This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index [HDI] as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report organized by continent or other international regions. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary index assessing countries on 3 dimensions, health, education and standard of living using life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for adults, and GNI PPP per capita. The final HDI is a value between 0 and 1 with countries grouped into four categories depending on the value, very high for HDI of 0.800 and above, high from 0.700 to 0.799, medium from 0.550 to 0.699 and low below 0.550.Human Development Report 2021/2022

List of countries by continent

Africa

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.848 0.806 0.763 0.754 0.746 0.741 0.733 0.731 0.721 0.710

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.388 0.404 0.414 0.416 0.419 0.419 0.439 0.459 0.467 0.487

Asia

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.955 0.946 0.940 0.937 0.925 0.919 0.900 0.899 0.886 0.858

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.470 0.496 0.544 0.564 0.606 0.609 0.617 0.622 0.634 0.674

Europe

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.972 0.970 0.970 0.962 0.959 0.959 0.955 0.951 0.949 0.948

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.779 0.785 0.789 0.804 0.810 0.811 0.815 0.824 0.837 0.844

North America

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.939 0.938 0.851 0.840 0.839 0.833 0.820 0.811 0.807 0.798 0.789

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.554 0.645 0.662 0.678 0.706 0.720 0.721 0.748 0.761 0.762

Oceania

Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.958 0.938 0.786 0.769 0.733 0.731 0.708 0.703 0.689 0.644 0.621 0.615 0.584 0.576

South America

Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings 0.878 0.865 0.862 0.794 0.788 0.786 0.777 0.776 0.756 0.733 0.722 0.709

List of countries by intercontinental region Arab States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.940 2 0.900 3 0.899 4 0.886 5 0.858 6 0.852 High human development 7 0.763 8 0.754 8 0.754 10 0.752 10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 0.404 2 0.470 3 0.511 4 0.513 Medium human development 5 0.563 6 0.564 7 0.603 8 0.674 9 0.695 High human development 10 0.710

Commonwealth of Nations

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.958 2 0.946 3 0.946 4 0.939 5 0.938 6 0.924 7 0.913 8 0.851 9 0.840 10 0.837

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 0.467 2 0.493 3 0.517 4 0.524 5 0.544 Medium human development 6 0.550 7 0.555 8 0.560 9 0.571 9 0.578 10 0.598

East Asia and the Pacific

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.958 2 0.955 3 0.946 4 0.938 5 0.937 6 0.925 7 0.837 8 0.819 High human development 9 0.798 10 0.797

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Medium human development 1 0.576 2 0.584 3 0.606 4 0.609 4 0.615 6 0.617 7 0.621 8 0.634 9 0.644 10 0.689

European Union

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.962 2 0.959 3 0.959 4 0.955 5 0.951 6 0.949 7 0.948 8 0.931 9 0.930 10 0.924

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.845 2 0.845 3 0.870 4 0.880 5 0.889 6 0.889 7 0.890 7 0.895 9 0.905 10 0.906

Latin America and the Caribbean

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.878 2 0.865 3 0.862 4 0.851 5 0.840 6 0.839 7 0.833 8 0.820 9 0.811 10 0.807

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Medium human development 0.554 0.645 0.662 0.678 High human development 0.706 0.709 0.720 0.721 0.722 0.733

OECD

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.972 1 0.970 2 0.970 3 0.962 4 0.959 5 0.959 6 0.958 7 0.955 8 0.951 9 0.949 10 0.948

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings High human development 1 0.788 2 0.789 Very high human development 3 0.833 4 0.853 5 0.870 5 0.878 7 0.880 8 0.889 9 0.890 9 0.895 10 0.905

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.940 2 0.900 3 0.899 4 0.886 5 0.858 6 0.853 7 0.852 8 0.837 0.837 9 0.819 10 0.810

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 0.404 2 0.416 2 0.419 4 0.419 5 0.459 6 0.467 7 0.470 8 0.493 9 0.496 10 0.500

Small Island Developing States

10 highest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Very high human development 1 0.946 2 0.899 3 0.851 4 0.848 5 0.840 6 0.820 7 0.811 8 0.807 9 0.806 High human development 10 0.798

10 lowest HDIs Rank Country HDI 2023 data (2025 report) rankings Low human development 1 0.514 Medium human development 2 0.554 3 0.576 4 0.584 5 0.603 6 0.615 7 0.621 8 0.634 9 0.637 10 0.668

See also List of countries by Human Development Index List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index List of countries by planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

References

External links UN Development Programme Human Development Reports