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Human Development Index (0 - 1), 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 45 countries was 0.747 points. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 0.956 points and the lowest value was in Yemen: 0.424 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: points; Source: The United Nations
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Countries Human development, 2022 Global rank Available data
Hong Kong 0.956 1 1980 - 2022
Singapore 0.949 2 1990 - 2022
UA Emirates 0.937 3 1980 - 2022
South Korea 0.929 4 1980 - 2022
Japan 0.92 5 1980 - 2022
Israel 0.915 6 1980 - 2022
Bahrain 0.888 7 1980 - 2022
Qatar 0.875 8 1980 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 0.875 9 1980 - 2022
Kuwait 0.847 10 1980 - 2022
Brunei 0.823 11 1980 - 2022
Oman 0.819 12 2000 - 2022
Georgia 0.814 13 2000 - 2022
Malaysia 0.807 14 1980 - 2022
Thailand 0.803 15 1980 - 2022
Kazakhstan 0.802 16 1990 - 2022
China 0.788 17 1980 - 2022
Armenia 0.786 18 1990 - 2022
Iran 0.78 19 1980 - 2022
Sri Lanka 0.78 20 1980 - 2022
Maldives 0.762 21 1995 - 2022
Azerbaijan 0.76 22 1995 - 2022
Turkmenistan 0.744 23 2010 - 2022
Mongolia 0.741 24 1980 - 2022
Jordan 0.736 25 1980 - 2022
Uzbekistan 0.727 26 2000 - 2022
Vietnam 0.726 27 1980 - 2022
Lebanon 0.723 28 2005 - 2022
Palestine 0.716 29 2004 - 2022
Indonesia 0.713 30 1980 - 2022
Philippines 0.71 31 1980 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 0.701 32 1990 - 2022
Bhutan 0.681 33 2005 - 2022
Tajikistan 0.679 34 1990 - 2022
Iraq 0.673 35 1980 - 2022
Bangladesh 0.67 36 1980 - 2022
India 0.644 37 1980 - 2022
Laos 0.62 38 1980 - 2022
Burma 0.608 39 1980 - 2022
Nepal 0.601 40 1980 - 2022
Cambodia 0.6 41 1980 - 2022
Syria 0.557 42 1980 - 2022
Pakistan 0.54 43 1980 - 2022
Afghanistan 0.462 44 1980 - 2022
Yemen 0.424 45 1990 - 2022



Definition: The Human Development Index measures three basic dimensions of human development: long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Four indicators are used to calculate the index: life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and gross national income per capita.

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