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HDI Rank | Country | 1975 | 2005 | 2015 | 1 | ||
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1 | Iceland | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
2 | Norway | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | |||
3 | Australia | 13.6 | 20.3 | 22.4 | |||
4 | Canada | 23.1 | 32.3 | 35.2 | |||
5 | Ireland | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | |||
6 | Sweden | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.4 | |||
7 | Switzerland | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | |||
8 | Japan | 111.5 | 127.9 | 126.6 | |||
9 | Netherlands | 13.7 | 16.3 | 16.6 | |||
10 | France | 52.7 | 61.0 | 63.7 | |||
11 | Finland | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | |||
12 | United States | 220.2 | 299.8 | 329.0 | |||
13 | Spain | 35.7 | 43.4 | 46.0 | |||
14 | Denmark | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | |||
15 | Austria | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | |||
16 | United Kingdom | 56.2 | 60.2 | 62.8 | |||
17 | Belgium | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | |||
18 | Luxembourg | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
19 | New Zealand | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | |||
20 | Italy | 55.4 | 58.6 | 59.0 | |||
21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 4.4 | 7.1 | 7.7 | |||
22 | Germany | 78.7 | 82.7 | 81.8 | |||
23 | Israel | 3.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | |||
24 | Greece | 9.0 | 11.1 | 11.3 | |||
25 | Singapore | 2.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | |||
26 | Korea (Republic of) | 35.3 | 47.9 | 49.1 | |||
27 | Slovenia | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||
28 | Cyprus | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |||
29 | Portugal | 9.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 | |||
30 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||
31 | Barbados | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
32 | Czech Republic | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.1 | |||
33 | Kuwait | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |||
34 | Malta | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||
35 | Qatar | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |||
36 | Hungary | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 | |||
37 | Poland | 34.0 | 38.2 | 37.6 | |||
38 | Argentina | 26.0 | 38.7 | 42.7 | |||
39 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | |||
40 | Chile | 10.4 | 16.3 | 17.9 | |||
41 | Bahrain | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |||
42 | Slovakia | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | |||
43 | Lithuania | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | |||
44 | Estonia | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||
45 | Latvia | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | |||
46 | Uruguay | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |||
47 | Croatia | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | |||
48 | Costa Rica | 2.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | |||
49 | Bahamas | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |||
50 | Seychelles | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
51 | Cuba | 9.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | |||
52 | Mexico | 60.7 | 104.3 | 115.8 | |||
53 | Bulgaria | 8.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | |||
54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | (.) | (.) | 0.1 | |||
55 | Tonga | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 2.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | |||
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
58 | Oman | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | |||
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | |||
60 | Romania | 21.2 | 21.6 | 20.6 | |||
61 | Saudi Arabia | 7.3 | 23.6 | 29.3 | |||
62 | Panama | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |||
63 | Malaysia | 12.3 | 25.7 | 30.0 | |||
64 | Belarus | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.3 | |||
65 | Mauritius | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |||
67 | Russian Federation | 134.2 | 144.0 | 136.5 | |||
68 | Albania | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |||
69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||
70 | Brazil | 108.1 | 186.8 | 210.0 | |||
71 | Dominica | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
72 | Saint Lucia | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
73 | Kazakhstan | 14.1 | 15.2 | 16.3 | |||
74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.7 | 26.7 | 31.3 | |||
75 | Colombia | 25.3 | 44.9 | 50.7 | |||
76 | Ukraine | 49.0 | 46.9 | 43.4 | |||
77 | Samoa | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
78 | Thailand | 42.2 | 63.0 | 66.8 | |||
79 | Dominican Republic | 5.3 | 9.5 | 10.9 | |||
80 | Belize | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
81 | China | 927.8 | 2 | 1,313.0 | 2 | 1,388.6 | 2 |
82 | Grenada | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
83 | Armenia | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |||
84 | Turkey | 41.2 | 73.0 | 82.1 | |||
85 | Suriname | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
86 | Jordan | 1.9 | 5.5 | 6.9 | |||
87 | Peru | 15.2 | 27.3 | 30.8 | |||
88 | Lebanon | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | |||
89 | Ecuador | 6.9 | 13.1 | 14.6 | |||
90 | Philippines | 42.0 | 84.6 | 101.1 | |||
91 | Tunisia | 5.7 | 10.1 | 11.2 | |||
92 | Fiji | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |||
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33.3 | 69.4 | 79.4 | |||
95 | Paraguay | 2.8 | 5.9 | 7.0 | |||
96 | Georgia | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |||
97 | Guyana | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
98 | Azerbaijan | 5.7 | 8.4 | 9.0 | |||
99 | Sri Lanka | 13.7 | 19.1 | 20.0 | |||
100 | Maldives | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |||
101 | Jamaica | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |||
102 | Cape Verde | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |||
103 | El Salvador | 4.1 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |||
104 | Algeria | 16.0 | 32.9 | 38.1 | |||
105 | Viet Nam | 48.0 | 85.0 | 96.5 | |||
106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 | |||
107 | Indonesia | 135.4 | 226.1 | 251.6 | |||
108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5 | 18.9 | 23.5 | |||
109 | Turkmenistan | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | |||
110 | Nicaragua | 2.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | |||
111 | Moldova | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | |||
112 | Egypt | 39.2 | 72.8 | 86.2 | |||
113 | Uzbekistan | 14.0 | 26.6 | 30.6 | |||
114 | Mongolia | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |||
115 | Honduras | 3.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 | |||
116 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | |||
117 | Bolivia | 4.8 | 9.2 | 10.9 | |||
118 | Guatemala | 6.2 | 12.7 | 16.2 | |||
119 | Gabon | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |||
120 | Vanuatu | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||
121 | South Africa | 25.7 | 47.9 | 50.3 | |||
122 | Tajikistan | 3.4 | 6.6 | 7.7 | |||
123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
124 | Botswana | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | |||
125 | Namibia | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |||
126 | Morocco | 17.3 | 30.5 | 34.3 | |||
127 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |||
128 | India | 613.8 | 1,134.4 | 1,302.5 | |||
129 | Solomon Islands | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |||
130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | |||
131 | Cambodia | 7.1 | 14.0 | 16.6 | |||
132 | Myanmar | 29.8 | 48.0 | 52.0 | |||
133 | Bhutan | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||
134 | Comoros | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |||
135 | Ghana | 10.3 | 22.5 | 27.3 | |||
136 | Pakistan | 68.3 | 158.1 | 190.7 | |||
137 | Mauritania | 1.3 | 3.0 | 3.8 | |||
138 | Lesotho | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | |||
139 | Congo | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 | |||
140 | Bangladesh | 79.0 | 153.3 | 180.1 | |||
141 | Swaziland | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |||
142 | Nepal | 13.5 | 27.1 | 32.8 | |||
143 | Madagascar | 7.9 | 18.6 | 24.1 | |||
144 | Cameroon | 7.8 | 17.8 | 21.5 | |||
145 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9 | 6.1 | 7.3 | |||
146 | Haiti | 5.1 | 9.3 | 10.8 | |||
147 | Sudan | 16.8 | 36.9 | 45.6 | |||
148 | Kenya | 13.5 | 35.6 | 46.2 | |||
149 | Djibouti | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |||
150 | Timor-Leste | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | |||
151 | Zimbabwe | 6.2 | 13.1 | 14.5 | |||
152 | Togo | 2.4 | 6.2 | 8.0 | |||
153 | Yemen | 7.1 | 21.1 | 28.3 | |||
154 | Uganda | 10.9 | 28.9 | 40.0 | |||
155 | Gambia | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | |||
156 | Senegal | 5.1 | 11.8 | 14.9 | |||
157 | Eritrea | 2.1 | 4.5 | 6.2 | |||
158 | Nigeria | 61.2 | 141.4 | 175.7 | |||
159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 16.0 | 38.5 | 49.0 | |||
160 | Guinea | 4.0 | 9.0 | 11.4 | |||
161 | Rwanda | 4.4 | 9.2 | 12.1 | |||
162 | Angola | 6.8 | 16.1 | 21.2 | |||
163 | Benin | 3.2 | 8.5 | 11.3 | |||
164 | Malawi | 5.3 | 13.2 | 17.0 | |||
165 | Zambia | 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.8 | |||
166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.6 | 18.6 | 22.3 | |||
167 | Burundi | 3.7 | 7.9 | 11.2 | |||
168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 24.0 | 58.7 | 80.6 | |||
169 | Ethiopia | 34.2 | 79.0 | 101.0 | |||
170 | Chad | 4.2 | 10.1 | 13.4 | |||
171 | Central African Republic | 2.1 | 4.2 | 5.0 | |||
172 | Mozambique | 10.6 | 20.5 | 24.7 | |||
173 | Mali | 5.4 | 11.6 | 15.7 | |||
174 | Niger | 4.9 | 13.3 | 18.8 | |||
175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |||
176 | Burkina Faso | 6.1 | 13.9 | 18.5 | |||
177 | Sierra Leone | 2.9 | 5.6 | 6.9 |
1 - | Data refer to medium-variant projections. |
2 - | Population estimates include Taiwan Province of China. |
.. | 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 |