New Zealand vs Sweden: Augmented Human Development Index

New Zealand

0.8116

in 2020

Sweden

0.8034

in 2020

New Zealand rank

9th

Sweden rank

10th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

New Zealand
Sweden

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.8116 against 0.8034 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0083.

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

New Zealand ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 10th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in New Zealand
Augmented Human Development Index in Sweden
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.