Data for 2019

Human Development Index, 2019

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Human Development Index, 2019 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Iceland is highest, at 0.969; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.279. The middle country reads 0.752. Against 2018, 182 values changed (159 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2019

HighestIceland

0.969

LowestCentral African Republic

0.279

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

192countries
5measures per country
2019the year it describes
160distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.969	82.847	18.2350	13.7300	67,266
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.967	82.955	18.2354	13.0000	83,922
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.965	83.780	16.3446	13.8600	78,234
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.957	81.189	17.2244	14.1700	65,153
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.955	83.052	18.5224	12.6100	63,447
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.953	81.434	18.6201	12.9100	67,926
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.952	85.263	16.9081	12.2300	67,818
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.950	82.053	18.3740	12.4500	65,792
=9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.947	83.241	21.3756	12.5600	53,813
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.947	81.864	19.0431	12.8700	57,745
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.947	82.411	19.1585	11.5766	75,920
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.945	81.835	19.5684	12.3800	62,803
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.942	83.662	16.7412	11.6800	108,156
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.941	81.443	17.3211	13.3267	54,624
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.938	81.832	19.4723	13.0375	46,255
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.937	82.285	15.9333	13.8140	54,499
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.936	78.916	16.6355	13.5900	69,957
18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.935	83.405	15.3938	12.3081	162,347
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.928	81.907	16.0763	12.2600	65,535
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.927	83.685	16.3770	12.5182	47,438
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.923	81.007	17.3252	12.8000	45,192
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.922	84.418	15.4413	12.6560	46,915
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.916	81.588	14.1878	12.5448	87,900
24	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.915	82.596	13.4887	12.6900	72,885
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.914	82.730	15.8680	11.6100	56,066
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.913	82.905	14.7842	13.3403	43,592
=27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.910	82.839	15.6270	12.0250	48,427
=27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.910	83.479	17.5008	10.3750	46,306
29	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.908	85.257	14.7193	11.0150	58,940
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.907	81.454	16.0144	12.3600	44,113
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.906	83.342	16.3801	10.6540	50,720
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.903	79.185	16.1034	12.8700	45,414
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.901	78.773	15.7403	13.6050	40,702
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.896	81.349	19.6476	11.1200	33,130
=35	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.894	80.471	16.4370	10.7500	51,005
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.894	76.424	16.1545	13.3967	43,776
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.887	77.921	15.8738	13.1200	36,800
=38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.880	75.628	16.5417	13.2500	34,656
=38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.880	82.945	13.1977	10.1460	108,957
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.878	78.313	15.9831	10.9467	47,996
41	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.876	84.098	11.9263	11.0850	63,216
=42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.872	78.197	16.0306	11.8492	34,259
=42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.872	81.959	16.6009	9.3300	39,190
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.871	77.686	14.5240	12.9100	36,805
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.867	80.324	16.6436	10.9349	27,495
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.861	76.847	18.0864	11.1200	25,601
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.861	76.455	15.0307	12.1600	36,892
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.857	79.946	13.9567	11.4200	35,761
=49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.851	77.168	15.5217	11.7153	28,448
=49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.851	76.639	15.3687	12.4628	25,755
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.850	72.123	18.6768	11.2000	33,095
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.847	73.066	15.1586	12.3973	36,510
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.843	80.022	15.4809	7.3335	58,621
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.841	77.737	19.1852	8.6300	27,865
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.839	71.540	18.4070	10.8494	30,489
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.838	75.329	14.4263	11.2800	36,328
=57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.835	75.049	13.7608	9.1800	83,230
=57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.835	75.087	15.5950	11.3533	27,292
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.834	73.658	14.5822	12.3214	30,235
=60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.830	74.165	16.3435	12.8200	17,355
=60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.830	77.503	16.4578	8.9800	28,494
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.826	74.255	14.4001	12.1400	26,051
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.824	78.514	13.1912	10.5400	30,953
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.821	80.296	15.8384	8.7600	22,150
65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.817	76.058	14.8555	11.3700	19,694
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.812	75.900	13.0999	10.6500	31,009
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.808	76.495	16.4340	9.8517	16,600
68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.806	68.982	15.4682	13.1776	19,869
=69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.805	79.467	15.0435	10.0730	15,013
=69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.805	76.835	13.4478	10.9577	20,960
=69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.805	72.836	13.9658	10.7511	29,886
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.803	74.181	14.5709	9.8806	27,056
=73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.800	71.408	11.8477	12.6353	30,118
=73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.800	77.197	15.6071	8.7000	20,531
75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.796	75.193	13.9989	11.2833	17,230
=76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.789	74.971	16.5872	9.3913	14,253
=76	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.789	73.920	13.7125	11.1349	18,193
=78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.788	77.394	13.4409	10.1750	17,176
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.788	74.530	14.9457	9.0750	21,521
=80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.787	76.855	14.2247	10.6288	13,613
=80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.787	70.994	16.0137	11.0439	15,796
82	Peru`PER`South America	0.784	76.275	14.7011	9.8898	14,807
=83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.781	77.940	14.9615	7.8833	18,414
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.781	76.698	13.4687	10.6300	14,227
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.780	73.290	13.4828	10.6400	19,072
86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.777	76.793	14.5239	8.6400	17,170
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.776	75.809	15.4494	8.1258	17,183
88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.775	70.181	14.4734	11.7600	15,390
=89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.771	73.112	14.4772	8.8655	20,306
=89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.771	78.208	11.7873	10.3700	15,272
91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.769	77.413	14.3487	10.6636	9,183
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.765	77.286	14.1000	8.8033	13,460
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.763	72.292	17.3736	10.8514	7,556
=94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.758	71.305	14.1510	9.8876	15,792
=94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.758	70.663	14.5102	10.1620	14,507
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.753	75.682	15.2094	7.0203	15,105
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.750	76.865	12.8793	10.4000	9,222
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.749	79.707	12.1686	7.1112	19,525
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.747	73.668	13.4553	8.8100	14,840
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.745	72.249	12.7097	8.5500	20,876
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.744	74.211	14.7788	8.4400	11,203
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.742	66.071	14.2139	11.3700	13,882
103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.741	69.405	12.1348	11.0786	15,014
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.740	75.599	14.5658	7.2900	12,608
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.737	72.941	13.2445	7.7853	17,866
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.736	71.213	12.6725	9.5777	14,770
=107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.730	67.337	12.3860	9.4360	21,409
=107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.730	72.093	12.2187	11.9000	7,834
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.729	75.811	13.2956	9.7300	7,425
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.728	67.820	15.4484	9.8600	9,695
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.727	67.009	13.6749	10.5005	12,338
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.725	72.577	13.3160	8.8647	10,857
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.724	72.766	13.1920	9.8203	8,598
114	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.722	66.047	15.5826	11.4489	7,483
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.720	71.773	10.9825	8.3471	20,621
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.718	67.167	11.4725	10.3400	16,092
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.716	71.532	12.5366	9.5454	9,931
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.714	70.349	13.1594	8.3600	12,511
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.709	69.067	12.9089	8.5586	12,838
=120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.708	70.891	12.4870	11.8588	5,715
=120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.708	69.680	13.0368	8.9700	10,438
=120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.708	70.269	12.3951	11.4018	6,683
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.693	71.245	12.0876	6.7185	14,706
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.690	73.764	11.3434	9.6337	6,282
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.687	74.245	13.7019	5.9160	8,611
126	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.681	66.109	12.2469	10.5234	7,152
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.680	72.005	12.9768	5.1703	13,305
128	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.678	61.393	12.6346	9.0736	14,240
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.673	70.962	10.8723	11.3323	4,437
130	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.670	71.725	11.0877	7.1100	9,909
=131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.667	75.449	11.6966	6.0380	7,963
=131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.667	62.297	11.8821	8.2242	14,931
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.656	72.625	11.6728	6.5500	7,092
=134	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.653	59.850	14.6145	8.0923	8,474
=134	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.653	71.639	10.7939	5.6800	11,546
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.651	70.746	11.7540	6.2814	7,895
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.647	63.546	11.7350	7.1908	11,436
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.642	66.496	13.2305	5.8204	7,819
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.635	65.866	11.8030	9.0830	4,545
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.634	63.152	12.1566	8.2319	6,305
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.632	72.124	9.9614	7.0900	5,755
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.625	68.043	12.4736	5.8458	5,625
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.622	70.783	11.6523	7.0458	3,876
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.615	67.911	10.5067	5.8533	7,351
=145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.611	63.051	12.1676	5.7345	7,463
=145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.611	62.939	11.2949	7.9947	5,115
=145	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.611	66.196	11.5034	7.3297	4,358
148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.610	66.457	11.5046	6.3800	5,147
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.609	64.455	11.2908	6.5152	6,197
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.604	69.299	12.9399	4.3333	4,588
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.593	70.127	11.1600	4.7984	4,509
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.589	65.662	12.7859	5.5853	3,510
153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.584	61.060	10.9938	8.6875	3,352
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.583	69.981	11.3283	5.8507	2,844
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.582	61.695	11.2621	6.4786	4,724
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.578	62.914	11.0154	7.1571	3,532
=157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.569	70.970	7.4842	5.9761	4,542
=157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.569	66.354	11.4274	6.1464	2,623
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.566	67.640	8.7221	4.6465	6,213
=159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.566	65.331	10.7565	4.8923	4,143
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.560	64.328	10.9827	5.3823	3,377
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.552	60.274	9.9216	4.8157	6,183
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.550	66.691	11.5177	4.6042	2,564
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.549	61.055	12.8297	5.3364	2,576
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.546	66.007	8.7007	5.7082	3,390
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.544	53.009	10.1302	7.1920	5,621
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.541	55.249	11.1551	7.3628	3,222
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.540	66.729	7.6354	4.5400	5,379
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.520	67.668	8.9130	2.8415	4,052
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.517	65.803	8.3846	3.8200	3,642
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.513	64.995	10.0786	5.2537	1,708
172	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.508	64.427	8.8184	4.3061	2,649
=173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.507	62.941	10.6213	2.7014	2,970
=173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.507	59.888	10.7680	3.0335	3,363
=175	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.501	60.242	10.4402	7.1269	1,276
=175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.501	62.161	10.4290	3.6730	2,246
=177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.497	64.381	5.9656	3.8419	5,685
=177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.497	61.232	10.3925	5.5597	1,495
=179	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.495	67.306	7.3010	4.9348	2,013
=179	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.495	63.504	9.3698	4.9108	1,692
181	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.486	59.379	10.0106	2.2427	3,463
182	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.482	65.741	8.9726	2.3795	2,458
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.475	61.306	10.6037	3.5933	1,483
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.458	66.567	7.4949	4.6708	1,149
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.455	59.593	8.9688	3.5032	1,649
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.453	60.184	8.9137	2.1000	2,281
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.435	62.180	10.1052	3.1188	886
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.425	59.217	7.0633	2.0418	2,414
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.406	52.993	8.0266	2.2328	1,903
190	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.403	58.129	5.6348	5.7300	839
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.400	60.031	7.4612	1.2936	1,550
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.279	31.530	7.1390	3.9296	1,168

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

#1Iceland0.969
#2Norway0.967
#3Switzerland0.965
#4Germany0.957
#5Sweden0.955

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.279
#191Niger0.400
#190South Sudan0.403
#189Chad0.406
#188Mali0.425

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)
HighestHong Kong85.263
LowestCentral African Republic31.530
Middle country: 72.889
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.3756
LowestSouth Sudan5.6348
Middle country: 13.4620
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.1700
LowestNiger1.2936
Middle country: 9.6057
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein162,347
LowestSouth Sudan839
Middle country: 14,886

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 192 in both
159 · 23rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan0.371 → 0.403+0.032
Timor-Leste0.624 → 0.642+0.018
United Arab Emirates0.901 → 0.915+0.014
Bhutan0.667 → 0.680+0.013
Honduras0.619 → 0.632+0.013

Fell most

Central African Republic0.391 → 0.279−0.112
Venezuela0.741 → 0.724−0.017
Saint Lucia0.759 → 0.745−0.014
Bahamas0.812 → 0.800−0.012
Mongolia0.767 → 0.758−0.009

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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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 2019.
160 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.947. 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 (2019). Human Development Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2019

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