Data for 2010

Human Development Index, 2010

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Human Development Index, 2010 covers 191 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.947; Niger is lowest, at 0.339. The middle country reads 0.725. Against 2009, 186 values changed (174 up, 12 down), 4 countries joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2010

HighestNorway

0.947

LowestNiger

0.339

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

191countries
5measures per country
2010the year it describes
169distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.947	81.039	17.5281	12.5500	81,976.9
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.945	82.287	15.6798	13.3200	81,900.2
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.936	80.081	16.8799	13.8500	55,528.0
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.935	81.594	18.5227	12.9200	46,487.1
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.932	81.647	17.6339	10.9400	95,610.3
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.929	82.013	22.4251	12.0300	48,044.9
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.926	81.052	19.4425	13.3760	37,338.3
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.925	80.829	17.0153	11.9800	61,020.7
=9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.921	80.040	19.2177	11.4200	58,078.9
=9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.921	80.391	16.4592	13.2100	49,015.6
=11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.920	79.247	16.8903	12.4300	59,933.0
=11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.920	80.012	17.0231	12.4200	54,531.4
13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.919	78.668	16.3961	13.0500	59,211.7
=14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.918	81.336	15.1774	13.5120	50,038.2
=14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.918	81.519	15.9881	12.2100	57,709.8
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.915	80.599	17.9318	11.5700	47,569.7
17	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.914	82.054	14.6951	11.7559	140,777.0
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.912	80.463	16.1293	11.7100	62,287.4
=18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.912	82.859	15.8215	11.4000	56,364.0
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.909	80.099	13.8692	12.8400	85,004.5
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.907	82.916	15.3014	12.5300	42,697.7
22	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.905	83.464	15.4177	9.9583	78,469.5
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.896	79.301	17.0800	12.0600	38,394.9
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.894	80.717	16.7948	11.6400	37,713.8
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.889	81.974	15.0446	12.5000	34,699.3
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.888	81.405	15.3807	10.7800	51,165.2
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887	82.132	16.2338	9.8200	49,572.9
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.880	77.568	16.2160	12.3900	36,382.9
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.876	80.573	16.8633	10.2100	36,882.2
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.875	82.006	16.4028	9.3600	42,249.9
31	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.870	84.197	12.3120	10.5300	58,284.9
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.869	80.632	13.9924	11.4400	42,324.4
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.868	75.882	16.5085	13.3300	26,664.8
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.867	81.398	15.5583	10.3100	35,935.3
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.854	73.196	17.1230	12.4600	28,585.9
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.852	76.282	15.7690	12.3100	26,546.6
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.851	75.496	15.2603	12.2760	31,002.2
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.844	75.680	17.0288	10.6000	27,445.6
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.838	74.519	15.4867	11.8800	27,578.9
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.836	80.115	16.1110	8.0600	34,659.8
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.835	81.886	10.3835	9.8309	71,183.8
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.834	79.444	12.5495	8.5500	114,960.2
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.833	73.028	15.8103	12.5600	23,744.5
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.831	76.676	14.6963	11.0190	27,646.2
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.830	74.820	13.8740	8.7700	87,107.7
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.828	76.701	15.5839	10.5506	24,307.5
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.823	79.095	15.0984	9.8500	22,840.4
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.822	73.579	16.1970	10.7300	24,807.6
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.815	75.713	15.1115	11.1750	19,672.2
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.812	77.499	13.7342	6.8500	70,842.9
51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.810	78.593	13.3895	8.0300	44,894.2
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.808	68.153	14.3766	12.3400	33,441.7
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.804	77.184	13.7163	7.9200	43,122.3
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.803	70.501	15.5522	11.2850	23,663.8
=55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.801	73.449	11.6374	11.8600	31,385.5
=55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.801	75.616	13.0139	8.9467	41,877.7
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.799	73.814	14.4837	10.7200	21,515.1
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.797	75.488	15.7197	9.6529	17,662.8
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.796	76.691	15.1523	8.3300	23,964.7
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.791	71.452	15.7449	9.6250	23,552.9
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.789	71.809	12.7541	10.4700	33,295.1
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.783	77.876	16.2704	11.2340	7,562.0
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.782	70.188	15.0596	11.5126	16,552.6
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.781	68.257	14.4921	11.1746	23,852.1
=65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.779	75.376	12.7849	9.7000	22,605.7
=65	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.779	68.347	14.6960	12.6456	15,845.9
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.778	74.390	13.4604	9.7100	20,972.8
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.776	79.354	13.6960	8.2300	17,836.0
=69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.775	76.417	12.9361	9.2800	20,089.1
=69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.775	74.376	13.6786	10.3700	16,161.6
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.771	74.731	16.3910	8.9953	11,746.8
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.770	71.732	14.1158	12.3840	11,096.7
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.769	78.414	13.6957	9.6267	11,852.0
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.765	75.037	13.3698	9.4027	16,721.0
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.764	73.092	14.0284	8.6850	20,520.8
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.758	72.477	11.1948	10.7606	20,608.5
=77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.755	72.196	14.6839	7.3100	23,161.3
=77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.755	73.647	13.7688	8.3182	18,863.2
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.751	73.718	13.4204	8.0100	20,307.8
=80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.750	77.529	11.5926	8.6755	17,321.8
=80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.750	74.964	13.9501	7.0900	19,980.9
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.749	72.768	13.2493	8.3700	19,747.5
=83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.748	73.779	15.1090	6.8800	17,266.9
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.748	74.463	13.2745	10.5086	9,851.8
=85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.747	72.938	12.4260	11.1200	11,291.9
=85	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.747	71.680	14.3703	8.8188	14,887.0
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.746	70.660	14.0122	10.2174	12,512.7
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.744	70.309	11.6566	10.6100	18,174.0
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.742	75.012	13.5388	7.6100	16,057.2
90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.741	74.876	14.4139	7.3900	13,780.7
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.739	69.876	13.2862	11.4900	10,321.0
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.737	75.188	14.2753	7.8500	11,527.8
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.732	73.797	12.5594	9.6100	10,786.7
94	Peru`PER`South America	0.731	72.886	13.6083	8.8700	11,157.6
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.727	70.875	12.3990	10.4900	10,869.2
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.725	76.827	12.9513	7.1100	12,521.0
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.724	71.319	15.5467	10.7500	5,572.0
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.718	74.144	14.2381	5.8167	14,631.3
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.717	74.438	14.0452	6.6500	11,622.5
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.715	72.039	13.2331	7.2400	14,320.5
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.714	67.100	14.4475	10.0400	9,172.1
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.710	75.668	13.0432	7.0600	10,222.5
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.709	72.551	13.1778	7.2800	12,014.1
=104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.708	71.979	13.2521	8.3565	9,344.0
=104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.708	71.451	12.0231	11.6040	6,161.0
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.707	69.626	11.0879	7.9826	20,645.8
107	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.700	68.608	10.1516	10.8559	11,226.8
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.697	66.778	12.8931	9.6570	9,766.9
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.691	73.302	13.4995	8.3600	5,921.1
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.689	76.756	12.0848	4.8791	14,520.2
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.686	73.611	12.7420	7.6300	7,071.4
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.684	64.715	11.9596	7.5700	19,444.8
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.681	69.836	11.6009	10.9788	5,238.3
=114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.677	66.003	15.1617	7.7100	7,177.7
=114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.677	69.078	11.1996	7.3764	13,155.3
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.670	68.364	12.6449	7.4100	8,689.8
=117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.669	68.883	11.5479	8.9100	7,136.7
=117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.669	58.886	12.8413	9.6700	13,291.5
=117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.669	73.542	11.8907	6.4338	8,223.8
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.668	67.521	12.2269	10.9596	4,624.1
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.660	70.909	12.1662	6.3400	8,321.4
122	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.652	59.137	11.6830	8.8700	13,660.6
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.651	71.761	10.9680	8.0910	5,395.9
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.650	68.092	10.8174	6.3999	11,861.1
125	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.648	72.507	12.3102	5.6720	6,645.2
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647	66.204	11.4057	7.2676	9,031.9
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.645	63.660	13.1294	5.3500	13,120.7
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.639	68.370	10.9628	11.1647	3,063.7
129	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.636	64.834	11.4139	9.4680	4,935.7
130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.623	69.885	11.0941	4.4167	9,700.7
131	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.616	60.074	11.4535	8.0098	7,217.0
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.612	58.344	9.1413	7.3618	17,288.9
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.609	61.731	10.0623	7.5697	7,894.7
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.607	70.821	10.9139	4.2400	7,112.0
135	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.603	64.892	11.1079	7.5185	4,292.1
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.600	65.859	10.7583	8.3685	3,317.9
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.596	69.770	10.2475	5.4225	5,128.3
138	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.593	68.765	11.8022	2.3599	9,329.5
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.591	56.093	11.5123	6.3987	10,159.8
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.590	67.162	11.1092	5.0633	5,022.1
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.582	69.570	10.6865	6.0520	3,117.9
=142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.564	63.867	10.1784	5.2398	4,652.0
=142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.564	68.669	11.1837	5.4950	2,501.5
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.561	68.009	9.2989	5.1200	4,011.0
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.558	61.297	10.3496	5.7593	4,405.1
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.556	63.690	10.0478	4.9776	4,481.3
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.552	60.915	10.6612	5.8200	3,712.2
148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.551	66.772	11.8882	3.4680	3,128.1
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.543	67.311	11.0748	3.8720	2,820.3
=150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.534	62.747	10.7704	4.2872	3,207.9
=150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.534	48.331	12.2055	5.8133	7,711.6
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.533	56.896	10.9924	6.3010	3,068.9
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.529	56.965	10.3723	5.2000	4,200.5
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.528	57.242	9.0916	3.8284	8,754.6
155	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.525	65.661	7.6655	3.8319	5,504.6
156	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.515	63.479	9.4547	3.7380	3,258.1
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.514	59.959	10.8331	5.1400	2,213.8
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.513	61.127	9.3593	5.2200	2,588.7
159	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.512	51.925	10.7971	7.6660	2,584.7
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.504	62.804	11.6704	3.7657	1,764.2
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.503	63.056	8.0676	4.0770	3,446.0
=162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.502	51.315	8.1820	6.2328	5,479.1
=162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.502	67.223	8.0183	2.8970	3,707.6
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.500	64.378	6.0523	4.6500	4,262.2
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.493	62.597	9.9115	4.7043	1,644.4
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.485	58.387	10.6901	2.5615	2,819.9
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.483	57.227	11.3448	3.4900	2,027.7
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.479	62.979	7.4178	3.1300	3,495.7
169	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.478	46.045	11.5176	5.8692	3,281.1
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.477	64.221	8.1412	2.2200	3,404.3
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.475	57.787	10.7326	4.5336	1,524.2
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.467	59.358	9.9353	4.1669	1,457.3
=173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.465	60.702	9.1808	1.8902	2,822.1
=173	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.465	55.282	7.7705	4.0771	3,301.3
=173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.465	63.665	7.1583	4.6736	1,636.4
176	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.463	61.167	7.4779	3.1728	2,755.8
=177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.452	56.999	9.5318	2.8609	1,967.8
=177	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.452	45.577	10.4882	4.7227	3,188.3
179	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.440	56.411	8.6908	5.6412	1,035.5
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.430	56.431	8.4752	1.5800	2,609.5
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.421	60.743	4.8417	2.5476	3,601.1
182	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.420	57.485	4.9833	5.7300	1,315.6
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.419	55.040	10.1935	2.4800	1,182.8
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.416	57.088	10.5173	2.2967	967.7
185	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.415	59.709	8.0218	2.1325	1,398.8
=186	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.410	55.993	7.3059	1.9040	2,195.4
=186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.410	51.927	8.5505	3.3107	1,430.4
188	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.377	56.343	6.5573	1.1129	1,825.9
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.375	50.107	6.7716	1.8073	2,075.3
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.358	46.871	6.0181	3.2369	1,439.6
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.339	57.080	4.6096	1.5302	1,249.3

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.947
#2Switzerland0.945
#3Germany0.936
#4Iceland0.935
#5Singapore0.932

Lowest

#191Niger0.339
#190Central African Republic0.358
#189Chad0.375
#188Burkina Faso0.377
#186Sierra Leoneshared0.410

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.725. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra84.197
LowestHaiti45.577
Middle country: 71.761
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.4251
LowestNiger4.6096
Middle country: 12.8931
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.8500
LowestBurkina Faso1.1129
Middle country: 8.3565
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein140,777.0
LowestBurundi967.7
Middle country: 12,014.1

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
174 · 12rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka0.723 → 0.748+0.025
Zimbabwe0.488 → 0.512+0.024
Türkiye0.728 → 0.750+0.022
Thailand0.725 → 0.742+0.017
Eswatini0.519 → 0.534+0.015

Fell most

Haiti0.534 → 0.452−0.082
Cuba0.788 → 0.783−0.005
Qatar0.838 → 0.834−0.004
Romania0.826 → 0.822−0.004
Equatorial Guinea0.615 → 0.612−0.003

+ Bhutan

+ Central African Republic

+ South Sudan

+ Seychelles

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

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 2010.
169 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.669. 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 191 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
191 rows · 14 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download human-development-index-2010-nations-inquiry.csv
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The publisher’s original
UNDP Human Development Report Office’s own file, on its own site.
HDR25_Composite_indices_complete_time_series.csv

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2010). Human Development Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2010

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Human Development Index, 2009
187 countries
The year after ›
Human Development Index, 2011
192 countries
All of them
Human Development Index: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions