World Facts

Countries ranked by human Development Index

Every country ranked by human Development Index, highest to lowest. Iceland tops the list at 0.972; South Sudan is lowest at 0.388.

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Highest
  1. 1Iceland0.972
  2. 2Switzerland0.970
  3. 3Norway0.970
  4. 4Denmark0.962
  5. 5Germany0.959
Lowest
  1. 193South Sudan0.388
  2. 192Somalia0.404
  3. 191Central African Republic0.414
  4. 190Chad0.416
  5. 189Niger0.419

Full ranking — all 193 countries

#CountryHuman Development Index
1 Iceland
0.972
2 Switzerland
0.970
3 Norway
0.970
4 Denmark
0.962
5 Germany
0.959
6 Sweden
0.959
7 Australia
0.958
8 Hong Kong
0.955
9 Netherlands
0.955
10 Belgium
0.951
11 Ireland
0.949
12 Finland
0.948
13 United Kingdom
0.946
14 Singapore
0.946
15 United Arab Emirates
0.940
16 Canada
0.939
17 Liechtenstein
0.938
18 New Zealand
0.938
19 United States
0.938
20 South Korea
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
30 Italy
0.915
31 San Marino
0.915
32 Andorra
0.913
33 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
42 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
49 Uruguay
0.862
50 Oman
0.858
51 Turkey
0.853
52 Kuwait
0.852
53 Antigua and Barbuda
0.851
54 Seychelles
0.848
55 Bulgaria
0.845
56 Romania
0.845
57 Georgia
0.844
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0.840
59 Panama
0.839
60 Brunei
0.837
61 Kazakhstan
0.837
62 Costa Rica
0.833
63 Serbia
0.833
64 Russia
0.832
65 Belarus
0.824
66 Bahamas
0.820
67 Malaysia
0.819
68 North Macedonia
0.815
69 Armenia
0.811
70 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
0.799
76 Thailand
0.798
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0.798
78 China
0.797
79 Peru
0.794
80 Grenada
0.791
81 Azerbaijan
0.789
82 Mexico
0.789
83 Colombia
0.788
84 Brazil
0.786
85 Palau
0.786
86 Moldova
0.785
87 Ukraine
0.779
88 Ecuador
0.777
89 Dominican Republic
0.776
90 Guyana
0.776
91 Sri Lanka
0.776
92 Tonga
0.769
93 Maldives
0.766
94 Vietnam
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
101 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
0.733
109 Gabon
0.733
110 Marshall Islands
0.733
111 Botswana
0.731
112 Fiji
0.731
113 Indonesia
0.728
114 Suriname
0.722
115 Belize
0.721
116 Libya
0.721
117 Jamaica
0.720
118 Kyrgyzstan
0.720
119 Philippines
0.720
120 Morocco
0.710
121 Venezuela
0.709
122 Samoa
0.708
123 Nicaragua
0.706
124 Nauru
0.703
125 Bhutan
0.698
126 Iraq
0.695
127 Eswatini
0.695
128 Tajikistan
0.691
129 Tuvalu
0.689
130 Bangladesh
0.685
131 India
0.685
132 El Salvador
0.678
133 Equatorial Guinea
0.674
134 Palestine
0.674
135 Cape 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 East Timor
0.634
143 Ghana
0.628
144 Kenya
0.628
145 Nepal
0.622
146 Vanuatu
0.621
147 Laos
0.617
148 Angola
0.616
149 Micronesia (country)
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 Cote d'Ivoire
0.582
158 Uganda
0.582
159 Rwanda
0.578
160 Papua New Guinea
0.576
161 Togo
0.571
162 Syria
0.564
163 Mauritania
0.563
164 Nigeria
0.560
165 Tanzania
0.555
166 Haiti
0.554
167 Lesotho
0.550
168 Pakistan
0.544
169 Senegal
0.530
170 Gambia
0.524
171 Democratic Republic of Congo
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
189 Niger
0.419
190 Chad
0.416
191 Central African Republic
0.414
192 Somalia
0.404
193 South Sudan
0.388

Common questions

Which country has the highest human Development Index?

Iceland, at 0.972 — the highest of all 193 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest human Development Index?

South Sudan, at 0.388, ranks lowest among the 193 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

193 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

UNDP (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: UNDP (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive human Development Index map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.