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Indicators   1 Human development index     Download PDF  Download Excel BACK Human development index (HDI) value A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. For details on how the index is calculated, see Technical note 1. HDI Rank    Country Human development index (HDI) value 2002           1    Norway 0.956 2    Sweden 0.946 3    Australia 0.946 4    Canada 0.943 5    Netherlands 0.942 6    Belgium 0.942 7    Iceland 0.941 8    United States 0.939 9    Japan 0.938 10    Ireland 0.936 11    Switzerland 0.936 12    United Kingdom 0.936 13    Finland 0.935 14    Austria 0.934 15    Luxembourg 0.933 16    France 0.932 17    Denmark 0.932 18    New Zealand 0.926 19    Germany 0.925 20    Spain 0.922 21    Italy 0.920 22    Israel 0.908 23    Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.903 24    Greece 0.902 25    Singapore 0.902 26    Portugal 0.897 27    Slovenia 0.895 28    Korea, Rep. of 0.888 29    Barbados 0.888 30    Cyprus 0.883 31    Malta 0.875 32    Czech Republic 0.868 33    Brunei Darussalam 0.867 34    Argentina 0.853 35    Seychelles 0.853 36    Estonia 0.853 37    Poland 0.850 38    Hungary 0.848 39    Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.844 40    Bahrain 0.843 41    Lithuania 0.842 42    Slovakia 0.842 43    Chile 0.839 44    Kuwait 0.838 45    Costa Rica 0.834 46    Uruguay 0.833 47    Qatar 0.833 48    Croatia 0.830 49    United Arab Emirates 0.824 50    Latvia 0.823 51    Bahamas 0.815 52    Cuba 0.809 53    Mexico 0.802 54    Trinidad and Tobago 0.801 55    Antigua and Barbuda 0.800 56    Bulgaria 0.796 57    Russian Federation 0.795 58    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.794 59    Malaysia 0.793 60    Macedonia, TFYR 0.793 61    Panama 0.791 62    Belarus 0.790 63    Tonga 0.787 64    Mauritius 0.785 65    Albania 0.781 66    Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.781 67    Suriname 0.780 68    Venezuela 0.778 69    Romania 0.778 70    Ukraine 0.777 71    Saint Lucia 0.777 72    Brazil 0.775 73    Colombia 0.773 74    Oman 0.770 75    Samoa (Western) 0.769 76    Thailand 0.768 77    Saudi Arabia 0.768 78    Kazakhstan 0.766 79    Jamaica 0.764 80    Lebanon 0.758 81    Fiji 0.758 82    Armenia 0.754 83    Philippines 0.753 84    Maldives 0.752 85    Peru 0.752 86    Turkmenistan 0.752 87    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.751 88    Turkey 0.751 89    Paraguay 0.751 90    Jordan 0.750 91    Azerbaijan 0.746 92    Tunisia 0.745 93    Grenada 0.745 94    China 0.745 95    Dominica 0.743 96    Sri Lanka 0.740 97    Georgia 0.739 98    Dominican Republic 0.738 99    Belize 0.737 100    Ecuador 0.735 101    Iran, Islamic Rep. of 0.732 102    Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.726 103    El Salvador 0.720 104    Guyana 0.719 105    Cape Verde 0.717 106    Syrian Arab Republic 0.710 107    Uzbekistan 0.709 108    Algeria 0.704 109    Equatorial Guinea 0.703 110    Kyrgyzstan 0.701 111    Indonesia 0.692 112    Viet Nam 0.691 113    Moldova, Rep. of 0.681 114    Bolivia 0.681 115    Honduras 0.672 116    Tajikistan 0.671 117    Mongolia 0.668 118    Nicaragua 0.667 119    South Africa 0.666 120    Egypt 0.653 121    Guatemala 0.649 122    Gabon 0.648 123    São Tomé and Principe 0.645 124    Solomon Islands 0.624 125    Morocco 0.620 126    Namibia 0.607 127    India 0.595 128    Botswana 0.589 129    Vanuatu 0.570 130    Cambodia 0.568 131    Ghana 0.568 132    Myanmar 0.551 133    Papua New Guinea 0.542 134    Bhutan 0.536 135    Lao People's Dem. Rep. 0.534 136    Comoros 0.530 137    Swaziland 0.519 138    Bangladesh 0.509 139    Sudan 0.505 140    Nepal 0.504 141    Cameroon 0.501 142    Pakistan 0.497 143    Togo 0.495 144    Congo 0.494 145    Lesotho 0.493 146    Uganda 0.493 147    Zimbabwe 0.491 148    Kenya 0.488 149    Yemen 0.482 150    Madagascar 0.469 151    Nigeria 0.466 152    Mauritania 0.465 153    Haiti 0.463 154    Djibouti 0.454 155    Gambia 0.452 156    Eritrea 0.439 157    Senegal 0.437 158    Timor-Leste 0.436 159    Rwanda 0.431 160    Guinea 0.425 161    Benin 0.421 162    Tanzania, U. Rep. of 0.407 163    Côte d'Ivoire 0.399 164    Zambia 0.389 165    Malawi 0.388 166    Angola 0.381 167    Chad 0.379 168    Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 0.365 169    Central African Republic 0.361 170    Ethiopia 0.359 171    Mozambique 0.354 172    Guinea-Bissau 0.350 173    Burundi 0.339 174    Mali 0.326 175    Burkina Faso 0.302 176    Niger 0.292 177    Sierra Leone 0.273 All developing countries 0.663    Least developed countries 0.446    Arab States 0.651    East Asia and the Pacific 0.740    Latin America and the Caribbean 0.777    South Asia 0.584    Sub-Saharan Africa 0.465 Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS 0.796 OECD 0.911    High-income OECD 0.935 High human development 0.915 Medium human development 0.695 Low human development 0.438 High income 0.933 Middle income 0.756 Low income 0.557 World 0.729 Notes : Aggregates from columns 5-8 are based on all data in the table. For detailed notes on the data, see Statistical feature 2, Note to table 1: About this year's human development index. Source : calculated based on the life expectancy index, education index, and the GDP index; see technical note 1 for details

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