Data for 2007

Human Development Index, 2007

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2007, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2007 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.943; Niger is lowest, at 0.313. The middle country reads 0.710. Against 2006, 184 values changed (178 up, 6 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2007

HighestNorway

0.943

LowestNiger

0.313

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

187countries
5measures per country
2007the year it describes
154distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2007: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.943	80.502	17.5425	12.4100	84,819
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.941	81.093	17.9709	12.6500	58,245
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.931	79.731	16.6649	13.6800	55,376
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.926	81.703	15.4291	12.2731	77,406
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.921	80.122	19.2519	13.3340	37,103
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.920	79.391	17.1309	12.2800	58,087
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.920	80.255	16.6862	11.9900	62,364
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.919	81.232	21.9315	11.7100	46,024
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.918	78.349	16.8056	12.6500	61,149
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.917	80.970	15.8130	12.4000	58,774
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.916	79.528	19.0991	11.1150	59,513
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.914	80.542	15.2014	13.3680	51,514
=12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.914	80.885	17.0758	10.2100	88,996
=12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.914	78.047	16.2233	12.9500	60,587
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.911	79.563	17.4921	11.3500	55,025
16	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.909	81.639	14.5863	11.5752	163,376
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.905	80.166	15.7580	11.5300	63,103
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.905	82.549	15.2073	12.3965	44,593
=17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.905	79.534	15.9031	12.5300	51,104
20	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.898	82.605	15.4577	9.6599	98,641
21	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.891	82.144	14.5418	11.1050	56,021
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.888	78.285	16.9329	11.7500	40,320
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.885	81.500	16.3871	9.5300	53,036
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.884	80.960	15.3524	10.5700	52,113
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.883	79.116	13.2819	11.6300	104,551
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.878	80.953	14.7148	12.3800	33,748
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.876	79.432	16.6283	11.0550	34,809
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.870	76.919	15.6381	12.1400	37,743
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.866	79.662	15.9950	10.0600	40,813
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.864	80.970	15.9116	9.1200	44,333
=31	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.859	83.632	11.2722	10.4400	65,534
=31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.859	73.153	16.4335	13.2200	30,618
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.855	79.798	13.4410	11.1900	41,814
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.845	79.737	14.9922	9.8600	33,880
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.839	70.698	17.0825	12.1600	29,838
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.836	75.414	15.3827	12.0500	23,996
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.834	74.495	15.0361	11.6040	29,799
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.831	77.741	11.8731	9.4800	111,656
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.829	70.789	16.3267	12.1700	27,570
=40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.827	75.720	15.6398	10.1265	28,527
=40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.827	81.438	10.3663	9.3264	88,090
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.826	73.431	15.4590	11.3200	27,961
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.825	74.783	16.1891	10.3000	26,278
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.825	75.886	14.5503	10.6560	29,819
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.822	74.793	13.4267	8.5960	93,311
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.821	79.309	15.4475	7.6700	35,117
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.812	78.652	14.7021	9.8100	20,831
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.802	67.469	14.3052	12.2800	33,153
=49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.801	73.463	11.5849	11.6140	34,433
=49	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.801	76.688	13.7238	6.2200	91,623
51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.800	76.952	12.6525	8.1333	50,111
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.795	74.674	13.9547	10.8600	19,417
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.792	72.792	13.9283	10.5900	23,684
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.790	75.263	15.4076	9.5721	17,047
=55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.786	69.986	15.1901	11.0055	19,919
=55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.786	75.066	12.7068	8.2333	42,683
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.785	73.008	14.2505	10.5400	19,227
=58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.780	77.550	17.0397	10.8350	7,040
=58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.780	76.150	14.7896	8.1850	20,334
=60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.774	75.596	12.1586	7.6460	42,883
=60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.774	70.797	12.2281	10.1306	33,140
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.772	66.180	14.6083	11.5200	22,921
63	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.771	67.113	14.3920	12.4713	16,952
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.770	67.715	14.9073	11.4029	17,919
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.769	71.437	14.4917	8.9486	22,890
66	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.768	74.159	16.1623	8.8601	12,613
=67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.763	75.675	13.0705	8.8600	18,233
=67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.763	73.724	13.7330	9.8167	15,253
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.761	73.299	12.4922	9.6300	20,403
=70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.760	79.098	12.8825	8.0100	16,776
=70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.760	70.985	13.9436	12.2100	10,619
=72	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.754	71.788	15.1637	6.7880	24,656
=72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.754	74.961	12.1744	8.5750	21,874
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.753	73.348	13.5199	7.9900	21,379
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.747	73.796	12.9911	7.8800	21,139
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.742	77.691	12.5486	9.2143	10,467
=77	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.740	71.901	14.4654	8.4625	13,580
=77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.740	72.860	12.9312	8.0984	18,843
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.739	72.359	11.9284	10.9100	11,885
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.737	70.446	13.3499	9.9638	12,854
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.736	72.886	13.3675	7.7127	17,464
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.732	72.730	14.9524	6.5000	15,909
=82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.732	73.742	12.4156	8.5467	14,605
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.729	72.983	13.0053	10.3500	8,539
85	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.726	76.732	11.3691	8.0400	14,452
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.725	73.407	12.8498	9.1760	10,352
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.724	73.751	13.7896	7.1900	13,140
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.722	74.226	13.7964	7.7200	10,539
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.721	73.779	12.9035	7.1300	15,233
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.720	68.659	11.5928	10.5800	13,455
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.719	74.129	12.7024	6.1400	19,895
=92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.718	70.652	12.9525	9.0140	11,672
=92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.718	68.674	12.2931	11.2800	9,615
94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.710	70.887	14.9378	10.2400	5,510
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.709	76.162	12.4582	6.7962	11,689
96	Peru`PER`South America	0.708	72.746	13.0193	8.1900	9,521
=97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.704	73.346	12.9895	6.2300	14,027
=97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.704	71.405	13.0741	8.1060	10,001
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.703	74.039	13.8750	6.1424	10,906
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.701	71.605	11.8991	11.3760	5,770
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.698	71.097	12.6024	7.1700	13,001
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.697	68.307	11.1230	7.8613	19,478
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.696	66.471	13.3729	9.7400	8,923
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.690	71.817	12.5249	7.1500	10,469
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.686	66.161	12.6325	9.2400	9,691
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.680	74.789	12.2033	6.7780	7,871
=107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.674	63.619	11.8207	7.1800	20,517
=107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.674	72.064	13.3696	7.9100	5,362
109	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.673	67.020	9.2758	10.8747	8,925
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.672	75.711	12.0569	4.0623	14,585
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.665	73.256	11.5848	6.6100	7,995
=112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.664	64.939	15.5135	7.0500	6,680
=112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.664	73.385	12.0631	7.1197	6,187
114	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.659	68.549	11.4780	8.6925	6,494
=115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.658	68.627	10.9292	6.6591	12,188
=115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.658	66.047	12.2362	10.7460	4,571
=115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.658	68.483	11.5699	10.6952	4,187
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.653	69.820	12.8837	5.6300	8,249
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.649	67.914	12.0127	7.0200	7,560
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.642	71.197	10.8429	7.6541	5,410
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.640	56.735	11.7995	8.5160	15,005
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.636	71.487	11.8510	5.5623	6,532
123	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.632	54.948	12.3162	9.0800	12,530
124	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.630	64.402	11.1405	9.1162	5,247
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.626	65.462	10.9049	6.8372	7,932
126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.625	67.405	10.7512	11.0553	2,781
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.618	64.428	10.1224	6.1694	10,926
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.609	62.396	12.1986	4.8180	9,859
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.603	56.857	8.2277	7.0569	24,968
=130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.601	69.299	10.2997	3.8417	9,620
=130	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.601	64.844	10.9690	7.6029	4,179
132	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.596	65.677	10.3845	8.1112	3,566
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.587	69.539	9.9933	4.9500	5,281
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.586	69.620	10.2276	3.9700	6,589
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.583	60.050	9.4310	7.5296	6,294
136	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.581	59.490	11.0688	7.6992	4,410
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.576	54.026	11.4386	6.2321	9,937
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.570	69.144	10.2982	5.7614	2,989
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.566	65.803	10.5692	4.7420	4,370
=140	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.552	63.336	9.8334	5.0504	4,354
=140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.552	67.845	11.1271	5.3709	2,228
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.548	59.407	10.0415	6.1573	4,100
=143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.534	66.458	8.6699	4.8800	3,282
=143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.534	65.549	11.1643	3.9300	2,611
=143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.534	60.282	9.3116	5.5804	3,887
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.529	61.694	9.3821	4.7554	3,854
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.524	61.090	10.2918	4.4537	3,242
148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.516	66.169	9.9654	3.3120	2,742
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.512	61.475	10.0238	3.8158	3,071
=149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.512	64.885	7.0774	3.5758	5,828
151	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.504	53.730	10.9848	6.0278	2,507
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.497	45.160	11.2696	5.0411	7,856
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.495	63.807	6.0057	4.5500	4,234
=154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.492	54.200	7.8107	3.7072	8,052
=154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.492	50.381	8.6499	5.9338	4,718
=154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.492	57.248	10.6417	4.9750	1,966
157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.489	66.230	7.9570	2.4022	3,734
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.486	59.260	8.4443	4.8750	2,380
=159	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.485	55.710	9.0927	3.4900	4,169
=159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.485	62.211	7.4902	3.8292	3,220
161	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.483	62.367	8.6860	3.4419	2,474
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.482	61.533	9.0721	4.5672	1,754
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.472	61.998	7.8891	4.6960	1,766
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.469	58.249	9.5335	2.5234	2,810
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.467	59.504	10.7108	3.3307	1,512
166	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.459	47.576	10.5793	7.3600	1,652
=167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.458	43.660	11.1378	5.6850	3,300
=167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.458	56.382	9.9430	3.3090	1,893
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.455	58.147	9.9180	3.9774	1,347
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.450	62.653	7.3889	1.7100	3,362
171	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.447	60.001	7.3166	2.8623	2,515
172	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.445	53.452	7.3855	3.7989	3,066
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.444	54.687	10.2425	4.0777	1,334
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.442	58.956	8.3732	1.6690	2,730
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.431	54.870	9.2327	2.4186	1,862
176	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.417	54.954	7.4748	5.5193	980
177	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.416	55.233	7.8539	1.5393	2,606
=178	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.392	59.362	4.4670	2.1760	2,871
=178	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.392	53.255	9.3412	2.2398	1,036
180	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.391	50.024	7.7948	3.2254	1,405
181	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.389	54.832	8.6309	2.3761	972
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.386	54.756	6.5360	1.5560	2,105
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.383	56.566	7.3809	2.0200	1,127
184	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.356	49.327	5.6225	3.0682	1,289
185	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.350	49.210	6.0755	1.6480	1,681
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.344	54.377	5.2309	0.9800	1,734
187	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.313	55.063	3.8024	1.4353	1,159

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.943
#2Iceland0.941
#3Germany0.931
#4Switzerland0.926
#5New Zealand0.921

Lowest

#187Niger0.313
#186Burkina Faso0.344
#185Chad0.350
#184Central African Republic0.356
#183Ethiopia0.383

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.710. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra83.632
LowestLesotho43.660
Middle country: 71.197
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.9315
LowestNiger3.8024
Middle country: 12.4582
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.6800
LowestBurkina Faso0.9800
Middle country: 8.0984
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein163,376
LowestBurundi972
Middle country: 11,885

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 186 in both
178 · 6rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.588 → 0.609+0.021
Sierra Leone0.372 → 0.391+0.019
Angola0.475 → 0.492+0.017
Ethiopia0.366 → 0.383+0.017
Venezuela0.736 → 0.753+0.017

Fell most

Togo0.465 → 0.458−0.007
Greece0.871 → 0.866−0.005
Eritrea0.473 → 0.472−0.001
Micronesia0.602 → 0.601−0.001
Saint Lucia0.741 → 0.740−0.001

+ Antigua and Barbuda

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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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 2007.
154 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.914. 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 187 countries has every column.

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Human Development Index: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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