Data for 2016

Human Development Index, 2016

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2016, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2016 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.962; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.297. The middle country reads 0.750. Against 2015, 182 values changed (160 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2016

HighestNorway

0.962

LowestSouth Sudan

0.297

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

192countries
5measures per country
2016the year it describes
165distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2016: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.962	82.415	17.9510	12.820	81,603
=2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.959	81.829	19.0669	13.460	64,410
=2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.959	83.446	16.1343	13.670	79,016
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.951	80.881	19.0395	13.160	64,669
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.949	80.837	16.8752	14.130	62,295
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.947	82.339	18.4234	12.410	60,589
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.941	81.555	18.1376	12.180	62,135
=8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.940	81.303	19.3108	12.685	54,962
=8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.940	84.380	16.3474	12.095	64,518
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.939	82.801	22.8563	12.350	50,603
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.938	82.003	17.9842	13.330	43,206
=12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.936	81.265	19.6569	11.990	60,469
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.936	81.684	19.0003	11.358	67,035
=14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.934	82.897	16.6391	11.380	106,530
=14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.934	81.067	17.3975	13.070	51,406
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.933	82.030	15.9334	13.730	52,052
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.929	78.686	16.6730	13.340	65,448
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.926	82.895	14.9242	12.158	156,382
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.921	81.592	15.8968	12.110	63,620
=20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.918	84.057	15.3791	12.614	46,232
=20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.918	82.920	16.4882	12.218	45,535
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.916	81.620	14.1672	12.481	86,487
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.914	80.512	17.4575	12.670	39,975
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.905	82.401	15.6228	11.350	53,611
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.905	82.612	14.9098	13.054	40,582
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.902	78.974	16.7861	12.740	41,100
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.900	83.000	17.4390	10.010	43,913
28	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.898	84.775	14.9004	10.583	52,652
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.894	83.046	15.9528	10.396	48,355
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.891	82.657	15.4561	11.290	41,755
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.890	77.763	15.9529	13.510	35,423
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.888	81.534	15.0336	12.090	39,349
=33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.884	81.269	18.7160	10.250	32,068
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.884	77.639	16.6273	13.000	31,728
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.875	74.820	16.2234	13.110	37,739
36	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.872	84.489	11.9706	10.560	64,403
37	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.871	80.407	16.0470	9.320	50,060
=38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.864	74.757	16.2615	12.930	31,122
=38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.864	77.216	14.6725	12.710	34,031
=40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.861	82.147	12.4566	9.670	118,926
=40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.861	82.195	11.0532	10.840	73,400
42	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.860	78.354	15.1400	10.080	48,877
=43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.859	80.295	16.4954	10.425	27,573
=43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.859	81.364	16.2675	9.110	35,845
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.857	76.105	17.8577	10.930	27,396
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.856	77.629	15.6787	11.550	29,850
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.851	76.157	15.1506	11.890	32,286
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.845	79.581	14.1891	10.130	38,911
49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.842	76.968	15.5497	11.447	25,730
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.838	74.905	14.2124	9.060	84,319
=51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.836	79.516	14.8669	7.130	66,155
=51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.836	76.565	15.1972	12.016	22,418
=51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.836	72.246	17.5014	11.053	28,025
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.835	71.910	14.8680	12.378	34,381
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.832	71.227	18.4070	10.849	27,704
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.827	74.827	15.5683	11.230	24,288
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.826	76.595	18.2748	8.100	26,029
58	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.825	74.153	15.1887	11.855	23,748
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.823	75.021	14.2630	11.080	30,012
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.821	77.351	16.1406	8.700	27,898
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.820	72.549	14.1059	12.069	29,198
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.810	77.772	13.0127	10.120	28,721
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.809	73.136	15.5618	12.810	14,742
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.808	74.042	11.7428	12.371	29,584
=65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.806	75.737	14.8319	11.130	17,395
=65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.806	72.935	13.5678	10.709	32,869
=67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.805	79.988	14.8177	8.560	21,318
=67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.805	75.371	13.4630	10.370	27,875
69	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.804	69.046	15.3211	12.998	20,376
70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.803	76.168	16.1471	9.734	16,835
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.800	75.571	13.7967	11.115	19,240
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.797	78.643	15.0717	9.987	13,903
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.795	74.850	14.5030	9.547	23,643
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.792	76.769	16.0172	8.320	18,493
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.791	76.155	14.5550	10.310	15,889
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.784	75.010	16.7224	9.271	13,152
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.783	74.494	13.5767	11.690	14,065
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.780	73.389	13.6359	11.159	16,348
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.778	74.376	14.6760	8.600	21,436
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.776	77.124	13.6244	9.690	15,083
81	Peru`PER`South America	0.775	75.951	14.7862	9.313	14,254
=82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.772	72.568	13.1897	10.650	18,340
=82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.772	76.228	14.7661	8.220	17,060
=82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.772	76.136	13.3231	10.500	13,357
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.771	70.700	15.3166	10.742	14,352
=86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.767	77.571	13.8641	11.022	8,826
=86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.767	78.306	11.8656	9.946	15,459
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.766	72.889	14.5314	9.040	17,887
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.765	75.081	15.2943	7.730	16,949
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.763	70.179	14.0789	11.727	13,059
=91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.761	76.094	14.4703	8.690	13,396
=91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.761	72.002	13.4852	10.310	15,890
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.760	72.552	14.2290	8.455	20,004
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.759	69.736	14.9964	10.688	13,449
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.758	77.214	14.2179	7.627	15,407
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.751	71.189	14.1510	9.531	14,897
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.749	71.951	16.7647	10.877	6,678
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.745	75.550	12.9245	10.530	9,183
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.743	75.310	14.9309	6.480	15,619
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.737	73.487	13.3628	8.350	14,260
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.733	75.007	14.4057	7.200	12,243
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.732	78.913	12.1407	6.513	17,548
103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.729	69.142	11.9033	10.888	13,199
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.727	71.843	13.5308	8.909	11,363
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.725	71.799	13.7243	7.801	13,858
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.724	66.583	12.2422	9.094	23,077
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.723	73.984	14.0999	8.170	9,305
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.722	64.749	14.2445	10.185	13,636
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.719	66.657	13.3275	10.491	11,635
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.717	74.917	13.1902	9.160	7,313
111	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.716	70.979	11.0176	8.225	20,727
=112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.714	67.392	15.3014	9.163	9,158
=112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.714	72.052	12.7700	9.131	9,638
=112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.714	71.580	11.7449	11.670	7,037
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.713	70.437	12.0354	8.811	13,790
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.712	71.003	12.2711	11.506	6,669
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.705	69.733	13.6060	7.980	11,083
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.700	69.909	12.6728	11.557	5,539
=119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.696	64.320	11.5426	10.100	14,680
=119	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.696	65.477	14.5339	11.219	6,060
=121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.690	68.069	12.5693	8.128	11,539
=121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.690	69.490	12.5833	8.423	9,213
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.684	73.180	11.2183	9.164	6,582
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.676	68.683	11.6954	6.628	14,823
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.670	60.996	12.2590	8.665	15,070
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.666	70.908	11.7925	6.720	9,259
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.665	73.228	12.9255	5.514	8,007
128	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.664	65.510	11.9887	10.172	6,107
=129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.661	74.350	12.2686	5.897	7,001
=129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.661	69.982	10.9060	11.384	3,830
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.659	61.081	10.9685	8.002	18,787
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.647	71.119	12.7191	3.692	12,044
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.644	69.709	12.6798	5.788	6,894
134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.642	71.215	10.9286	5.120	10,886
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.640	63.911	11.4090	8.176	7,797
136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.634	60.810	11.6602	7.037	12,216
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.632	71.075	11.3990	6.110	5,987
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.627	65.799	11.4437	8.902	4,306
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.619	56.228	13.7159	7.511	8,614
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.618	65.610	13.1967	5.260	6,058
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.616	71.615	9.6885	6.530	5,460
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.613	66.563	12.4259	5.642	5,432
=143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.609	61.619	12.1676	5.417	9,011
=143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.609	67.014	11.0976	5.572	6,531
145	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.606	65.576	11.3904	7.352	4,208
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.603	70.397	11.4132	6.668	3,240
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.594	62.526	11.0261	7.270	4,730
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.590	63.522	11.0984	6.017	5,413
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.580	68.444	12.7032	3.734	3,802
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.579	60.293	12.1308	6.115	4,637
151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.578	69.501	11.2978	5.750	2,779
152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.574	65.640	10.9921	4.849	4,564
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.571	64.792	12.0593	5.164	3,400
=154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.570	69.635	11.1316	3.952	3,839
=154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.570	59.760	10.8990	8.425	3,124
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.565	61.129	11.0077	6.847	3,439
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.555	63.325	10.8908	5.307	3,434
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.553	64.494	11.2255	5.890	2,514
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.552	65.190	7.8105	6.105	4,523
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.550	64.700	9.7494	4.768	4,118
161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.548	66.823	8.1750	4.324	5,826
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.535	65.943	7.0822	5.133	4,954
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.534	65.733	11.5839	4.173	2,249
164	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.532	52.189	9.5190	6.995	5,767
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.530	58.814	9.0727	4.734	5,582
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.528	59.669	12.4423	4.655	2,433
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.526	52.908	11.2636	6.857	3,394
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.520	64.404	7.6668	5.525	3,119
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.516	66.724	9.1962	2.892	3,682
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.510	59.283	12.1643	2.638	3,051
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.506	63.163	10.3427	5.283	1,617
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.502	64.677	8.0431	3.670	3,423
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.501	63.431	10.1377	4.979	1,619
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.495	62.646	10.5013	2.269	2,819
=175	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.487	59.081	9.7713	6.760	1,285
=175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.487	63.386	8.3400	3.888	2,395
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.486	60.619	10.1299	3.540	2,115
=178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.485	66.242	7.2479	4.629	1,976
=178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.485	60.483	10.1725	4.756	1,567
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.482	58.490	9.4628	3.032	3,095
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.477	63.335	5.5909	3.466	5,351
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.467	67.105	7.6967	4.176	1,388
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.463	64.162	8.5090	2.427	2,106
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.460	59.455	10.3587	3.125	1,489
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.441	56.937	8.8282	3.481	1,575
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.436	60.789	11.1164	2.543	924
187	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.427	59.173	8.2672	1.605	2,071
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.411	58.286	7.0738	1.530	2,326
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.396	51.603	7.5681	2.091	2,045
190	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.380	59.228	6.4857	1.377	1,433
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.376	50.999	6.7160	3.859	1,049
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.297	36.720	5.6348	5.730	699

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.962
#2Switzerlandshared0.959
#2Icelandshared0.959
#4Denmark0.951
#5Germany0.949

Lowest

#192South Sudan0.297
#191Central African Republic0.376
#190Niger0.380
#189Chad0.396
#188Mali0.411

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.750. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestSan Marino84.775
LowestSouth Sudan36.720
Middle country: 72.551
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.8563
LowestDjibouti5.5909
Middle country: 13.5493
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.130
LowestNiger1.377
Middle country: 9.161
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein156,382
LowestSouth Sudan699
Middle country: 14,257

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 192 in both
160 · 22rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic0.747 → 0.766+0.019
Seychelles0.819 → 0.836+0.017
Guinea0.465 → 0.482+0.017
Eswatini0.607 → 0.619+0.012
Bangladesh0.621 → 0.632+0.011

Fell most

South Sudan0.317 → 0.297−0.020
Timor-Leste0.628 → 0.618−0.010
Yemen0.475 → 0.467−0.008
Venezuela0.768 → 0.761−0.007
Greece0.888 → 0.884−0.004

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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165 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.836. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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