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Human Development Index, 2013

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Human Development Index, 2013 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.953; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.359. The middle country reads 0.739. Against 2012, 185 values changed (168 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2013

HighestNorway

0.953

LowestCentral African Republic

0.359

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

192countries
5measures per country
2013the year it describes
166distinct values3 decimals, as published
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.953	81.668	17.6560	12.677	86,258.1
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.952	82.689	16.0238	13.525	79,770.6
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.950	81.743	19.7613	13.190	57,565.9
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.945	80.454	17.0948	14.010	58,751.2
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.941	80.306	19.1731	12.750	61,569.2
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.940	81.935	18.1840	12.230	57,907.3
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.937	81.301	18.0502	12.070	60,358.8
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.935	82.551	22.9186	12.020	51,662.8
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.934	80.869	19.3261	12.550	53,034.0
=9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.934	82.468	17.1365	11.150	100,235.2
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.933	81.612	19.1712	13.330	40,609.3
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.931	80.923	17.6715	12.830	49,217.2
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.930	81.785	15.8270	13.628	52,718.8
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.928	83.695	16.2155	11.793	59,980.9
=15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.925	80.467	19.3510	11.540	58,402.4
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.925	78.817	16.5689	13.200	61,908.3
17	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.920	82.374	14.9919	11.836	125,943.4
18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.919	80.854	14.0252	13.200	90,852.3
=19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.915	81.078	16.0370	11.790	62,391.0
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.915	81.065	18.2529	11.143	49,243.0
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.912	83.402	15.3954	12.572	43,921.6
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.907	80.088	17.6833	12.380	36,681.7
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.905	81.836	16.6845	11.928	40,255.3
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.899	82.354	15.1092	12.800	37,084.8
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.896	81.979	15.4613	11.080	51,693.3
=25	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.896	84.175	15.0837	10.266	56,736.4
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892	78.169	16.8570	12.600	36,816.8
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.887	77.252	16.4970	13.540	31,874.2
=28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.887	82.652	15.9797	10.120	46,476.2
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.886	82.694	17.1638	9.615	40,025.3
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.880	81.818	15.3956	11.030	38,659.8
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.879	81.067	17.4077	10.503	30,937.5
=33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.873	81.317	14.1802	11.880	36,933.3
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.873	77.076	16.5932	12.780	28,478.1
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.865	74.027	16.8563	12.590	33,047.6
36	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.862	84.406	11.5037	10.620	57,332.0
37	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.859	80.974	12.5227	9.800	127,692.4
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.858	76.514	15.1194	12.440	31,864.3
=39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.852	75.829	17.2340	10.890	28,870.6
=39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.852	74.187	16.0796	12.810	27,461.5
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.850	75.683	15.8304	12.010	28,618.1
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.849	80.903	16.3566	8.660	33,367.9
=43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.846	79.998	14.6627	8.675	50,982.1
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.846	77.510	15.3918	11.324	27,607.0
=43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.846	81.950	10.6055	10.335	71,756.1
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.845	79.551	16.1062	10.010	26,447.6
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.842	74.854	14.7433	8.920	85,388.0
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.835	77.050	15.5778	10.992	24,331.2
=49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.830	76.354	15.4744	11.574	20,939.8
=49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.830	70.640	14.7793	12.359	36,631.2
=51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.827	78.633	14.2046	8.988	39,402.3
=51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.827	76.517	13.6024	9.660	46,933.6
=53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.821	72.681	15.5781	11.570	25,264.6
=53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.821	74.918	14.6587	11.020	26,753.4
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.818	71.290	17.4828	10.353	25,330.8
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.815	74.828	15.0606	11.010	22,375.8
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.814	78.583	13.7446	6.680	69,926.7
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.812	76.953	15.8408	8.520	26,669.9
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.808	70.719	14.5744	11.669	27,955.7
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.805	73.930	11.6901	12.113	30,466.2
=61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.802	72.785	13.1811	10.668	33,713.5
=61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.802	76.171	16.7964	7.630	24,210.0
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.799	77.129	13.2513	9.700	25,926.0
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.798	75.816	15.8653	9.678	16,856.2
65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.797	72.428	14.3682	10.907	23,339.9
66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.796	73.025	14.8386	12.560	13,663.3
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.795	80.189	14.3395	8.580	19,191.3
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.794	75.349	15.2172	10.040	17,066.8
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.793	77.995	15.4179	10.019	12,865.3
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.792	75.346	14.4887	10.560	16,835.9
=71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.791	75.464	13.0028	10.035	24,921.1
=71	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.791	68.981	15.0064	12.820	17,107.2
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.789	71.474	14.9282	11.305	17,997.1
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.782	75.583	13.5114	10.259	17,572.0
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.781	74.430	14.4807	8.978	21,450.9
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.777	75.022	16.6223	9.133	11,979.8
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.773	73.076	13.7550	9.380	21,914.4
78	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.771	78.028	13.9876	11.381	8,314.5
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.766	73.713	12.8014	11.380	13,450.6
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.765	74.289	13.9125	8.360	20,669.1
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.764	75.546	13.4356	10.504	11,848.2
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.762	74.609	15.2452	7.290	18,668.2
=82	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.762	78.037	11.9439	9.311	16,512.2
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.760	75.834	14.7004	7.830	15,593.8
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.758	70.291	14.0223	11.630	12,103.7
=86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.757	71.485	12.2046	10.570	19,124.8
=86	Peru`PER`South America	0.757	74.591	14.1973	9.140	13,281.9
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.756	77.129	13.6166	8.540	13,475.7
=89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.755	75.832	14.3985	8.290	13,540.8
=89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.755	70.091	14.6745	10.477	13,352.1
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.752	75.960	13.4146	7.910	17,105.9
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.748	72.339	14.2041	7.808	19,021.3
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.745	71.228	14.1510	9.175	14,375.9
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.744	68.210	14.7232	10.364	13,141.0
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.742	74.282	12.9033	10.070	10,614.8
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.741	72.687	12.5222	8.360	20,178.2
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.737	71.650	16.1557	10.903	6,104.6
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.733	76.452	13.5112	7.344	12,724.8
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.731	73.038	13.7159	7.520	15,141.7
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.730	73.292	13.2703	8.290	13,089.2
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.727	74.809	14.6524	5.940	14,678.7
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.724	71.276	12.8224	9.550	11,189.5
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.722	74.674	14.1711	6.855	11,777.0
104	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.716	68.968	11.0274	10.837	12,510.6
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.714	70.110	11.0528	8.104	22,290.6
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.711	72.435	12.9322	8.716	9,388.7
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.710	77.847	12.1128	5.696	15,741.5
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.708	66.545	13.1537	10.074	10,711.5
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.707	65.751	12.1000	8.416	21,754.7
=110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.706	74.140	13.1826	8.870	6,837.5
=110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.706	71.229	12.1471	11.610	5,942.9
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.705	62.388	13.9123	10.040	13,774.9
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.704	73.821	13.4210	7.900	8,079.9
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.699	66.777	15.8101	8.423	7,900.4
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.698	70.692	11.6025	11.270	6,296.1
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.695	69.632	11.8095	8.094	12,976.9
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.690	69.064	13.3294	7.703	9,920.8
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.687	69.283	12.2320	9.150	8,051.9
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.686	68.462	12.6390	11.258	5,208.5
=120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.676	61.217	11.6128	9.560	15,163.9
=120	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.676	64.954	13.8115	11.015	5,091.5
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.669	66.710	12.2407	7.698	10,200.7
=123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.668	71.225	12.4380	6.430	8,830.1
=123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.668	69.047	11.3076	6.537	13,563.7
=123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.668	72.551	11.0932	8.641	6,004.1
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.660	73.481	12.7448	5.784	6,840.8
127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.655	69.579	10.9399	11.274	3,615.5
128	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.647	65.171	11.6977	9.820	5,202.9
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.646	64.719	13.1631	5.305	11,852.3
130	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.644	59.784	10.0549	7.680	21,815.6
131	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.640	60.701	11.8517	8.333	9,558.7
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.639	72.117	11.9529	4.924	7,730.9
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.633	70.878	10.8309	4.900	10,247.6
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.630	62.969	10.7074	7.922	8,596.7
=135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.616	70.161	12.4631	2.588	10,324.3
=135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.616	58.468	11.5859	6.751	11,848.6
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.615	68.499	11.8090	5.495	5,687.8
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.613	65.898	11.1512	8.634	3,721.2
139	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.603	65.179	11.2486	7.435	4,147.0
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.601	70.765	9.6898	5.850	5,254.0
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.592	69.986	11.0747	6.357	3,136.7
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.589	69.487	10.3489	5.060	4,932.2
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.587	65.723	10.7801	5.278	5,462.1
144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.585	64.930	11.1006	5.438	4,996.4
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.582	62.397	11.0739	5.851	5,408.0
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.578	52.110	12.8725	6.716	8,554.2
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.576	69.007	11.2407	5.622	2,856.4
=148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.570	61.729	10.8005	6.545	3,954.7
=148	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.570	67.598	12.6459	3.606	3,474.6
=150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.567	59.705	10.9107	3.950	9,423.8
=150	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.567	65.146	8.3967	6.268	5,048.8
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.558	58.730	11.6322	5.657	4,343.4
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.557	59.445	11.0001	6.574	3,601.2
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.556	63.839	11.5170	4.742	3,381.0
=155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.554	68.755	11.1032	3.668	3,253.9
=155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.554	56.842	10.8051	7.990	3,309.6
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.546	64.617	10.2234	4.336	3,895.5
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.545	62.624	10.6882	5.028	3,370.9
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.544	65.890	8.4850	4.210	5,597.2
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.532	62.353	11.0272	5.320	2,375.4
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.522	63.927	8.7767	4.467	3,481.8
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.521	62.788	8.6754	5.465	2,857.7
163	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.517	51.827	8.8900	6.347	5,849.7
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.512	65.129	6.1920	4.960	4,468.5
=165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.507	58.345	12.0641	4.046	2,252.6
=165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.507	67.961	8.0958	3.565	3,025.7
167	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.506	58.863	12.1063	2.600	2,988.9
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.504	65.638	9.0560	2.780	3,360.6
169	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.502	49.547	11.4128	6.363	3,246.4
170	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.499	64.651	9.6854	3.915	1,995.2
171	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.497	63.161	10.1456	4.841	1,592.4
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.494	60.816	10.6068	4.989	1,577.9
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.492	62.188	10.1342	2.031	3,245.8
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.488	63.443	7.8261	3.424	3,216.4
175	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.487	57.057	8.1554	4.529	3,512.7
176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.481	59.992	9.9526	4.436	1,680.5
177	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.479	65.005	7.5315	4.651	1,799.6
178	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.474	62.252	7.8615	3.571	2,492.0
179	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.469	58.879	9.8309	3.303	1,984.3
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.456	57.795	9.1452	5.960	1,090.9
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.450	62.116	5.2163	2.983	4,526.0
182	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.445	57.459	8.8832	1.798	2,706.2
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.443	57.189	10.3908	2.905	1,370.8
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.441	62.161	8.3284	2.273	1,716.8
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.436	54.051	8.6894	3.396	1,922.9
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.428	59.179	10.9971	2.097	998.3
187	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.409	57.052	7.0673	1.925	2,113.5
188	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.405	57.903	7.5440	1.246	2,008.3
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.396	51.051	7.7772	1.949	2,120.5
190	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.391	58.285	5.3742	5.730	719.5
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.362	58.364	5.4680	1.574	1,352.8
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.359	49.487	6.3180	3.596	975.7

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.953
#2Switzerland0.952
#3Iceland0.950
#4Germany0.945
#5Denmark0.941

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.359
#191Niger0.362
#190South Sudan0.391
#189Chad0.396
#188Burkina Faso0.405

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.739. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra84.406
LowestCentral African Republic49.487
Middle country: 72.384
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.9186
LowestDjibouti5.2163
Middle country: 13.2170
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.010
LowestBurkina Faso1.246
Middle country: 8.793
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestQatar127,692.4
LowestSouth Sudan719.5
Middle country: 13,401.4

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 192 in both
168 · 17rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye0.772 → 0.802+0.030
Sweden0.920 → 0.940+0.020
Sierra Leone0.418 → 0.436+0.018
Eswatini0.562 → 0.578+0.016
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.742 → 0.756+0.014

Fell most

Syria0.626 → 0.567−0.059
Central African Republic0.385 → 0.359−0.026
Rwanda0.521 → 0.499−0.022
Andorra0.876 → 0.862−0.014
Libya0.758 → 0.748−0.010

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.

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 2013.
166 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.846. 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.

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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.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2013). Human Development Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2013

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