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Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita by country

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living. Higher values indicate higher human development.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
0.972
Iceland
Lowest
0.388
South Sudan
Median
0.7585
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,938

What the numbers show

Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0.972 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.388 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7585, and the mean is 0.7385.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 174 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 20.2%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 8.3%).

Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 0.972 2023 up 2.3% rising
2 Switzerland 0.97 2023 up 1.9% rising
2 Norway 0.97 2023 up 1.8% rising
4 Denmark 0.962 2023 up 2.2% rising
5 Germany 0.959 2023 up 1.5% rising
5 Sweden 0.959 2023 up 2.0% rising
7 Australia 0.958 2023 up 2.5% rising
8 Hong Kong 0.955 2023 up 2.9% rising
8 Netherlands 0.955 2023 up 1.9% rising
10 Belgium 0.951 2023 up 2.8% rising
12 Finland 0.948 2023 up 1.5% rising
13 United Kingdom 0.946 2023 up 1.6% rising
13 Singapore 0.946 2023 up 1.3% rising
15 United Arab Emirates 0.94 2023 up 11.1% rising
16 Canada 0.939 2023 up 1.0% rising
17 New Zealand 0.938 2023 up 0.5% rising
17 United States 0.938 2023 up 1.4% rising
20 South Korea 0.937 2023 up 3.5% rising
21 Slovenia 0.931 2023 up 2.6% rising
22 Austria 0.93 2023 up 1.6% rising
23 Japan 0.925 2023 up 1.4% rising
26 France 0.92 2023 up 2.7% rising
27 Israel 0.919 2023 up 2.2% rising
28 Spain 0.918 2023 up 3.6% rising
29 Czechia 0.915 2023 up 2.6% rising
29 Italy 0.915 2023 up 3.2% rising
29 San Marino 0.915 2023 up 2.1% flat
32 Andorra 0.913 2023 up 5.9% rising
32 Cyprus 0.913 2023 up 4.6% rising
34 Greece 0.908 2023 up 3.3% rising
35 Poland 0.906 2023 up 3.8% rising
36 Estonia 0.905 2023 up 2.0% rising
37 Saudi Arabia 0.9 2023 up 8.8% rising
38 Bahrain 0.899 2023 up 6.3% rising
39 Lithuania 0.895 2023 up 3.5% rising
40 Portugal 0.89 2023 up 4.8% rising
41 Croatia 0.889 2023 up 5.1% rising
41 Latvia 0.889 2023 up 4.3% rising
43 Qatar 0.886 2023 up 3.1% rising
44 Slovakia 0.88 2023 up 2.6% rising
45 Chile 0.878 2023 up 3.9% rising
46 Hungary 0.87 2023 up 2.4% rising
47 Argentina 0.865 2023 up 1.5% rising
48 Montenegro 0.862 2023 up 3.9% rising
48 Uruguay 0.862 2023 up 6.2% rising
50 Oman 0.858 2023 up 3.7% rising
51 Turkey 0.853 2023 up 6.4% rising
52 Kuwait 0.852 2023 up 4.7% rising
53 Antigua and Barbuda 0.851 2023 up 1.9% flat
54 Seychelles 0.848 2023 up 6.4% rising
55 Bulgaria 0.845 2023 up 3.7% rising
55 Romania 0.845 2023 up 2.9% rising
57 Georgia 0.844 2023 up 6.0% rising
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.84 2023 up 2.7% rising
59 Panama 0.839 2023 up 5.0% rising
60 Brunei 0.837 2023 down 0.6% rising
60 Kazakhstan 0.837 2023 up 3.6% rising
62 Costa Rica 0.833 2023 up 4.8% rising
62 Serbia 0.833 2023 up 5.2% rising
64 Russia 0.832 2023 up 0.2% rising
65 Belarus 0.824 2023 up 0.4% rising
66 Bahamas 0.82 2023 up 1.9% rising
67 Malaysia 0.819 2023 up 3.5% rising
68 North Macedonia 0.815 2023 up 4.2% rising
69 Armenia 0.811 2023 up 5.9% rising
69 Barbados 0.811 2023 up 1.6% rising
71 Albania 0.81 2023 up 2.1% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 0.807 2023 up 0.6% rising
73 Mauritius 0.806 2023 up 3.2% rising
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.804 2023 up 6.3% rising
75 Iran 0.799 2023 up 0.6% rising
76 Thailand 0.798 2023 up 6.1% rising
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.798 2023 up 5.7% rising
78 China 0.797 2023 up 8.7% rising
79 Peru 0.794 2023 up 4.9% rising
80 Grenada 0.791 2023 up 1.8% rising
81 Azerbaijan 0.789 2023 up 4.2% rising
81 Mexico 0.789 2023 up 3.1% rising
83 Colombia 0.788 2023 up 3.7% rising
84 Brazil 0.786 2023 up 3.1% rising
84 Palau 0.786 2023 down 0.6% rising
86 Moldova 0.785 2023 up 3.6% rising
87 Ukraine 0.779 2023 down 1.3% rising
88 Ecuador 0.777 2023 up 2.9% rising
89 Dominican Republic 0.776 2023 up 6.2% rising
89 Guyana 0.776 2023 up 16.0% rising
89 Sri Lanka 0.776 2023 up 1.6% rising
92 Tonga 0.769 2023 up 4.3% rising
93 Maldives 0.766 2023 up 7.9% rising
93 Vietnam 0.766 2023 up 8.8% rising
95 Turkmenistan 0.764 2023 up 6.7% rising
96 Algeria 0.763 2023 up 5.0% rising
97 Cuba 0.762 2023 down 1.2% rising
98 Dominica 0.761 2023 up 2.1% flat
99 Paraguay 0.756 2023 up 3.6% rising
100 Egypt 0.754 2023 up 8.5% rising
100 Jordan 0.754 2023 up 1.6% rising
102 Lebanon 0.752 2023 down 1.3% flat
103 Saint Lucia 0.748 2023 up 0.9% rising
104 Mongolia 0.747 2023 up 0.4% rising
105 Tunisia 0.746 2023 up 3.3% rising
106 South Africa 0.741 2023 up 5.1% rising
107 Uzbekistan 0.74 2023 up 6.0% rising
108 Bolivia 0.733 2023 up 4.9% rising
108 Gabon 0.733 2023 up 3.7% rising
108 Marshall Islands 0.733 2023 up 8.4% rising
111 Botswana 0.731 2023 up 8.1% rising
111 Fiji 0.731 2023 up 3.2% rising
113 Indonesia 0.728 2023 up 5.5% rising
114 Suriname 0.722 2023 up 1.1% flat
115 Belize 0.721 2023 down 0.4% rising
115 Libya 0.721 2023 down 3.6% flat
117 Jamaica 0.72 2023 up 1.3% rising
117 Kyrgyzstan 0.72 2023 up 5.0% rising
117 Philippines 0.72 2023 up 4.8% rising
120 Morocco 0.71 2023 up 11.1% rising
121 Venezuela 0.709 2023 down 8.3% rising
122 Samoa 0.708 2023 up 0.3% rising
123 Nicaragua 0.706 2023 up 5.7% rising
124 Nauru 0.703 2023 up 9.8% rising
125 Bhutan 0.698 2023 up 13.3% rising
126 Iraq 0.695 2023 up 4.0% rising
126 Eswatini 0.695 2023 up 20.2% rising
128 Tajikistan 0.691 2023 up 5.5% rising
129 Tuvalu 0.689 2023 up 6.5% rising
130 Bangladesh 0.685 2023 up 16.3% rising
130 India 0.685 2023 up 11.4% rising
132 El Salvador 0.678 2023 up 1.5% rising
133 Equatorial Guinea 0.674 2023 up 4.7% rising
133 Palestine 0.674 2023 down 4.5% rising
135 Cape Verde 0.668 2023 up 1.2% rising
136 Namibia 0.665 2023 up 8.0% rising
137 Guatemala 0.662 2023 up 4.6% rising
138 Congo 0.649 2023 up 3.0% rising
139 Honduras 0.645 2023 up 7.3% rising
140 Kiribati 0.644 2023 up 5.1% rising
141 Sao Tome and Principe 0.637 2023 up 8.9% rising
142 East Timor 0.634 2023 down 1.9% rising
143 Ghana 0.628 2023 up 7.9% rising
143 Kenya 0.628 2023 up 10.2% rising
145 Nepal 0.622 2023 up 9.1% rising
146 Vanuatu 0.621 2023 up 4.9% rising
147 Laos 0.617 2023 up 5.1% rising
148 Angola 0.616 2023 up 8.6% rising
149 Micronesia (country) 0.615 2023 up 2.0% flat
150 Myanmar 0.609 2023 up 11.5% rising
151 Cambodia 0.606 2023 up 9.4% rising
152 Comoros 0.603 2023 up 8.5% rising
153 Zimbabwe 0.598 2023 up 7.9% rising
154 Zambia 0.595 2023 up 6.8% rising
155 Cameroon 0.588 2023 up 5.4% rising
156 Solomon Islands 0.584 2023 up 1.4% rising
157 Cote d'Ivoire 0.582 2023 up 19.5% rising
157 Uganda 0.582 2023 up 9.4% rising
159 Rwanda 0.578 2023 up 15.8% rising
160 Papua New Guinea 0.576 2023 up 10.3% rising
161 Togo 0.571 2023 up 12.6% rising
162 Syria 0.564 2023 down 0.5% flat
163 Mauritania 0.563 2023 up 3.5% rising
164 Nigeria 0.56 2023 up 8.3% rising
165 Tanzania 0.555 2023 up 6.5% rising
166 Haiti 0.554 2023 up 1.7% rising
167 Lesotho 0.55 2023 up 9.6% rising
168 Pakistan 0.544 2023 up 6.2% rising
169 Senegal 0.53 2023 up 5.2% rising
170 Gambia 0.524 2023 up 10.5% rising
171 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.522 2023 up 14.5% rising
172 Malawi 0.517 2023 up 4.7% rising
173 Benin 0.515 2023 up 1.8% rising
174 Guinea-Bissau 0.514 2023 up 9.6% rising
175 Djibouti 0.513 2023 up 14.0% rising
176 Sudan 0.511 2023 up 4.7% rising
177 Liberia 0.51 2023 up 6.0% rising
178 Eritrea 0.503 2023 up 5.0% rising
179 Guinea 0.5 2023 up 12.4% rising
180 Ethiopia 0.497 2023 up 12.7% rising
181 Afghanistan 0.496 2023 up 0.8% rising
182 Mozambique 0.493 2023 up 11.3% rising
183 Madagascar 0.487 2023 down 2.0% rising
184 Yemen 0.47 2023 down 7.3% rising
185 Sierra Leone 0.467 2023 up 7.1% rising
186 Burkina Faso 0.459 2023 up 13.3% rising
187 Burundi 0.439 2023 up 2.6% rising
188 Mali 0.419 2023 up 2.4% rising
188 Niger 0.419 2023 up 15.7% rising
190 Chad 0.416 2023 up 5.1% rising
191 Central African Republic 0.414 2023 up 15.3% rising
192 South Sudan 0.388 2023 down 0.8% flat

About this data

Indicator
Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita
Source
UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 5,938 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living. Higher values indicate higher human development.