Australia vs Germany: Augmented Human Development Index

Australia

0.8479

in 2020

Germany

0.8373

in 2020

Australia rank

3rd

Germany rank

6th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Australia
Germany

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.8479 against 0.8373 in Germany, a difference of 0.0106.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 3rd and Germany ranks 6th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Australia
Augmented Human Development Index in Germany
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.