Human Development Index - 2010

Complete list of countries

• = increase.
• = steady.
• = decrease.
• Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
• This revision of the index was released on 4 November 2010 and estimates the HDI of countries for 2010.
• The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 2007, released on 5 October 2009.

Very high human development (developed countries)

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 1  Norway 0.938 0.001 2  Australia 0.937 0.002 3 (17)  New Zealand 0.907 0.003 4 (9)  United States 0.902 0.003 5  Ireland 0.895 0.001 6 (13)  Liechtenstein 0.891 0.002 7 (1)  Netherlands 0.890 0.002 8 (4)  Canada 0.888 0.002 9 (2)  Sweden 0.885 0.001 10 (12)  Germany 0.885 0.002 11 (1)  Japan 0.884 0.003 12 (14)  South Korea 0.877 0.005 13 (4)  Switzerland 0.874 0.002 14 (6)  France 0.872 0.003 15 (12)  Israel 0.872 0.001 16 (4)  Finland 0.871 0.002 17 (14)  Iceland 0.869 18 (1)  Belgium 0.867 0.002 19 (3)  Denmark 0.866 0.002 20 (5)  Spain 0.863 0.002 21 (3)  Hong Kong 0.862 0.005

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 22 (3)  Greece 0.855 0.002 23 (5)  Italy 0.854 0.003 24 (13)  Luxembourg 0.852 0.002 25 (11)  Austria 0.851 0.002 26 (5)  United Kingdom 0.849 0.002 27 (5)  Singapore 0.846 0.005 28 (8)  Czech Republic 0.841 29  Slovenia 0.828 0.002 30 (2)  Andorra 0.824 0.002 31 (11)  Slovakia 0.818 0.003 32 (3)  United Arab Emirates 0.815 0.003 33 (5)  Malta 0.815 0.002 34 (6)  Estonia 0.812 0.003 35 (3)  Cyprus 0.810 0.001 36 (7)  Hungary 0.805 0.002 37 (7)  Brunei 0.805 0.001 38 (5)  Qatar 0.803 0.005 39  Bahrain 0.801 0.003 40 (6)  Portugal 0.795 0.004 41  Poland 0.795 0.004 42 (5)  Barbados 0.788 0.001

 High human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 43 (9)  Bahamas 0.784 0.001 44 (2)  Lithuania 0.783 0.001 45 (1)  Chile 0.783 0.004 46 (3)  Argentina 0.775 0.003 47 (16)  Kuwait 0.771 0.002 48  Latvia 0.769 49 (16)  Montenegro 0.769 0.001 50 (13)  Romania 0.767 0.003 51 (6)  Croatia 0.767 0.002 52 (2)  Uruguay 0.765 0.005 53 (2)  Libya 0.755 0.006 54 (6)  Panama 0.755 0.004 55 (4)  Saudi Arabia 0.752 0.004 56 (3)  Mexico 0.750 0.005 57 (9)  Malaysia 0.744 0.005 58 (3)  Bulgaria 0.743 0.002 59 (5)  Trinidad and Tobago 0.736 0.004 60 (7)  Serbia 0.735 0.002 61 (7)  Belarus 0.732 0.003 62 (8)  Costa Rica 0.725 0.002 63 (15)  Peru 0.723 0.005 64 (6)  Albania 0.719 0.003

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 65 (6)  Russia 0.719 0.005 66 (16)  Kazakhstan 0.714 0.003 67 (19)  Azerbaijan 0.713 0.003 68 (8)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.710 0.001 69 (16)  Ukraine 0.710 0.004 70 (18)  Iran 0.702 0.005 71 (1)  Macedonia 0.701 0.004 72 (9)  Mauritius 0.701 0.004 73 (2)  Brazil 0.699 0.006 74 (15)  Georgia 0.698 0.003 75 (17)  Venezuela 0.696 76 (8)  Armenia 0.695 0.002 77 (3)  Ecuador 0.695 0.003 78 (15)  Belize 0.694 79 (2)  Colombia 0.689 0.004 80 (20)  Jamaica 0.688 0.002 81 (17)  Tunisia 0.683 0.006 82 (14)  Jordan 0.681 0.004 83 (4)  Turkey 0.679 0.005 84 (20)  Algeria 0.677 0.006 85 (14)  Tonga 0.677 0.002

[edit] Medium human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 86 (2)  Fiji 0.669 0.002 87 (1)  Turkmenistan 0.669 0.007 88 (1)  Dominican Republic 0.663 0.003 89 (2)  China 0.663 0.008 90 (1)  El Salvador 0.659 0.004 91 (2)  Sri Lanka 0.658 0.005 92 (7)  Thailand 0.654 0.006 93 (3)  Gabon 0.648 0.006 94 (2)  Suriname 0.646 0.003 95 (2)  Bolivia 0.643 0.006 96 (1)  Paraguay 0.640 0.006 97 (1)  Philippines 0.638 0.003 98 (2)  Botswana 0.633 0.006 99 (5)  Moldova 0.623 0.003 100 (8)  Mongolia 0.622 0.006 101  Egypt 0.620 0.006 102  Uzbekistan 0.617 0.005 103  Micronesia 0.614 0.002 104  Guyana 0.611 0.006 105  Namibia 0.606 0.003 106  Honduras 0.604 0.003

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 107 (2)  Maldives 0.602 0.007 108 (1)  Indonesia 0.600 0.007 109 (1)  Kyrgyzstan 0.598 0.004 110  South Africa 0.597 0.003 111  Syria 0.589 0.003 112  Tajikistan 0.580 0.004 113  Vietnam 0.572 0.006 114  Morocco 0.567 0.005 115 (1)  Nicaragua 0.565 0.003 116 (1)  Guatemala 0.560 0.004 117  Equatorial Guinea 0.538 0.002 118  Cape Verde 0.534 0.003 119  India 0.519 0.007 120  Timor-Leste 0.502 0.005 121  Swaziland 0.498 0.006 122 (1)  Laos 0.497 0.007 123 (1)  Solomon Islands 0.494 0.002 124  Cambodia 0.494 0.005 125 (1)  Pakistan 0.490 0.003 126 (1)  Congo 0.489 0.006 127  Sao Tome and Principe 0.488 0.003

[edit] Low human development (developing countries)

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 128 (1)  Kenya 0.470 0.006 129 (1)  Bangladesh 0.469 0.006 130  Ghana 0.467 0.004 131  Cameroon 0.460 0.004 132 (1)  Myanmar 0.451 0.007 133 (1)  Yemen 0.439 0.008 134  Benin 0.435 0.003 135  Madagascar 0.435 0.001 136  Mauritania 0.433 0.004 137  Papua New Guinea 0.431 0.005 138  Nepal 0.428 0.005 139  Togo 0.428 0.003 140 (1)  Comoros 0.428 0.002 141 (1)  Lesotho 0.427 0.004 142 (2)  Nigeria 0.423 0.004 143  Uganda 0.422 0.006 144  Senegal 0.411 0.003 145  Haiti 0.404 0.006 146 (2)  Angola 0.403 0.004 147  Djibouti 0.402 0.003 148 (2)  Tanzania 0.398 0.006

Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 New 2010 estimates for 2010 [4] Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [4] 149  Côte d'Ivoire 0.397 0.003 150  Zambia 0.395 0.008 151  Gambia 0.390 0.005 152 (2)  Rwanda 0.385 0.006 153 (1)  Malawi 0.385 0.009 154 (1)  Sudan 0.379 0.004 155  Afghanistan 0.349 0.007 156  Guinea 0.340 0.002 157 (1)  Ethiopia 0.328 0.004 158 (1)  Sierra Leone 0.317 0.004 159  Central African Republic 0.315 0.004 160 (1)  Mali 0.309 0.004 161 (1)  Burkina Faso 0.305 0.002 162  Liberia 0.300 0.006 163  Chad 0.295 0.002 164  Guinea-Bissau 0.289 0.003 165  Mozambique 0.284 0.004 166  Burundi 0.282 0.006 167  Niger 0.261 0.003 168  Democratic Republic of Congo 0.239 0.006 169  Zimbabwe 0.140 0.022

 List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Libya 0.755 2  Mauritius 0.701 3  Tunisia 0.683 4  Algeria 0.677 Medium human development 5  Gabon 0.648 6  Botswana 0.633 7  Egypt 0.620 8  Namibia 0.606 9  South Africa 0.597 10  Morocco 0.567

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Zimbabwe 0.140 2  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.239 3  Niger 0.261 4  Burundi 0.282 5  Mozambique 0.284 6  Guinea-Bissau 0.289 7  Chad 0.295 8  Liberia 0.300 9  Burkina Faso 0.305 10  Mali 0.309

 Americas

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  United States 0.902 2  Canada 0.888 3  Barbados 0.788 High human development 4  Bahamas 0.784 5  Chile 0.783 6  Argentina 0.775 7  Uruguay 0.765 8  Panama 0.755 9  Mexico 0.750 10  Trinidad and Tobago 0.736

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Haiti 0.404 Medium human development 2  Guatemala 0.560 3  Nicaragua 0.565 4  Honduras 0.604 5  Guyana 0.611 6  Paraguay 0.640 7  Bolivia 0.643 8  Suriname 0.646 9  El Salvador 0.659 10  Dominican Republic 0.663

Asia & Oceania

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Australia 0.937 2  New Zealand 0.907 3  Japan 0.884 4  South Korea 0.877 5  Israel 0.872 6  Hong Kong 0.862 7  Singapore 0.846 8  United Arab Emirates 0.815 9  Cyprus 0.810 10  Brunei 0.805

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Afghanistan 0.349 2  Nepal 0.428 3  Papua New Guinea 0.431 4  Yemen 0.439 5  Myanmar 0.451 6  Bangladesh 0.469 Medium human development 7  Pakistan 0.490 8  Cambodia 0.494 9  Solomon Islands 0.494 10  Laos 0.497

 Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Norway 0.938 2  Ireland 0.895 3  Liechtenstein 0.891 4  Netherlands 0.890 5  Sweden 0.885 6  Germany 0.885 7  Switzerland 0.874 8  France 0.872 9  Finland 0.871 10  Iceland 0.869

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Medium human development 1  Moldova 0.623 High human development 2  Turkey 0.683 3  Armenia 0.695 4  Georgia 0.698 5  Macedonia 0.701 6  Ukraine 0.710 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.710 8  Azerbaijan 0.713 9  Kazakhstan 0.714 10  Russia 0.719[nb 1]

[edit] List of countries by non-continental region

[edit] Arab states

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  United Arab Emirates 0.815 2  Qatar 0.803 3  Bahrain 0.801 High human development 4  Kuwait 0.771 5  Libya 0.755 6  Saudi Arabia 0.752 7  Tunisia 0.683 8  Jordan 0.681 9  Algeria 0.677 Medium human development 10  Egypt 0.620

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Sudan 0.379 2  Djibouti 0.402 3  Comoros 0.428 4  Mauritania 0.433 5  Yemen 0.439 Medium human development 6  Morocco 0.567 7  Syria 0.589 8  Egypt 0.620 High human development 9  Algeria 0.677 10  Jordan 0.681

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Ireland 0.895 2  Netherlands 0.890 3  Sweden 0.885 4  Germany 0.885 5  France 0.872 6  Finland 0.871 7  Belgium 0.867 8  Denmark 0.866 9  Spain 0.863 10  Greece 0.855

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Bulgaria 0.743 2  Romania 0.767 3  Latvia 0.769 4  Lithuania 0.783 Very high human development 5  Poland 0.795 6  Portugal 0.795 7  Hungary 0.805 8  Cyprus 0.810 9  Estonia 0.812 10  Malta 0.815

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Australia 0.937 2  New Zealand 0.907 3  Japan 0.884 4  South Korea 0.877 5  Hong Kong 0.862 6  Singapore 0.846 7  Brunei 0.805 High human development 8  Malaysia 0.744 9  Tonga 0.677 Medium human development 10  Fiji 0.669

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Papua New Guinea 0.431 2  Myanmar 0.451 Medium human development 3  Cambodia 0.494 4  Solomon Islands 0.494 5  Laos 0.497 6  Timor-Leste 0.502 7  Vietnam 0.572 8  Indonesia 0.600 9  Micronesia 0.614 10  Mongolia 0.622

Latin America

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 High human development 1  Chile 0.783 2  Argentina 0.775 3  Uruguay 0.765 4  Panama 0.755 5  Mexico 0.750 6  Costa Rica 0.725 7  Peru 0.723 8  Brazil 0.699 9  Venezuela 0.696 10  Ecuador 0.695

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Haiti 0.404 Medium human development 2  Guatemala 0.560 3  Nicaragua 0.565 4  Honduras 0.604 5  Paraguay 0.640 6  Bolivia 0.643 7  El Salvador 0.659 8  Dominican Republic 0.663 High human development 9  Colombia 0.689 10  Belize 0.694

[edit] Middle East and North Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Very high human development 1  Israel 0.872 2  United Arab Emirates 0.815 3  Cyprus 0.810 4  Qatar 0.803 5  Bahrain 0.801 High human development 6  Kuwait 0.771 7  Libya 0.755 8  Saudi Arabia 0.752 9  Iran 0.702 10  Tunisia 0.683

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI New 2010 estimates for 2010 Low human development 1  Sudan 0.379 2  Yemen 0.439 Medium human development 3  Morocco 0.567 4  Syria 0.589 5  Egypt 0.620 High human development 6  Algeria 0.677 7  Turkey 0.679 8  Jordan 0.681 9  Tunisia 0.683 10  Iran 0.702