Zealandshared0.918

Lowest

#186Niger0.309
#185Chad0.339
#184Burkina Faso0.340
#183Central African Republic0.350
#182Ethiopia0.366

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.704. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra83.374
LowestLesotho43.182
Middle country: 71.019
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.767
LowestNiger3.674
Middle country: 12.279
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.600
LowestBurkina Faso1.320
Middle country: 7.963
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein147,365.2
LowestDR Congo958.9
Middle country: 11,074.8

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 186 in both
171 · 9rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea0.566 → 0.591+0.025
Burundi0.352 → 0.376+0.024
Timor-Leste0.564 → 0.588+0.024
Azerbaijan0.692 → 0.711+0.019
Cuba0.747 → 0.766+0.019

Fell most

Nauru0.589 → 0.565−0.024
Lesotho0.454 → 0.451−0.003
Bolivia0.658 → 0.656−0.002
Malta0.840 → 0.838−0.002
Philippines0.656 → 0.654−0.002

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 2006.
153 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.917. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is UNDP Human Development Report Office’s
Printed as the publisher ranked the countries; never re-ranked here.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

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34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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