South Sudan and Somalia had the ****** levels of human development based on the Human Development Index (HDI). Many of the countries at the bottom of the list are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, underlining the prevalence of poverty and low levels of education in the region. Meanwhile, Switzerland had the ******* HDI worldwide.

******* had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2023 with a value of *****. With a score of ****, ****** followed closely behind *********** and had the second-highest level of human development in that year. The rise of the Asian tigers In the decades after the Cold War, the four so-called Asian tigers, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (now a Special Administrative Region of China) experienced rapid economic growth and increasing human development. At number eight and number 13 of the HDI, respectively, *********************** are the only Asian locations within the top-15 highest HDI scores. Both locations have experienced tremendous economic growth since the 1980’s and 1990’s. In 1980, the per capita GDP of Hong Kong was ***** U.S. dollars, increasing throughout the decades until reaching ****** in 2023, which is expected to continue to increase in the future. Meanwhile, in 1989, Singapore had a GDP of nearly ** billion U.S. dollars, which has risen to nearly *** billion U.S. dollars today and is also expected to keep increasing. Growth of the UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the only Middle Eastern country besides Israel within the highest ranking HDI scores globally. Within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UAE has the third-largest GDP behind Saudi Arabia and Israel, reaching nearly *** billion U.S. dollars by 2022. Per capita, the UAE GDP was around ****** U.S. dollars in 1989, and has nearly doubled to ****** U.S. dollars by 2021. Moreover, this is expected to reach over ****** U.S. dollars by 2029. On top of being a major oil producer, the UAE has become a hub for finance and business and attracts millions of tourists annually.

The average for 2023 based on 184 countries was 0.744 points. The highest value was in Iceland: 0.972 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.388 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

As of 2024 , San Juan County has the highest Human Development Index in State of Washington with an HDI of 1.014, King County (0.992), Jefferson County (0.967) and Island County (0.966) were also among the top . Adams , Yakima and Ferry County had the least Human development with an HDI of less than 0.910

Europe and Central Asia was the region with the highest Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide at ***. Meanwhile, the lowest HDI was found in Sub-Saharan Africa, underlining the high prevalence of poverty in the region. The difference between the regions was even stronger after adjusting for inequality.

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 0.915 points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.962 points and the lowest value was in Bulgaria: 0.845 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

India's performance on UNDP's Human Development Index (HDI) - score, rank, and comparison with global peers.

Iceland had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2023 after adjusting for inequality, with a value of ****. Its Nordic neighbors Norway and Denmark followed behind. Meanwhile, Iceland also topped the HDI not adjusted for inequality.

The average for 2023 based on 12 countries was 0.787 points. The highest value was in Chile: 0.878 points and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 0.709 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2021, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Minnesota had the highest Human Development Index (HDI) score of any other states at ****. Many more states had a score just below this at ****. Mississippi had the lowest HDI score at ****, and the U.S. average was ****.

Is the Gini Coefficient Enough? A Microeconomic Data Decomposition StudyIvan Skliarov, Lukasz Goczek (2023).List of data files:1. theil_raw.csv - data obtained from LISSY using the lis_theil.R script.*2. scv_raw.csv - data obtained from LISSY using the scv_theil.R script.*3. hdi.csv - Human Development Index and its components.4. gini.csv - Gini coefficient from SWIID 9.4.5. wdi.csv - World Development Indicators from the World Bank.6. wgi.csv - World Governance Indicators from the World Bank.7. govcon.csv - government consumption (% of GDP) from UNCTAD.8. theil_fin.csv - final dataset (1, 3-7 combined), which is used in lis_analysis.do.9. scv_fin.csv - final dataset (2-7 combined), which is used in lis_analysis.do.10. indexes.csv - only within and between-cohort components of the Theil index and SCV with imputed values (see lis_analysis.do) for Georgia and Lithuania, which is used in lis_plot.R. * LISSY is the remote-execution system allowing access to the Luxembourg Income Study database: https://www.lisdatacenter.org/data-access/lissy/.For questions about this research please contact:Ivan Skliarov, MA: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland, Długa 44/50, Warsaw 00-241, Poland, i.skliarov@student.uw.edu.pl.Lukasz Goczek, PhD: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland, Długa 44/50, Warsaw 00-241, Poland, lgoczek@wne.uw.edu.pl.

Compared to other African countries, Seychelles scored the highest in the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2022. The country also ranked 67th globally, as one of the countries with a very high human development. This was followed by Mauritius, Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia, with scores ranging from 0.80 to 0.73 points. On the other hand, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Somalia were among the countries in the region with the lowest index scores, indicating a low level of human development.

Data on GDP Per capita of countries and their Human Development Index Ranking. The data is from the 2007/2008 United Nations Human Development Report.

The average for 2023 based on 11 countries was 0.721 points. The highest value was in Australia: 0.958 points and the lowest value was in Papua New Guinea: 0.576 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The Human development index (HDI) for European countries in 2022 shows that although all of the countries in this statistic have scores which imply high levels of development, ************* score of ***** was the highest in this year. The HDI is a statistic that combines life-expectancy, education levels and GDP per capita. Countries with scores over ***** are considered to have very high levels of development, compared with countries that score lower.

The average for 2023 based on 52 countries was 0.585 points. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 0.848 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.388 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The human development index (HDI) score of Turkey has increased significantly since 1990, reaching a score of ***** in 2023, indicating it has reached very high levels of human development. The HDI itself combines life expectancy, education levels, and GDP per capita. Countries with scores over ***** are considered to have high levels of development compared with countries that score lower.

The Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Kingdom has increased from ***** in 1990 to ***** by 2023, indicating that the UK has reached very high levels of human development. HDI is a statistic that combines life-expectancy, education levels and GDP per capita. Countries with scores over 0.800 are considered to have very high levels of development, compared with countries that score lower.

Data on life expectancy at birth for different countries and their Human Development Index rank

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