HDI Rank | Country | 1975 | | 1980 | | 1985 | | 1990 | | 1995 | | 2000 | | 2005 | |
1 | Iceland | 0.868 | | 0.890 | | 0.899 | | 0.918 | | 0.923 | | 0.947 | | 0.968 | |
2 | Norway | 0.870 | | 0.889 | | 0.900 | | 0.913 | | 0.938 | | 0.958 | | 0.968 | |
3 | Australia | 0.851 | | 0.868 | | 0.880 | | 0.894 | | 0.934 | | 0.949 | | 0.962 | |
4 | Canada | 0.873 | | 0.888 | | 0.911 | | 0.931 | | 0.936 | | 0.946 | | 0.961 | |
5 | Ireland | 0.823 | | 0.835 | | 0.851 | | 0.875 | | 0.898 | | 0.931 | | 0.959 | |
6 | Sweden | 0.872 | | 0.882 | | 0.893 | | 0.904 | | 0.935 | | 0.952 | | 0.956 | |
7 | Switzerland | 0.883 | | 0.895 | | 0.902 | | 0.915 | | 0.926 | | 0.946 | | 0.955 | |
8 | Japan | 0.861 | | 0.886 | | 0.899 | | 0.916 | | 0.929 | | 0.941 | | 0.953 | |
9 | Netherlands | 0.873 | | 0.885 | | 0.899 | | 0.914 | | 0.934 | | 0.947 | | 0.953 | |
10 | France | 0.856 | | 0.872 | | 0.884 | | 0.907 | | 0.925 | | 0.938 | | 0.952 | |
11 | Finland | 0.846 | | 0.866 | | 0.884 | | 0.906 | | 0.918 | | 0.940 | | 0.952 | |
12 | United States | 0.870 | | 0.890 | | 0.904 | | 0.919 | | 0.931 | | 0.942 | | 0.951 | |
13 | Spain | 0.846 | | 0.863 | | 0.877 | | 0.896 | | 0.914 | | 0.932 | | 0.949 | |
14 | Denmark | 0.875 | | 0.883 | | 0.890 | | 0.898 | | 0.916 | | 0.935 | | 0.949 | |
15 | Austria | 0.848 | | 0.862 | | 0.876 | | 0.899 | | 0.918 | | 0.938 | | 0.948 | |
16 | United Kingdom | 0.853 | | 0.860 | | 0.870 | | 0.890 | | 0.929 | | 0.931 | | 0.946 | |
17 | Belgium | 0.852 | | 0.869 | | 0.883 | | 0.903 | | 0.931 | | 0.943 | | 0.946 | |
18 | Luxembourg | 0.836 | | 0.850 | | 0.863 | | 0.890 | | 0.913 | | 0.929 | | 0.944 | |
19 | New Zealand | 0.854 | | 0.860 | | 0.871 | | 0.880 | | 0.908 | | 0.927 | | 0.943 | |
20 | Italy | 0.845 | | 0.861 | | 0.869 | | 0.892 | | 0.910 | | 0.926 | | 0.941 | |
21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 0.763 | | 0.803 | | 0.830 | | 0.865 | | 0.886 | | 0.919 | | 0.937 | |
22 | Germany | .. | | 0.863 | | 0.871 | | 0.890 | | 0.913 | | 0.928 | | 0.935 | |
23 | Israel | 0.805 | | 0.830 | | 0.850 | | 0.869 | | 0.891 | | 0.918 | | 0.932 | |
24 | Greece | 0.841 | | 0.856 | | 0.869 | | 0.877 | | 0.882 | | 0.897 | | 0.926 | |
25 | Singapore | 0.729 | | 0.762 | | 0.789 | | 0.827 | | 0.865 | | .. | | 0.922 | |
26 | Korea (Republic of) | 0.713 | | 0.747 | | 0.785 | | 0.825 | | 0.861 | | 0.892 | | 0.921 | |
27 | Slovenia | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.851 | | 0.857 | | 0.891 | | 0.917 | |
28 | Cyprus | .. | | 0.809 | | 0.828 | | 0.851 | | 0.870 | | 0.893 | | 0.903 | |
29 | Portugal | 0.793 | | 0.807 | | 0.829 | | 0.855 | | 0.885 | | 0.904 | | 0.897 | |
30 | Brunei Darussalam | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.894 | |
31 | Barbados | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.892 | |
32 | Czech Republic | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.845 | | 0.854 | | 0.866 | | 0.891 | |
33 | Kuwait | 0.771 | | 0.789 | | 0.794 | | .. | | 0.826 | | 0.855 | | 0.891 | |
34 | Malta | 0.738 | | 0.772 | | 0.799 | | 0.833 | | 0.857 | | 0.877 | | 0.878 | |
35 | Qatar | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.875 | |
36 | Hungary | 0.786 | | 0.801 | | 0.813 | | 0.813 | | 0.817 | | 0.845 | | 0.874 | |
37 | Poland | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.806 | | 0.822 | | 0.852 | | 0.870 | |
38 | Argentina | 0.790 | | 0.804 | | 0.811 | | 0.813 | | 0.836 | | 0.862 | | 0.869 | |
39 | United Arab Emirates | 0.734 | | 0.769 | | 0.790 | | 0.816 | | 0.825 | | 0.837 | | 0.868 | |
40 | Chile | 0.708 | | 0.743 | | 0.761 | | 0.788 | | 0.819 | | 0.845 | | 0.867 | |
41 | Bahrain | .. | | 0.747 | | 0.783 | | 0.808 | | 0.834 | | 0.846 | | 0.866 | |
42 | Slovakia | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.863 | |
43 | Lithuania | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.827 | | 0.791 | | 0.831 | | 0.862 | |
44 | Estonia | .. | | 0.811 | | 0.820 | | 0.813 | | 0.792 | | 0.829 | | 0.860 | |
45 | Latvia | .. | | 0.797 | | 0.810 | | 0.804 | | 0.771 | | 0.817 | | 0.855 | |
46 | Uruguay | 0.762 | | 0.782 | | 0.787 | | 0.806 | | 0.821 | | 0.842 | | 0.852 | |
47 | Croatia | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.812 | | 0.805 | | 0.828 | | 0.850 | |
48 | Costa Rica | 0.746 | | 0.772 | | 0.774 | | 0.794 | | 0.814 | | 0.830 | | 0.846 | |
49 | Bahamas | .. | | 0.809 | | 0.822 | | 0.831 | | 0.820 | | 0.825 | | 0.845 | |
50 | Seychelles | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.843 | |
51 | Cuba | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.838 | |
52 | Mexico | 0.694 | | 0.739 | | 0.758 | | 0.768 | | 0.786 | | 0.814 | | 0.829 | |
53 | Bulgaria | .. | | 0.771 | | 0.792 | | 0.794 | | 0.785 | | 0.800 | | 0.824 | |
54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.821 | |
55 | Tonga | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.819 | |
56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.818 | |
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.815 | |
58 | Oman | 0.487 | | 0.547 | | 0.641 | | 0.697 | | 0.741 | | 0.779 | | 0.814 | |
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.756 | | 0.784 | | 0.782 | | 0.784 | | 0.785 | | 0.796 | | 0.814 | |
60 | Romania | .. | | 0.786 | | 0.792 | | 0.777 | | 0.772 | | 0.780 | | 0.813 | |
61 | Saudi Arabia | 0.611 | | 0.666 | | 0.684 | | 0.717 | | 0.748 | | 0.788 | | 0.812 | |
62 | Panama | 0.718 | | 0.737 | | 0.751 | | 0.752 | | 0.775 | | 0.797 | | 0.812 | |
63 | Malaysia | 0.619 | | 0.662 | | 0.696 | | 0.725 | | 0.763 | | 0.790 | | 0.811 | |
64 | Belarus | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.790 | | 0.755 | | 0.778 | | 0.804 | |
65 | Mauritius | .. | | 0.662 | | 0.692 | | 0.728 | | 0.751 | | 0.781 | | 0.804 | |
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.803 | |
67 | Russian Federation | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.815 | | 0.771 | | 0.782 | | 0.802 | |
68 | Albania | .. | | 0.675 | | 0.694 | | 0.704 | | 0.705 | | 0.746 | | 0.801 | |
69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.801 | |
70 | Brazil | 0.649 | | 0.685 | | 0.700 | | 0.723 | | 0.753 | | 0.789 | | 0.800 | |
71 | Dominica | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.798 | |
72 | Saint Lucia | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.795 | |
73 | Kazakhstan | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.771 | | 0.724 | | 0.738 | | 0.794 | |
74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.723 | | 0.737 | | 0.743 | | 0.762 | | 0.770 | | 0.776 | | 0.792 | |
75 | Colombia | 0.663 | | 0.694 | | 0.709 | | 0.729 | | 0.753 | | 0.772 | | 0.791 | |
76 | Ukraine | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.809 | | 0.756 | | 0.761 | | 0.788 | |
77 | Samoa | .. | | .. | | 0.709 | | 0.721 | | 0.740 | | 0.765 | | 0.785 | |
78 | Thailand | 0.615 | | 0.654 | | 0.679 | | 0.712 | | 0.745 | | 0.761 | | 0.781 | |
79 | Dominican Republic | 0.628 | | 0.660 | | 0.684 | | 0.697 | | 0.723 | | 0.757 | | 0.779 | |
80 | Belize | .. | | 0.712 | | 0.718 | | 0.750 | | 0.777 | | 0.795 | | 0.778 | |
81 | China | 0.530 | | 0.559 | | 0.595 | | 0.634 | | 0.691 | | 0.732 | | 0.777 | |
82 | Grenada | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.777 | |
83 | Armenia | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.737 | | 0.701 | | 0.738 | | 0.775 | |
84 | Turkey | 0.594 | | 0.615 | | 0.651 | | 0.683 | | 0.717 | | 0.753 | | 0.775 | |
85 | Suriname | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.774 | |
86 | Jordan | .. | | 0.647 | | 0.669 | | 0.684 | | 0.710 | | 0.751 | | 0.773 | |
87 | Peru | 0.647 | | 0.676 | | 0.699 | | 0.710 | | 0.737 | | 0.763 | | 0.773 | |
88 | Lebanon | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.692 | | 0.730 | | 0.748 | | 0.772 | |
89 | Ecuador | 0.636 | | 0.678 | | 0.699 | | 0.714 | | 0.734 | | .. | | 0.772 | |
90 | Philippines | 0.655 | | 0.688 | | 0.692 | | 0.721 | | 0.739 | | 0.758 | | 0.771 | |
91 | Tunisia | 0.519 | | 0.575 | | 0.626 | | 0.662 | | 0.702 | | 0.741 | | 0.766 | |
92 | Fiji | 0.665 | | 0.688 | | 0.702 | | .. | | 0.743 | | 0.747 | | 0.762 | |
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.761 | |
94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.571 | | 0.578 | | 0.615 | | 0.653 | | 0.693 | | 0.722 | | 0.759 | |
95 | Paraguay | 0.667 | | 0.701 | | 0.707 | | 0.718 | | 0.737 | | 0.749 | | 0.755 | |
96 | Georgia | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.754 | |
97 | Guyana | 0.682 | | 0.684 | | 0.675 | | 0.679 | | 0.699 | | 0.722 | | 0.750 | |
98 | Azerbaijan | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.746 | |
99 | Sri Lanka | 0.619 | | 0.656 | | 0.683 | | 0.702 | | 0.721 | | 0.731 | | 0.743 | |
100 | Maldives | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.741 | |
101 | Jamaica | 0.686 | | 0.689 | | 0.690 | | 0.713 | | 0.728 | | 0.744 | | 0.736 | |
102 | Cape Verde | .. | | .. | | 0.589 | | 0.627 | | 0.678 | | 0.709 | | 0.736 | |
103 | El Salvador | 0.595 | | 0.590 | | 0.611 | | 0.653 | | 0.692 | | 0.716 | | 0.735 | |
104 | Algeria | 0.511 | | 0.562 | | 0.613 | | 0.652 | | 0.672 | | 0.702 | | 0.733 | |
105 | Viet Nam | .. | | .. | | 0.590 | | 0.620 | | 0.672 | | 0.711 | | 0.733 | |
106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.731 | |
107 | Indonesia | 0.471 | | 0.533 | | 0.585 | | 0.626 | | 0.670 | | 0.692 | | 0.728 | |
108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.547 | | 0.593 | | 0.628 | | 0.646 | | 0.676 | | 0.690 | | 0.724 | |
109 | Turkmenistan | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.713 | |
110 | Nicaragua | 0.583 | | 0.593 | | 0.601 | | 0.610 | | 0.637 | | 0.671 | | 0.710 | |
111 | Moldova | .. | | 0.700 | | 0.722 | | 0.740 | | 0.684 | | 0.683 | | 0.708 | |
112 | Egypt | 0.434 | | 0.482 | | 0.532 | | 0.575 | | 0.613 | | 0.659 | | 0.708 | |
113 | Uzbekistan | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.704 | | 0.683 | | 0.691 | | 0.702 | |
114 | Mongolia | .. | | .. | | 0.637 | | 0.654 | | 0.638 | | 0.667 | | 0.700 | |
115 | Honduras | 0.528 | | 0.578 | | 0.611 | | 0.634 | | 0.653 | | 0.668 | | 0.700 | |
116 | Kyrgyzstan | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.696 | |
117 | Bolivia | 0.519 | | 0.553 | | 0.580 | | 0.606 | | 0.639 | | 0.677 | | 0.695 | |
118 | Guatemala | 0.514 | | 0.550 | | 0.566 | | 0.592 | | 0.626 | | 0.667 | | 0.689 | |
119 | Gabon | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.677 | |
120 | Vanuatu | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.674 | |
121 | South Africa | 0.650 | | 0.670 | | 0.699 | | 0.731 | | 0.745 | | 0.707 | | 0.674 | |
122 | Tajikistan | .. | | .. | | 0.705 | | 0.703 | | 0.638 | | 0.640 | | 0.673 | |
123 | Sao Tome and Principe | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.654 | |
124 | Botswana | 0.509 | | 0.571 | | 0.624 | | 0.674 | | 0.658 | | 0.631 | | 0.654 | |
125 | Namibia | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.698 | | 0.657 | | 0.650 | |
126 | Morocco | 0.435 | | 0.483 | | 0.519 | | 0.551 | | 0.581 | | 0.613 | | 0.646 | |
127 | Equatorial Guinea | .. | | .. | | 0.484 | | 0.505 | | 0.529 | | 0.606 | | 0.642 | |
128 | India | 0.419 | | 0.450 | | 0.487 | | 0.521 | | 0.551 | | 0.578 | | 0.619 | |
129 | Solomon Islands | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.602 | |
130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | .. | | .. | | 0.448 | | 0.478 | | 0.524 | | 0.563 | | 0.601 | |
131 | Cambodia | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.540 | | 0.547 | | 0.598 | |
132 | Myanmar | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.583 | |
133 | Bhutan | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.579 | |
134 | Comoros | .. | | 0.483 | | 0.500 | | 0.506 | | 0.521 | | 0.540 | | 0.561 | |
135 | Ghana | 0.442 | | 0.471 | | 0.486 | | 0.517 | | 0.542 | | 0.568 | | 0.553 | |
136 | Pakistan | 0.367 | | 0.394 | | 0.427 | | 0.467 | | 0.497 | | 0.516 | | 0.551 | |
137 | Mauritania | 0.383 | | 0.410 | | 0.435 | | 0.455 | | 0.487 | | 0.509 | | 0.550 | |
138 | Lesotho | 0.499 | | 0.541 | | 0.571 | | 0.605 | | 0.616 | | 0.581 | | 0.549 | |
139 | Congo | 0.478 | | 0.520 | | 0.567 | | 0.559 | | 0.546 | | 0.518 | | 0.548 | |
140 | Bangladesh | 0.347 | | 0.365 | | 0.392 | | 0.422 | | 0.453 | | 0.511 | | 0.547 | |
141 | Swaziland | 0.527 | | 0.561 | | 0.588 | | 0.633 | | 0.641 | | 0.592 | | 0.547 | |
142 | Nepal | 0.301 | | 0.338 | | 0.380 | | 0.427 | | 0.469 | | 0.502 | | 0.534 | |
143 | Madagascar | 0.407 | | 0.444 | | 0.440 | | 0.450 | | 0.463 | | 0.493 | | 0.533 | |
144 | Cameroon | 0.422 | | 0.468 | | 0.523 | | 0.529 | | 0.513 | | 0.525 | | 0.532 | |
145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.431 | | 0.462 | | 0.481 | | 0.495 | | 0.532 | | 0.544 | | 0.530 | |
146 | Haiti | .. | | 0.442 | | 0.462 | | 0.472 | | 0.487 | | .. | | 0.529 | |
147 | Sudan | 0.354 | | 0.381 | | 0.400 | | 0.429 | | 0.463 | | 0.491 | | 0.526 | |
148 | Kenya | 0.466 | | 0.514 | | 0.534 | | 0.556 | | 0.544 | | 0.529 | | 0.521 | |
149 | Djibouti | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.476 | | 0.485 | | 0.490 | | 0.516 | |
150 | Timor-Leste | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.514 | |
151 | Zimbabwe | 0.550 | | 0.579 | | 0.645 | | 0.654 | | 0.613 | | 0.541 | | 0.513 | |
152 | Togo | 0.423 | | 0.473 | | 0.469 | | 0.496 | | 0.514 | | 0.521 | | 0.512 | |
153 | Yemen | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.402 | | 0.439 | | 0.473 | | 0.508 | |
154 | Uganda | .. | | .. | | 0.420 | | 0.434 | | 0.433 | | 0.480 | | 0.505 | |
155 | Gambia | 0.290 | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.436 | | 0.472 | | 0.502 | |
156 | Senegal | 0.342 | | 0.367 | | 0.401 | | 0.428 | | 0.449 | | 0.473 | | 0.499 | |
157 | Eritrea | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.435 | | 0.459 | | 0.483 | |
158 | Nigeria | 0.321 | | 0.378 | | 0.391 | | 0.411 | | 0.432 | | 0.445 | | 0.470 | |
159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.421 | | 0.419 | | 0.433 | | 0.467 | |
160 | Guinea | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.456 | |
161 | Rwanda | 0.337 | | 0.385 | | 0.403 | | 0.340 | | 0.330 | | 0.418 | | 0.452 | |
162 | Angola | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.446 | |
163 | Benin | 0.312 | | 0.344 | | 0.367 | | 0.374 | | 0.403 | | 0.424 | | 0.437 | |
164 | Malawi | 0.330 | | 0.355 | | 0.370 | | 0.388 | | 0.444 | | 0.431 | | 0.437 | |
165 | Zambia | 0.470 | | 0.478 | | 0.489 | | 0.477 | | 0.439 | | 0.420 | | 0.434 | |
166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.419 | | 0.448 | | 0.453 | | 0.450 | | 0.436 | | 0.432 | | 0.432 | |
167 | Burundi | 0.290 | | 0.318 | | 0.352 | | 0.366 | | 0.347 | | 0.368 | | 0.413 | |
168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 0.414 | | 0.423 | | 0.430 | | 0.423 | | 0.391 | | 0.375 | | 0.411 | |
169 | Ethiopia | .. | | .. | | 0.311 | | 0.332 | | 0.347 | | 0.379 | | 0.406 | |
170 | Chad | 0.296 | | 0.298 | | 0.342 | | 0.364 | | 0.377 | | 0.397 | | 0.388 | |
171 | Central African Republic | 0.350 | | 0.371 | | 0.394 | | 0.398 | | 0.390 | | 0.394 | | 0.384 | |
172 | Mozambique | .. | | 0.304 | | 0.291 | | 0.317 | | 0.335 | | 0.375 | | 0.384 | |
173 | Mali | 0.245 | | 0.268 | | 0.272 | | 0.296 | | 0.321 | | 0.352 | | 0.380 | |
174 | Niger | 0.246 | | 0.264 | | 0.261 | | 0.279 | | 0.296 | | 0.321 | | 0.374 | |
175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.267 | | 0.271 | | 0.300 | | 0.322 | | 0.350 | | 0.365 | | 0.374 | |
176 | Burkina Faso | 0.257 | | 0.280 | | 0.305 | | 0.321 | | 0.337 | | 0.353 | | 0.370 | |
177 | Sierra Leone | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | .. | | 0.336 | |