Data for 2011

Human Development Index, 2011

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Human Development Index, 2011 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.949; Niger is lowest, at 0.346. The middle country reads 0.725. Against 2010, 187 values changed (173 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2011

HighestNorway

0.949

LowestNiger

0.346

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

192countries
5measures per country
2011the year it describes
166distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.949	81.245	17.52290	12.61000	84,641.8
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.946	82.574	15.67316	13.33000	78,996.1
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.942	80.355	16.95152	13.93000	58,510.0
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.941	81.972	18.74509	13.01000	49,206.2
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.935	81.110	17.88152	11.96000	61,601.4
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.934	79.786	18.35436	12.47000	60,217.0
=7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.933	82.091	22.58959	12.12000	50,384.5
=7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.933	81.942	17.46811	11.00000	97,121.1
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.927	80.842	19.50604	13.39000	38,378.1
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.924	80.392	17.11375	12.46000	54,767.7
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.923	80.366	19.04888	11.47000	56,863.2
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.921	81.513	15.24262	13.56000	51,658.7
=13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.920	81.758	15.87300	12.28000	58,475.5
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.920	78.702	16.45367	13.10000	59,959.6
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.919	82.157	15.11415	11.75594	125,515.3
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.918	83.160	15.86519	11.62000	58,651.2
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.916	80.796	15.77940	13.19000	49,364.9
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.915	80.828	16.17313	11.71000	62,981.7
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.911	80.285	13.92475	12.86000	86,326.4
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.909	80.727	18.10992	11.00000	46,788.6
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.906	82.671	15.33269	12.54400	42,381.8
22	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.902	83.713	15.28650	10.05984	67,593.8
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.899	81.168	16.83992	11.73600	38,034.1
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.897	79.588	16.93592	12.21000	38,288.5
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.892	81.781	15.41706	10.85000	51,826.7
=25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.892	81.989	15.04598	12.60000	35,728.3
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.890	82.228	16.39005	9.90000	49,446.7
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.883	77.814	16.36347	12.47000	36,331.9
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.879	82.180	16.75148	9.48000	41,214.1
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.877	76.346	16.63502	13.40000	29,030.6
31	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.875	84.296	12.52506	10.56000	60,470.2
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.874	80.625	17.04985	10.30750	32,813.6
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.872	80.855	13.94191	11.58000	43,127.6
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.862	80.804	15.05199	10.47000	36,985.2
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.860	73.608	17.16068	12.57000	30,080.4
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.858	76.568	15.66082	12.55000	27,813.1
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.856	76.018	15.20849	12.50000	31,004.7
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.852	76.100	17.26372	10.70000	28,905.6
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.843	80.582	16.32862	8.28000	34,366.3
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.841	74.923	15.50348	11.92000	27,834.0
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.840	73.718	15.79569	12.61000	24,959.5
42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.839	81.898	10.38918	9.99909	72,914.7
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.836	76.993	14.81812	11.14000	27,785.1
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.835	79.994	12.32771	8.65000	125,961.6
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.834	74.835	14.19474	8.82000	86,919.7
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.828	77.023	15.30880	10.69587	23,940.2
=47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.823	79.236	15.31116	9.54000	23,433.4
=47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.823	74.288	15.56466	10.86000	26,038.8
=49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.822	75.961	15.30632	11.28000	20,590.2
=49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.822	77.740	14.97237	8.27600	40,090.0
=49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.822	69.725	14.69771	12.34636	34,822.9
=52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.817	79.141	13.63510	8.24500	43,338.6
=52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.817	77.864	13.73764	7.06000	71,396.7
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.812	71.068	15.69523	11.38000	25,171.3
55	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.811	75.808	13.21005	9.18444	45,342.3
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.803	74.169	14.58668	10.78000	21,861.7
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.802	73.571	11.65492	11.94374	31,201.2
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.801	76.614	15.37342	8.40000	25,214.3
59	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.800	71.400	16.32421	9.86166	23,962.4
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.794	75.599	15.68015	9.66114	16,765.5
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.792	72.232	12.92944	10.64000	30,863.2
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.790	69.108	14.70116	11.33926	24,234.0
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.787	74.721	13.95835	9.80000	21,254.4
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.786	70.711	15.03600	11.44355	17,289.0
65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.785	74.719	14.22255	10.57000	16,328.1
66	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.784	68.638	14.79871	12.70376	16,388.3
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.783	79.624	13.96719	8.35000	18,252.2
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.782	75.488	12.64018	9.81167	23,585.4
=69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.781	78.303	14.49334	9.80000	12,312.5
=69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.781	78.051	15.49762	11.36700	7,825.4
=69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.781	76.659	12.76678	9.42000	22,615.8
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.780	72.485	14.35671	12.44200	11,956.0
73	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.773	74.861	16.46814	9.04084	11,920.2
74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.772	72.506	12.07451	10.80939	22,810.1
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.771	75.142	13.45047	9.68805	17,131.2
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.770	73.090	13.93668	9.12000	21,067.9
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.764	74.823	14.50026	7.36000	21,936.4
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.762	74.068	13.91995	8.52000	19,215.8
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.758	77.768	11.99604	8.88727	17,434.7
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.757	73.921	13.46402	8.25000	20,623.1
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.755	72.962	13.54673	8.36667	20,839.2
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.753	74.047	15.16153	7.01000	17,878.7
=82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.753	74.740	13.29590	10.50714	10,667.9
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.752	73.185	12.55574	11.19000	11,737.2
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.749	70.609	14.23299	10.30336	12,492.0
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	70.173	13.61729	11.56000	10,899.1
=87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.747	75.180	14.50032	7.52000	14,448.4
=87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.747	75.302	13.67678	7.71000	16,390.2
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.746	70.565	11.76165	10.61000	17,809.1
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.745	71.517	14.15100	8.93754	14,781.7
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.743	75.179	14.43491	7.91000	12,289.5
92	Peru`PER`South America	0.738	73.327	13.80463	8.89000	11,728.0
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.734	73.929	12.56364	9.76338	10,798.5
=94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.731	76.963	13.18473	7.24000	12,766.5
=94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.731	71.437	15.74973	10.92000	5,922.0
=96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.725	70.975	12.49101	10.17669	10,868.2
=96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.725	67.167	14.67477	10.14801	10,556.1
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.721	72.496	13.44337	7.33000	14,541.6
=99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.718	74.383	14.46668	5.58000	14,667.5
=99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.718	74.471	14.14446	6.82000	11,250.3
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.717	75.889	13.15779	7.15456	11,080.5
=102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.715	69.950	14.52401	7.56000	12,087.0
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.715	72.787	13.20860	7.53000	12,497.0
=104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.711	72.245	13.33304	8.44000	9,451.4
=104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.711	71.393	12.06440	11.68000	6,335.2
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.709	68.870	10.44355	10.84962	12,230.4
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.708	69.820	11.07616	8.02303	20,811.6
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.701	66.880	12.97998	9.79600	10,007.0
=109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.698	77.141	12.09414	5.15132	15,464.6
=109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.698	73.557	13.44649	8.58000	6,350.9
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.693	73.713	12.96834	7.72000	7,462.7
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.690	65.102	12.00621	7.85200	19,266.5
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.686	70.143	11.47235	11.07505	5,579.1
=114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.683	66.282	15.24783	7.94000	7,451.6
=114	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.683	60.602	13.10685	9.69000	13,730.0
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.680	69.232	11.21023	7.61545	13,008.1
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.678	68.629	12.96133	7.51000	9,099.5
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.674	69.096	11.77593	8.99000	7,245.0
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.670	67.748	12.21995	11.05923	4,619.6
120	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.666	64.641	13.32995	10.88000	4,848.3
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.664	72.259	12.01360	6.37800	8,288.0
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.662	71.192	12.24774	6.21000	8,594.9
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.661	59.715	11.65956	9.10000	14,714.8
124	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.659	66.469	12.06240	7.41104	9,452.9
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.657	72.033	11.00975	8.27437	5,655.8
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.656	68.435	11.04907	6.47668	12,162.7
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.655	64.022	13.14062	5.33504	15,706.8
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.654	72.913	12.47877	5.70906	6,856.9
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.644	68.698	10.91280	11.20118	3,248.4
130	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.641	64.960	11.50728	9.58526	5,198.3
131	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.628	70.321	11.06177	4.60833	9,895.4
=132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.624	58.827	9.44584	7.46637	19,144.9
=132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.624	60.287	11.58476	8.11616	7,955.6
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.619	71.263	11.28671	4.46800	7,381.5
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.613	62.286	10.27280	7.68717	7,587.4
136	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.605	64.969	11.15463	7.49055	4,416.6
=137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.603	69.280	12.20900	2.28873	9,929.7
=137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.603	67.623	11.69287	5.30000	5,224.3
=137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.603	65.896	10.88707	8.45614	3,376.6
=140	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.598	70.116	10.08247	5.58000	5,186.3
=140	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.598	56.647	11.53683	6.51600	10,627.3
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.587	69.729	10.81588	6.15210	3,163.5
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.572	68.499	9.64888	5.20000	4,297.1
144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.569	64.122	10.39660	5.30449	4,756.0
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.568	61.617	10.68376	5.78994	4,830.3
=146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.567	64.505	10.45347	5.07780	4,660.4
=146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.567	68.824	11.20268	5.53705	2,575.2
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.560	61.283	10.70762	6.06163	3,892.2
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.559	67.123	12.36257	3.52000	3,214.5
150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.547	67.869	11.08423	3.80400	2,953.2
=151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.545	58.093	10.07282	3.86880	8,707.9
=151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.545	49.057	12.51754	6.11406	7,769.6
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.541	63.105	11.01929	4.44440	3,271.3
=154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.538	57.482	10.74051	5.35246	4,220.0
=154	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.538	57.843	10.99497	6.39201	3,059.5
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.536	61.581	10.55444	4.82434	3,316.5
157	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.530	65.754	7.81598	3.95793	5,482.5
158	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.529	53.911	10.86973	7.76800	2,843.7
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.525	63.859	9.71094	3.93724	3,415.5
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.522	60.791	10.89687	5.13500	2,355.2
161	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.516	61.618	9.13134	5.33500	2,707.9
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.512	63.476	11.89479	3.76784	1,856.2
=163	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.508	51.490	8.47071	6.27092	5,594.1
=163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.508	63.382	8.26002	4.20700	3,384.5
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.504	64.659	6.03669	4.79000	4,300.5
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.501	67.412	8.36857	3.11979	2,995.4
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.495	57.612	11.81205	3.64000	2,189.1
168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.494	62.860	9.91553	4.75006	1,622.9
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.491	64.799	8.79939	2.39000	3,336.2
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.490	58.462	11.07568	2.57415	2,831.2
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.485	46.930	11.64421	6.03376	3,197.5
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.483	58.859	10.78287	4.68556	1,554.2
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.480	64.231	7.28269	4.66613	2,022.5
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.476	63.181	7.15740	3.22800	3,305.5
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.474	61.250	9.47319	1.93704	2,947.5
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.471	59.486	9.94104	4.25652	1,516.0
177	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.469	55.972	7.89878	4.22784	3,070.6
178	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.463	61.561	7.60365	3.30561	2,444.7
179	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.460	57.663	9.63149	3.00828	2,045.6
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.447	56.911	9.02893	5.74748	1,057.4
181	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.436	56.778	8.65023	1.65250	2,666.0
182	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.432	61.337	4.96653	2.68511	3,982.4
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.425	60.595	8.19871	2.17000	1,511.0
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.424	55.733	9.92884	2.62000	1,248.4
185	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.422	57.674	5.11361	5.73000	1,318.7
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.420	57.804	10.69896	2.23000	969.4
187	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.416	52.594	8.59681	3.33915	1,515.5
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.415	56.367	7.44236	2.02000	2,199.5
189	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.389	57.001	7.00335	1.15714	1,867.7
190	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.384	50.426	7.39042	1.85455	2,021.7
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.377	50.107	6.20998	3.35656	1,476.1
192	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.346	57.600	4.89021	1.58512	1,237.7

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.949
#2Switzerland0.946
#3Germany0.942
#4Iceland0.941
#5Netherlands0.935

Lowest

#192Niger0.346
#191Central African Republic0.377
#190Chad0.384
#189Burkina Faso0.389
#188Mali0.415

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)
HighestAndorra84.296
LowestLesotho46.930
Middle country: 71.775
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.58959
LowestNiger4.89021
Middle country: 13.04341
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.93000
LowestBurkina Faso1.15714
Middle country: 8.44807
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestQatar125,961.6
LowestBurundi969.4
Middle country: 12,301.0

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 191 in both
173 · 14rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Haiti0.452 → 0.536+0.084
Central African Republic0.358 → 0.377+0.019
Oman0.804 → 0.822+0.018
Angola0.528 → 0.545+0.017
Zimbabwe0.512 → 0.529+0.017

Fell most

Libya0.755 → 0.715−0.040
Ireland0.915 → 0.909−0.006
United Kingdom0.921 → 0.916−0.005
Malta0.867 → 0.862−0.005
Syria0.669 → 0.664−0.005

+ Marshall Islands

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 2011.
166 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.822. 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 192 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
192 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-2011-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 (2011). Human Development Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2011

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Human Development Index, 2010
191 countries
The year after ›
Human Development Index, 2012
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