Data for 2014

Human Development Index, 2014

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Human Development Index, 2014 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.956; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.319. The middle country reads 0.741. Against 2013, 185 values changed (160 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2014

Highest2 countries share it

0.956

LowestCentral African Republic

0.319

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

192countries
5measures per country
2014the year it describes
161distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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=1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.956	82.087	17.6844	12.710	86,758
=1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.956	83.084	16.0897	13.640	79,042
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.954	82.430	19.7105	13.280	57,564
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949	80.906	17.1184	14.040	59,866
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.943	82.224	18.0935	12.290	58,808
=6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.939	80.632	19.2090	12.390	62,951
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.939	81.650	18.1598	12.090	60,609
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.937	82.518	23.0832	12.170	51,752
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.936	81.055	19.2542	12.600	53,205
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.934	82.615	16.9707	11.220	104,872
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.932	81.837	15.8756	13.662	53,386
=11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.932	83.927	16.3130	11.880	61,142
=11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.932	81.411	19.0728	13.280	41,325
=11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.932	81.153	17.5075	12.890	50,409
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.930	81.080	19.7078	11.640	58,999
16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.926	78.879	16.5595	13.220	63,487
17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.924	81.236	14.0700	13.430	93,690
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.923	82.546	14.9582	12.057	130,048
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.921	81.406	18.3737	11.215	52,799
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.919	81.390	16.0222	12.010	62,503
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.914	83.643	15.4005	12.586	44,148
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.910	82.364	16.6157	12.024	41,400
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.907	80.252	17.3463	12.430	38,094
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.902	82.361	15.0950	12.920	38,430
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.900	82.437	15.4423	11.230	52,113
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898	78.744	16.9614	12.640	37,874
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.897	84.394	15.0223	10.371	55,802
=28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.890	82.901	15.9641	10.220	46,444
=28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.890	82.828	17.2853	9.720	40,703
=30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.886	81.120	17.8747	10.600	31,677
=30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.886	82.318	15.4149	11.130	40,660
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.885	77.110	16.2699	13.440	33,164
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.875	81.337	14.4616	11.880	36,153
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.873	77.312	16.2061	12.840	29,528
=35	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.866	84.485	11.6080	10.650	59,929
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.866	74.596	16.1359	12.800	35,072
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.859	76.848	14.9819	12.440	32,526
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.857	81.395	12.3589	9.720	124,160
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.855	76.268	17.4223	10.910	27,872
=40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.854	74.306	16.0719	12.860	28,212
=40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.854	81.314	16.3706	8.870	33,740
42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.853	81.990	11.0231	10.504	71,101
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.849	79.714	16.2606	10.135	26,669
=44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.848	77.514	15.5669	11.394	27,748
=44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.848	75.849	15.5863	11.770	29,527
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.847	80.214	14.4471	8.890	50,598
=47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.841	74.862	14.6354	8.970	83,238
=47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.841	77.116	14.3981	9.800	47,747
49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.837	76.912	15.5684	11.144	24,610
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.833	76.468	15.5690	11.721	21,163
=51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.831	79.030	14.1803	9.344	37,594
=51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.831	70.798	14.8374	12.365	36,220
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.829	71.228	18.0620	10.601	27,126
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.825	73.245	15.4137	11.665	25,820
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.820	74.765	14.6280	10.860	28,273
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.819	74.466	15.4975	11.050	23,025
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.818	78.927	13.7480	6.875	68,501
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.816	77.194	15.8883	8.610	27,145
59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.814	72.355	16.0384	10.956	23,887
=60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.813	71.415	14.3955	11.833	28,863
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.813	76.452	17.3171	7.800	24,941
62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.807	74.029	11.7076	12.199	30,395
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.805	72.898	13.3087	10.682	34,624
=64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.802	80.231	14.6349	8.750	19,649
=64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.802	73.105	15.1626	12.620	14,287
66	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.799	75.926	15.9587	9.686	16,821
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.798	77.365	12.8149	9.840	26,202
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.797	78.029	15.7204	10.009	13,020
=69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.795	75.635	15.1143	10.120	16,883
=69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.795	75.345	13.1263	10.147	25,976
=69	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.795	69.062	15.1113	12.879	17,783
=69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.795	75.478	14.5701	10.720	16,659
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.790	74.614	14.8703	9.206	22,257
=74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.788	75.633	13.4774	10.544	18,346
=74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.788	71.803	14.9298	11.236	17,173
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.784	76.279	16.0652	8.047	17,412
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.779	75.045	16.6994	9.179	12,096
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.772	73.980	13.0781	11.475	13,773
=79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.770	77.825	14.0495	11.261	8,401
=79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.770	72.837	13.6651	9.510	20,768
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.769	74.404	14.0832	8.400	21,037
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.767	75.757	13.3981	10.503	12,527
83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.766	71.930	12.6577	10.570	19,822
=84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.765	77.089	13.6460	9.190	13,742
=84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.765	74.823	15.3681	7.380	18,515
=86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.763	75.950	14.6022	7.990	16,254
=86	Peru`PER`South America	0.763	75.260	14.3936	9.150	13,554
88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.762	70.241	14.0967	11.700	12,643
89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.761	78.148	11.9178	9.523	15,203
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.760	76.141	14.4901	8.360	13,891
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.759	70.355	14.8953	10.566	13,213
=92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.748	71.189	14.1510	9.294	14,892
=92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.748	68.737	14.5919	10.472	13,519
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.746	72.676	12.9384	8.392	20,376
=95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.742	76.714	13.7428	7.438	13,714
=95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.742	74.606	12.9104	10.224	9,960
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.740	71.721	16.3587	10.894	6,150
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.737	73.145	13.7782	7.650	15,996
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.733	73.415	13.3011	8.250	13,635
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.732	74.992	14.7452	6.120	14,947
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.728	71.300	14.0442	7.805	14,581
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.725	74.784	14.0930	6.970	12,110
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.721	71.437	12.8107	9.237	11,312
104	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.719	69.001	11.3194	10.831	12,659
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.718	78.187	12.1221	5.968	16,678
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.716	66.070	12.1472	8.698	23,761
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.715	70.330	11.0410	8.144	22,378
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.713	63.184	14.2816	10.150	13,671
=109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.712	66.581	13.2406	10.213	10,988
=109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.712	72.357	12.8905	8.855	9,435
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.711	73.886	13.6473	7.990	8,473
112	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.706	71.142	12.1884	11.576	5,973
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.703	70.973	11.6377	11.340	6,575
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.701	66.970	15.2829	8.677	8,324
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.700	72.781	13.2018	8.910	6,752
116	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.699	69.911	11.7395	8.333	13,075
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.693	69.292	13.2631	7.800	10,263
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.691	68.829	12.6710	11.358	5,391
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.689	69.311	12.4601	8.907	8,412
120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.685	62.167	11.5894	9.790	15,917
121	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.681	65.110	14.0523	11.083	5,273
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.678	67.334	12.3430	7.841	10,905
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.674	72.792	11.1349	8.825	6,269
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.671	69.679	11.4369	6.567	13,108
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.668	71.144	12.2590	6.527	8,943
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.659	73.788	12.6234	5.821	6,716
127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.657	69.697	10.9286	11.311	3,676
128	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.655	60.834	11.9875	8.444	12,466
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.652	60.228	10.3594	7.787	22,554
=130	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.650	70.942	10.9288	5.840	10,488
=130	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.650	65.278	11.7947	9.937	5,212
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.648	72.522	12.2771	5.152	7,783
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.639	63.349	10.9363	8.040	9,323
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.637	65.027	13.1743	5.290	9,526
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.626	70.504	12.5484	2.956	10,782
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.625	68.932	12.1659	5.593	6,038
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.624	59.311	11.6106	6.868	12,316
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.615	65.869	11.2865	8.724	3,714
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.604	71.032	9.4769	6.180	5,239
140	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.602	65.294	11.2959	7.407	4,036
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.600	70.016	10.6990	5.190	5,205
=142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.597	66.350	11.0400	5.378	5,857
=142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.597	70.043	11.2041	6.461	3,210
144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.596	65.478	11.5864	5.506	5,267
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.592	53.491	13.1477	7.016	8,576
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.580	62.832	10.7220	5.882	5,301
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.577	60.396	11.3297	3.990	9,694
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.576	61.990	10.8469	6.787	4,076
149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.575	68.984	11.2597	5.665	2,778
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.574	67.812	12.5687	3.648	3,701
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.566	59.130	11.9356	5.810	4,452
152	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.561	65.492	8.2013	6.214	4,697
=153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.560	64.143	11.5981	4.883	3,391
=153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.560	58.106	10.8363	8.110	3,234
155	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.559	60.109	11.0026	6.665	3,467
=156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.557	69.117	11.1126	3.600	3,437
=156	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.557	64.994	10.4796	4.535	4,162
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.549	62.969	10.7558	5.129	3,422
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.547	66.207	8.5598	4.213	5,643
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.539	63.057	11.0929	5.510	2,420
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.534	64.198	9.1010	4.597	3,851
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.525	65.088	11.5729	4.060	2,056
163	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.524	51.940	9.0997	6.563	6,144
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.522	65.374	6.4668	5.160	4,585
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.521	63.364	8.2974	5.479	2,970
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.514	58.766	12.1902	4.249	2,327
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.511	57.772	8.2837	4.680	5,138
=168	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.509	59.008	12.1255	2.612	3,090
=168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.509	50.786	11.3564	6.528	3,187
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.508	66.001	9.2931	2.656	3,463
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.502	68.003	7.9628	3.788	2,603
=172	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.500	63.261	10.2029	4.887	1,615
=172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.500	61.651	10.5188	5.141	1,621
=174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.497	62.260	10.4647	2.077	3,214
=174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.497	65.517	7.6559	4.644	2,340
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.496	63.990	7.8723	3.522	3,511
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.479	59.210	10.0259	4.525	1,658
178	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.477	62.576	8.0210	3.677	2,381
179	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.476	59.476	9.9306	3.451	2,022
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.467	58.236	9.3493	6.227	1,160
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.459	62.427	5.3412	3.144	4,844
182	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.451	57.581	9.1143	1.870	2,787
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.450	57.965	10.3407	3.048	1,421
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.449	62.927	8.3886	2.324	1,841
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.438	54.281	8.7357	3.425	1,932
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.431	59.764	11.1287	2.030	1,003
187	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.414	57.482	7.2188	1.878	2,207
188	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.409	58.331	7.6760	1.290	2,000
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.401	51.141	7.9707	1.996	2,195
190	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.369	58.693	5.8147	1.509	1,409
191	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.343	45.625	5.5045	5.730	713
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.319	40.265	6.4480	3.716	978

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

#1Switzerlandshared0.956
#1Norwayshared0.956
#3Iceland0.954
#4Germany0.949
#5Sweden0.943

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.319
#191South Sudan0.343
#190Niger0.369
#189Chad0.401
#188Burkina Faso0.409

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.741. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra84.485
LowestCentral African Republic40.265
Middle country: 72.356
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia23.0832
LowestDjibouti5.3412
Middle country: 13.2519
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.040
LowestBurkina Faso1.290
Middle country: 8.909
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein130,048
LowestSouth Sudan713
Middle country: 13,653

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 192 in both
160 · 25rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.752 → 0.784+0.032
Rwanda0.499 → 0.525+0.026
Côte d’Ivoire0.487 → 0.511+0.024
Eritrea0.479 → 0.497+0.018
Guatemala0.633 → 0.650+0.017

Fell most

South Sudan0.391 → 0.343−0.048
Central African Republic0.359 → 0.319−0.040
Libya0.748 → 0.728−0.020
Timor-Leste0.646 → 0.637−0.009
Palestine0.706 → 0.700−0.006

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

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161 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.932. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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

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