Countries with the Highest Human Development Index

2023

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Country ranking · 2023

HDI · 0–1 · UNDP · Human Development Report 2025 ↗

Countries with the Highest Human Development Index — 2023
Rank	Country	HDI · 0–1
1	Iceland	0.972
2	Norway	0.970
2	Switzerland	0.970
4	Denmark	0.962
5	Germany	0.959
5	Sweden	0.959
7	Australia	0.958
8	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	0.955
8	Netherlands	0.955
10	Belgium	0.951
11	Ireland	0.949
12	Finland	0.948
13	Singapore	0.946
13	United Kingdom	0.946
15	United Arab Emirates	0.940
16	Canada	0.939
17	Liechtenstein	0.938
17	New Zealand	0.938
17	United States	0.938
20	Korea (Republic of)	0.937
21	Slovenia	0.931
22	Austria	0.930
23	Japan	0.925
24	Malta	0.924
25	Luxembourg	0.922
26	France	0.920
27	Israel	0.919
28	Spain	0.918
29	Czechia	0.915
29	Italy	0.915
29	San Marino	0.915
32	Andorra	0.913
32	Cyprus	0.913
34	Greece	0.908
35	Poland	0.906
36	Estonia	0.905
37	Saudi Arabia	0.900
38	Bahrain	0.899
39	Lithuania	0.895
40	Portugal	0.890
41	Croatia	0.889
41	Latvia	0.889
43	Qatar	0.886
44	Slovakia	0.880
45	Chile	0.878
46	Hungary	0.870
47	Argentina	0.865
48	Montenegro	0.862
48	Uruguay	0.862
50	Oman	0.858
51	Türkiye	0.853
52	Kuwait	0.852
53	Antigua and Barbuda	0.851
54	Seychelles	0.848
55	Bulgaria	0.845
55	Romania	0.845
57	Georgia	0.844
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.840
59	Panama	0.839
60	Brunei Darussalam	0.837
60	Kazakhstan	0.837
62	Costa Rica	0.833
62	Serbia	0.833
64	Russian Federation	0.832
65	Belarus	0.824
66	Bahamas	0.820
67	Malaysia	0.819
68	North Macedonia	0.815
69	Armenia	0.811
69	Barbados	0.811
71	Albania	0.810
72	Trinidad and Tobago	0.807
73	Mauritius	0.806
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.804
75	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.799
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.798
76	Thailand	0.798
78	China	0.797
79	Peru	0.794
80	Grenada	0.791
81	Azerbaijan	0.789
81	Mexico	0.789
83	Colombia	0.788
84	Brazil	0.786
84	Palau	0.786
86	Moldova (Republic of)	0.785
87	Ukraine	0.779
88	Ecuador	0.777
89	Dominican Republic	0.776
89	Guyana	0.776
89	Sri Lanka	0.776
92	Tonga	0.769
93	Maldives	0.766
93	Viet Nam	0.766
95	Turkmenistan	0.764
96	Algeria	0.763
97	Cuba	0.762
98	Dominica	0.761
99	Paraguay	0.756
100	Egypt	0.754
100	Jordan	0.754
102	Lebanon	0.752
103	Saint Lucia	0.748
104	Mongolia	0.747
105	Tunisia	0.746
106	South Africa	0.741
107	Uzbekistan	0.740
108	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.733
108	Gabon	0.733
108	Marshall Islands	0.733
111	Botswana	0.731
111	Fiji	0.731
113	Indonesia	0.728
114	Suriname	0.722
115	Belize	0.721
115	Libya	0.721
117	Jamaica	0.720
117	Kyrgyzstan	0.720
117	Philippines	0.720
120	Morocco	0.710
121	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.709
122	Samoa	0.708
123	Nicaragua	0.706
124	Nauru	0.703
125	Bhutan	0.698
126	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	0.695
126	Iraq	0.695
128	Tajikistan	0.691
129	Tuvalu	0.689
130	Bangladesh	0.685
130	India	0.685
132	El Salvador	0.678
133	Equatorial Guinea	0.674
133	Palestine, State of	0.674
135	Cabo Verde	0.668
136	Namibia	0.665
137	Guatemala	0.662
138	Congo	0.649
139	Honduras	0.645
140	Kiribati	0.644
141	Sao Tome and Principe	0.637
142	Timor-Leste	0.634
143	Ghana	0.628
143	Kenya	0.628
145	Nepal	0.622
146	Vanuatu	0.621
147	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.617
148	Angola	0.616
149	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0.615
150	Myanmar	0.609
151	Cambodia	0.606
152	Comoros	0.603
153	Zimbabwe	0.598
154	Zambia	0.595
155	Cameroon	0.588
156	Solomon Islands	0.584
157	Côte d'Ivoire	0.582
157	Uganda	0.582
159	Rwanda	0.578
160	Papua New Guinea	0.576
161	Togo	0.571
162	Syrian Arab Republic	0.564
163	Mauritania	0.563
164	Nigeria	0.560
165	Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.555
166	Haiti	0.554
167	Lesotho	0.550
168	Pakistan	0.544
169	Senegal	0.530
170	Gambia	0.524
171	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	0.522
172	Malawi	0.517
173	Benin	0.515
174	Guinea-Bissau	0.514
175	Djibouti	0.513
176	Sudan	0.511
177	Liberia	0.510
178	Eritrea	0.503
179	Guinea	0.500
180	Ethiopia	0.497
181	Afghanistan	0.496
182	Mozambique	0.493
183	Madagascar	0.487
184	Yemen	0.470
185	Sierra Leone	0.467
186	Burkina Faso	0.459
187	Burundi	0.439
188	Mali	0.419
188	Niger	0.419
190	Chad	0.416
191	Central African Republic	0.414
192	Somalia	0.404
193	South Sudan	0.388

Questions and answers

What does the Human Development Index measure?

The Human Development Index combines health, education and income. These observations cover 1990–2023 using the 2025 UNDP vintage, rather than mixing old report editions.

Which countries are included in the ranking?

Ranks are recalculated among countries and territories with a published value in each year. Coverage varies; missing observations are not zero and are not interpolated. Monaco and North Korea are not ranked by this series.

How are tied scores and animated transitions handled?

Equal scores retain equal ranks, including ties at the top-ten boundary. The chart shows published values at each year; motion between years is a visual transition.

Where do the data come from?

UNDP · Human Development Report 2025 ↗

Updated Oct 12, 2026. Source validation: 2026-10-12.

Countries with the Highest Human Development Index

Country ranking · 2023

Questions and answers

What does the Human Development Index measure?

Which countries are included in the ranking?

How are tied scores and animated transitions handled?

Where do the data come from?

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