HDI Rank

Human Devevlopment Index report come in 2021 are based on 2019 world index data,there are are 189 countries in this list choose by UN.

Out of 189 countries there are 66 countries as very high HDI, 53 as high HDI, 37 as Medium HDI and 33 as Low HDI Ranking. Norway is top country in the list of Human Development Index and Niger is the least development country in the world.

India rank 131 in HDI ranking with medium human development index while neighbouring countries of india bhutan rank 129, china 85 Pos, Sri Lanka 72 and pakistan 154 in terms of ranking.

Human Development Index 2019

HDI rank Country Human Development Index (HDI) Life expectancy at birth Expected years of schooling Mean years of schooling GNI per capita(current 2017 PPP US$) GNI - HDI rank HDI rank(2018)
1 Norway 0.957 82.40 18.1 13 66,494 7 1
2 Ireland 0.955 82.31 18.7 13 68,371 4 3
2 Switzerland 0.955 83.78 16.3 13 69,394 3 2
4 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.949 84.86 16.9 12 62,985 7 4
4 Iceland 0.949 82.99 19.1 13 54,682 14 4
6 Germany 0.947 81.33 17.0 14 55,314 11 4
7 Sweden 0.945 82.80 19.5 13 54,508 12 7
8 Australia 0.944 83.44 22.0 13 48,085 15 7
8 Netherlands 0.944 82.28 18.5 12 57,707 6 9
10 Denmark 0.94 80.90 18.9 13 58,662 2 10
11 Finland 0.938 81.91 19.4 13 48,511 11 11
11 Singapore 0.938 83.62 16.4 12 88,155 -8 12
13 United Kingdom 0.932 81.32 17.5 13 46,071 13 14
14 Belgium 0.931 81.63 19.8 12 52,085 6 13
14 New Zealand 0.931 82.29 18.8 13 40,799 18 14
16 Canada 0.929 82.43 16.2 13 48,527 5 14
17 United States 0.926 78.86 16.3 13 63,826 -7 17
18 Austria 0.922 81.54 16.1 13 56,197 -3 18
19 Israel 0.919 82.97 16.2 13 40,187 14 21
19 Japan 0.919 84.63 15.2 13 42,932 9 20
19 Liechtenstein 0.919 80.67 14.9 13 131,032 -18 19
22 Slovenia 0.917 81.32 17.6 13 38,080 15 24
23 Korea (Republic of) 0.916 83.03 16.5 12 43,044 4 22
23 Luxembourg 0.916 82.25 14.3 12 72,712 -19 23
25 Spain 0.904 83.57 17.6 10 40,975 6 25
26 France 0.901 82.66 15.6 11 47,173 -1 26
27 Czechia 0.9 79.38 16.8 13 38,109 9 26
28 Malta 0.895 82.53 16.1 11 39,555 6 28
29 Estonia 0.892 78.75 16.0 13 36,019 9 30
29 Italy 0.892 83.51 16.1 10 42,776 0 29
31 United Arab Emirates 0.89 77.97 14.3 12 67,462 -24 30
32 Greece 0.888 82.24 17.9 11 30,155 14 33
33 Cyprus 0.887 80.98 15.2 12 38,207 2 32
34 Lithuania 0.882 75.93 16.6 13 35,799 5 35
35 Poland 0.88 78.73 16.3 12 31,623 8 34
36 Andorra 0.868 81.91 13.3 11 56,000 -20 36
37 Latvia 0.866 75.29 16.2 13 30,282 8 37
38 Portugal 0.864 82.05 16.5 9 33,967 2 38
39 Slovakia 0.86 77.54 14.5 13 32,113 3 39
40 Hungary 0.854 76.88 15.2 12 31,329 4 42
40 Saudi Arabia 0.854 75.13 16.1 10 47,495 -16 40
42 Bahrain 0.852 77.29 16.3 10 42,522 -12 41
43 Chile 0.851 80.18 16.4 11 23,261 16 43
43 Croatia 0.851 78.49 15.2 11 28,070 6 44
45 Qatar 0.848 80.23 12.0 10 92,418 -43 45
46 Argentina 0.845 76.67 17.7 11 21,190 16 46
47 Brunei Darussalam 0.838 75.86 14.3 9 63,965 -38 47
48 Montenegro 0.829 76.88 15.0 12 21,399 13 48
49 Romania 0.828 76.05 14.3 11 29,497 -1 49
50 Palau 0.826 73.93 15.8 12 19,317 15 52
51 Kazakhstan 0.825 73.60 15.6 12 22,857 9 53
52 Russian Federation 0.824 72.58 15.0 12 26,157 2 49
53 Belarus 0.823 74.79 15.4 12 18,546 14 49
54 Turkey 0.82 77.69 16.6 8 27,701 -4 54
55 Uruguay 0.817 77.91 16.8 9 20,064 9 56
56 Bulgaria 0.816 75.05 14.4 11 23,325 2 55
57 Panama 0.815 78.51 12.9 10 29,558 -10 58
58 Bahamas 0.814 73.92 12.9 11 33,747 -17 58
58 Barbados 0.814 79.19 15.4 11 14,936 20 60
60 Oman 0.813 77.86 14.2 10 25,944 -5 56
61 Georgia 0.812 73.77 15.3 13 14,429 22 63
62 Costa Rica 0.81 80.28 15.7 9 18,486 6 61
62 Malaysia 0.81 76.16 13.7 10 27,534 -11 63
64 Kuwait 0.806 75.49 14.2 7 58,590 -51 62
64 Serbia 0.806 76.00 14.7 11 17,192 8 65
66 Mauritius 0.804 74.99 15.1 10 25,266 -10 66
67 Seychelles 0.796 73.40 14.1 10 26,903 -15 69
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.796 73.51 13.0 11 26,231 -14 67
69 Albania 0.795 78.57 14.7 10 13,998 18 68
70 Cuba 0.783 78.80 14.3 12 8,621 45 71
70 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.783 76.68 14.8 10 12,447 26 70
72 Sri Lanka 0.782 76.98 14.1 11 12,707 23 73
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.78 77.40 13.8 10 14,872 7 76
74 Grenada 0.779 72.40 16.9 9 15,641 3 74
74 Mexico 0.779 75.05 14.8 9 19,160 -8 76
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.779 74.76 13.8 9 25,038 -17 75
74 Ukraine 0.779 72.07 15.1 11 13,216 19 78
78 Antigua and Barbuda 0.778 77.02 12.8 9 20,895 -15 80
79 Peru 0.777 76.74 15.0 10 12,252 19 78
79 Thailand 0.777 77.15 15.0 8 17,781 -10 80
81 Armenia 0.776 75.09 13.1 11 13,894 9 72
82 North Macedonia 0.774 75.80 13.6 10 15,865 -7 82
83 Colombia 0.767 77.29 14.4 8 14,257 3 83
84 Brazil 0.765 75.88 15.4 8 14,263 1 84
85 China 0.761 76.91 14.0 8 16,057 -11 87
86 Ecuador 0.759 77.01 14.6 9 11,044 19 84
86 Saint Lucia 0.759 76.20 14.0 9 14,616 -4 86
88 Azerbaijan 0.756 73.01 12.9 11 13,784 3 88
88 Dominican Republic 0.756 74.08 14.2 8 17,591 -18 89
90 Moldova (Republic of) 0.75 71.90 11.5 12 13,664 2 91
91 Algeria 0.748 76.88 14.6 8 11,174 13 91
92 Lebanon 0.744 78.93 11.3 9 14,655 -11 90
93 Fiji 0.743 67.44 14.4 11 13,009 1 93
94 Dominica 0.742 78.21 13.0 8 11,884 7 94
95 Maldives 0.74 78.92 12.2 7 17,417 -24 98
95 Tunisia 0.74 76.70 15.1 7 10,414 14 94
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.738 72.53 14.1 9 12,378 0 96
97 Suriname 0.738 71.68 13.2 9 14,324 -13 98
99 Mongolia 0.737 69.87 14.2 10 10,839 7 97
100 Botswana 0.735 69.59 12.8 10 16,437 -27 102
101 Jamaica 0.734 74.48 13.1 10 9,319 13 98
102 Jordan 0.729 74.53 11.4 11 9,858 8 103
103 Paraguay 0.728 74.25 12.7 9 12,224 -4 104
104 Tonga 0.725 70.91 14.4 11 6,365 25 105
105 Libya 0.724 72.91 12.9 8 15,688 -29 106
106 Uzbekistan 0.72 71.73 12.1 12 7,142 17 107
107 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.718 71.51 14.2 9 8,554 9 108
107 Indonesia 0.718 71.72 13.6 8 11,459 -4 110
107 Philippines 0.718 71.23 13.1 9 9,778 4 111
110 Belize 0.716 74.62 13.1 10 6,382 18 108
111 Samoa 0.715 73.32 12.7 11 6,309 19 113
111 Turkmenistan 0.715 68.19 11.2 10 14,909 -32 112
113 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.711 72.06 12.8 10 7,045 11 101
114 South Africa 0.709 64.13 13.8 10 12,129 -14 115
115 Palestine, State of 0.708 74.05 13.4 9 6,417 12 114
116 Egypt 0.707 71.99 13.3 7 11,466 -14 117
117 Marshall Islands 0.704 74.11 12.4 11 5,039 21 116
117 Viet Nam 0.704 75.40 12.7 8 7,433 3 118
119 Gabon 0.703 66.47 13.0 9 13,930 -30 119
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.697 71.45 13.0 11 4,864 23 120
121 Morocco 0.686 76.68 13.7 6 7,368 1 121
122 Guyana 0.682 69.91 11.4 8 9,455 -10 121
123 Iraq 0.674 70.60 11.3 7 10,801 -16 123
124 El Salvador 0.673 73.32 11.7 7 8,359 -6 124
125 Tajikistan 0.668 71.10 11.7 11 3,954 25 126
126 Cabo Verde 0.665 72.98 12.7 6 7,019 -1 125
127 Guatemala 0.663 74.30 10.8 7 8,494 -10 128
128 Nicaragua 0.66 74.49 12.3 7 5,284 6 127
129 Bhutan 0.654 71.78 13.0 4 10,746 -21 131
130 Namibia 0.646 63.71 12.6 7 9,357 -17 129
131 India 0.645 69.66 12.2 7 6,681 -5 130
132 Honduras 0.634 75.27 10.1 7 5,308 1 132
133 Bangladesh 0.632 72.59 11.6 6 4,976 7 134
134 Kiribati 0.63 68.37 11.8 8 4,260 12 133
135 Sao Tome and Principe 0.625 70.39 12.7 6 3,952 16 135
136 Micronesia 0.62 67.88 11.5 8 3,983 13 136
137 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.613 67.92 11.0 5 7,413 -16 137
138 Eswatini (Kingdom of) 0.611 60.19 11.8 7 7,919 -19 139
138 Ghana 0.611 64.07 11.5 7 5,269 -3 138
140 Vanuatu 0.609 70.47 11.7 7 3,105 20 140
141 Timor-Leste 0.606 69.50 12.6 5 4,440 3 141
142 Nepal 0.602 70.78 12.8 5 3,457 13 143
143 Kenya 0.601 66.70 11.3 7 4,244 5 141
144 Cambodia 0.594 69.82 11.5 5 4,246 3 144
145 Equatorial Guinea 0.592 58.74 9.7 6 13,944 -57 145
146 Zambia 0.584 63.89 11.5 7 3,326 10 145
147 Myanmar 0.583 67.13 10.7 5 4,961 -6 148
148 Angola 0.581 61.15 11.8 5 6,104 -17 145
149 Congo 0.574 64.57 11.7 7 2,879 13 149
150 Zimbabwe 0.571 61.49 11.0 8 2,666 14 150
151 Solomon Islands 0.567 73.00 10.2 6 2,253 17 151
151 Syrian Arab Republic 0.567 72.70 8.9 5 3,613 2 152
153 Cameroon 0.563 59.29 12.1 6 3,581 1 153
154 Pakistan 0.557 67.27 8.3 5 5,005 -15 154
155 Papua New Guinea 0.555 64.50 10.2 5 4,301 -10 156
156 Comoros 0.554 64.32 11.2 5 3,099 5 154
157 Mauritania 0.546 64.93 8.6 5 5,135 -21 157
158 Benin 0.545 61.77 12.6 4 3,254 0 158
159 Uganda 0.544 63.37 11.4 6 2,123 15 160
160 Rwanda 0.543 69.02 11.2 4 2,155 12 159
161 Nigeria 0.539 54.69 10.0 7 4,910 -19 161
162 Côte d'Ivoire 0.538 57.78 10.0 5 5,069 -25 161
163 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.529 65.46 8.1 6 2,600 2 164
164 Madagascar 0.528 67.04 10.2 6 1,596 16 163
165 Lesotho 0.527 54.33 11.3 7 3,151 -6 165
166 Djibouti 0.524 67.11 6.8 4 5,689 -34 166
167 Togo 0.515 61.04 12.7 5 1,602 12 168
168 Senegal 0.512 67.94 8.6 3 3,309 -11 167
169 Afghanistan 0.511 64.83 10.2 4 2,229 0 169
170 Haiti 0.51 64.00 9.7 6 1,709 7 170
170 Sudan 0.51 65.31 7.9 4 3,829 -18 171
172 Gambia 0.496 62.05 9.9 4 2,168 -1 172
173 Ethiopia 0.485 66.60 8.8 3 2,207 -3 174
174 Malawi 0.483 64.26 11.2 5 1,035 13 174
175 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.48 60.68 9.7 7 1,063 11 174
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.48 58.32 10.6 4 1,996 1 178
175 Liberia 0.48 64.10 9.6 5 1,258 8 173
178 Guinea 0.477 61.60 9.4 3 2,405 -12 177
179 Yemen 0.47 66.13 8.8 3 1,594 2 179
180 Eritrea 0.459 66.32 5.0 4 2,793 -17 180
181 Mozambique 0.456 60.85 10.0 4 1,250 3 181
182 Burkina Faso 0.452 61.58 9.3 2 2,133 -9 183
182 Sierra Leone 0.452 54.70 10.2 4 1,668 -4 182
184 Mali 0.434 59.31 7.5 2 2,269 -17 184
185 Burundi 0.433 61.58 11.1 3 754 4 184
185 South Sudan 0.433 57.85 5.3 5 2,003 -10 186
187 Chad 0.398 54.24 7.3 3 1,555 -5 187
188 Central African Republic 0.397 53.28 7.6 4 993 0 188
189 Niger 0.394 62.42 6.5 2 1,201 -4 189