List of countries by Human Development Index/Former reports/2009
For the current report, see List of countries by Human Development Index
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This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report released on 4 November 2010, compiled on the basis of estimates for 2010. It covers 168 UN member states (out of 192) and Hong Kong, China. 24 UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries). The divisions are:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- | Division || comprising: |- |- | Very high || 42 countries |- | High || 43 countries |- | Medium || 42 countries |- | Low || 42 countries |}
Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.
Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.
Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross Domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.
Complete list of countries
= increase.
= steady.
= decrease.
- Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
- This revision of the index was released on 4 November 2010 and estimates the HDI of countries for 2010.
- The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 2007, released on 5 October 2009.
Very high human development (developed countries)
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
(17) |
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4 |
(9) |
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5 |
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6 |
(13) |
|
7 |
(1) |
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8 |
(4) |
|
9 |
(2) |
|
10 |
(12) |
|
11 |
(1) |
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12 |
(14) |
|
13 |
(4) |
|
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
14 |
(6) |
|
15 |
(12) |
|
16 |
(4) |
|
17 |
(14) |
|
18 |
(1) |
|
19 |
(3) |
|
20 |
(5) |
|
21 |
(3) |
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22 |
(3) |
|
23 |
(5) |
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24 |
(13) |
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25 |
(11) |
|
26 |
(5) |
|
High human development (developing countries)
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
27 |
(5) |
|
28 |
(8) |
|
29 |
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30 |
(2) |
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31 |
(11) |
|
32 |
(3) |
|
33 |
(5) |
|
34 |
(6) |
|
35 |
(3) |
|
36 |
(7) |
|
37 |
(7) |
|
38 |
(5) |
|
39 |
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40 |
(6) |
|
41 |
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42 |
(5) |
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43 |
(9) |
|
44 |
(2) |
|
45 |
(1) |
|
46 |
(3) |
|
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
47 |
(16) |
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48 |
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49 |
(16) |
|
50 |
(13) |
|
51 |
(6) |
|
52 |
(2) |
|
53 |
(2) |
|
54 |
(6) |
|
55 |
(4) |
|
56 |
(3) |
|
57 |
(9) |
|
58 |
(3) |
|
59 |
(5) |
|
60 |
(7) |
|
61 |
(7) |
|
62 |
(8) |
|
63 |
(15) |
|
64 |
(6) |
|
Medium human development (developing countries)
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
65 |
(6) |
|
66 |
(16) |
|
67 |
(19) |
|
68 |
(8) |
|
69 |
(16) |
|
70 |
(18) |
|
71 |
(1) |
|
72 |
(9) |
|
73 |
(2) |
|
74 |
(15) |
|
75 |
(17) |
|
76 |
(8) |
|
77 |
(3) |
|
78 |
(15) |
|
79 |
(2) |
|
80 |
(20) |
|
81 |
(17) |
|
82 |
(14) |
|
83 |
(4) |
|
84 |
(20) |
|
85 |
(14) |
|
86 |
(2) |
|
87 |
(1) |
|
88 |
(1) |
|
89 |
(2) |
|
90 |
(1) |
|
91 |
(2) |
|
92 |
(7) |
|
93 |
(3) |
|
94 |
(2) |
|
95 |
(2) |
|
96 |
(1) |
|
97 |
(1) |
|
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
98 |
(2) |
|
99 |
(5) |
|
100 |
(8) |
|
101 |
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102 |
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103 |
||
104 |
||
105 |
||
106 |
||
107 |
(2) |
|
108 |
(1) |
|
109 |
(1) |
|
110 |
||
111 |
||
112 |
||
113 |
||
114 |
||
115 |
(1) |
|
116 |
(1) |
|
117 |
||
118 |
||
119 |
||
120 |
||
121 |
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122 |
(1) |
|
123 |
(1) |
|
124 |
||
125 |
(1) |
|
126 |
(1) |
|
127 |
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128 |
(1) |
|
129 |
(1) |
|
130 |
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Low human development (developing countries)
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
131 |
||
132 |
(1) |
|
133 |
(1) |
|
134 |
||
135 |
||
136 |
||
137 |
||
138 |
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139 |
||
140 |
(1) |
|
141 |
(1) |
|
142 |
(2) |
|
143 |
||
144 |
||
145 |
||
146 |
(2) |
|
147 |
||
148 |
(2) |
|
Rank |
Country |
|
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
Change compared to old 2009 values for 2007 |
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
149 |
||
150 |
||
151 |
||
152 |
(2) |
|
153 |
(1) |
|
154 |
(1) |
|
155 |
||
156 |
||
157 |
(1) |
|
158 |
(1) |
|
159 |
||
160 |
(1) |
|
161 |
(1) |
|
162 |
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163 |
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164 |
||
165 |
||
166 |
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167 |
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168 |
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169 |
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170 |
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171 |
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172 |
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173 |
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174 |
||
175 |
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List of countries by continent
Africa
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
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High human development |
||
1 |
0.755 |
|
2 |
0.701 |
|
3 |
0.683 |
|
4 |
0.677 |
|
Medium human development |
||
5 |
0.648 |
|
6 |
0.633 |
|
7 |
0.620 |
|
8 |
0.606 |
|
9 |
0.597 |
|
10 |
0.567 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.140 |
|
2 |
0.239 |
|
3 |
0.261 |
|
4 |
0.282 |
|
5 |
0.284 |
|
6 |
0.289 |
|
7 |
0.295 |
|
8 |
0.300 |
|
9 |
0.305 |
|
10 |
0.309 |
|
Americas
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.902 |
|
2 |
0.888 |
|
3 |
0.788 |
|
High human development |
||
4 |
0.784 |
|
5 |
0.783 |
|
6 |
0.775 |
|
7 |
0.765 |
|
8 |
0.755 |
|
9 |
0.750 |
|
10 |
0.736 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.404 |
|
Medium human development |
||
2 |
0.560 |
|
3 |
0.565 |
|
4 |
0.604 |
|
5 |
0.611 |
|
6 |
0.640 |
|
7 |
0.643 |
|
8 |
0.646 |
|
9 |
0.659 |
|
10 |
0.663 |
|
Asia & Oceania
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.937 |
|
2 |
0.907 |
|
3 |
0.884 |
|
4 |
0.877 |
|
5 |
0.872 |
|
6 |
0.862 |
|
7 |
0.846 |
|
8 |
0.815 |
|
9 |
0.810 |
|
10 |
0.805 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.349 |
|
2 |
0.428 |
|
3 |
0.431 |
|
4 |
0.439 |
|
5 |
0.451 |
|
6 |
0.469 |
|
Medium human development |
||
7 |
0.490 |
|
8 |
0.494 |
|
9 |
0.494 |
|
10 |
0.497 |
|
Europe
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.938 |
|
2 |
0.895 |
|
3 |
0.891 |
|
4 |
0.890 |
|
5 |
0.885 |
|
6 |
0.885 |
|
7 |
0.874 |
|
8 |
0.872 |
|
9 |
0.871 |
|
10 |
0.869 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Medium human development |
||
1 |
0.623 |
|
High human development |
||
2 |
0.683 |
|
3 |
0.695 |
|
4 |
0.698 |
|
5 |
0.701 |
|
6 |
0.710 |
|
7 |
0.710 |
|
8 |
0.713 |
|
9 |
0.714 |
|
10 |
nowrap| 0.719 |
|
List of countries by non-continental region
Arab states
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.815 |
|
2 |
0.803 |
|
3 |
0.801 |
|
High human development |
||
4 |
0.771 |
|
5 |
0.755 |
|
6 |
0.752 |
|
7 |
0.683 |
|
8 |
0.681 |
|
9 |
0.677 |
|
Medium human development |
||
10 |
0.620 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.379 |
|
2 |
0.402 |
|
3 |
0.428 |
|
4 |
0.433 |
|
5 |
0.439 |
|
Medium human development |
||
6 |
0.567 |
|
7 |
0.589 |
|
8 |
0.620 |
|
High human development |
||
9 |
0.677 |
|
10 |
0.681 |
|
European Union
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.895 |
|
2 |
0.890 |
|
3 |
0.885 |
|
4 |
0.885 |
|
5 |
0.872 |
|
6 |
0.871 |
|
7 |
0.867 |
|
8 |
0.866 |
|
9 |
0.863 |
|
10 |
0.855 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
High human development |
||
1 |
0.743 |
|
2 |
0.767 |
|
3 |
0.769 |
|
4 |
0.783 |
|
Very high human development |
||
5 |
0.795 |
|
6 |
0.795 |
|
7 |
0.805 |
|
8 |
0.810 |
|
9 |
0.812 |
|
10 |
0.815 |
|
East Asia and the Pacific
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.937 |
|
2 |
0.907 |
|
3 |
0.884 |
|
4 |
0.877 |
|
5 |
0.862 |
|
6 |
0.846 |
|
7 |
0.805 |
|
High human development |
||
8 |
0.744 |
|
9 |
0.677 |
|
Medium human development |
||
10 |
0.669 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.431 |
|
2 |
0.451 |
|
Medium human development |
||
3 |
0.494 |
|
4 |
0.494 |
|
5 |
0.497 |
|
6 |
0.502 |
|
7 |
0.572 |
|
8 |
0.600 |
|
9 |
0.614 |
|
10 |
0.622 |
|
Latin America
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
High human development |
||
1 |
0.783 |
|
2 |
0.775 |
|
3 |
0.765 |
|
4 |
0.755 |
|
5 |
0.750 |
|
6 |
0.725 |
|
7 |
0.723 |
|
8 |
0.699 |
|
9 |
0.696 |
|
10 |
0.695 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.404 |
|
Medium human development |
||
2 |
0.560 |
|
3 |
0.565 |
|
4 |
0.604 |
|
5 |
0.640 |
|
6 |
0.643 |
|
7 |
0.659 |
|
8 |
0.663 |
|
High human development |
||
9 |
0.689 |
|
10 |
0.694 |
|
Middle East and North Africa
10 highest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Very high human development |
||
1 |
0.872 |
|
2 |
0.815 |
|
3 |
0.810 |
|
4 |
0.803 |
|
5 |
0.801 |
|
High human development |
||
6 |
0.771 |
|
7 |
0.755 |
|
8 |
0.752 |
|
9 |
0.702 |
|
10 |
0.683 |
|
10 lowest HDIs
Rank |
Country |
HDI |
|---|---|---|
New 2010 estimates for 2010 |
||
Low human development |
||
1 |
0.379 |
|
2 |
0.439 |
|
Medium human development |
||
3 |
0.567 |
|
4 |
0.589 |
|
5 |
0.620 |
|
High human development |
||
6 |
0.677 |
|
7 |
0.679 |
|
8 |
0.681 |
|
9 |
0.683 |
|
10 |
0.702 |
|
HDI by regions & groups
Region or Group |
2010 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|
Very high human development |
||
OECD Developed |
0.879 |
0.876 |
Very High Human Development |
0.878 |
0.875 |
Non-OECD Developed |
0.844 |
0.840 |
High human development |
||
High Human Development |
0.717 |
0.712 |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
0.704 |
0.699 |
Europe and Central Asia |
0.702 |
0.698 |
Medium human development |
||
East Asia and the Pacific |
0.643 |
0.636 |
World |
0.624 |
0.619 |
Medium Human Development |
0.592 |
0.586 |
Arab states |
0.588 |
0.583 |
South Asia |
0.516 |
0.510 |
Low human development |
||
Low Human Development |
0.393 |
0.388 |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
0.389 |
0.384 |
Least developed countries |
0.386 |
0.382 |
Countries missing from latest report
UN member states (latest UNDP data)
Year |
Country |
HDI |
Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Publication |
Data |
|||
Very high human development |
||||
1997 |
0.946 |
|||
1997 |
0.944 |
|||
High human development |
||||
2009 |
2007 |
0.868 |
47 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.863 |
51 |
|
1998 |
0.861 |
|||
2009 |
2007 |
0.846 |
56 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.845 |
57 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.838 |
62 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.821 |
69 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.814 |
73 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.813 |
74 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.803 |
83 |
|
Medium human development |
||||
2009 |
2007 |
0.772 |
91 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.771 |
94 |
|
1998 |
1995 |
0.766 |
75 |
|
2009 |
2007 |
0.693 |
126 |
|
1998 |
0.663 |
|||
2009 |
2007 |
0.619 |
132 |
|
2000 |
1998 |
0.583 |
126 |
|
1998 |
0.583 |
|||
1998 |
0.563 |
|||
1998 |
0.515 |
|||
Low human development |
||||
2009 |
2007 |
0.472 |
165 |
|
2001 |
2001 |
0.384 |
161 |
|
Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)
Year |
Country or Territory |
HDI |
Rank |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Publication |
Data |
|||
Very high human development |
||||
2010 |
2010 |
0.868 |
18 |
|
1998 |
0.942 |
|||
2008 |
2005 |
0.929 |
24 |
|
1998 |
0.927 |
|||
2008 |
2005 |
0.912 |
28 |
|
2010 |
2007 |
0.944 |
23 |
|
High human development |
||||
2008 |
2005 |
0.878 |
34 |
|
2007 |
2004 |
0.870 |
35 |
|
2008 |
2005 |
0.864 |
42 |
|
2008 |
2005 |
0.862 |
43 |
|
Medium human development |
||||
2009 |
2007 |
Occupied Palestinian Territories |
0.737 |
110 |
2004 |
2003 |
0.734 |
||
See also
- Human Development Index
- List of countries by Human Development Index/Former reports
- List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI
- List of African countries by Human Development Index
- List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Australian states and territories by HDI
- List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index
- American Human Development Report
- List of Chilean regions by Human Development Index
- List of Chinese administrative divisions by Human Development Index
- List of European countries by Human Development Index
- List of Indian states by Human Development Index
- List of Indonesian provinces by HDI
- List of Mexican states by Human Development Index
- List of Pakistani Districts by Human Development Index
- List of Philippine provinces by Human Development Index
- List of Russian federal subjects by HDI
- List of Venezuelan states by human development index
- Happy Planet Index
- OSCE countries statistics
- Satisfaction with Life Index
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af:Lys van lande volgens Menslike Ontwikkelingsindeks ar:ملحق:قائمة الدول حسب مؤشر التنمية البشرية bn:মানব সম্পদ উন্নয়ন সূচকের ভিত্তিতে রাষ্ট্রসমূহের তালিকা bg:Списък на страните по Индекса на човешкото развитие ca:Països per índex de desenvolupament humà cs:Seznam států světa podle indexu lidského rozvoje dv:އިންސާނީ ތަރައްޤީގެ ފަށުން ތަރުތީބު ކުރެވިފައިވާ ގައުމުތަކުގެ ލިސްޓު et:Riikide pingerida inimarengu indeksi järgi el:Κατάλογος χωρών ανά δείκτη ανθρώπινης ανάπτυξης es:Anexo:Países por índice de desarrollo humano eo:Landoj laŭ indico de homa disvolviĝo fr:Classement IDH des pays gl:Lista de países por Índice de Desenvolvemento Humano ko:인간 개발 지수순 나라 목록 hr:Popis zemalja po ljudskom razvojnom indeksu id:Daftar negara menurut Indeks Pembangunan Manusia is:Listi yfir lönd eftir vísitölu um þróun lífsgæða it:Lista di Paesi per Indice di sviluppo umano jv:Dhaptar negara miturut Indèks Pembangunan Manungsa kn:ಮಾನವ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸೂಚ್ಯಂಕಕ್ಕನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ kk:Адам Даму Индексі бойынша елдер тізбесі lv:Valstu saraksts pēc Tautas attīstības indeksa mr:जगातील देशांची यादी (मानवी विकास निर्देशांकानुसार) ms:Senarai negara mengikut Indeks Pembangunan Manusia my:လူထုဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးညွှန်းကိန်းနိုင်ငံများစာရင်း no:Liste over land etter HDI pl:Lista państw świata według Wskaźnika Rozwoju Ludzkiego pt:Anexo:Lista de países por Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano rmy:Patrinipen le themengo palal o indekso le manushutne baryaripnasko ru:Список стран по ИРЧП sk:Zoznam štátov podľa HDI sl:Seznam držav po indeksu človekovega razvoja fi:Luettelo valtioista inhimillisen kehityksen indeksin mukaan ta:மனித வளர்ச்சி சுட்டெண்ணின் படி நாடுகளின் பட்டியல் th:รายชื่อประเทศตามดัชนีการพัฒนามนุษย์ tr:İnsani Gelişme Endeksi'ne göre ülkeler listesi uk:Список країн за ІРЛП ur:فہرست ممالک بلحاظ انسانی ترقیاتی اشاریہ vi:Danh sách quốc gia theo chỉ số phát triển con người zh:人類發展指數列表