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Human Development Index, 2022

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2022, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2022 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.967; Somalia is lowest, at 0.385. The middle country reads 0.761. Against 2021, 187 values changed (164 up, 23 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2022

HighestNorway

0.967

LowestSomalia

0.385

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

192countries
5measures per country
2022the year it describes
164distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.967	82.631	18.793	13.11796	113,454
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.966	83.200	16.668	13.94912	82,400
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.964	81.588	18.851	13.90893	65,821
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.959	81.291	18.704	13.02732	74,966
=4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.959	83.046	18.991	12.74033	67,099
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.955	80.580	17.309	14.29637	63,619
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.953	81.912	18.585	12.66995	68,566
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.952	82.766	20.655	12.87000	58,256
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.950	83.485	17.255	12.35000	67,927
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.947	82.050	19.185	11.72500	87,922
=11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.946	81.243	19.494	12.97963	58,412
=11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.946	81.074	17.811	13.49000	55,258
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.945	81.159	18.996	12.68965	62,228
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.942	82.921	16.742	11.99000	108,655
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.936	83.405	15.413	12.40996	165,066
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.935	81.249	15.888	13.87000	56,952
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.933	81.006	19.300	12.88300	47,291
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.930	77.979	15.923	13.91000	72,993
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.928	82.727	16.619	12.72220	48,871
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.927	81.296	16.284	12.36147	64,374
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.926	80.793	17.477	12.95120	45,470
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.922	82.201	14.358	12.58937	91,144
=23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.921	82.814	14.934	13.53459	47,911
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.921	84.054	15.512	12.68405	46,656
=23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.921	80.487	14.908	12.99000	70,818
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.917	82.250	15.910	12.42070	50,835
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.916	82.475	16.095	11.76567	55,176
=28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.911	79.165	16.794	12.96318	45,265
=28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.911	82.366	17.830	10.75612	44,887
30	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.910	85.708	14.600	11.36000	58,043
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.908	80.434	16.216	12.55737	46,470
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.905	82.052	16.714	10.82813	50,900
=33	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.902	80.992	16.300	11.15000	53,494
=33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.902	78.167	15.968	13.56217	43,028
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.902	77.923	16.678	13.20854	42,129
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.897	79.944	20.846	11.55386	34,502
=37	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.893	84.016	12.784	11.61000	63,913
=37	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.893	77.310	16.949	11.60643	51,431
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.888	74.696	16.455	13.61069	42,325
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.886	78.278	16.348	12.09512	40,188
=41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.883	81.194	17.487	9.70325	39,868
=41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.883	81.857	13.141	10.77000	106,502
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.881	74.871	16.483	13.40944	37,623
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.873	77.036	14.947	13.10320	36,462
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.869	79.176	16.912	11.29105	28,131
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.867	76.212	15.469	12.33162	37,600
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.858	75.806	18.831	11.18458	26,607
=48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.853	75.921	15.492	12.77393	26,668
=48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.853	77.591	19.831	8.98624	32,924
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.852	76.468	17.484	10.54000	27,827
51	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.848	77.483	15.503	11.64750	26,434
52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.846	77.911	13.202	11.89000	36,652
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.845	78.788	15.904	7.56601	58,463
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.840	75.261	14.053	11.55000	38,443
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.838	74.141	16.727	12.70000	19,525
56	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.836	71.248	18.225	11.19995	27,682
=57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.835	74.034	15.317	11.45453	31,462
=57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.835	79.324	13.312	10.83375	32,462
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.831	73.503	14.019	12.54717	30,149
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.829	70.313	18.407	10.84940	28,394
=61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.826	72.517	13.185	12.41000	37,463
=61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.826	75.478	15.042	11.64172	22,578
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.825	72.917	13.699	9.28200	75,362
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.824	74.361	13.982	12.33537	25,479
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.823	79.316	16.350	8.84475	22,328
66	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.818	74.491	11.891	12.81442	29,827
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.811	76.645	14.781	10.23000	21,963
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.810	75.444	12.520	11.09000	31,629
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.807	75.676	16.628	9.92836	16,879
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.806	78.769	14.670	10.17531	16,945
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.805	73.331	14.238	10.79275	26,509
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.801	74.633	14.406	11.34498	18,273
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.799	76.777	13.277	10.97000	19,178
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.796	78.202	15.479	8.03618	20,889
=75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.794	73.544	14.163	10.10333	24,759
=75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.794	71.191	16.253	11.29535	16,153
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.793	76.799	13.968	10.84671	15,444
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.792	75.291	15.359	9.04000	20,181
79	Peru`PER`South America	0.790	76.834	14.909	10.15465	14,288
80	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.789	75.151	16.577	9.44640	13,884
81	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.786	68.922	14.418	13.29903	15,711
=82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.784	74.125	12.710	10.96250	20,491
=82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.784	71.546	14.639	11.83000	15,286
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.783	73.973	14.468	9.34951	21,335
85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.782	76.508	14.286	9.03158	18,321
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.780	74.872	15.793	8.42537	17,594
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.778	74.211	13.617	9.44453	21,878
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.777	77.300	13.128	10.77000	12,911
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.773	76.577	14.852	8.97000	13,897
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.772	72.658	13.328	11.12274	16,044
=91	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.764	77.629	14.174	10.63149	8,550
=91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.764	80.760	12.768	7.41037	19,229
=91	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.764	72.635	17.787	10.91495	6,989
=91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.764	74.502	15.458	8.98000	12,490
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.763	69.888	13.022	8.70243	35,506
=96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.761	76.129	15.488	7.41639	14,582
=96	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.761	69.913	13.241	11.20780	16,886
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.759	71.081	14.151	10.12509	15,468
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.755	78.003	11.709	10.37000	11,719
=100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.751	71.010	13.127	10.13612	16,051
=100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.751	77.088	13.044	10.31000	9,133
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.747	72.319	13.987	8.93065	14,733
=102	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.747	72.670	12.730	8.61417	20,539
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.745	76.050	14.673	7.59492	12,122
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.742	71.505	13.638	9.42000	13,683
106	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.741	74.462	12.925	7.77861	18,269
=107	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.737	65.454	13.793	11.61000	13,820
=107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.737	72.147	12.461	11.91000	8,497
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.733	76.662	13.155	10.13000	7,065
110	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.732	66.725	16.386	11.63666	7,299
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.730	67.713	12.483	9.68600	18,925
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.729	68.749	11.426	10.47800	16,806
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.727	67.434	15.611	10.02122	9,290
=114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.726	67.148	13.849	10.37097	12,006
=114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.726	70.925	13.416	8.69722	13,107
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.719	73.254	10.959	8.42976	17,045
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.718	71.481	12.383	9.95991	9,813
=118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.717	72.190	12.427	8.76229	11,827
=118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.717	71.487	12.765	12.06589	5,823
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.714	69.472	12.819	9.97724	9,865
121	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.706	72.566	12.965	9.67839	6,785
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.704	75.161	14.594	6.19800	8,483
123	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.703	71.550	12.436	11.33298	5,511
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.701	74.463	11.469	9.93302	6,542
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.700	61.930	12.843	9.44864	18,886
=126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.695	72.754	13.153	5.83579	13,335
=126	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.695	63.028	15.246	8.68520	11,035
=126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.695	72.037	12.359	6.78005	13,213
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.687	71.562	10.850	11.27095	5,417
130	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.686	66.852	12.375	10.76746	6,796
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.680	74.265	12.310	6.79000	8,114
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.677	63.355	12.491	8.28133	13,997
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.676	71.698	12.956	6.57000	8,476
134	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.674	71.969	10.952	7.25000	10,309
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.664	75.907	11.367	6.09004	7,769
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.655	71.206	10.707	5.84730	12,171
137	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.649	64.190	11.785	7.27315	10,743
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.644	65.000	12.682	8.32264	5,807
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.643	72.715	10.162	7.51023	5,907
140	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.642	66.269	11.874	9.12858	4,826
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.636	69.237	12.857	5.98756	5,673
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.633	67.368	13.253	6.22658	5,460
143	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.626	63.549	11.474	8.62471	5,431
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.625	65.246	11.418	7.10721	6,546
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.621	71.302	11.812	7.18321	3,458
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.615	64.246	12.168	5.95617	6,836
=147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.614	68.715	9.605	6.06025	7,839
=147	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.614	66.961	11.540	7.33252	4,252
149	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.606	66.506	11.505	6.38000	4,825
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.605	70.087	12.464	4.50373	4,661
=151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.602	70.528	11.188	5.19710	4,612
=151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.602	66.481	13.294	6.00684	3,461
153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.594	62.360	11.057	8.93085	3,351
154	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.589	65.279	11.021	7.39741	3,346
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.583	70.409	11.313	5.87968	2,732
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.581	62.443	10.763	6.57418	4,663
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.578	67.675	11.564	6.32366	2,670
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.572	65.274	11.511	4.96253	3,938
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.571	72.790	7.419	5.93552	4,303
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.570	67.528	12.256	4.88000	2,804
161	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.567	62.290	13.096	5.86111	2,748
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.565	61.562	10.206	4.87000	6,540
163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.562	68.281	7.950	4.85203	6,186
164	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.557	54.079	10.514	7.58597	5,538
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.554	66.879	8.586	6.06535	3,445
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.552	63.948	10.896	5.38230	3,030
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.547	56.812	10.987	7.72988	2,969
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.544	67.417	7.895	4.31699	5,631
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.526	67.788	9.145	2.93455	4,172
170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.519	64.859	8.978	4.67473	2,733
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.516	65.695	8.620	3.96200	3,234
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.514	60.979	10.911	7.37856	1,341
173	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.513	66.037	9.903	5.24374	1,650
174	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.512	60.475	10.446	3.19420	3,666
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.511	63.605	10.635	3.67304	2,357
176	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.510	65.540	6.168	3.95042	6,279
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.508	61.934	10.466	6.16989	1,501
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.499	67.789	7.337	5.09136	2,009
179	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.498	60.432	10.393	2.48634	3,412
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.495	65.617	10.790	2.51479	1,961
181	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.494	66.897	9.218	2.40254	2,687
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.490	63.011	10.848	4.59049	1,336
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.483	63.068	9.063	4.59252	1,625
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.466	67.952	7.495	5.26799	1,070
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.463	61.275	9.064	3.53530	1,657
186	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.457	60.700	8.733	2.26655	2,373
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.437	62.882	9.829	3.47394	861
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.417	60.035	7.011	1.63000	2,309
=189	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.414	54.528	8.348	2.33498	1,729
=189	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.414	60.398	8.309	1.41229	1,518
191	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.388	57.203	5.635	5.73000	701
192	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.385	53.931	7.486	1.90000	1,455

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.967
#2Switzerland0.966
#3Iceland0.964
#4Denmarkshared0.959
#4Swedenshared0.959

Lowest

#192Somalia0.385
#191South Sudan0.388
#189Chadshared0.414
#189Nigershared0.414
#188Mali0.417

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.761. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestSan Marino85.708
LowestSomalia53.931
Middle country: 73.086
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestGreece20.846
LowestSouth Sudan5.635
Middle country: 13.303
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany14.29637
LowestNiger1.41229
Middle country: 9.94647
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein165,066
LowestSouth Sudan701
Middle country: 15,365

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
187values changed, of 191 in both
164 · 23rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Guyana0.713 → 0.763+0.050
Eswatini0.658 → 0.695+0.037
Bolivia0.693 → 0.727+0.034
North Macedonia0.781 → 0.811+0.030
Botswana0.700 → 0.729+0.029

Fell most

Hong Kong0.961 → 0.950−0.011
Timor-Leste0.644 → 0.633−0.011
Brunei0.835 → 0.825−0.010
Thailand0.800 → 0.792−0.008
Singapore0.948 → 0.942−0.006

+ Somalia

− Central African Republic

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 2022.
164 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.764. 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.

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2022). Human Development Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-development-index/2022

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