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Export results to Excel| HDI Rank | Country | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.962 | |
| 2 | Norway | 0.957 | |
| 3 | Australia | 0.960 | |
| 4 | Canada | 0.956 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 0.940 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 0.955 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0.946 | |
| 8 | Japan | 0.942 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0.951 | |
| 10 | France | 0.950 | |
| 11 | Finland | 0.947 | |
| 12 | United States | 0.937 | |
| 13 | Spain | 0.944 | |
| 14 | Denmark | 0.944 | |
| 15 | Austria | 0.934 | |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 0.944 | |
| 17 | Belgium | 0.940 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 0.924 | |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.935 | |
| 20 | Italy | 0.936 | |
| 21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 0.926 | |
| 22 | Germany | 0.931 | |
| 23 | Israel | 0.927 | |
| 24 | Greece | 0.922 | |
| 25 | Singapore | .. | |
| 26 | Korea (Republic of) | 0.910 | |
| 27 | Slovenia | 0.914 | |
| 28 | Cyprus | 0.899 | |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.895 | |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.886 | |
| 31 | Barbados | 0.887 | |
| 32 | Czech Republic | 0.887 | |
| 33 | Kuwait | 0.884 | |
| 34 | Malta | 0.873 | |
| 35 | Qatar | 0.863 | |
| 36 | Hungary | 0.872 | |
| 37 | Poland | 0.867 | |
| 38 | Argentina | 0.865 | |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 0.855 | |
| 40 | Chile | 0.859 | |
| 41 | Bahrain | 0.857 | |
| 42 | Slovakia | 0.860 | |
| 43 | Lithuania | 0.861 | |
| 44 | Estonia | 0.858 | |
| 45 | Latvia | 0.853 | |
| 46 | Uruguay | 0.849 | |
| 47 | Croatia | 0.848 | |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.842 | |
| 49 | Bahamas | 0.841 | |
| 50 | Seychelles | .. | |
| 51 | Cuba | 0.839 | |
| 52 | Mexico | 0.820 | |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 0.823 | |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | .. | |
| 55 | Tonga | 0.814 | |
| 56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0.797 | |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | |
| 58 | Oman | 0.788 | |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.808 | |
| 60 | Romania | 0.812 | |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 0.783 | |
| 62 | Panama | 0.810 | |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0.802 | |
| 64 | Belarus | 0.803 | |
| 65 | Mauritius | 0.796 | |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 0.801 | |
| 68 | Albania | 0.797 | |
| 69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | 0.795 | |
| 70 | Brazil | 0.798 | |
| 71 | Dominica | .. | |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | .. | |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 0.792 | |
| 74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.787 | |
| 75 | Colombia | 0.789 | |
| 76 | Ukraine | 0.785 | |
| 77 | Samoa | 0.776 | |
| 78 | Thailand | 0.779 | |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 0.773 | |
| 80 | Belize | .. | |
| 81 | China | 0.776 | |
| 82 | Grenada | .. | |
| 83 | Armenia | 0.772 | |
| 84 | Turkey | 0.763 | |
| 85 | Suriname | 0.767 | |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.760 | |
| 87 | Peru | 0.769 | |
| 88 | Lebanon | 0.759 | |
| 89 | Ecuador | .. | |
| 90 | Philippines | 0.768 | |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.750 | |
| 92 | Fiji | 0.757 | |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | .. | |
| 94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.750 | |
| 95 | Paraguay | 0.744 | |
| 96 | Georgia | .. | |
| 97 | Guyana | 0.742 | |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 0.743 | |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 0.735 | |
| 100 | Maldives | 0.744 | |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.732 | |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 0.723 | |
| 103 | El Salvador | 0.726 | |
| 104 | Algeria | 0.720 | |
| 105 | Viet Nam | 0.732 | |
| 106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0.721 | |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.710 | |
| 109 | Turkmenistan | .. | |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 0.696 | |
| 111 | Moldova | 0.704 | |
| 112 | Egypt | .. | |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0.699 | |
| 114 | Mongolia | 0.695 | |
| 115 | Honduras | 0.694 | |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.692 | |
| 117 | Bolivia | 0.691 | |
| 118 | Guatemala | 0.675 | |
| 119 | Gabon | 0.670 | |
| 120 | Vanuatu | .. | |
| 121 | South Africa | 0.667 | |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 0.669 | |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.637 | |
| 124 | Botswana | 0.639 | |
| 125 | Namibia | 0.645 | |
| 126 | Morocco | 0.621 | |
| 127 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.631 | |
| 128 | India | 0.600 | |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | .. | |
| 130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.593 | |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0.594 | |
| 132 | Myanmar | .. | |
| 133 | Bhutan | .. | |
| 134 | Comoros | 0.554 | |
| 135 | Ghana | 0.549 | |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.525 | |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.543 | |
| 138 | Lesotho | 0.541 | |
| 139 | Congo | 0.540 | |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 0.539 | |
| 141 | Swaziland | 0.529 | |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.520 | |
| 143 | Madagascar | 0.530 | |
| 144 | Cameroon | 0.524 | |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.529 | |
| 146 | Haiti | .. | |
| 147 | Sudan | 0.502 | |
| 148 | Kenya | 0.521 | |
| 149 | Djibouti | 0.507 | |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | .. | |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 0.505 | |
| 152 | Togo | 0.494 | |
| 153 | Yemen | 0.472 | |
| 154 | Uganda | 0.501 | |
| 155 | Gambia | 0.496 | |
| 156 | Senegal | 0.492 | |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.469 | |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.456 | |
| 159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 0.464 | |
| 160 | Guinea | 0.446 | |
| 161 | Rwanda | 0.450 | |
| 162 | Angola | 0.439 | |
| 163 | Benin | 0.422 | |
| 164 | Malawi | 0.432 | |
| 165 | Zambia | 0.425 | |
| 166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.413 | |
| 167 | Burundi | 0.409 | |
| 168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 0.398 | |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 0.393 | |
| 170 | Chad | 0.370 | |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 0.368 | |
| 172 | Mozambique | 0.373 | |
| 173 | Mali | 0.371 | |
| 174 | Niger | 0.355 | |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.355 | |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 0.364 | |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 0.320 |
| .. | 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 |
