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.

In 2025, Hong Kong had the highest Human Development Index (HDI) in the Asia-Pacific region, with a score of ****. In contrast, Pakistan's HDI score was roughly **** in the same year. HDI provides a human-centered overview of development based on an individual's longevity and wellness, knowledge, and decent living standards.

(1) The Human Development Index (HDI) is compiled by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to measure a country's comprehensive development in the areas of health, education, and economy according to the UNDP's calculation formula.(2) Explanation: (1) The HDI value ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values being better. (2) Due to our country's non-membership in the United Nations and its special international situation, the index is calculated by our department according to the UNDP formula using our country's data. The calculation of the comprehensive index for each year is mainly based on the data of various indicators adopted by the UNDP. (3) In order to have the same baseline for international comparison, the comprehensive index and rankings are not retroactively adjusted after being published.(3) Notes: (1) The old indicators included life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate, gross enrollment ratio, and average annual income per person calculated by purchasing power parity. (2) The indicators were updated to include life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and nominal gross national income (GNI) calculated by purchasing power parity. Starting in 2011, the GNI per capita was adjusted from nominal value to real value to exclude the impact of price changes. Additionally, the HDI calculation method has changed from arithmetic mean to geometric mean. (3) The calculation method for indicators in the education domain changed from geometric mean to simple average due to retrospective adjustments in the 2014 Human Development Report for the years 2005, 2008, and 2010-2012. Since 2016, the education domain has adopted data compiled by the Ministry of Education according to definitions from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

This dataset shows Qatar’s score and ranking in the Human Development Index. The index is a composite measure of health, education, and gross income per capita. It provides an overview of human well-being and is used to classify countries by development level and assess the impact of economic policies.

Niger: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.419 points, an increase from 0.394 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Niger from 1980 to 2023 is 0.298 points. The minimum value, 0.191 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.419 points was recorded in 2023.

The human development index (HDI) itself 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. Hungary's HDI score has increased significantly since 1990 when it had a score of *****, reaching a score of **** by 2022.

France: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.92 points, an increase from 0.91 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for France from 1980 to 2023 is 0.855 points. The minimum value, 0.722 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.92 points was recorded in 2023.

Human Development Index by country for 2013. This is a filtered layer based on the "Human Development Index by country, 1980-2010 time-series" layer.The Human Development Index measures achievement in 3 areas of human development: long life, good education and income. Specifically, the index is computed using life expectancy at birth, Mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and gross national income (GNI) per capita (PPP $).The United Nations categorizes the HDI values into 4 groups. In 2013 these groups were defined by the following HDI values:

Very High Human Development: 0.736 and higher High Human Development: 0.615 to 0.735 Medium Human Development: 0.494 to 0.614 Low Human Development: 0.493 and lower

Country shapes from Natural Earth 50M scale data. Human Development Index attributes are from The World Bank: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2013a), Barro and Lee (2013), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), UN Statistics Division (2014), World Bank (2014) and IMF (2014).

The USA: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.938 points, an increase from 0.927 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1980 to 2023 is 0.898 points. The minimum value, 0.825 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.938 points was recorded in 2023.

Japan: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.925 points, an increase from 0.92 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1980 to 2023 is 0.873 points. The minimum value, 0.772 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.925 points was recorded in 2021.

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.

Brazil: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.786 points, an increase from 0.76 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Brazil from 1980 to 2023 is 0.702 points. The minimum value, 0.545 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.786 points was recorded in 2023.

Explore the spatial patterns of the Human Development Index (HDI) to identify regional pat- terns and causal factors in the data. The GeoInquiry activity is available here.Educational standards addressed:APHG: VI:B2 Analyze spatial patterns of social and economic development – GNI per capita. APHG: VI:B1 Explain social and economic measures of development – HDI, Gender Inequali- ty Index (GII), Total Fertility Rate (TRF).APHG: VI:B6 Social and economic measures of development — Changes in fertilityand mortalityThis map is part of a Human Geography GeoInquiry activity. Learn more about GeoInquiries.

******* 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.

An increasing amount of high-resolution global spatial data are available, and used for various assessments. However, key economic and human development indicators are still mainly provided only at national level, and downscaled by users for gridded spatial analyses. Instead, it would be beneficial to adopt data for sub-national administrative units where available, supplemented by national data where necessary. To this end, we present gap-filled multiannual datasets in gridded form for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Human Development Index (HDI). To provide a consistent product over time and space, the sub-national data were only used indirectly, scaling the reported national value and thus, remaining representative of the official statistics. This resulted in annual gridded datasets for GDP per capita (PPP), total GDP (PPP), and HDI, for the whole world at 5 arc-min resolution for the 25-year period of 1990–2015. Additionally, total GDP (PPP) is provided with 30 arc-sec resolution for three time steps (1990, 2000, 2015).

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

Mexico: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.789 points, an increase from 0.781 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Mexico from 1980 to 2023 is 0.721 points. The minimum value, 0.595 points, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.789 points was recorded in 2023.

Students will explore the spatial patterns of the Human Development Index (HDI) to identify regional patterns and causal factors in the data. The activity uses a web-based map. Learning outcomes: Students will be able to analyse development statistics and see how development correlates with other topics such as fertility and morality.Other New Zealand GeoInquiry instructional material freely available at https://arcg.is/1GPDXe

Chad: Human Development Index (0 - 1): The latest value from 2023 is 0.416 points, an increase from 0.394 points in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 0.744 points, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Chad from 2000 to 2023 is 0.368 points. The minimum value, 0.298 points, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 0.416 points was recorded in 2023.

Human Development Index in Africa. Data comes from Wikidata, originally from http://hdr.undp.org/en/data .