Human Development Index(2004)
Source:UNDP Human Development Report 2006. 
HDI Rank Country or Area Human
Development
Index(HDI)
　		 Life Expectancy
at Birth
(years)
 Adult literacy Rate
(% age 15 and above)		 Combined
Primary,Secondary
and Tertiary Gross
Enrolment Ratio
(2003/2004)		 GDP per Capita
(PPP,USD)
　		 Life
Expectancy
Index		 Education
Index
　		 GDP
Index
　		 GDP per Capita
(PPP,USD)Rank
Minus HDI Rank①
2004 2003
　 　 World 0.741 67.3 　 67 8833 0.71 0.77 0.75 　
　 　 High Income 0.942 78.8 　 94 31331 0.90 0.97 0.96 　
　 　 Middle Income 0.768 70.3 89.9 73 6756 0.76 0.84 0.70 　
　 　 Low Income 0.556 58.7 62.3 54 2297 0.56 0.58 0.52 　
1 1 Norway 0.965 79.6 ② 100 38454 0.91 0.99 0.99 3
2 2 Iceland 0.96 80.9 ② 96 33051 0.93 0.98 0.97 3
3 3 Australia 0.957 80.5 ② 113 30331 0.92 0.99 0.95 11
4 8 Ireland 0.956 77.9 ② 99 38827 0.88 0.99 1.00 –1
5 6 Sweden 0.951 80.3 ② 96 29541 0.92 0.98 0.95 11
6 5 Canada 0.95 80.2 ② 93 31263 0.92 0.97 0.96 4
7 11 Japan 0.949 82.2 ② 85 29251 0.95 0.94 0.95 11
8 10 United States 0.948 77.5 ② 93 39676 0.88 0.97 1.00 –6
9 7 Switzerland 0.947 80.7 ② 86 33040 0.93 0.95 0.97 –3
10 12 Netherlands 0.947 78.5 ② 98 31789 0.89 0.99 0.96 –1
11 13 Finland 0.947 78.7 ② 100 29951 0.89 0.99 0.95 4
12 4 Luxembourg 0.945 78.6 ② 85 69961 0.89 0.94 1.00 –11
13 9 Belgium 0.945 79.1 ② 95 31096 0.90 0.98 0.96 –2
14 17 Austria 0.944 79.2 ② 91 32276 0.90 0.96 0.96 –7
15 14 Denmark 0.943 77.3 ② 101 31914 0.87 0.99 0.96 –7
16 16 France 0.942 79.6 ② 93 29300 0.91 0.97 0.95 1
17 18 Italy 0.94 80.2 98.4 89 28180 0.92 0.96 0.94 3
18 15 United Kingdom 0.94 78.5 ② 93 30821 0.89 0.97 0.96 –5
19 21 Spain 0.938 79.7 98.0 96 25047 0.91 0.98 0.92 3
20 19 New Zealand 0.936 79.3 ② 100 23413 0.90 0.99 0.91 5
21 20 Germany 0.932 78.9 ② 89 28303 0.90 0.96 0.94 –2
22 22 Hong Kong, China 0.927 81.8 94.0 77 30822 0.95 0.88 0.96 –10
23 23 Israel 0.927 80.0 97.1 90 24382 0.92 0.95 0.92 0
24 24 Greece 0.921 78.3 96.0 93 22205 0.89 0.97 0.90 3
25 25 Singapore 0.916 78.9 92.5 87 28077 0.90 0.91 0.94 –4
26 28  Korea, Rep.  0.912 77.3 98.0 95 20499 0.87 0.98 0.89 5
27 26 Slovenia 0.91 76.6 ② 95 20939 0.86 0.98 0.89 1
28 27 Portugal 0.904 77.5 92.0 89 19629 0.87 0.96 0.88 5
29 29 Cyprus 0.903 78.7 96.8 79 22805 0.90 0.91 0.91 –3
30 31 Czech Republic 0.885 75.7 ② 81 19408 0.85 0.93 0.88 4
31 30 Barbados 0.879 75.3 ② 89 15720 0.84 0.96 0.84 10
32 32 Malta 0.875 78.6 87.9 81 18879 0.89 0.86 0.87 5
33 44 Kuwait 0.871 77.1 93.3 73 19384 0.87 0.87 0.88 2
34 33 Brunei Darussalam 0.871 76.6 92.7 77 19210 0.86 0.88 0.88 2
35 35 Hungary 0.869 73.0 ② 87 16814 0.80 0.95 0.86 4
36 34 Argentina 0.863 74.6 97.2 89 13298 0.83 0.95 0.82 10
37 36 Poland 0.862 74.6 ② 86 12974 0.83 0.95 0.81 11
38 37 Chile 0.859 78.1 95.7 81 10874 0.89 0.91 0.78 18
39 43 Bahrain 0.859 74.5 86.5 85 20758 0.82 0.86 0.89 –10
40 38 Estonia 0.858 71.6 99.8 92 14555 0.78 0.97 0.83 4
41 39 Lithuania 0.857 72.5 99.6 92 13107 0.79 0.97 0.81 6
42 42 Slovakia 0.856 74.3 100.0 77 14623 0.82 0.92 0.83 1
43 46 Uruguay 0.851 75.6 　 89 9421 0.84 0.95 0.76 19
44 45 Croatia 0.846 75.2 98.1 73 12191 0.84 0.90 0.80 7
45 48 Latvia 0.845 71.8 99.7 90 11653 0.78 0.96 0.79 9
46 40 Qatar 0.844 73.0 89.0 76 19844 0.80 0.85 0.88 –14
47 51 Seychelles 0.842 72.7 91.8 80 16652 0.80 0.88 0.85 –7
48 47 Costa Rica 0.841 78.3 94.9 72 9481 0.89 0.87 0.76 13
49 41 United Arab Emirates 0.839 78.3 　 60 24056 0.89 0.71 0.92 –25
50 52 Cuba 0.826 77.6 99.8 80 　 0.88 0.93 0.67 43
51 49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.825 70.0 97.8 80 12702 0.75 0.92 0.81 –2
52 50 Bahamas 0.825 70.2 　 66 17843 0.75 0.86 0.87 –14
53 53 Mexico 0.821 75.3 91.0 75 9803 0.84 0.86 0.77 7
54 55 Bulgaria 0.816 72.4 98.2 81 8078 0.79 0.92 0.73 12
55 54 Tonga 0.815 72.4 98.9 80 7870 0.79 0.93 0.73 13
56 71 Oman 0.81 74.3 81.4 68 15259 0.82 0.77 0.84 –14
57 57 Trinidad and Tobago 0.809 69.8 　 67 12182 0.75 0.88 0.80 –5
58 56 Panama 0.809 75.0 91.9 80 7278 0.83 0.88 0.72 18
59 60 Antigua and Barbuda 0.808 73.9 85.8 69 12586 0.82 0.80 0.81 –9
60 64 Romania 0.805 71.5 97.3 75 8480 0.78 0.90 0.74 3
61 61 Malaysia 0.805 73.4 88.7 73 10276 0.81 0.84 0.77 –4
62 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8 74.3 96.7 67 7032 0.82 0.87 0.71 16
63 65 Mauritius 0.8 72.4 84.4 74 12027 0.79 0.81 0.80 –10
64 58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.798 73.8 　 94 7570 0.81 0.86 0.72 7
65 62 Russian Federation 0.797 65.2 99.4 88 9902 0.67 0.95 0.77 –6
66 59 Macedonia 0.796 73.9 96.1 70 6610 0.82 0.87 0.70 16
67 67 Belarus 0.794 68.2 99.6 88 6970 0.72 0.95 0.71 12
68 70 Dominica 0.793 75.6 88.0 83 5643 0.84 0.86 0.67 27
69 63 Brazil 0.792 70.8 88.6 86 8195 0.76 0.88 0.74 –5
70 69 Colombia 0.79 72.6 92.8 73 7256 0.79 0.86 0.72 7
71 76 Saint Lucia 0.79 72.6 94.8 76 6324 0.79 0.89 0.69 16
72 75 Venezuela 0.784 73.0 93.0 74 6043 0.80 0.87 0.68 17
73 72 Albania 0.784 73.9 98.7 68 4978 0.82 0.88 0.65 26
74 73 Thailand 0.784 70.3 92.6 74 8090 0.75 0.86 0.73 –9
75 74 Samoa (Western) 0.778 70.5 　 74 5613 0.76 0.90 0.67 22
76 77 Saudi Arabia 0.777 72.0 79.4 59 13825 0.78 0.72 0.82 –31
77 78 Ukraine 0.774 66.1 99.4 85 6394 0.69 0.94 0.69 9
78 81 Lebanon 0.774 72.2 　 84 5837 0.79 0.86 0.68 13
79 80 Kazakhstan 0.774 63.4 99.5 91 7440 0.64 0.96 0.72 –5
80 83 Armenia 0.768 71.6 99.4 74 4101 0.78 0.91 0.62 32
81 85 China③ 0.768 71.9 90.9 70 5896 0.78 0.84 0.68 9
82 79 Peru 0.767 70.2 87.7 86 5678 0.75 0.87 0.67 12
83 82 Ecuador 0.765 74.5 91.0 　 3963 0.82 0.86 0.61 30
84 84 Philippines 0.763 70.7 92.6 82 4614 0.76 0.89 0.64 19
85 66 Grenada 0.762 65.3 96.0 73 8021 0.67 0.88 0.73 –18
86 90 Jordan 0.76 71.6 89.9 79 4688 0.78 0.86 0.64 16
87 89 Tunisia 0.76 73.5 74.3 75 7768 0.81 0.75 0.73 –18
88 87 Saint Vincent and  0.759 71.3 88.1 68 6398 0.77 0.81 0.69 –3
　 　 the Grenadines 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
89 86 Suriname 0.759 69.3 89.6 72 　 0.74 0.84 0.70 –5
90 92 Fiji 0.758 68.0 　 75 6066 0.72 0.87 0.69 –2
91 88 Paraguay 0.757 71.2 　 70 4813 0.77 0.86 0.65 9
92 94 Turkey 0.757 68.9 87.4 69 7753 0.73 0.81 0.73 –22
93 93 Sri Lanka 0.755 74.3 90.7 63 4390 0.82 0.81 0.63 13
94 95 Dominican Republic 0.751 67.5 87.0 74 7449 0.71 0.83 0.72 –21
95 91 Belize 0.751 71.8 75.1 81 6747 0.78 0.77 0.70 –15
96 99 Iran 0.746 70.7 77.0 72 7525 0.76 0.75 0.72 –24
97 100 Georgia 0.743 70.6 100.0 75 2844 0.76 0.91 0.56 23
98 96 Maldives 0.739 67.0 96.3 69 　 0.70 0.87 0.65 3
99 101 Azerbaijan 0.736 67.0 98.8 68 4153 0.70 0.89 0.62 12
100 102 Palestine 0.736 72.7 92.4 81 　 0.80 0.89 0.53 26
101 104 El Salvador 0.729 71.1 　 70 5041 0.77 0.76 0.65 –3
102 103 Algeria 0.728 71.4 69.9 73 6603 0.77 0.71 0.70 –19
103 107 Guyana 0.725 63.6 96.5 76 4439 0.64 0.90 0.63 2
104 98 Jamaica 0.724 70.7 79.9 77 4163 0.76 0.79 0.62 6
105 97 Turkmenistan 0.724 62.5 98.8 　 4584 0.63 0.91 0.64 –1
106 105 Cape Verde 0.722 70.7 　 67 5727 0.76 0.73 0.68 –14
107 106 Syrian Arab Republic 0.716 73.6 79.6 63 3610 0.81 0.74 0.60 8
108 110 Indonesia 0.711 67.2 90.4 68 3609 0.70 0.83 0.60 8
109 108 Viet Nam 0.709 70.8 90.3 63 2745 0.76 0.81 0.55 12
110 109 Kyrgyzstan 0.705 67.1 98.7 78 1935 0.70 0.92 0.49 32
111 119 Egypt 0.702 70.2 71.4 76 4211 0.75 0.73 0.62 –2
112 112 Nicaragua 0.698 70.0 76.7 70 3634 0.75 0.75 0.60 2
113 111 Uzbekistan 0.696 66.6 　 74 1869 0.69 0.91 0.49 32
114 115 Moldova 0.694 68.1 98.4 70 1729 0.72 0.89 0.48 33
115 113 Bolivia 0.692 64.4 86.7 87 2720 0.66 0.87 0.55 7
116 114 Mongolia 0.691 64.5 97.8 77 2056 0.66 0.91 0.50 18
117 116 Honduras 0.683 68.1 80.0 71 2876 0.72 0.77 0.56 2
118 117 Guatemala 0.673 67.6 69.1 66 4313 0.71 0.68 0.63 –11
119 118 Vanuatu 0.67 68.9 74.0 64 3051 0.73 0.71 0.57 –1
120 121 Equatorial Guinea 0.653 42.8 87.0 58 20510 0.30 0.77 0.89 –90
121 120 South Africa 0.653 47.0 82.4 77 11192 0.37 0.80 0.79 –66
122 122 Tajikistan 0.652 63.7 99.5 71 1202 0.65 0.90 0.41 34
123 124 Morocco 0.64 70.0 52.3 58 4309 0.75 0.54 0.63 –15
124 123 Gabon 0.633 54.0 71.0 72 6623 0.48 0.71 0.70 –43
125 125 Namibia 0.626 47.2 85.0 67 7418 0.37 0.79 0.72 –50
126 127 India 0.611 63.6 61.0 62 3139 0.64 0.61 0.58 –9
127 126 So Tomé and Principe 0.607 63.2 83.1 63 1231 0.64 0.76 0.42 28
128 128 Solomon Islands 0.592 62.6 76.6 47 1814 0.63 0.67 0.48 18
129 130 Cambodia 0.583 56.5 73.6 60 2423 0.52 0.69 0.53 –4
130 129 Myanmar 0.581 60.5 89.9 49 1027 0.59 0.76 0.39 33
131 129 Botswana 0.57 34.9 81.2 71 9945 0.16 0.78 0.77 –73
132 130 Comoros 0.556 63.7 　 46 1943 0.64 0.53 0.50 8
133 131 Laos 0.553 55.1 68.7 61 1954 0.50 0.66 0.50 5
134 133 Pakistan 0.539 63.4 49.9 38 2225 0.64 0.46 0.52 –6
135 132 Bhutan 0.538 63.4 47.0 　 1969 0.64 0.48 0.50 2
136 136 Ghana 0.532 57.0 57.9 47 2240 0.53 0.54 0.52 –9
137 137 Bangladesh 0.53 63.3 　 57 1870 0.64 0.46 0.49 7
138 134 Nepal 0.527 62.1 48.6 57 1490 0.62 0.51 0.45 13
139 135 Papua New Guinea 0.523 55.7 57.3 41 2543 0.51 0.52 0.54 –15
140 140 Congo 0.52 52.3 　 52 978 0.46 0.72 0.38 25
141 139 Sudan 0.516 56.5 60.9 37 1949 0.53 0.53 0.50 –2
142 138 TimorLeste 0.512 56.0 58.6 72 　 0.52 0.63 0.39 20
143 144 Madagascar 0.509 55.6 70.7 57 857 0.51 0.66 0.36 26
144 146 Cameroon 0.506 45.7 67.9 62 2174 0.34 0.66 0.51 –13
145 142 Uganda 0.502 48.4 66.8 66 1478 0.39 0.67 0.45 7
146 145 Swaziland 0.5 31.3 79.6 58 5638 0.10 0.72 0.67 –50
147 141 Togo 0.495 54.5 53.2 55 1536 0.49 0.54 0.46 3
148 148 Djibouti 0.494 52.9 　 24 1993 0.47 0.52 0.50 –13
149 147 Lesotho 0.494 35.2 82.2 66 2619 0.17 0.77 0.54 –26
150 149 Yemen 0.492 61.1 　 55 879 0.60 0.51 0.36 18
151 143 Zimbabwe 0.491 36.6 　 52 2065 0.19 0.77 0.51 –18
152 152 Kenya 0.491 47.5 73.6 60 1140 0.37 0.69 0.41 7
153 150 Mauritania 0.486 53.1 51.2 46 1940 0.47 0.49 0.49 –12
154 151 Haiti 0.482 52 　 　 1892 0.45 0.50 0.49 –11
155 153 Gambia 0.479 56.1 　 50 1991 0.52 0.42 0.50 –19
156 155 Senegal 0.46 56.0 39.3 38 1713 0.52 0.39 0.47 –8
157 159 Eritrea 0.454 54.3 　 35 977 0.49 0.50 0.38 9
158 157 Rwanda 0.45 44.2 64.9 52 1263 0.32 0.61 0.42 –5
159 156 Nigeria 0.448 43.4 　 55 1154 0.31 0.63 0.41 –1
160 154 Guinea 0.445 53.9 29.5 42 2180 0.48 0.34 0.51 –30
161 158 Angola 0.439 41.0 67.4 26 2180 0.27 0.53 0.51 –32
162 162 Tanzania 0.43 45.9 69.4 48 674 0.35 0.62 0.32 13
163 160 Benin 0.428 54.3 34.7 49 1091 0.49 0.40 0.40 –2
164 161 Cte dIvoire 0.421 45.9 48.7 40 1551 0.35 0.46 0.46 –15
165 164 Zambia 0.407 37.7 68.0 54 943 0.21 0.63 0.37 2
166 163 Malawi 0.4 39.8 64.1 64 646 0.25 0.64 0.31 10
167 165  Congo, Dem. Rep.  0.391 43.5 67.2 27 705 0.31 0.54 0.33 6
168 166 Mozambique 0.39 41.6 　 49 1237 0.28 0.47 0.42 –14
169 167 Burundi 0.384 44.0 59.3 36 677 0.32 0.52 0.32 5
170 168 Ethiopia 0.371 47.8 　 36 756 0.38 0.40 0.34 1
171 171 Chad 0.368 43.7 25.7 35 2090 0.31 0.29 0.51 –39
172 169 Central African Republic 0.353 39.1 48.6 30 1094 0.24 0.42 0.40 –12
173 170 GuineaBissau 0.349 44.8 　 37 722 0.33 0.39 0.33 –1
174 173 Burkina Faso 0.342 47.9 21.8 26 1169 0.38 0.23 0.41 –17
175 172 Mali 0.338 48.1 19.0 35 998 0.39 0.24 0.38 –11
176 174 Sierra Leone 0.335 41.0 35.1 65 561 0.27 0.45 0.29 1
177 175 Niger 0.311 44.6 28.7 21 779 0.33 0.26 0.34 –7
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
Note:①Positive figure indicates that the HDI rank is higher than the GDP per capita(PPP USD)rank,a negative the opposite.②For purpose of Calculating the HDI,a value of 99% was applied.③Data from UNDP.