Japan vs Norway: Augmented Human Development Index

Japan

0.8567

in 2020

Norway

0.8412

in 2020

Japan rank

2nd

Norway rank

5th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Japan
Norway

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.8567 against 0.8412 in Norway, a difference of 0.0155.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Norway ahead.

Japan ranks 2nd and Norway ranks 5th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Japan
Augmented Human Development Index in Norway
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.