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Augmented Human Development Index by country

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.

Countries reporting
160
Highest
0.8855
Switzerland
Lowest
0.1178
Eritrea
Median
0.4015
Years covered
151
1870–2020
Data points
3,421

What the numbers show

Augmented Human Development Index is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 0.8855 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.1178 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4015, and the mean is 0.442.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 88.0%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 36.4%).

Augmented Human Development Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 0.8855 2020 up 11.2% rising
2 Japan 0.8567 2020 up 5.7% volatile
3 Australia 0.8479 2020 up 4.1% rising
4 Iceland 0.845 2020 up 17.3% rising
5 Norway 0.8412 2020 up 8.8% rising
6 Germany 0.8373 2020 up 9.2% rising
7 Canada 0.8276 2020 up 7.1% rising
8 South Korea 0.8158 2020 up 11.1% volatile
9 New Zealand 0.8116 2020 up 8.4% rising
10 Sweden 0.8034 2020 up 6.6% rising
11 Denmark 0.8008 2020 up 10.2% rising
12 Finland 0.7898 2020 up 9.1% rising
13 United Kingdom 0.7805 2020 up 0.7% rising
14 Israel 0.7732 2020 up 10.6% rising
15 Netherlands 0.7698 2020 up 7.4% rising
16 Estonia 0.7695 2020 up 19.5% rising
18 United States 0.7496 2020 down 5.3% rising
19 Austria 0.7383 2020 up 5.2% rising
21 Belgium 0.7354 2020 up 5.9% rising
22 France 0.7328 2020 down 3.3% rising
23 Taiwan 0.724 2020 up 12.2% volatile
24 Cyprus 0.7146 2020 up 17.0% volatile
25 Slovenia 0.7125 2020 up 2.3% rising
26 Lithuania 0.7035 2020 up 15.1% rising
27 Italy 0.6947 2020 down 0.6% volatile
28 Slovakia 0.6926 2020 up 12.9% rising
29 Spain 0.692 2020 up 1.4% volatile
30 Czechia 0.6909 2020 up 7.4% volatile
31 Latvia 0.6904 2020 up 20.4% rising
32 Greece 0.6626 2020 up 0.0% volatile
33 Chile 0.648 2020 up 2.3% volatile
34 Portugal 0.6366 2020 up 9.4% volatile
35 Croatia 0.632 2020 up 4.2% rising
36 Poland 0.619 2020 up 6.1% volatile
37 Singapore 0.6186 2020 up 12.8% volatile
38 Hong Kong 0.6184 2020 up 3.2% volatile
39 Bahamas 0.6175 2020 up 3.6% rising
40 Trinidad and Tobago 0.601 2020 up 10.4% rising
41 Costa Rica 0.5879 2020 up 3.6% rising
42 Uruguay 0.5827 2020 up 3.0% rising
43 Argentina 0.5809 2020 up 10.5% rising
44 Georgia 0.5664 2020 up 24.3% rising
45 Barbados 0.5614 2020 up 2.7% rising
46 Armenia 0.5583 2020 up 36.8% rising
47 Romania 0.5532 2020 up 9.5% volatile
48 Panama 0.552 2020 up 7.9% rising
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5424 2020 up 7.8% rising
50 Bulgaria 0.5409 2020 down 1.8% volatile
51 Hungary 0.5321 2020 down 7.2% rising
52 Peru 0.5273 2020 up 6.8% volatile
53 Mauritius 0.5211 2020 up 3.8% volatile
54 Albania 0.5165 2020 up 4.5% volatile
55 Seychelles 0.5052 2020 up 9.6% rising
56 Moldova 0.5047 2020 up 12.4% rising
57 Sri Lanka 0.4992 2020 up 27.1% volatile
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4981 2020 up 2.2% rising
59 Belize 0.4929 2020 down 10.0% rising
60 Jamaica 0.4879 2020 up 0.2% volatile
61 Suriname 0.4829 2020 up 13.5% rising
62 South Africa 0.4821 2020 up 17.3% volatile
63 Malaysia 0.4766 2020 up 17.8% volatile
64 Saint Lucia 0.4758 2020 up 1.8% rising
65 Colombia 0.4736 2020 up 5.5% volatile
66 Tunisia 0.4719 2020 up 64.3% volatile
67 Serbia 0.4558 2020 down 8.4% volatile
68 Brazil 0.4536 2020 down 9.8% volatile
69 Mongolia 0.4514 2020 up 8.8% volatile
70 Botswana 0.4484 2020 up 3.1% volatile
71 Ecuador 0.4459 2020 up 9.1% volatile
72 Ukraine 0.4437 2020 up 3.7% rising
73 Paraguay 0.435 2020 up 3.5% rising
74 Mexico 0.4347 2020 down 4.3% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 0.4308 2020 up 17.5% rising
76 Indonesia 0.422 2020 up 2.0% volatile
77 Jordan 0.4202 2020 up 10.6% volatile
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.4184 2020 up 13.3% rising
79 Brunei 0.4182 2020 up 10.3% rising
80 Guyana 0.4077 2020 up 6.4% rising
81 Ghana 0.4052 2020 up 19.0% volatile
82 Kuwait 0.4015 2020 up 1.7% volatile
83 Lebanon 0.4015 2020 down 5.4% volatile
84 Thailand 0.398 2020 down 6.6% volatile
85 United Arab Emirates 0.3974 2020 up 24.4% volatile
86 Oman 0.3892 2020 up 16.6% volatile
87 Philippines 0.3871 2020 down 2.0% volatile
88 Kazakhstan 0.3861 2020 up 5.7% rising
89 Namibia 0.3788 2020 up 12.7% volatile
90 Russia 0.3766 2020 up 0.8% volatile
91 Cuba 0.3759 2020 up 17.8% rising
92 Iran 0.3719 2020 up 18.5% volatile
93 El Salvador 0.3715 2020 up 2.3% volatile
94 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3676 2020 up 15.6% volatile
95 Qatar 0.3615 2020 up 4.8% volatile
96 Guatemala 0.3586 2020 up 1.9% volatile
97 Belarus 0.3556 2020 up 0.4% rising
98 India 0.3535 2020 up 1.9% volatile
99 Bolivia 0.3487 2020 down 7.8% volatile
100 Uzbekistan 0.3452 2020 up 43.1% rising
101 Gabon 0.3429 2020 up 12.3% volatile
102 Turkey 0.3335 2020 down 18.4% volatile
103 Morocco 0.3299 2020 up 15.3% volatile
104 Nepal 0.3266 2020 up 10.5% volatile
105 Myanmar 0.3244 2020 up 88.0% volatile
106 Honduras 0.3244 2020 up 7.3% rising
107 Algeria 0.3229 2020 up 2.2% volatile
108 Egypt 0.3205 2020 up 5.4% volatile
109 Vietnam 0.3149 2020 up 14.5% volatile
110 Iraq 0.3146 2020 up 4.1% volatile
111 Lesotho 0.3078 2020 up 12.1% volatile
112 Kenya 0.3073 2020 up 7.4% volatile
113 Saudi Arabia 0.307 2020 up 14.9% volatile
114 Bahrain 0.3009 2020 up 5.0% volatile
115 Venezuela 0.298 2020 down 10.6% volatile
116 Liberia 0.293 2020 up 7.2% volatile
117 Nigeria 0.2916 2020 up 16.5% volatile
118 Tanzania 0.2908 2020 up 11.7% volatile
119 Senegal 0.2892 2020 up 6.9% volatile
120 Azerbaijan 0.2846 2020 down 5.5% rising
121 Zambia 0.2827 2020 down 2.8% volatile
122 Libya 0.2772 2020 up 17.4% volatile
123 Malawi 0.2726 2020 up 10.2% volatile
124 Gambia 0.2689 2020 up 49.9% volatile
125 Zimbabwe 0.2688 2020 up 15.6% volatile
126 Bangladesh 0.2681 2020 up 10.3% rising
127 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2641 2020 up 16.5% volatile
128 Pakistan 0.2638 2020 down 3.7% rising
129 Sierra Leone 0.2628 2020 up 19.8% volatile
130 Uganda 0.2596 2020 up 10.7% volatile
131 China 0.2573 2020 down 0.6% volatile
132 Tajikistan 0.2561 2020 up 1.0% rising
133 Benin 0.2476 2020 down 4.2% volatile
134 Angola 0.2433 2020 up 17.0% volatile
135 Haiti 0.2419 2020 up 27.4% rising
136 Madagascar 0.2395 2020 up 33.0% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.2366 2020 down 0.1% volatile
138 Mozambique 0.2325 2020 up 7.1% volatile
139 Burkina Faso 0.2311 2020 up 23.9% volatile
140 Guinea-Bissau 0.2291 2020 up 24.2% volatile
141 Congo 0.2276 2020 up 6.2% volatile
142 Nicaragua 0.2273 2020 down 27.0% volatile
143 Laos 0.2271 2020 up 10.5% volatile
144 Eswatini 0.2266 2020 up 12.8% volatile
145 Rwanda 0.2243 2020 up 14.0% volatile
146 Togo 0.2241 2020 up 4.4% volatile
147 Cameroon 0.2207 2020 up 1.2% volatile
148 Cambodia 0.2147 2020 down 12.0% volatile
149 Ethiopia 0.2061 2020 up 37.9% volatile
150 Equatorial Guinea 0.2057 2020 up 2.2% rising
151 Niger 0.2015 2020 up 46.8% volatile
152 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1972 2020 up 28.2% volatile
153 Mali 0.197 2020 down 3.1% volatile
154 Syria 0.1885 2020 down 27.4% volatile
155 Sudan 0.1834 2020 up 8.3% volatile
156 Central African Republic 0.1832 2020 up 9.5% volatile
157 Afghanistan 0.1804 2020 down 9.0% rising
158 Guinea 0.1534 2020 up 3.1% volatile
159 Chad 0.1427 2020 up 18.7% volatile
160 Yemen 0.1416 2020 down 36.4% volatile
161 Burundi 0.1257 2020 down 19.8% volatile
162 Eritrea 0.1178 2020 up 24.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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

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.