Canada vs Iceland: Augmented Human Development Index

Canada

0.8276

in 2020

Iceland

0.845

in 2020

Canada rank

7th

Iceland rank

4th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Canada
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.845 against 0.8276 in Canada, a difference of 0.0174.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 7th and Iceland ranks 4th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Canada
Augmented Human Development Index in Iceland
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.