Countries by HDI-rating   

This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report released on 4 November 2010, compiled on the basis of estimates for 2010. It covers 168 UN member states (out of 192) and Hong Kong. Twenty four UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.^[1]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries)^[2]. The divisions are:

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity per capita.

[edit] Complete list of countries

• = increase.
• Template:Steady = steady.
• Template:Decrease = 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.

[edit] Very high human development (developed countries)

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
1	Template:Steady	finflag	0.938	0.001
2	Template:Steady	finflag	0.937	0.002
3	(17)	finflag	0.907	0.003
4	(9)	finflag	0.902	0.003
5	Template:Steady	finflag	0.895	0.001
6	(13)	finflag	0.891	0.002
7	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.890	0.002
8	Template:Decrease (4)	finflag	0.888	0.002
9	Template:Decrease (2)	finflag	0.885	0.001
10	(12)	finflag	0.885	0.002
11	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.884	0.003
12	(14)	finflag	0.877	0.005
13	Template:Decrease (4)	finflag	0.874	0.002
14	Template:Decrease (6)	finflag	0.872	0.003
15	(12)	finflag	0.872	0.001
16	Template:Decrease (4)	finflag	0.871	0.002
17	Template:Decrease (14)	finflag	0.869	Template:Steady
18	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.867	0.002
19	Template:Decrease (3)	finflag	0.866	0.002
20	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.863	0.002
21	(3)	finflag	0.862	0.005

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
22	(3)	finflag	0.855	0.002
23	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.854	0.003
24	Template:Decrease (13)	finflag	0.852	0.002
25	Template:Decrease (11)	finflag	0.851	0.002
26	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.849	0.002
27	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.846	0.005
28	(8)	finflag	0.841	Template:Steady
29	Template:Steady	finflag	0.828	0.002
30	(2)	finflag	0.824	0.002
31	(11)	finflag	0.818	0.003
32	(3)	finflag	0.815	0.003
33	(5)	finflag	0.815	0.002
34	(6)	finflag	0.812	0.003
35	Template:Decrease (3)	finflag	0.810	0.001
36	(7)	finflag	0.805	0.002
37	Template:Decrease (7)	finflag	0.805	0.001
38	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.803	0.005
39	Template:Steady	finflag	0.801	0.003
40	Template:Decrease (6)	finflag	0.795	0.004
41	Template:Steady	finflag	0.795	0.004
42	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.788	0.001

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[edit] High human development (developing countries)

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
43	(9)	finflag	0.784	0.001
44	(2)	finflag	0.783	0.001
45	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.783	0.004
46	(3)	finflag	0.775	0.003
47	Template:Decrease (16)	finflag	0.771	0.002
48	Template:Steady	finflag	0.769	Template:Steady
49	(16)	finflag	0.769	0.001
50	(13)	finflag	0.767	0.003
51	Template:Decrease (6)	finflag	0.767	0.002
52	Template:Decrease (2)	finflag	0.765	0.005
53	(2)	finflag	0.755	0.006
54	(6)	finflag	0.755	0.004
55	(4)	finflag	0.752	0.004
56	Template:Decrease (3)	finflag	0.750	0.005
57	(9)	finflag	0.744	0.005
58	(3)	finflag	0.743	0.002
59	(5)	finflag	0.736	0.004
60	(7)	finflag	0.735	0.002
61	(7)	finflag	0.732	0.003
62	Template:Decrease (8)	finflag	0.725	0.002
63	(15)	finflag	0.723	0.005
64	(6)	finflag	0.719	0.003

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
65	(6)	finflag	0.719	0.005
66	(16)	finflag	0.714	0.003
67	(19)	finflag	0.713	0.003
68	(8)	finflag	0.710	0.001
69	(16)	finflag	0.710	0.004
70	(18)	finflag	0.702	0.005
71	(1)	finflag	0.701	0.004
72	(9)	finflag	0.701	0.004
73	(2)	finflag	0.699	0.006
74	(15)	finflag	0.698	0.003
75	Template:Decrease (17)	finflag	0.696	Template:Steady
76	(8)	finflag	0.695	0.002
77	(3)	finflag	0.695	0.003
78	(15)	finflag	0.694	Template:Steady
79	Template:Decrease (2)	finflag	0.689	0.004
80	(20)	finflag	0.688	0.002
81	(17)	finflag	0.683	0.006
82	(14)	finflag	0.681	0.004
83	Template:Decrease (4)	finflag	0.679	0.005
84	(20)	finflag	0.677	0.006
85	(14)	finflag	0.677	0.002

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[edit] Medium human development (developing countries)

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
86	(2)	finflag	0.669	0.002
87	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.669	0.007
88	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.663	0.003
89	(2)	finflag	0.663[4]	0.008
90	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.659	0.004
91	(2)	finflag	0.658	0.005
92	(7)	finflag	0.654	0.006
93	Template:Decrease (3)	finflag	0.648	0.006
94	(2)	finflag	0.646	0.003
95	(2)	finflag	0.643	0.006
96	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.640	0.006
97	(1)	finflag	0.638	0.003
98	(2)	finflag	0.633	0.006
99	Template:Decrease (5)	finflag	0.623	0.003
100	Template:Decrease (8)	finflag	0.622	0.006
101	Template:Steady	finflag	0.620	0.006
102	Template:Steady	finflag	0.617	0.005
103	Template:Steady	finflag	0.614	0.002
104	Template:Steady	finflag	0.611	0.006
105	Template:Steady	finflag	0.606	0.003
106	Template:Steady	finflag	0.604	0.003

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
107	(2)	finflag	0.602	0.007
108	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.600	0.007
109	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.598	0.004
110	Template:Steady	finflag	0.597	0.003
111	Template:Steady	finflag	0.589	0.003
112	Template:Steady	finflag	0.580	0.004
113	Template:Steady	finflag	0.572	0.006
114	Template:Steady	finflag	0.567	0.005
115	(1)	finflag	0.565	0.003
116	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.560	0.004
117	Template:Steady	finflag	0.538	0.002
118	Template:Steady	finflag	0.534	0.003
119	Template:Steady	finflag	0.519	0.007
120	Template:Steady	finflag	0.502	0.005
121	Template:Steady	finflag	0.498	0.006
122	(1)	finflag	0.497	0.007
123	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.494	0.002
124	Template:Steady	finflag	0.494	0.005
125	(1)	finflag	0.490	0.003
126	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.489	0.006
127	Template:Steady	finflag	0.488	0.003 Template:Col-end

[edit] Low human development (developing countries)

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
128	(1)	finflag	0.470	0.006
129	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.469	0.006
130	Template:Steady	finflag	0.467	0.004
131	Template:Steady	finflag	0.460	0.004
132	(1)	finflag	0.451	0.007
133	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.439	0.008
134	Template:Steady	finflag	0.435	0.003
135	Template:Steady	finflag	0.435	Template:Decrease 0.001
136	Template:Steady	finflag	0.433	0.004
137	Template:Steady	finflag	0.431	0.005
138	Template:Steady	finflag	0.428	0.005
139	Template:Steady	finflag	0.428	0.003
140	(1)	finflag	0.428	0.002
141	(1)	finflag	0.427	0.004
142	Template:Decrease (2)	finflag	0.423	0.004
143	Template:Steady	finflag	0.422	0.006
144	Template:Steady	finflag	0.411	0.003
145	Template:Steady	finflag	0.404	Template:Decrease 0.006
146	(2)	finflag	0.403	0.004
147	Template:Steady	finflag	0.402	0.003
148	Template:Decrease (2)	finflag	0.398	0.006

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Rank		Country	HDI
New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007		New 2010 estimates for 2010 [3]	Change compared to new 2010 estimates for 2009 [3]
149	Template:Steady	finflag	0.397	0.003
150	Template:Steady	finflag	0.395	0.008
151	Template:Steady	finflag	0.390	0.005
152	(2)	finflag	0.385	0.006
153	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.385	0.009
154	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.379	0.004
155	Template:Steady	finflag	0.349	0.007
156	Template:Steady	finflag	0.340	0.002
157	(1)	finflag	0.328	0.004
158	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.317	0.004
159	Template:Steady	finflag	0.315	0.004
160	(1)	finflag	0.309	0.004
161	Template:Decrease (1)	finflag	0.305	0.002
162	Template:Steady	finflag	0.300	0.006
163	Template:Steady	finflag	0.295	0.002
164	Template:Steady	finflag	0.289	0.003
165	Template:Steady	finflag	0.284	0.004
166	Template:Steady	finflag	0.282	0.006
167	Template:Steady	finflag	0.261	0.003
168	Template:Steady	finflag	0.239	0.006
169	Template:Steady	finflag	0.140	0.022

[edit] References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index