Data for 2017

Human Development Index, 2017

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Human Development Index, 2017 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.965; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.292. The middle country reads 0.748. Against 2016, 182 values changed (164 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2017

HighestNorway

0.965

LowestSouth Sudan

0.292

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

192countries
5measures per country
2017the year it describes
164distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01UNDP Human Development Report Office’s rank

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Human Development Index, 2017: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.965	82.624	18.0597	12.9500	83,842
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.962	82.241	18.7396	13.5500	64,613
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.960	83.414	16.1684	13.7350	77,993
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.951	81.112	18.8243	13.0100	65,948
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.951	80.937	16.9899	14.1050	63,447
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.949	82.438	18.8642	12.4900	61,796
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.946	84.662	16.4912	12.1700	67,682
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.945	81.737	18.4039	12.2500	64,384
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.942	81.497	19.3747	12.7400	56,252
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.941	82.103	18.9217	11.4300	70,272
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.940	82.718	21.9510	12.3200	52,180
=11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.940	81.362	19.7610	12.2400	60,942
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.937	81.164	17.4667	13.1600	53,087
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.936	81.605	18.4668	13.2325	44,388
=15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.935	81.919	15.9989	13.7580	53,597
=15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.935	83.095	16.6764	11.3400	109,795
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.931	78.648	16.6716	13.4133	66,788
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.929	83.111	15.0630	12.2077	174,156
=19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922	81.639	15.9442	12.1600	63,623
=19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.922	83.278	16.4249	12.3175	46,902
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.920	84.189	15.3879	12.6280	46,868
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.918	80.616	17.4727	12.7000	42,032
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.913	81.089	14.1019	12.5024	92,346
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.908	82.439	15.7404	11.4100	54,533
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.908	82.699	14.9246	13.1488	41,658
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.904	78.926	16.6781	12.7900	43,188
27	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.903	84.933	14.8398	10.6910	57,763
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.902	82.986	17.4801	10.0750	44,969
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.901	83.089	15.5188	11.5650	44,906
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.897	81.543	15.5094	12.1850	41,627
=30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.897	82.726	16.1488	10.4820	49,176
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.894	78.181	15.8140	13.5600	37,300
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.887	80.961	19.0332	10.5400	32,372
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.885	75.701	16.4030	13.1900	39,890
35	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.884	82.388	11.6000	12.0600	72,414
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.882	77.716	16.0543	13.0400	33,228
37	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.874	80.407	16.0616	9.5900	50,181
38	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.873	84.359	11.9226	10.7350	63,239
=39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.870	74.800	16.4737	13.0550	32,492
=39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.870	82.458	13.0007	9.7300	113,033
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.869	78.721	15.7251	10.2200	48,201
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.865	77.220	14.6000	12.7700	35,102
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.864	81.660	16.3622	9.2200	37,109
=44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.862	80.610	16.5335	10.5900	27,181
=44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.862	77.726	15.8493	11.6337	31,682
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.861	76.543	17.8430	11.0150	27,762
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.853	76.007	15.2470	11.9800	33,096
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.848	79.748	14.0390	10.5600	37,396
49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.845	77.030	15.5403	11.5979	26,149
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.844	72.232	19.6941	11.1023	29,628
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.843	76.593	15.3624	12.1630	23,767
=52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.838	79.731	15.0688	7.1900	62,861
=52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.838	72.845	14.5519	12.3845	34,975
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.837	74.943	14.0684	9.1000	83,858
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.834	71.284	18.4070	10.8494	28,170
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.833	77.037	18.6726	8.2700	27,379
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.829	74.798	15.5918	11.2400	25,367
=58	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.828	74.362	15.0055	11.9500	24,609
=58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.828	75.024	14.2302	11.1500	32,628
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.827	77.618	16.3360	8.8300	28,057
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.824	72.996	14.2161	12.1393	29,401
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.816	73.435	15.8134	12.8700	15,443
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.815	77.901	13.0720	10.2600	30,271
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.810	74.031	11.7604	12.4588	30,263
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.809	79.994	15.0628	8.6400	21,686
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.808	75.792	14.9584	11.1600	17,674
=67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.807	75.542	13.2780	10.4633	29,081
=67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.807	76.152	13.8306	11.4001	19,530
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.806	72.984	13.6992	10.7233	31,739
=70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.804	76.237	16.2422	9.7730	16,839
=70	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.804	69.019	15.4260	13.0573	19,793
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.799	75.024	14.4607	9.6579	24,726
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.798	78.900	14.9786	9.9767	14,256
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.794	76.989	15.8805	8.3450	19,228
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.793	76.396	14.4396	10.4152	16,089
=76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.785	74.744	13.7687	11.1900	15,364
=76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.785	73.993	13.6756	11.1512	16,886
78	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.784	74.977	16.3838	9.3175	13,712
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.781	74.261	14.8527	8.7400	21,617
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.780	77.385	13.6275	9.7500	15,602
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.778	71.013	15.5455	10.8300	14,955
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.777	76.239	13.3988	10.5700	14,173
83	Peru`PER`South America	0.775	75.958	14.4957	9.5367	14,314
=84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.774	72.694	13.3309	10.6400	18,601
=84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.774	76.418	14.7362	8.3600	16,925
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.772	78.192	11.8395	10.1582	16,197
=87	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.770	75.383	15.4070	7.8500	17,079
=87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.770	73.370	14.6653	8.9818	18,432
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.769	70.375	14.2926	11.7533	13,881
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.767	77.300	14.0661	10.9026	9,001
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.765	77.235	14.4616	7.7220	16,439
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.764	76.220	14.3589	8.7700	13,900
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.759	70.171	14.8055	10.7960	12,877
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.757	72.522	13.8493	8.4867	20,611
95	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.755	72.066	16.9676	10.8686	7,158
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.749	71.903	13.3953	10.1361	13,520
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.747	76.071	12.6273	10.6836	9,225
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.746	75.431	15.0237	6.6602	15,466
=99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.740	72.721	13.5644	7.7986	18,094
=99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.740	73.450	13.3936	8.4700	14,767
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.739	79.228	12.1500	6.7849	18,212
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.737	75.177	14.4588	7.4113	12,364
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.735	68.620	14.1510	9.6501	13,574
104	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.732	69.190	11.9804	10.9515	13,522
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.729	74.026	14.3262	8.2600	9,788
=106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.726	66.816	12.2899	9.2080	22,949
=106	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.726	65.422	14.2651	10.1400	13,862
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.725	67.060	13.5012	10.6300	11,953
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.722	72.062	13.2490	8.8941	10,856
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.721	75.216	13.3169	9.2800	7,350
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.720	70.709	12.1649	9.0500	14,016
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.719	71.737	11.8612	11.7200	7,286
=113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.715	67.536	15.0291	9.3950	9,286
=113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.715	71.879	12.6917	9.2690	9,689
=113	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.715	71.247	11.0059	8.2656	19,531
=116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.712	69.953	13.7286	8.2396	11,528
=116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.712	70.991	12.3124	11.4714	6,645
=118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.704	65.420	11.5192	10.1800	15,063
=118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.704	70.503	12.5173	11.6569	5,707
120	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.702	65.673	14.8835	11.2870	6,221
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.696	68.543	12.6825	8.2717	11,767
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.694	69.966	12.8182	8.1800	9,671
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.688	73.389	11.2600	9.3208	6,761
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.681	69.788	11.8247	6.6577	14,222
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.674	73.608	13.2497	5.6480	8,298
126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.670	61.101	12.3948	8.7755	13,984
127	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.668	65.683	12.0858	10.2888	6,270
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.666	70.524	10.8948	11.4200	4,004
129	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.665	71.007	11.4869	6.8300	9,406
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.663	74.710	12.1157	5.9340	7,249
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.661	61.481	11.2731	8.1100	17,056
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.656	71.413	12.8044	4.0600	12,334
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.649	70.068	12.5076	6.0139	7,283
134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.647	71.583	10.8837	5.3068	11,048
135	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.638	61.661	11.6851	7.0880	11,893
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.635	64.203	11.6529	8.1945	6,575
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.633	71.606	10.9199	6.2700	6,228
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.631	57.574	14.0091	7.7048	8,599
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.630	65.787	11.6056	8.9918	4,390
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.621	65.898	13.2080	5.4407	6,058
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.618	71.805	9.7850	6.4100	5,690
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.617	67.074	12.4418	5.7099	5,518
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.612	67.345	10.9528	5.6660	6,802
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.610	62.122	12.1676	5.5211	8,581
=145	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.607	65.761	11.4377	7.3241	4,223
=145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.607	70.500	11.4929	6.7709	3,292
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.599	62.725	11.1157	7.5114	4,779
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.594	63.829	10.9864	6.1205	5,671
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.588	68.740	12.6989	3.9336	4,087
150	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.587	65.909	11.2483	5.3596	4,770
=151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.581	60.817	11.8412	6.2672	4,658
=151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.581	69.652	11.3168	5.7926	2,826
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.578	69.842	11.1411	4.2342	4,057
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.577	65.127	12.2968	5.3042	3,456
155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.575	60.263	10.9305	8.4600	3,221
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.570	61.564	11.0103	6.9383	3,525
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.559	63.832	10.9584	5.3823	3,474
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.557	65.174	11.2924	5.9742	2,489
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.555	64.923	10.0737	4.8098	4,163
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.551	67.088	8.0770	4.4314	6,057
=160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.551	65.651	7.6151	6.0507	4,555
=162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.539	59.315	9.4742	4.7614	5,805
=162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.539	66.140	11.7007	4.2517	2,269
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.537	66.223	7.0150	5.1200	5,116
=165	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.534	52.397	9.7286	6.9571	5,628
=165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.534	60.135	12.5683	4.8586	2,453
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.531	53.874	11.3261	7.0213	3,233
168	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.528	64.963	7.9613	5.5573	3,226
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.517	67.059	9.1018	2.8300	3,841
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.508	63.914	10.2547	5.2735	1,637
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.507	59.528	11.6988	2.6502	3,123
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.506	65.146	8.1553	3.7200	3,362
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.505	63.433	10.2935	5.0243	1,658
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.496	62.406	10.5196	2.4129	2,784
175	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.493	63.708	8.4994	3.9941	2,444
=176	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.491	59.495	9.9894	6.9038	1,272
=176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.491	61.148	10.2296	3.5840	2,155
=176	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.491	60.777	10.2459	5.0237	1,575
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.484	63.710	5.7158	3.6267	5,457
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.482	58.715	9.6419	2.5810	3,371
181	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.480	66.612	7.2656	4.6216	1,764
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.470	64.766	8.6635	2.4110	2,240
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.461	60.148	10.3647	3.0600	1,466
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.459	67.120	7.5637	4.3410	1,203
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.445	57.761	8.8745	3.5099	1,582
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.438	59.578	8.6155	1.7625	2,153
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.434	61.345	10.4818	2.8000	909
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.416	58.562	7.1156	1.7000	2,360
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.397	51.875	7.7180	2.1382	1,929
190	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.384	59.524	6.7000	1.3116	1,451
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.356	45.231	6.8541	3.8824	1,108
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.292	35.351	5.6348	5.7300	739

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.965
#2Iceland0.962
#3Switzerland0.960
#4Germanyshared0.951
#4Denmarkshared0.951

Lowest

#192South Sudan0.292
#191Central African Republic0.356
#190Niger0.384
#189Chad0.397
#188Mali0.416

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.748. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestSan Marino84.933
LowestSouth Sudan35.351
Middle country: 72.783
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.9510
LowestSouth Sudan5.6348
Middle country: 13.5328
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.1050
LowestNiger1.3116
Middle country: 9.2987
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein174,156
LowestSouth Sudan739
Middle country: 14,239

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 192 in both
164 · 18rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates0.861 → 0.884+0.023
Libya0.725 → 0.740+0.015
Myanmar0.574 → 0.587+0.013
Eswatini0.619 → 0.631+0.012
Burkina Faso0.427 → 0.438+0.011

Fell most

Central African Republic0.376 → 0.356−0.020
Dominica0.751 → 0.735−0.016
Venezuela0.761 → 0.749−0.012
Yemen0.467 → 0.459−0.008
Belize0.727 → 0.722−0.005

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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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 2017.
164 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.715. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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 (2017). Human Development Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2017

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