Hdi vs augmented hdi by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
0.972
Iceland
Lowest
0.388
South Sudan
Median
0.7625
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,938
What the numbers show
Hdi vs augmented hdi is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 0.972 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.388 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7625, and the mean is 0.7426.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 178 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 20.2%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 8.3%).
Hdi vs augmented hdi: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.972 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0.97 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 0.97 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 0.962 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 0.959 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 0.959 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 0.958 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 0.955 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0.955 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 0.951 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 0.949 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 0.948 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0.946 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Singapore | 0.946 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 0.94 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 0.939 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 17 | Liechtenstein | 0.938 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0.938 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 0.938 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 20 | South Korea | 0.937 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 21 | Slovenia | 0.931 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 22 | Austria | 0.93 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 0.925 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Malta | 0.924 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 0.922 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | France | 0.92 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 0.919 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 0.918 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.915 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 0.915 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | San Marino | 0.915 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 32 | Andorra | 0.913 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 0.913 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 34 | Greece | 0.908 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 0.906 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 0.905 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 38 | Bahrain | 0.899 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 39 | Lithuania | 0.895 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 0.89 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Croatia | 0.889 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Latvia | 0.889 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 43 | Qatar | 0.886 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 0.88 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 0.878 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 46 | Hungary | 0.87 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.865 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | Montenegro | 0.862 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 48 | Uruguay | 0.862 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Oman | 0.858 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 51 | Turkey | 0.853 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 52 | Kuwait | 0.852 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.851 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 54 | Seychelles | 0.848 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.845 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 55 | Romania | 0.845 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.844 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.84 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Panama | 0.839 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 60 | Brunei | 0.837 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 0.837 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 0.833 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 0.833 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 64 | Russia | 0.832 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 65 | Belarus | 0.824 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 66 | Bahamas | 0.82 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 0.819 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 0.815 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 69 | Armenia | 0.811 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 69 | Barbados | 0.811 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 71 | Albania | 0.81 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.807 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 0.806 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.804 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 75 | Iran | 0.799 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Thailand | 0.798 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.798 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 78 | China | 0.797 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 0.794 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 0.791 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 0.789 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Mexico | 0.789 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 0.788 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 84 | Brazil | 0.786 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 84 | Palau | 0.786 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.785 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0.779 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.777 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 0.776 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 0.776 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 0.776 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | Tonga | 0.769 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 93 | Maldives | 0.766 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 0.766 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 0.764 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 96 | Algeria | 0.763 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 0.762 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 98 | Dominica | 0.761 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 99 | Paraguay | 0.756 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 100 | Egypt | 0.754 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 100 | Jordan | 0.754 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0.752 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 0.748 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | 0.747 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.746 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 106 | South Africa | 0.741 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 0.74 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 108 | Bolivia | 0.733 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 108 | Gabon | 0.733 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 108 | Marshall Islands | 0.733 | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 111 | Botswana | 0.731 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 0.731 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 113 | Indonesia | 0.728 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Suriname | 0.722 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 115 | Belize | 0.721 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 115 | Libya | 0.721 | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 117 | Jamaica | 0.72 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.72 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 0.72 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 120 | Morocco | 0.71 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela | 0.709 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.708 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 0.706 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 124 | Nauru | 0.703 | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0.698 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 0.695 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 126 | Eswatini | 0.695 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.691 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 129 | Tuvalu | 0.689 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 0.685 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 130 | India | 0.685 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 132 | El Salvador | 0.678 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.674 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 133 | Palestine | 0.674 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 0.668 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 136 | Namibia | 0.665 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 137 | Guatemala | 0.662 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 0.649 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 139 | Honduras | 0.645 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 140 | Kiribati | 0.644 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.637 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 142 | East Timor | 0.634 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 143 | Ghana | 0.628 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 143 | Kenya | 0.628 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 145 | Nepal | 0.622 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0.621 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 147 | Laos | 0.617 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 0.616 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 149 | Micronesia (country) | 0.615 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 150 | Myanmar | 0.609 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 151 | Cambodia | 0.606 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 0.603 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 0.598 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 154 | Zambia | 0.595 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 155 | Cameroon | 0.588 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 0.584 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 157 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.582 | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 157 | Uganda | 0.582 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 159 | Rwanda | 0.578 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 0.576 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 161 | Togo | 0.571 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 162 | Syria | 0.564 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 163 | Mauritania | 0.563 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.56 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 165 | Tanzania | 0.555 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 166 | Haiti | 0.554 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 167 | Lesotho | 0.55 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 168 | Pakistan | 0.544 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 169 | Senegal | 0.53 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 170 | Gambia | 0.524 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.522 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 172 | Malawi | 0.517 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 173 | Benin | 0.515 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.514 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 175 | Djibouti | 0.513 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 176 | Sudan | 0.511 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 177 | Liberia | 0.51 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 178 | Eritrea | 0.503 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 179 | Guinea | 0.5 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 0.497 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 0.496 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 182 | Mozambique | 0.493 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 183 | Madagascar | 0.487 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 184 | Yemen | 0.47 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.467 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | 0.459 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 187 | Burundi | 0.439 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 188 | Mali | 0.419 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 188 | Niger | 0.419 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 190 | Chad | 0.416 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 0.414 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 192 | South Sudan | 0.388 | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |