Japan vs Switzerland: Augmented Human Development Index

Japan
0.8567
in 2020
Switzerland
0.8855
in 2020
Japan rank
2nd
Switzerland rank
1st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

  • Japan
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.8855 against 0.8567 in Japan, a difference of 0.0288.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Switzerland ahead.

Japan ranks 2nd and Switzerland ranks 1st of 162 countries.

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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
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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.