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Human Development Index (0 - 1), 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 44 countries was 0.883 points. The highest value was in Switzerland: 0.967 points and the lowest value was in Ukraine: 0.734 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
Switzerland 0.967 1 1980 - 2022
Norway 0.966 2 1980 - 2022
Iceland 0.959 3 1980 - 2022
Denmark 0.952 4 1980 - 2022
Sweden 0.952 5 1980 - 2022
Germany 0.95 6 1980 - 2022
Ireland 0.95 7 1980 - 2022
Netherlands 0.946 8 1980 - 2022
Belgium 0.942 9 1980 - 2022
Finland 0.942 10 1980 - 2022
Liechtenstein 0.942 11 2000 - 2022
UK 0.94 12 1980 - 2022
Luxembourg 0.927 13 1980 - 2022
Austria 0.926 14 1980 - 2022
Slovenia 0.926 15 1990 - 2022
Malta 0.915 16 1980 - 2022
Spain 0.911 17 1980 - 2022
France 0.91 18 1980 - 2022
Cyprus 0.907 19 1980 - 2022
Italy 0.906 20 1980 - 2022
Estonia 0.899 21 1990 - 2022
Czechia 0.895 22 1990 - 2022
Greece 0.893 23 1980 - 2022
Andorra 0.884 24 2000 - 2022
Poland 0.881 25 1980 - 2022
Latvia 0.879 26 1990 - 2022
Lithuania 0.879 27 1990 - 2022
Croatia 0.878 28 1990 - 2022
Portugal 0.874 29 1980 - 2022
San Marino 0.867 30 2021 - 2022
Slovakia 0.855 31 1990 - 2022
Turkey 0.855 32 1980 - 2022
Hungary 0.851 33 1980 - 2022
Montenegro 0.844 34 2003 - 2022
Romania 0.827 35 1980 - 2022
Russia 0.821 36 1990 - 2022
Serbia 0.805 37 1990 - 2022
Belarus 0.801 38 1995 - 2022
Bulgaria 0.799 39 1980 - 2022
Albania 0.789 40 1980 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 0.779 41 2000 - 2022
North Macedonia 0.765 42 2000 - 2022
Moldova 0.763 43 1990 - 2022
Ukraine 0.734 44 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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