Data for 2020

Human Development Index, 2020

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Human Development Index, 2020 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.969; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.386. The middle country reads 0.742. Against 2019, 177 values changed (49 up, 128 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2020

HighestNorway

0.969

LowestCentral African Republic

0.386

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

192countries
5measures per country
2020the year it describes
167distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Human Development Index, 2020: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.969	83.195	18.3110	13.059	78,356
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.965	82.711	18.2397	13.770	61,885
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.963	83.063	16.4337	13.904	74,518
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.955	81.004	17.2260	14.260	62,478
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.954	81.546	18.6403	12.960	67,366
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.951	82.427	18.6521	12.675	62,092
=7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.950	83.664	20.9394	12.640	53,837
=7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.950	84.707	17.0623	12.270	64,125
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.948	82.390	19.0567	11.651	77,741
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.947	81.822	19.0486	12.925	57,261
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.945	81.393	18.4138	12.580	62,085
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.944	83.661	16.7874	11.760	102,456
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.940	82.663	19.1901	12.940	45,568
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.939	80.798	19.2753	12.534	59,544
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.931	81.654	15.9447	13.842	50,925
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.930	80.385	17.3780	13.410	47,829
17	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.929	82.037	15.3830	12.359	175,851
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.928	83.675	16.3773	12.620	47,400
=19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.925	81.804	16.1245	12.311	62,012
=19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.925	77.011	16.6266	13.680	67,530
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.922	84.670	15.4563	12.670	45,395
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.918	80.364	17.2623	12.875	43,555
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.916	81.411	14.1939	12.566	89,602
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.912	82.700	14.8324	13.437	42,329
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.909	82.199	15.9580	11.688	51,178
=25	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.909	81.936	13.5203	12.730	68,049
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.905	81.230	16.2282	12.440	41,444
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.903	82.336	15.5505	12.210	42,885
=29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.901	78.893	15.7751	13.550	40,417
=29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.901	82.241	17.4696	10.610	41,220
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.899	82.181	16.5311	10.740	47,034
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898	78.237	16.1390	12.917	43,665
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.896	81.536	19.4787	11.410	30,333
34	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.895	82.650	14.6594	11.230	54,529
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.888	75.105	16.1481	13.500	44,353
36	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.885	78.683	16.3912	11.000	48,745
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.880	76.595	15.8440	13.160	36,245
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.879	75.478	16.4901	13.329	34,543
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.875	77.596	15.7598	11.310	46,058
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.872	80.409	13.2643	10.354	105,292
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.870	81.366	16.6686	9.580	36,539
=42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.867	77.497	16.1061	11.951	32,198
=42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.867	76.864	14.5689	13.006	35,965
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.857	75.730	15.0588	12.250	35,968
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.856	79.349	16.3405	11.112	24,753
46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.853	74.091	17.8510	11.200	29,042
=47	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.851	79.418	11.9119	11.260	55,488
=47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.851	75.878	18.3612	11.140	23,152
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.843	77.763	13.2414	11.850	35,040
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.841	75.850	15.5114	12.617	21,947
51	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.840	77.161	15.5123	11.681	22,900
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.838	76.525	19.2953	8.806	28,245
=53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.837	78.248	15.6911	7.449	56,330
=53	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.837	78.381	16.5160	9.500	26,235
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.836	75.114	13.6986	9.220	83,431
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.832	74.046	14.4541	11.390	35,141
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.828	71.181	18.4070	10.849	25,543
=58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.826	73.599	15.6178	11.410	26,169
=58	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.826	71.195	14.8163	12.434	30,921
60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.822	73.509	16.2711	12.780	16,208
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.819	79.725	16.0920	8.800	21,172
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.818	71.171	13.2458	12.404	35,887
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.815	72.269	14.2648	12.237	25,673
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.810	76.057	12.9581	10.797	29,117
65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.809	74.507	14.6110	11.505	20,132
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.808	76.330	13.2513	10.686	25,876
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.803	76.647	16.5307	9.891	14,606
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.800	72.645	14.1011	10.765	26,590
69	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.799	68.689	15.1180	13.238	18,928
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.798	77.331	15.4705	8.813	19,549
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.797	72.994	11.8914	12.725	23,454
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.795	74.657	14.2221	9.992	23,053
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.794	77.824	14.7348	10.121	14,554
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.786	78.019	15.2179	7.950	18,683
=75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.783	76.040	13.2551	10.540	16,803
=75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.783	74.469	13.4031	10.230	20,383
=75	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.783	73.283	13.5879	11.127	17,821
78	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.782	75.019	16.5823	9.419	12,615
79	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.781	69.605	16.2530	11.170	15,106
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.780	76.928	13.3552	10.820	13,505
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.775	74.141	14.1172	10.737	13,784
=82	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.770	74.506	15.4460	8.274	16,609
=82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.770	69.914	14.5404	11.800	14,028
84	Peru`PER`South America	0.769	73.832	14.8049	10.021	13,126
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.767	72.636	14.3831	9.150	18,729
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.765	72.379	17.5766	10.880	7,571
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.764	74.757	14.2792	8.860	15,911
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.763	70.449	14.8231	9.220	19,448
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.762	77.407	14.4260	10.548	8,210
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.761	68.890	14.0780	11.330	15,640
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.757	70.312	12.6323	10.748	18,743
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.755	75.383	15.0051	8.620	11,516
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.753	71.269	14.1510	10.006	13,786
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.750	76.299	11.7613	10.370	12,158
95	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.744	68.846	12.4420	11.143	15,705
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.743	75.583	12.9165	10.450	8,931
=97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.742	73.257	15.3022	7.216	14,167
=97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.742	72.720	13.4862	8.860	14,462
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.741	70.029	14.2194	9.420	13,853
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.740	72.004	14.6104	8.820	11,975
101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.736	69.790	12.9118	9.853	15,112
102	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.734	72.308	12.6887	8.582	16,343
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.733	75.004	14.6195	7.392	11,331
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.732	67.073	12.4343	9.550	22,035
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.730	78.713	12.3685	7.274	12,942
106	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.724	65.150	13.9835	10.555	13,242
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.723	71.461	11.8905	11.890	7,769
=108	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.722	67.751	13.0221	8.627	18,424
=108	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.722	65.387	15.8504	11.543	7,491
=110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.718	67.643	11.4491	10.420	15,141
=110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.718	66.924	13.7618	10.436	10,451
=110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.718	74.998	13.2427	9.940	6,306
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.714	72.321	10.9708	8.388	16,850
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.713	71.580	13.1699	8.850	9,642
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.711	71.452	12.4598	9.684	8,936
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.710	68.817	13.3488	8.560	12,192
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.708	70.727	12.4364	11.367	6,416
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.700	69.136	12.6345	11.962	5,501
=119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.699	70.097	12.7834	8.890	9,092
=119	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.699	72.369	13.0787	9.678	5,990
121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.697	62.906	15.5295	9.830	8,811
=122	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.688	72.253	13.0645	5.836	12,183
=122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.688	72.388	13.0846	7.779	7,326
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.684	61.527	12.7386	9.261	15,077
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.683	73.133	13.9295	6.050	7,953
126	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.681	66.357	12.3110	10.645	6,776
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.680	69.651	12.2228	6.749	12,595
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.676	70.766	11.3851	9.790	5,888
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.668	62.141	12.1867	8.281	14,178
130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.664	68.605	10.8610	11.288	4,540
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.663	71.421	11.9463	7.100	7,257
132	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.660	70.244	11.0837	7.150	9,053
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.657	59.862	14.9269	8.286	8,362
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.652	70.156	12.1291	6.490	7,332
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.650	66.919	13.2418	6.020	8,442
=136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.647	73.818	11.5307	6.090	6,230
=136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.647	64.071	11.7600	7.242	10,563
138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.645	69.971	10.7648	5.736	11,166
139	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.643	64.391	12.4165	8.251	6,358
140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.632	65.205	11.8385	9.129	4,436
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.628	67.979	12.6637	5.916	5,772
142	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.625	70.864	10.0613	7.297	5,192
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.617	70.385	11.7319	7.183	3,472
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.616	68.339	10.1875	5.947	7,518
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.614	64.309	11.4298	6.713	6,415
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.610	63.116	12.1676	5.844	6,981
=147	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.609	65.878	11.5217	7.333	4,245
=147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.609	66.612	11.5046	6.380	5,042
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.600	61.596	11.3845	7.686	4,993
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.599	69.106	12.6445	4.418	4,405
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.595	70.059	11.1695	4.998	4,415
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.592	65.756	13.0377	5.726	3,437
153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.582	61.530	11.0256	8.808	3,021
=154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.579	61.674	10.9726	6.537	4,610
=154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.579	69.258	11.3206	5.880	2,777
156	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.578	63.361	11.0180	7.285	3,312
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.571	66.410	11.4955	6.234	2,627
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.570	71.944	7.4188	5.956	4,440
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.567	65.075	11.1274	4.934	3,927
=160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.555	63.773	10.9395	5.382	3,218
=160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.555	66.953	11.7637	4.878	2,445
=162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.554	66.794	8.0519	4.754	6,022
=162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.554	66.771	9.0753	5.827	3,344
=162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.554	61.123	12.9624	5.593	2,572
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.553	60.140	10.1017	4.843	6,057
166	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.547	53.072	10.3221	7.389	5,480
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.537	55.133	11.0705	7.544	2,997
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.536	65.701	7.8951	4.427	5,215
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.522	67.496	9.0535	2.888	4,037
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.513	65.124	8.5017	3.870	3,383
=171	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.512	64.418	8.9779	4.512	2,603
=171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.512	65.216	9.9906	5.244	1,676
173	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.506	60.428	10.6733	7.206	1,300
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.504	60.154	10.3026	3.114	3,394
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.501	61.454	10.7054	2.846	2,798
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.499	64.200	6.0905	3.896	5,671
=177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.498	61.343	10.5317	3.673	2,225
=177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.498	61.267	10.4659	5.857	1,422
179	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.495	66.980	7.3188	5.091	1,971
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.488	59.350	10.2001	2.361	3,361
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.486	65.969	9.0943	2.391	2,539
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.483	62.706	9.2149	4.752	1,547
183	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.477	61.390	10.7253	3.860	1,419
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.459	66.435	7.4949	4.836	1,130
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.454	59.694	9.0163	3.519	1,567
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.453	60.454	8.7779	2.183	2,286
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.435	62.569	9.9664	3.292	866
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.414	58.858	7.0372	1.630	2,300
189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.408	53.082	8.1855	2.283	1,818
190	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.404	59.890	7.8737	1.341	1,501
191	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.398	57.648	5.6348	5.730	791
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.386	50.596	7.2859	3.953	1,131

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.969
#2Iceland0.965
#3Switzerland0.963
#4Germany0.955
#5Denmark0.954

Lowest

#192Central African Republic0.386
#191South Sudan0.398
#190Niger0.404
#189Chad0.408
#188Mali0.414

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.742. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestHong Kong84.707
LowestCentral African Republic50.596
Middle country: 72.261
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia20.9394
LowestSouth Sudan5.6348
Middle country: 13.3065
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.260
LowestNiger1.341
Middle country: 9.681
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein175,851
LowestSouth Sudan791
Middle country: 13,941

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 192 in both
49 · 128rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.279 → 0.386+0.107
Guyana0.709 → 0.722+0.013
Vietnam0.744 → 0.755+0.011
Republic of the Congo0.634 → 0.643+0.009
Timor-Leste0.642 → 0.650+0.008

Fell most

Libya0.737 → 0.688−0.049
Armenia0.796 → 0.761−0.035
Bolivia0.728 → 0.697−0.031
Russia0.847 → 0.818−0.029
Andorra0.876 → 0.851−0.025

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.

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.783. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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