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HDI Rank | Country | 1991 | 2005 | ||
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1 | Iceland | 100 | 1 | 99 | 1 |
2 | Norway | 100 | 98 | ||
3 | Australia | 99 | 97 | ||
4 | Canada | 98 | 99 | 1 2 | |
5 | Ireland | 90 | 96 | ||
6 | Sweden | 100 | 96 | ||
7 | Switzerland | 84 | 93 | ||
8 | Japan | 100 | 100 | ||
9 | Netherlands | 95 | 99 | ||
10 | France | 100 | 99 | ||
11 | Finland | 98 | 1 | 98 | |
12 | United States | 97 | 92 | ||
13 | Spain | 100 | 99 | ||
14 | Denmark | 98 | 95 | ||
15 | Austria | 88 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
16 | United Kingdom | 98 | 1 | 99 | |
17 | Belgium | 96 | 99 | ||
18 | Luxembourg | .. | 95 | ||
19 | New Zealand | 98 | 99 | ||
20 | Italy | 100 | 1 | 99 | |
21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | .. | 93 | 1 | |
22 | Germany | 84 | 1 | 96 | 1 |
23 | Israel | 92 | 1 | 97 | |
24 | Greece | 95 | 99 | ||
25 | Singapore | .. | .. | ||
26 | Korea (Republic of) | 100 | 99 | ||
27 | Slovenia | 96 | 1 | 98 | |
28 | Cyprus | 87 | 99 | 1 | |
29 | Portugal | 98 | 98 | ||
30 | Brunei Darussalam | 92 | 93 | ||
31 | Barbados | 80 | 1 | 98 | |
32 | Czech Republic | 87 | 1 | 92 | 1 |
33 | Kuwait | 49 | 1 | 87 | |
34 | Malta | 97 | 86 | ||
35 | Qatar | 89 | 96 | ||
36 | Hungary | 91 | 89 | ||
37 | Poland | 97 | 96 | ||
38 | Argentina | .. | 99 | 2 | |
39 | United Arab Emirates | 99 | 71 | ||
40 | Chile | 89 | 90 | 1 | |
41 | Bahrain | 99 | 97 | ||
42 | Slovakia | .. | 92 | 1 | |
43 | Lithuania | .. | 89 | ||
44 | Estonia | 99 | 1 | 95 | |
45 | Latvia | 92 | 1 | 88 | 1 |
46 | Uruguay | 91 | 93 | 1 2 | |
47 | Croatia | 79 | 87 | 2 | |
48 | Costa Rica | 87 | .. | ||
49 | Bahamas | 90 | 1 | 91 | |
50 | Seychelles | .. | 99 | 1 2 | |
51 | Cuba | 93 | 97 | ||
52 | Mexico | 98 | 98 | ||
53 | Bulgaria | 86 | 93 | ||
54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | .. | 93 | 1 | |
55 | Tonga | .. | 95 | 1 | |
56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 96 | 1 | .. | |
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | .. | ||
58 | Oman | 69 | 76 | ||
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 91 | 90 | 1 | |
60 | Romania | 81 | 1 | 93 | |
61 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | 78 | ||
62 | Panama | .. | 98 | ||
63 | Malaysia | .. | 95 | 2 | |
64 | Belarus | 86 | 1 | 89 | |
65 | Mauritius | 91 | 95 | ||
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | .. | ||
67 | Russian Federation | 99 | 1 | 92 | 1 |
68 | Albania | 95 | 1 | 94 | 2 |
69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | 94 | 92 | ||
70 | Brazil | 85 | 95 | 2 | |
71 | Dominica | .. | 84 | 1 | |
72 | Saint Lucia | 95 | 1 | 97 | |
73 | Kazakhstan | 89 | 1 | 91 | |
74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 87 | 91 | ||
75 | Colombia | 69 | 87 | ||
76 | Ukraine | 80 | 1 | 83 | |
77 | Samoa | .. | 90 | 1 2 | |
78 | Thailand | 76 | 1 | 88 | 3 |
79 | Dominican Republic | 57 | 1 | 88 | |
80 | Belize | 94 | 1 | 94 | |
81 | China | 97 | .. | ||
82 | Grenada | .. | 84 | 1 | |
83 | Armenia | .. | 79 | ||
84 | Turkey | 89 | 89 | ||
85 | Suriname | 81 | 1 | 94 | |
86 | Jordan | 94 | 89 | ||
87 | Peru | .. | 96 | ||
88 | Lebanon | 73 | 1 | 92 | |
89 | Ecuador | 98 | 1 | 98 | 1 2 |
90 | Philippines | 96 | 1 | 94 | |
91 | Tunisia | 94 | 97 | ||
92 | Fiji | .. | 96 | 1 | |
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | .. | 90 | ||
94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 92 | 1 | 95 | |
95 | Paraguay | 94 | 88 | 2 | |
96 | Georgia | 97 | 1 | 93 | 2 |
97 | Guyana | 89 | .. | ||
98 | Azerbaijan | 89 | 85 | ||
99 | Sri Lanka | .. | 97 | 1 2 | |
100 | Maldives | .. | 79 | ||
101 | Jamaica | 96 | 90 | 1 | |
102 | Cape Verde | 91 | 1 | 90 | |
103 | El Salvador | .. | 93 | ||
104 | Algeria | 89 | 97 | ||
105 | Viet Nam | 90 | 1 | 88 | |
106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | 80 | ||
107 | Indonesia | 97 | 96 | 1 | |
108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 91 | 95 | 2 | |
109 | Turkmenistan | .. | .. | ||
110 | Nicaragua | 73 | 87 | ||
111 | Moldova | 89 | 1 | 86 | 1 |
112 | Egypt | 84 | 1 | 94 | 1 |
113 | Uzbekistan | 78 | 1 | .. | |
114 | Mongolia | 90 | 1 | 84 | |
115 | Honduras | 89 | 1 | 91 | 1 |
116 | Kyrgyzstan | 92 | 1 | 87 | |
117 | Bolivia | .. | 95 | 1 2 | |
118 | Guatemala | .. | 94 | ||
119 | Gabon | 85 | 1 | 77 | 1 2 |
120 | Vanuatu | .. | 94 | 1 | |
121 | South Africa | 90 | 87 | 2 | |
122 | Tajikistan | 77 | 1 | 97 | |
123 | Sao Tome and Principe | .. | 97 | ||
124 | Botswana | 83 | 85 | 1 | |
125 | Namibia | .. | 72 | ||
126 | Morocco | 56 | 86 | ||
127 | Equatorial Guinea | 91 | 1 | 81 | 2 |
128 | India | .. | 89 | 1 | |
129 | Solomon Islands | .. | 63 | 1 2 | |
130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 63 | 1 | 84 | |
131 | Cambodia | 69 | 1 | 99 | |
132 | Myanmar | 98 | 1 | 90 | |
133 | Bhutan | .. | .. | ||
134 | Comoros | 57 | 1 | 55 | 1 2 |
135 | Ghana | 54 | 1 | 65 | |
136 | Pakistan | 33 | 1 | 68 | |
137 | Mauritania | 35 | 1 | 72 | |
138 | Lesotho | 71 | 87 | ||
139 | Congo | 79 | 1 | 44 | |
140 | Bangladesh | .. | 94 | 1 2 | |
141 | Swaziland | 75 | 1 | 80 | 1 |
142 | Nepal | .. | 79 | 1 2 | |
143 | Madagascar | 64 | 1 | 92 | |
144 | Cameroon | 74 | 1 | .. | |
145 | Papua New Guinea | .. | .. | ||
146 | Haiti | 22 | .. | ||
147 | Sudan | 40 | 1 | 43 | 1 2 |
148 | Kenya | .. | 79 | ||
149 | Djibouti | 29 | 33 | ||
150 | Timor-Leste | .. | 98 | 1 | |
151 | Zimbabwe | .. | 82 | 2 | |
152 | Togo | 64 | 78 | ||
153 | Yemen | 51 | 1 | 75 | 1 2 |
154 | Uganda | .. | .. | ||
155 | Gambia | 48 | 1 | 77 | 1 2 |
156 | Senegal | 43 | 1 | 69 | |
157 | Eritrea | 16 | 1 | 47 | |
158 | Nigeria | 58 | 1 | 68 | 1 |
159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 49 | 91 | ||
160 | Guinea | 27 | 1 | 66 | |
161 | Rwanda | 66 | 74 | 1 | |
162 | Angola | 50 | 1 | .. | |
163 | Benin | 41 | 1 | 78 | |
164 | Malawi | 48 | 95 | ||
165 | Zambia | .. | 89 | ||
166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 45 | 56 | 1 2 | |
167 | Burundi | 53 | 1 | 60 | |
168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 54 | .. | ||
169 | Ethiopia | 22 | 1 | 61 | |
170 | Chad | 35 | 1 | 61 | 1 2 |
171 | Central African Republic | 52 | .. | ||
172 | Mozambique | 43 | 77 | ||
173 | Mali | 21 | 1 | 51 | |
174 | Niger | 22 | 40 | ||
175 | Guinea-Bissau | 38 | 1 | 45 | 1 2 |
176 | Burkina Faso | 29 | 45 | ||
177 | Sierra Leone | 43 | 1 | .. |
1 - | National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate. |
2 - | Data refer to an earlier year than that specified. |
3 - | Data refer to 2006. |
.. | Data not available |
(.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
< | Less than |
- | Not applicable |
T | Total |