Data for 2018

Human Development Index, 2018

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Human Development Index, 2018 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.966; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.371. The middle country reads 0.752. Against 2017, 184 values changed (168 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2018

Highest2 countries share it

0.966

LowestSouth Sudan

0.371

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

192countries
5measures per country
2018the year it describes
160distinct values3 decimals, as published
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=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.966	82.453	18.5005	13.6400	66,761.92
=1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.966	82.760	18.1451	12.9750	87,121.82
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.962	83.564	16.2591	13.8000	77,788.63
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952	80.875	17.0419	14.0800	64,234.64
=4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.952	84.987	16.8049	12.2000	69,519.04
=6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.950	80.991	18.7218	12.8600	67,091.10
=6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.950	82.532	18.8952	12.5500	62,074.87
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.947	81.781	18.3342	12.3200	65,928.94
=9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.945	83.258	20.4285	12.4600	52,892.50
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.945	81.626	19.4512	12.8050	57,166.76
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.944	82.123	19.9786	11.5030	72,748.50
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.942	81.481	19.5615	12.3100	61,339.08
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.939	83.378	16.7420	11.5600	106,603.85
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.938	81.884	18.3231	13.1350	45,071.63
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.936	81.123	17.2393	13.2433	53,358.66
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.935	81.925	15.9341	13.7860	54,157.62
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.934	78.800	16.6429	13.5000	68,421.04
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.928	83.269	14.8344	12.2579	173,028.57
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.925	81.686	16.0219	12.2100	64,705.13
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.924	83.340	16.3844	12.4174	47,437.26
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.922	80.861	17.4443	12.7500	43,877.29
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.921	84.289	15.4004	12.6420	46,930.16
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.915	81.519	14.1449	12.5236	91,959.28
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.911	82.568	15.8435	11.5100	55,178.00
=24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.911	82.918	14.8582	13.2442	42,435.44
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.908	82.908	15.7531	11.8400	46,935.98
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.905	83.096	17.5193	10.1400	45,752.81
28	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.904	85.095	14.7794	10.8000	57,484.39
=29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.902	81.556	15.6957	12.2800	43,168.12
=29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.902	83.184	16.2883	10.5680	49,926.21
=31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.901	78.961	16.1240	12.8300	44,425.86
=31	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.901	82.449	12.5444	12.4800	72,210.12
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.897	78.334	15.7525	13.6600	39,030.16
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.893	81.495	19.2943	10.8300	32,491.23
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.889	75.909	16.3235	13.2933	41,633.48
36	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.886	80.412	16.0651	10.5000	50,316.25
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.884	77.623	15.9291	13.0800	35,219.38
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.876	82.714	13.1324	9.9380	110,168.17
=39	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.875	84.242	11.9275	10.9100	63,048.44
=39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.875	74.979	16.5611	13.1800	33,973.70
=39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.875	78.750	15.8561	10.5833	48,571.64
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.868	77.265	14.5414	12.8700	36,342.59
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.867	77.865	15.9685	11.7690	32,839.16
=44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.866	80.559	16.6062	10.7611	27,709.63
=44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.866	81.591	16.4813	9.1400	38,103.63
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.861	76.770	17.8578	11.1000	26,467.49
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.857	76.205	15.1699	12.0700	34,652.60
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.854	79.864	14.0754	10.9900	36,611.98
49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.850	77.132	15.5310	11.7492	27,784.14
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.849	76.921	15.3975	12.3102	24,756.96
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.847	72.176	19.1994	11.1511	31,385.40
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.845	72.936	15.1234	12.3909	36,011.17
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.840	79.899	15.2735	7.2200	60,640.46
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.838	77.454	18.9746	8.4500	27,985.13
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.837	74.992	13.9405	9.1400	79,230.72
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.835	71.336	18.4070	10.8494	28,831.31
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.833	75.103	14.3555	11.2150	34,637.29
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.832	74.933	15.6225	11.2967	25,946.48
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.828	73.369	14.3506	12.2100	29,419.04
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.827	74.334	14.6717	12.0450	25,461.87
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.826	77.527	16.2692	8.9100	28,021.35
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.824	73.985	16.0086	12.8450	16,565.81
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.820	78.266	13.1315	10.4000	30,690.19
=64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.814	76.883	13.6804	11.6854	20,130.98
=64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.814	76.036	14.9335	11.2650	18,842.32
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.813	80.090	15.2284	8.7200	21,898.11
67	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.812	74.062	11.8041	12.5468	30,155.63
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.809	75.734	13.1491	10.5567	29,894.81
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.806	76.378	16.3378	9.8124	16,573.16
70	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.805	68.989	15.5309	13.1173	19,443.04
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.803	72.658	13.8319	10.7372	29,945.64
=72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.801	79.238	14.8666	10.0248	14,813.78
=72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.801	74.491	14.4573	9.7692	26,297.58
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.796	77.190	15.7438	8.3700	19,905.19
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.790	76.621	14.3321	10.5214	14,992.34
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.789	74.978	13.8215	11.2367	15,968.67
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.788	74.957	16.5922	9.3637	14,183.28
=78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.785	77.942	13.5778	9.8100	16,431.42
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.785	74.301	14.9230	8.9300	21,820.26
80	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.784	73.569	13.6429	11.1430	17,479.15
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.783	71.017	15.7779	10.9181	15,577.22
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.782	76.485	13.5822	10.6400	14,380.41
83	Peru`PER`South America	0.780	76.018	14.5980	9.7600	14,554.54
=84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.775	73.016	13.3208	10.6400	18,557.25
=84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.775	76.579	14.6286	8.5000	16,894.49
=86	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.774	75.633	15.5038	7.9800	17,087.87
=86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.774	77.709	14.7094	7.8165	17,412.54
=86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.774	78.263	11.8134	10.3700	16,019.20
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.773	73.555	14.5713	8.9237	19,597.95
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.772	70.236	14.3895	11.7800	14,554.01
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.769	77.426	14.2010	10.7831	9,213.01
=92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.767	77.248	14.2475	8.7867	13,722.37
=92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.767	70.574	14.6886	10.9040	14,385.64
=94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.759	72.655	13.7487	8.5183	21,327.42
=94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.759	72.169	17.1706	10.8600	7,327.91
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.755	71.378	14.1510	9.7688	15,191.17
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.749	75.555	15.1165	6.8402	15,227.34
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.747	76.491	12.8841	10.3500	9,200.48
=99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.744	79.433	12.1593	6.9481	18,898.40
=99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.744	73.627	13.4245	8.5900	15,036.34
101	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.743	73.151	13.4045	7.7920	19,146.26
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.742	75.370	14.5122	7.6226	12,553.61
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.741	72.641	13.3053	9.9623	11,440.55
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.737	74.100	14.5525	8.3500	10,521.99
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.735	69.272	12.0576	11.0151	14,031.18
106	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.732	65.726	14.0805	10.7550	13,839.46
=107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.728	70.974	12.4332	9.3101	14,403.97
=107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.728	66.965	13.5881	10.5652	12,626.65
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.727	67.043	12.3378	9.3220	21,855.17
=110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.725	75.380	13.3188	9.5200	7,492.47
=110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.725	71.999	12.0021	11.7700	7,650.91
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.723	72.322	13.3001	8.8794	10,611.50
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.722	67.699	15.2007	9.6275	9,585.54
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.719	71.468	10.9942	8.3061	20,592.26
=115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.715	70.080	13.7866	8.1600	12,028.83
=115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.715	71.606	12.6139	9.4072	9,847.13
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.711	71.052	12.3537	11.4366	6,511.71
=118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.710	66.371	11.4958	10.2600	15,305.09
=118	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.710	65.870	15.2330	11.3551	6,636.86
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.708	70.668	12.4471	11.7565	5,908.04
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.702	68.829	12.7957	8.4152	12,053.14
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.700	69.761	12.8410	8.5750	10,070.39
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.690	73.879	11.3017	9.4772	6,464.33
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.689	71.116	11.9540	6.6879	14,235.92
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.680	73.946	13.4500	5.7820	8,459.30
126	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.672	65.871	12.1828	10.4061	6,335.71
=127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.670	71.384	11.4799	6.9700	9,614.19
=127	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.670	70.737	10.8835	11.3762	4,222.97
129	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.668	61.238	12.5306	8.8861	12,546.98
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.667	71.711	12.8898	4.5806	12,637.90
=131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.663	74.840	11.8649	5.9860	7,504.09
=131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.663	61.915	11.5776	8.1671	15,351.19
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.649	71.496	10.8388	5.4934	11,250.02
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.648	70.415	11.8165	6.2400	7,670.65
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.646	72.122	11.3992	6.3900	6,641.70
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.643	58.707	14.3086	7.8985	8,696.54
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.642	62.579	11.7100	7.1394	11,574.14
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.640	64.472	11.9021	8.2132	6,668.39
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.633	65.807	11.7676	9.0374	4,470.16
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.624	66.204	13.2192	5.6273	5,942.00
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.621	67.602	12.4577	5.7778	5,611.81
142	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.619	72.001	9.8732	6.2900	5,716.56
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.613	67.594	10.6336	5.7596	7,186.90
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.612	70.626	11.5726	6.9084	3,410.70
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.611	62.622	12.1676	5.6268	8,000.93
146	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.608	65.943	11.4850	7.3269	4,204.35
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.605	62.825	11.2053	7.7530	4,967.61
=148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.600	64.138	10.9579	6.3178	5,917.66
=148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.600	66.232	11.5046	5.8698	4,938.56
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.596	69.036	12.8194	4.1334	4,333.61
=151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.586	69.993	11.1505	4.5163	4,284.37
=151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.586	60.906	10.9621	8.5737	3,639.34
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.584	65.401	12.5390	5.4447	3,516.48
=154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.582	61.189	11.5517	6.4197	4,708.64
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.582	69.806	11.3359	5.8216	2,853.95
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.575	62.138	11.0129	7.0293	3,615.71
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.563	65.775	11.3597	6.0597	2,544.29
=158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.561	64.077	11.0259	5.3823	3,481.00
=158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.561	67.419	8.5108	4.5389	6,237.84
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.559	65.114	10.3979	4.8511	4,055.99
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.557	67.371	7.5496	5.9963	4,601.64
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.545	59.795	9.6979	4.7886	5,941.99
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.542	60.601	12.6983	5.0919	2,513.97
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.540	66.354	11.4034	4.3300	2,393.14
=165	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.538	54.638	11.2403	7.1859	3,326.08
=165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.538	66.481	7.3031	4.7703	5,345.55
=167	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.537	52.669	9.9383	6.9190	5,573.70
=167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.537	65.488	8.3310	5.5891	3,318.59
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.522	67.379	9.0074	2.9983	3,980.06
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.515	65.501	8.2692	3.7700	3,806.75
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.510	64.464	10.1667	5.2636	1,663.42
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.507	59.710	11.2334	2.8419	3,239.34
173	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.501	63.491	9.8805	5.0700	1,662.87
174	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.500	64.034	8.6589	4.0998	2,555.51
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.498	62.443	10.5379	2.5572	2,758.82
176	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.497	59.926	10.2123	7.0476	1,287.63
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.495	60.999	10.3192	5.2917	1,563.18
178	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.493	61.652	10.3293	3.6285	2,089.24
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.492	64.105	5.8407	3.7876	5,604.71
180	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.490	66.979	7.2833	4.7782	1,967.28
181	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.479	59.043	9.8245	2.1300	3,387.63
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.476	65.257	8.8180	2.3953	2,332.86
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.469	60.790	10.4835	3.3267	1,488.11
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.454	65.915	7.4306	4.5059	1,160.53
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.451	59.059	8.9215	3.5065	1,609.70
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.449	59.972	8.9479	1.9200	2,246.02
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.434	61.806	10.2460	2.9551	897.89
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.421	58.873	7.0894	1.8700	2,404.19
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.402	52.447	7.8708	2.1855	1,905.66
=190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.391	52.297	6.9951	3.9060	1,160.16
=190	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.391	59.765	7.0704	1.2459	1,509.67
192	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.371	51.905	5.6348	5.7300	728.85

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

#1Icelandshared0.966
#1Norwayshared0.966
#3Switzerland0.962
#4Germanyshared0.952
#4Hong Kongshared0.952

Lowest

#192South Sudan0.371
#190Nigershared0.391
#190Central African Republicshared0.391
#189Chad0.402
#188Mali0.421

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.752. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestSan Marino85.095
LowestSouth Sudan51.905
Middle country: 72.976
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia20.4285
LowestSouth Sudan5.6348
Middle country: 13.5800
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.0800
LowestNiger1.2459
Middle country: 9.4422
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein173,028.57
LowestSouth Sudan728.85
Middle country: 14,684.16

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 192 in both
168 · 16rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan0.292 → 0.371+0.079
Central African Republic0.356 → 0.391+0.035
Dominica0.735 → 0.755+0.020
United Arab Emirates0.884 → 0.901+0.017
Bangladesh0.633 → 0.646+0.013

Fell most

Venezuela0.749 → 0.741−0.008
Yemen0.459 → 0.454−0.005
Madagascar0.505 → 0.501−0.004
Czechia0.904 → 0.901−0.003
Guinea0.482 → 0.479−0.003

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

Read before you use

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 2018.
160 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.875. 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.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
192 rows · 14 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download human-development-index-2018-nations-inquiry.csv
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The publisher’s original
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 (2018). Human Development Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2018

0634 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Human Development Index, 2017
192 countries
The year after ›
Human Development Index, 2019
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

07Questions