Data for 2012

Human Development Index, 2012

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2012, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2012 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.950; Niger is lowest, at 0.356. The middle country reads 0.735. Against 2011, 177 values changed (164 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2012

HighestNorway

0.950

LowestNiger

0.356

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

192countries
5measures per country
2012the year it describes
163distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.950	81.446	17.45493	12.6433	86,392.1
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.949	82.617	15.82801	13.4100	80,093.9
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.946	82.346	19.17964	13.1000	51,086.2
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.944	80.502	17.02318	13.9800	58,528.1
=5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.938	82.297	22.75412	12.3000	52,029.0
=5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.938	80.082	18.67730	12.7000	60,405.4
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.935	81.059	17.94064	12.0200	60,338.9
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.933	82.209	17.30230	11.0200	98,260.7
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.929	81.167	19.33862	13.3800	38,783.8
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.927	81.704	15.72656	13.5940	51,826.1
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.924	80.508	17.10630	12.4900	53,588.0
=12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.923	80.260	19.16010	11.5000	58,163.2
=12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.923	83.416	16.15875	11.7067	57,895.3
=12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.923	78.817	16.51126	13.1400	61,373.3
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.920	81.730	15.91219	12.3400	57,780.0
16	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.919	82.254	15.02554	11.7961	111,132.0
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.917	80.859	15.70308	13.3400	49,087.8
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.916	80.841	16.30450	11.7500	62,700.9
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.914	80.438	13.98029	13.0000	95,714.8
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.911	80.852	18.13201	11.0717	46,591.6
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.909	83.168	15.36403	12.5580	42,888.8
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.901	81.308	16.75775	11.8320	38,941.7
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.897	79.765	16.95047	12.2800	36,848.8
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.893	81.739	15.48921	10.9400	51,449.9
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.893	81.985	15.06446	12.6900	35,851.7
=24	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.893	83.943	15.14530	10.1624	55,207.1
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887	82.252	16.17154	10.0200	47,721.4
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.885	77.998	16.35502	12.5200	36,514.8
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.881	82.191	16.98982	9.5100	40,252.4
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.880	76.416	16.60737	13.4500	30,442.4
31	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.876	84.334	12.73808	10.5900	58,172.0
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.874	80.422	17.24628	10.4050	31,614.2
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.872	81.128	13.95650	11.8100	39,690.4
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.870	81.064	15.26604	10.8000	37,282.6
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.863	76.775	15.70233	12.7800	28,176.8
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.862	73.964	16.95056	12.5600	31,383.8
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.856	76.176	15.15811	12.3800	31,580.8
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.850	75.802	17.23536	10.7900	28,438.6
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.846	80.499	12.48702	9.1200	127,199.7
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.844	80.555	16.34262	8.5000	32,918.5
=41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.843	73.939	15.62762	12.7000	26,409.0
=41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.843	81.913	10.59853	10.1673	71,325.6
=43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.841	74.843	14.74850	8.8700	86,892.1
=43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.841	75.183	15.49135	11.8400	27,581.5
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.839	77.284	14.98539	11.2678	27,206.5
=46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.833	77.100	15.58716	10.8431	24,291.5
=46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.833	79.622	14.04588	8.4600	50,102.2
48	Chile`CHL`South America	0.832	79.221	15.41317	9.7750	25,559.9
=49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.825	76.237	15.37970	11.4272	20,180.7
=49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.825	70.117	14.66080	12.3527	36,106.5
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.824	78.187	14.58851	8.6320	39,601.4
52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.822	78.227	13.74110	7.2700	71,079.3
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.819	76.090	13.40624	9.4222	46,755.0
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.818	71.800	15.77574	11.4750	25,335.0
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.817	74.314	14.68936	10.9600	26,528.8
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.808	71.362	16.90348	10.1041	23,885.2
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.807	74.337	14.56940	10.9000	22,570.9
58	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.805	73.707	11.67247	12.0281	31,735.0
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.804	76.691	15.49782	8.4800	25,030.7
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.799	69.939	14.78635	11.5039	25,498.6
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.798	76.877	13.68775	9.5600	24,481.7
=62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.797	75.737	15.77245	9.6694	17,147.1
=62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.797	72.491	14.02872	10.8582	24,954.8
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.796	72.513	13.05466	10.6539	31,806.0
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.795	75.039	15.37275	9.8900	18,068.8
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.790	78.084	15.18676	10.0300	12,412.3
=67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.789	79.925	14.13412	8.4100	19,039.3
=67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.789	72.672	14.59767	12.5000	13,056.3
=67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.789	71.090	15.05903	11.3745	18,017.7
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.788	75.089	14.33494	10.5650	16,397.5
=71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.787	75.552	12.86586	9.9233	24,125.4
=71	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.787	68.863	14.90217	12.7619	16,723.2
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.778	74.330	14.59700	8.7488	20,956.3
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.777	78.162	14.61527	11.5000	8,075.1
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.775	75.043	13.53119	9.9734	17,049.5
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.774	74.961	16.54524	9.0866	11,684.8
=77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.772	75.552	14.67326	7.4900	22,708.6
=77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.772	73.086	13.84555	9.2500	21,933.8
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.764	74.128	13.73158	8.4900	20,934.1
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.762	77.941	11.96995	9.0991	17,441.6
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.761	73.440	12.85280	11.2850	12,717.0
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.759	75.187	13.26901	10.5057	11,567.3
=83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.758	74.335	15.21427	7.2200	18,075.4
=83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.758	72.188	14.36407	7.8100	23,263.7
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.754	70.344	13.94834	11.7000	11,090.5
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.753	70.539	14.45375	10.3900	12,885.9
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.751	71.080	11.94022	10.6100	18,189.3
=88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.750	75.486	14.59454	8.1000	12,818.2
=88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.750	75.590	13.49242	7.8100	17,080.3
=90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.748	75.611	14.18010	7.6300	14,921.2
=90	Peru`PER`South America	0.748	73.979	14.00095	9.0800	12,496.9
=90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.748	72.860	13.02902	8.3633	20,505.4
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.745	71.391	14.15100	9.0563	14,631.2
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.742	77.037	13.37153	7.8900	12,895.2
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.740	74.087	12.89629	9.9168	10,869.3
=96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.735	67.611	14.85448	10.2560	11,693.9
=96	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.735	71.546	15.95271	10.9114	6,089.6
=98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.727	71.134	12.94052	9.8634	10,898.5
=98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.727	72.817	13.65362	7.4300	14,735.2
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.725	76.200	13.28357	7.2491	11,957.0
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.723	74.609	14.55952	5.7600	14,699.6
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.720	74.599	14.15776	6.7400	11,640.9
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.719	73.105	13.23944	7.7800	12,236.1
104	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.714	68.961	10.73549	10.8434	12,729.4
=105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.711	72.405	13.13264	8.5782	9,379.4
=105	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.711	69.957	11.06446	8.0635	21,602.0
107	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.707	71.159	12.10574	11.6452	6,055.1
=108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.704	77.512	12.10345	5.4236	15,496.1
=108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.704	73.722	13.39981	8.8500	6,600.1
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.699	65.438	12.05303	8.1340	20,975.5
=111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.698	65.812	13.06685	9.9350	10,061.9
=111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.698	73.762	13.19465	7.8100	7,754.7
113	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.696	61.737	13.54292	9.9300	13,677.7
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.692	70.411	11.59099	11.1721	5,912.8
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.689	69.464	11.57713	7.8545	13,032.9
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.686	68.862	13.29709	7.6067	9,528.3
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.685	66.586	14.93242	8.1700	7,530.1
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.681	69.237	12.00397	9.0700	7,622.5
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.679	68.142	12.44661	11.1588	4,929.9
120	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.668	64.776	13.57075	10.9472	4,730.6
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.667	60.384	11.63618	9.3300	14,732.4
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.666	71.420	12.29900	6.3700	8,713.9
=123	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.664	66.443	12.13850	7.5545	9,981.6
=123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.664	68.827	11.17834	6.5068	13,339.0
=123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.664	72.435	11.05145	8.4578	5,860.6
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.655	73.315	12.40867	5.7464	6,827.2
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.650	64.384	13.15184	5.3201	13,556.1
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.649	69.130	10.91278	11.2376	3,413.6
129	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.642	65.079	11.60188	9.7025	5,015.5
130	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.635	59.301	9.75037	7.5724	21,449.3
131	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.633	60.533	11.71748	8.2239	8,994.2
132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.631	70.722	10.85069	4.8000	10,084.5
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.629	71.674	11.62875	4.6960	7,479.0
134	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.626	66.206	12.25677	6.3227	6,323.8
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.624	62.662	10.48325	7.8046	8,550.2
=136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.609	69.759	12.54831	2.2200	10,166.6
=136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.609	68.076	11.76547	5.3976	5,420.2
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.608	65.908	11.01801	8.5446	3,518.3
139	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.607	57.733	11.56138	6.6333	10,999.1
140	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.605	65.080	11.20151	7.4627	4,320.4
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.597	70.460	9.91739	5.5200	5,200.1
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.587	69.898	10.94529	6.2538	3,016.6
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.583	68.989	9.99891	5.3000	4,634.9
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.577	65.126	10.52556	5.1780	5,096.1
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.575	61.995	10.93752	5.8206	5,039.8
146	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.574	64.505	10.61479	5.3700	4,730.2
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.570	68.961	11.22165	5.5794	2,642.0
=148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.565	61.537	10.75405	6.3033	3,931.8
=148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.565	67.364	12.50422	3.5628	3,363.8
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.562	50.714	12.69502	6.4148	8,097.1
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.557	58.916	10.49180	3.9092	9,194.2
=152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.551	68.371	11.09370	3.7360	3,096.7
=152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.551	58.704	10.99753	6.4831	3,544.2
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.549	58.170	11.32874	5.5049	4,271.3
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.548	63.463	11.26815	4.6016	3,300.6
156	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.545	55.386	10.94235	7.8700	3,238.2
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.540	62.273	10.62113	4.9260	3,285.9
158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.538	65.808	8.19248	4.0840	5,521.9
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.535	64.251	9.96717	4.1365	3,630.5
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.526	61.579	10.96182	5.1300	2,362.2
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.521	64.189	12.10726	3.7700	1,957.9
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.519	62.286	8.90338	5.4500	2,761.3
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.514	63.639	8.45248	4.3371	3,445.1
164	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.512	51.688	8.68036	6.3090	5,709.9
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.508	64.883	6.13920	4.8800	4,353.1
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.503	67.569	8.23106	3.3426	2,979.2
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.500	57.940	11.93810	3.8431	2,177.1
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.499	65.229	9.01726	2.5850	3,373.5
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.497	58.559	11.59101	2.5868	2,869.2
=170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.496	48.235	11.77082	6.1983	3,261.3
=170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.496	63.007	10.08837	4.7958	1,602.6
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.488	59.870	10.69484	4.8375	1,539.5
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.484	61.735	9.80369	1.9839	3,148.4
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.483	64.697	7.40710	4.6587	2,034.5
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.482	63.427	7.52976	3.3260	3,176.4
176	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.478	56.570	8.02709	4.3786	3,282.2
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.475	59.785	9.94680	4.3462	1,580.3
178	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.469	61.900	7.73150	3.4384	2,499.6
179	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.462	58.270	9.73118	3.1557	1,930.7
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.451	57.350	8.89279	5.8537	1,085.7
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.442	61.719	5.09142	2.8300	4,419.0
182	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.440	57.117	8.65216	1.7250	2,763.9
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.433	61.443	8.26820	2.2214	1,595.9
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.431	56.460	9.80413	2.7625	1,324.9
185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.425	58.501	10.88066	2.1633	982.3
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.418	53.159	8.64309	3.3676	1,472.7
187	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.411	56.696	7.25485	1.9725	2,113.2
188	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.398	57.457	7.30014	1.2014	1,958.4
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.391	50.765	7.58383	1.9018	2,128.5
190	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.389	58.241	5.24390	5.7300	715.5
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.385	51.336	6.19064	3.4762	1,537.7
192	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.356	57.987	5.12135	1.6400	1,345.7

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.950
#2Switzerland0.949
#3Iceland0.946
#4Germany0.944
#5Australiashared0.938

Lowest

#192Niger0.356
#191Central African Republic0.385
#190South Sudan0.389
#189Chad0.391
#188Burkina Faso0.398

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.735. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra84.334
LowestLesotho48.235
Middle country: 71.994
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.75412
LowestDjibouti5.09142
Middle country: 13.21704
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.9800
LowestBurkina Faso1.2014
Middle country: 8.6051
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestQatar127,199.7
LowestSouth Sudan715.5
Middle country: 12,890.5

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 192 in both
164 · 13rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Libya0.715 → 0.758+0.043
Seychelles0.772 → 0.797+0.025
Panama0.781 → 0.798+0.017
Eswatini0.545 → 0.562+0.017
Bahrain0.817 → 0.833+0.016

Fell most

Syria0.664 → 0.626−0.038
South Sudan0.422 → 0.389−0.033
San Marino0.902 → 0.893−0.009
Saint Lucia0.755 → 0.748−0.007
Romania0.823 → 0.817−0.006

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 2012.
163 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.923. 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-2012-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 (2012). Human Development Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2012

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Human Development Index, 2011
192 countries
The year after ›
Human Development Index, 2013
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