Data for 2015

Human Development Index, 2015

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Human Development Index, 2015 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.959; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.317. The middle country reads 0.743. Against 2014, 183 values changed (156 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2015

HighestNorway

0.959

LowestSouth Sudan

0.317

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

192countries
5measures per country
2015the year it describes
162distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2015: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.959	82.273	17.78302	12.770	84,167
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.957	82.846	16.15568	13.710	80,606
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.956	82.164	19.35327	13.370	60,151
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.948	80.566	17.11218	14.080	60,954
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.945	82.184	18.32088	12.350	60,214
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.943	80.739	19.29690	12.640	63,758
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.940	81.490	18.26940	12.140	61,962
=8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.938	82.605	23.24768	12.250	51,244
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.938	81.377	19.31087	12.630	53,928
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.937	84.147	16.39662	12.020	62,901
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.935	82.748	16.80488	11.370	102,979
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.934	81.587	18.94970	13.230	42,221
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933	80.889	19.79196	11.890	59,893
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.932	81.908	15.95269	13.696	52,139
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.931	81.533	18.91157	11.287	63,169
=15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.931	80.919	17.32837	12.980	50,918
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.928	78.722	16.59604	13.250	65,048
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.925	82.762	14.93902	12.127	131,894
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.919	81.159	16.03313	12.080	62,183
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.917	83.883	15.41378	12.600	45,665
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.914	82.540	16.57014	12.120	43,783
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.913	81.256	14.11491	12.460	83,321
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.909	80.499	17.27178	12.570	38,385
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.902	82.254	15.04730	12.960	39,308
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.901	82.149	15.51357	11.330	53,025
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.900	78.561	16.95470	12.670	39,904
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.896	84.596	14.96123	10.476	52,063
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.895	82.611	17.40424	9.910	42,509
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.892	82.591	15.49056	11.210	43,316
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.889	82.521	15.95447	10.310	46,804
=31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.888	77.665	16.04609	13.490	34,075
=31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.888	80.789	18.29533	10.740	32,085
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.882	81.464	14.82831	11.870	38,391
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.879	77.589	16.41242	12.920	30,851
=35	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.869	84.532	11.80185	10.570	62,105
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.869	74.474	16.15266	12.960	35,919
37	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.868	80.338	16.06880	9.105	50,010
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.861	76.650	14.84994	12.640	33,625
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.860	81.785	12.48941	9.695	121,735
=40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.859	76.600	17.58466	10.920	28,380
=40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.859	74.665	16.09434	12.870	29,482
=42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.857	81.321	16.38460	8.990	34,714
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.857	82.076	11.03813	10.672	72,319
44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.855	80.008	16.39201	10.260	27,519
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.852	77.633	15.61138	11.418	29,268
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.851	77.776	14.76905	9.940	48,949
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.847	75.654	15.31862	11.850	30,723
=48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.839	76.892	15.55906	11.295	24,921
=48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.839	74.880	14.33632	9.020	86,008
=48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.839	76.594	15.66372	11.869	22,062
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.838	79.346	14.15595	9.700	38,750
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.833	71.345	14.91147	12.372	35,396
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.832	79.219	14.66772	7.070	66,754
54	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.830	71.211	18.40703	10.849	26,378
55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.825	73.761	15.26385	11.760	24,474
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.824	74.621	15.60958	11.190	23,421
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.823	74.737	14.59738	10.980	29,110
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.821	76.539	17.78838	7.960	25,737
=59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.819	72.024	14.19942	11.998	30,700
=59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.819	72.285	16.14832	11.005	25,599
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.818	77.285	15.88638	8.670	27,679
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.808	72.882	13.43764	10.696	36,021
=63	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.807	73.805	11.72523	12.285	30,302
=63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.807	73.241	15.39436	12.715	14,596
=65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.803	80.407	14.69305	8.580	20,472
=65	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.803	77.583	12.81216	9.980	27,316
=67	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.802	69.070	15.21618	12.938	20,054
=67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.802	75.653	14.75029	11.020	16,901
=69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.800	76.055	16.05263	9.694	16,588
=69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.800	75.288	13.28528	10.258	26,991
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.797	78.358	15.45318	9.998	13,381
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.795	75.629	13.76277	10.829	18,839
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.792	74.673	14.52624	9.435	23,152
=74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.788	75.907	14.88682	10.215	14,835
=74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.788	76.563	16.04120	8.183	17,872
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.782	75.037	16.77653	9.225	12,469
77	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.778	72.686	13.77067	11.167	16,379
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.777	74.229	13.13249	11.570	14,198
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.773	74.431	14.23424	8.600	21,327
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.771	72.349	13.01394	10.570	19,731
=81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.769	77.073	13.62532	9.290	14,507
=81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.769	77.745	13.85789	11.142	8,785
=81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.769	75.990	13.36060	10.501	12,786
=84	Peru`PER`South America	0.768	75.732	14.58992	9.090	14,005
=84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.768	73.004	13.57514	9.640	19,213
86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.767	76.067	14.64528	8.050	16,856
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.765	70.463	15.09107	10.654	13,765
=88	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.764	75.106	15.24540	7.510	17,708
=88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.764	76.222	14.58164	8.700	13,674
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.763	78.275	11.89169	9.735	14,992
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.759	70.118	14.06025	11.700	12,358
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.757	72.932	13.74296	8.423	20,329
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.753	69.239	14.67547	10.580	13,566
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.750	76.975	13.97833	7.533	14,505
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.747	72.982	14.46221	7.720	17,006
=96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.743	75.060	12.91745	10.377	9,405
=96	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.743	71.851	16.56167	10.886	6,271
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.741	69.968	14.15100	9.413	14,187
=99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.737	75.159	14.83803	6.300	15,117
=99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.737	73.454	13.33197	8.520	13,841
=101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.728	71.644	13.88427	7.803	14,405
=101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.728	74.875	14.18633	7.085	12,191
=103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.725	78.607	12.13138	6.240	17,040
=103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.725	69.061	11.61131	10.825	13,185
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.722	64.053	14.60561	10.230	13,654
106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.721	71.647	12.87319	8.923	11,684
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.720	66.336	12.19461	8.980	23,017
108	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.718	70.567	11.02934	8.185	23,150
109	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.717	73.955	13.87357	8.080	8,860
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.715	66.480	13.32746	10.352	11,297
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.713	72.214	12.84877	8.993	9,503
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.712	74.577	13.23942	9.080	6,939
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.708	71.060	12.22974	11.541	6,254
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.707	71.330	11.66323	11.360	6,797
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.706	70.135	11.88743	8.572	13,440
116	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.704	67.205	14.88113	8.930	8,780
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.701	69.520	13.63880	7.910	10,651
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.695	69.309	12.61999	11.458	5,497
119	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.691	65.292	14.29313	11.151	5,891
=120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.690	63.215	11.56601	10.020	14,808
=120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.690	69.450	12.61225	8.665	8,779
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.683	67.719	12.45616	7.985	10,823
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.679	72.899	11.17657	9.008	6,460
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.675	69.977	11.56616	6.597	13,340
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.667	70.952	12.01472	6.623	9,110
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.660	60.897	12.12327	8.554	13,053
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.659	72.894	12.60133	5.380	8,052
=128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.658	74.096	12.34346	5.860	6,783
=128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.658	69.665	10.91729	11.347	3,712
=128	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.658	65.365	11.89172	10.054	5,767
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.656	60.635	10.66398	7.895	21,037
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.643	63.662	11.17016	8.157	8,964
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.638	70.915	10.97344	4.934	10,756
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.637	70.797	12.63376	3.324	11,365
135	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.633	69.326	12.26624	5.690	6,444
136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.630	60.008	11.63539	6.985	12,669
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.628	65.326	13.18550	5.275	7,679
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.623	65.831	11.42193	8.813	4,078
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.621	70.543	11.04898	5.990	5,583
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.610	71.323	9.65276	6.290	5,373
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.608	66.023	12.41004	5.574	5,271
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.607	54.941	13.42878	7.317	8,731
=143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.604	66.688	11.17384	5.479	6,189
=143	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.604	65.306	11.34315	7.380	4,206
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.603	61.042	11.74870	5.316	9,612
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.599	70.163	11.33353	6.564	3,154
147	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.588	63.175	11.17568	5.913	5,413
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.583	62.279	10.93651	7.028	4,242
149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.576	69.323	11.27874	5.707	2,733
=150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.575	59.687	12.20610	5.962	4,584
=150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.575	67.374	12.63524	3.691	3,825
152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.567	58.989	10.86763	8.389	3,178
153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.566	65.288	10.73587	4.734	4,417
=154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.565	64.473	11.82645	5.023	3,362
=154	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.565	60.728	11.00519	6.756	3,608
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.562	69.398	11.12212	3.670	3,629
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.552	63.224	10.82331	5.231	3,418
158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.551	66.498	8.63466	4.216	5,854
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.549	63.265	8.00590	6.159	4,700
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.547	63.831	11.15899	5.700	2,478
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.543	64.473	9.42519	4.727	4,002
162	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.530	51.939	9.30932	6.779	6,228
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.527	65.641	6.73907	5.147	4,714
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.525	65.419	11.08056	4.095	2,193
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.523	59.220	12.31625	4.452	2,431
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.520	63.928	7.91933	5.494	3,034
167	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.519	58.281	8.54783	4.707	5,347
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.517	51.830	11.20117	6.692	3,277
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.511	59.123	12.34691	2.625	3,043
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.509	66.451	9.29058	2.532	3,560
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.504	62.324	10.43076	5.293	1,621
172	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.501	63.362	10.31362	4.933	1,604
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.498	64.375	7.93233	3.620	3,386
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.496	62.270	10.48297	2.124	3,088
175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.482	62.971	8.18048	3.783	2,404
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.481	60.071	10.03026	3.495	2,076
=177	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.480	65.909	7.23030	4.636	1,852
=177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.480	59.248	10.09921	4.615	1,624
179	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.477	58.658	9.55794	6.493	1,220
180	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.475	66.761	7.82973	4.011	1,667
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.469	62.833	5.46606	3.305	5,167
182	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.465	57.899	9.28689	2.451	2,869
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.457	58.711	10.35270	3.190	1,469
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.456	63.592	8.44877	2.375	1,976
=185	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.432	60.107	11.15350	2.287	946
=185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.432	55.454	8.78195	3.453	1,522
187	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.419	58.778	8.03804	1.447	2,012
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.413	57.852	7.02615	1.830	2,281
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.396	51.320	7.42120	2.044	2,227
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.377	51.934	6.58060	3.835	1,018
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.374	58.850	6.16143	1.443	1,406
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.317	39.757	5.63477	5.730	735

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.959
#2Switzerland0.957
#3Iceland0.956
#4Germany0.948
#5Sweden0.945

Lowest

#192South Sudan0.317
#191Niger0.374
#190Central African Republic0.377
#189Chad0.396
#188Mali0.413

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.743. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestSan Marino84.596
LowestSouth Sudan39.757
Middle country: 72.518
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia23.24768
LowestDjibouti5.46606
Middle country: 13.39469
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.080
LowestNiger1.443
Middle country: 9.014
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein131,894
LowestSouth Sudan735
Middle country: 13,803

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 192 in both
156 · 27rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.319 → 0.377+0.058
Angola0.577 → 0.603+0.026
Bangladesh0.600 → 0.621+0.021
Bahrain0.847 → 0.868+0.021
Eswatini0.592 → 0.607+0.015

Fell most

Yemen0.502 → 0.475−0.027
South Sudan0.343 → 0.317−0.026
Eritrea0.497 → 0.480−0.017
Guatemala0.650 → 0.638−0.012
Syria0.561 → 0.549−0.012

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.

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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 2015.
162 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.839. 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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Human Development Index, 2016
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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