Table 1.10 Human Development Index 2018 Rank Region Country HDX Source 1 DME Monaco 1.0770 (REG) 2 DME Jersey (UK) 0.9850 11(WIKI) 3 DME Bermuda (UK) 0.9810 13(WIKI) 4 DME Guernsey (UK) 0.9750 08(WIKI) 5 DME Svalbard (Norw) 0.9680 (REG) 6 DME Gibraltar (UK) 0.9610 18(WIKI) 7 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 0.9550 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 8 DME Norway 0.9540 18(UNDP) 9 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0.9470 10(WIKI)*UK(18/10) 10 DME Switzerland 0.9460 18(UNDP) 11 DME Ireland 0.9420 18(UNDP) 13 DME Germany 0.9390 18(UNDP) 13 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.9390 21(WIKI)*US(18/21) 13 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 0.9390 18(UNDP) 15.5 DME Australia 0.9380 18(UNDP) 15.5 DME Iceland 0.9380 18(UNDP) 17 DME Sweden 0.9370 18(UNDP) 18 SEA Singapore 0.9350 18(UNDP) 19 DME Netherlands 0.9330 18(UNDP) 20 DME Denmark 0.9300 18(UNDP) 21 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.9290 21(WIKI)*US(18/21) 22 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.9260 08(WIKI)*Australia(18/07) 23 DME Faroe Is (Den) 0.9250 08(WIKI)*Denmark(18/07) 24 DME Finland 0.9250 18(UNDP) 25 DME Canada 0.9220 18(UNDP) 26 DME New Zealand 0.9210 18(UNDP) 28 DME Isle of Man (UK) 0.9200 10(WIKI)*UK(18/10) 28 DME United Kingdom 0.9200 18(UNDP) 28 DME United States 0.9200 18(UNDP) 30 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 0.9200 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 31 DME Belgium 0.9190 18(UNDP) 32 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0.9180 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 33 SEA Macao (Ch) 0.9180 INTERPOL(WIKI:15-19) 34 DME Liechtenstein 0.9170 18(UNDP) 35 DME Japan 0.9150 18(UNDP) 36 DME Austria 0.9140 18(UNDP) 37 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 0.9120 (REG) 38 DME Scotland (UK Home) 0.9120 21(WIKI)*UK(18/21) 39.5 SEA Taiwan 0.9120 INTERPOL(WIKI:17-21) 39.5 DME Trento (It Home) 0.9120 21(WIKI)*Italy(18/21) 41 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 0.9110 (REG) 42 DME Quebec (Can Home) 0.9090 21(WIKI)*Canada(18/21) 43 DME Luxembourg 0.9090 18(UNDP) 44 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 0.9080 INTERPOL(WIKI:17-21) 45.5 DME Israel 0.9060 18(UNDP) 45.5 SEA Korea, South 0.9060 18(UNDP) 47 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 0.9040 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 48 EEU Slovenia 0.9020 18(UNDP) 49 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 0.9020 21(WIKI)*Italy(18/21) 50 SEA Guam (US) 0.8970 17(WIKI)*US(18/17) 51 DME Spain 0.8930 18(UNDP) 52.5 EEU Czechia 0.8910 18(UNDP) 52.5 DME France 0.8910 18(UNDP) 54 DME Wales (UK Home) 0.8890 21(WIKI)*UK(18/21) 55.5 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 0.8880 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 55.5 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.8880 17(WIKI)*US(18/17) 57 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 0.8870 21(WIKI)*UK(18/21) 58 DME South US (US Home) 0.8850 (REG) 59 DME Malta 0.8850 18(UNDP) 60 DME Holy See 0.8850 (REG) 61 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 0.8830 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 62 DME Italy 0.8830 18(UNDP) 63 USR Estonia 0.8820 18(UNDP) 64 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0.8790 08(WIKI)*Netherlands(18/07) 65 DME San Marino 0.8770 INTERPOL(WIKI:08-21) 66 MEA Cyprus 0.8730 18(UNDP) 67.5 DME Greece 0.8720 18(UNDP) 67.5 EEU Poland 0.8720 18(UNDP) 69 USR Lithuania 0.8690 18(UNDP) 70 MEA United Arab Emirates 0.8660 18(UNDP) 71 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 0.8640 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 72 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.8600 (REG) 73 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0.8600 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 75 DME Andorra 0.8570 18(UNDP) 75 MEA Saudi Arabia 0.8570 18(UNDP) 75 EEU Slovakia 0.8570 18(UNDP) 77 USR Latvia 0.8540 18(UNDP) 78 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0.8530 (REG) 79 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0.8520 21(WIKI)*France(18/21) 80 DME Portugal 0.8500 18(UNDP) 81 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.8480 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 82 MEA Qatar 0.8480 18(UNDP) 83 LAM Chile 0.8470 18(UNDP) 84 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0.8460 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 86 SEA Brunei 0.8450 18(UNDP) 86 EEU Hungary 0.8450 18(UNDP) 86 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.8450 15(WIKI)*US(18/15) 88 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.8440 INTERPOL(WIKI:10-21) 89 DME Greenland (Den) 0.8440 10(WIKI)*Denmark(18/10) 90 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.8420 08(WIKI)*US(18/07) 91 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.8420 21(WIKI)*Spain(18/21) 92 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.8400 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 93 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.8380 INTERPOL(WIKI:10-21) 94 MEA Bahrain 0.8380 18(UNDP) 95 EEU Croatia 0.8370 18(UNDP) 96 MEA Oman 0.8340 18(UNDP) 97 LAM Argentina 0.8300 18(UNDP) 98 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0.8250 (REG) 99 USR Russia 0.8240 18(UNDP) 100 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0.8220 12(WIKI)*Netherlands(18/12) 101 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0.8180 (REG) 102.5 USR Belarus 0.8170 18(UNDP) 102.5 USR Kazakhstan 0.8170 18(UNDP) 104 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.8170 INTERPOL(WIKI:10-21) 106 EEU Bulgaria 0.8160 18(UNDP) 106 EEU Montenegro 0.8160 18(UNDP) 106 EEU Romania 0.8160 18(UNDP) 108 SEA Palau 0.8140 18(UNDP) 109 LAM Barbados 0.8130 18(UNDP) 110.5 MEA Kuwait 0.8080 18(UNDP) 110.5 LAM Uruguay 0.8080 18(UNDP) 112 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 0.8070 17(WIKI)*Ecuador(18/17) 113 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.8060 10(WIKI)*France(18/10) 114 MEA Turkiye 0.8060 18(UNDP) 115 LAM Bahamas 0.8050 18(UNDP) 116 SEA Malaysia 0.8040 18(UNDP) 117 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0.8040 21(WIKI)*Portugal(18/21) 118 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.8040 08(WIKI)*NZ(18/07) 119 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.8010 (REG) 120 AFR Seychelles 0.8010 18(UNDP) 121.5 EEU Serbia 0.7990 18(UNDP) 121.5 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.7990 18(UNDP) 123 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.7980 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 124 MEA Iran 0.7970 18(UNDP) 125 AFR Mauritius 0.7960 18(UNDP) 126 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.7960 08(WIKI)*US(18/07) 127 LAM Panama 0.7950 18(UNDP) 128 LAM Costa Rica 0.7940 18(UNDP) 129 DME Azores (Port Home) 0.7930 21(WIKI)*Portugal(18/21) 130 EEU Albania 0.7910 18(UNDP) 131 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.7880 18(WIKI) 132 USR Georgia 0.7860 18(UNDP) 133 SAS Sri Lanka 0.7800 18(UNDP) 134 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.7800 10(WIKI)*France(18/10) 135 LAM Cuba 0.7780 18(UNDP) 136 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.7780 INTERPOL(WIKI:10-21) 137 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.7770 18(UNDP) 138 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 0.7760 18(UNDP) 139 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.7740 08(WIKI)*UK(18/07) 140 SEA Niue (NZ) 0.7700 08(WIKI)*NZ(18/07) 141 EEU Bosnia 0.7690 18(UNDP) 142 LAM Mexico 0.7670 18(UNDP) 143 SEA Thailand 0.7650 18(UNDP) 144 LAM Grenada 0.7630 18(UNDP) 145.5 LAM Brazil 0.7610 18(UNDP) 145.5 LAM Colombia 0.7610 18(UNDP) 147 USR Armenia 0.7600 18(UNDP) 148 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 0.7590 (REG) 150 MEA Algeria 0.7590 18(UNDP) 150 EEU North Macedonia 0.7590 18(UNDP) 150 LAM Peru 0.7590 18(UNDP) 152.5 CPA China 0.7580 18(UNDP) 152.5 LAM Ecuador 0.7580 18(UNDP) 154 USR Azerbaijan 0.7540 18(UNDP) 155 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.7530 10(WIKI)*France(18/10) 156 USR Ukraine 0.7500 18(UNDP) 157.5 LAM Dominican Republic 0.7450 18(UNDP) 157.5 LAM Saint Lucia 0.7450 18(UNDP) 159 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 0.7440 INTERPOL(WIKI:10-21) 160.5 EEU Kosovo 0.7390 16(UNDP) 160.5 MEA Tunisia 0.7390 18(UNDP) 162 CPA Mongolia 0.7350 18(UNDP) 163 CPA Korea, North 0.7330 08(UNDP) 164 MEA Lebanon 0.7300 18(UNDP) 165 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 0.7300 (REG) 166.5 AFR Botswana 0.7280 18(UNDP) 166.5 LAM Saint Vincent 0.7280 18(UNDP) 168 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 0.7270 08(WIKI)*NZ(18/07) 169.5 LAM Jamaica 0.7260 18(UNDP) 169.5 LAM Venezuela 0.7260 18(UNDP) 172.5 LAM Dominica 0.7240 18(UNDP) 172.5 SEA Fiji 0.7240 18(UNDP) 172.5 LAM Paraguay 0.7240 18(UNDP) 172.5 LAM Suriname 0.7240 18(UNDP) 175 MEA Jordan 0.7230 18(UNDP) 176 LAM Belize 0.7200 18(UNDP) 177 SAS Maldives 0.7190 18(UNDP) 178 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.7170 10(WIKI)*France(18/10) 179 SEA Tonga 0.7170 18(UNDP) 180 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 0.7150 21(WIKI)*India(18/21) 181 SEA Philippines 0.7120 18(UNDP) 182 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 0.7110 (REG) 183 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0.7110 12(WIKI)*Netherlands(18/12) 184.5 USR Moldova 0.7110 18(UNDP) 184.5 USR Transnistria 0.7110 17(WIKI)*Moldova(18/17) 186.5 USR Turkmenistan 0.7100 18(UNDP) 186.5 USR Uzbekistan 0.7100 18(UNDP) 188 MEA Libya 0.7080 18(UNDP) 189.5 SEA Indonesia 0.7070 18(UNDP) 189.5 SEA Samoa 0.7070 18(UNDP) 191 AFR South Africa 0.7050 18(UNDP) 192.5 LAM Bolivia 0.7030 18(UNDP) 192.5 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.7030 10(WIKI)*France(18/10) 194 AFR Gabon 0.7020 18(UNDP) 195 MEA Egypt 0.7000 18(UNDP) 196 SEA Marshall Islands 0.6980 18(UNDP) 197 CPA Vietnam 0.6930 18(UNDP) 198 MEA West Bank 0.6900 18(UNDP) 199 MEA Iraq 0.6890 18(UNDP) 200 SEA Nauru 0.6820 08(UNDP)*Marshall Is(18/08) 201 MEA Morocco 0.6760 18(UNDP) 202 MEA Gaza Strip 0.6750 21(WIKI)*West Bank(18/21) 203 USR Kyrgyzstan 0.6740 18(UNDP) 204 SEA Tuvalu 0.6730 08(UNDP)*Marshall Is(18/08) 205 LAM Guyana 0.6700 18(UNDP) 206 LAM El Salvador 0.6670 18(UNDP) 207 USR Tajikistan 0.6560 18(UNDP) 209 AFR Cabo Verde 0.6510 18(UNDP) 209 LAM Guatemala 0.6510 18(UNDP) 209 LAM Nicaragua 0.6510 18(UNDP) 211 SAS India 0.6470 18(UNDP) 212 AFR Namibia 0.6450 18(UNDP) 213 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 0.6270 (REG) 214 SEA Timor-Leste 0.6260 18(UNDP) 215.5 LAM Honduras 0.6230 18(UNDP) 215.5 SEA Kiribati 0.6230 18(UNDP) 217 USR Donetsk People's Rep 0.6190 (REG) 218 SAS Bhutan 0.6170 18(UNDP) 219.5 SAS Bangladesh 0.6140 18(UNDP) 219.5 SEA Micronesia (US) 0.6140 18(UNDP) 221 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 0.6090 18(UNDP) 222.5 AFR Congo, Republic 0.6080 18(UNDP) 222.5 AFR Eswatini 0.6080 18(UNDP) 224 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 0.6060 21(WIKI)*China(18/21) 225 CPA Laos 0.6040 18(UNDP) 226 USR South Ossetia 0.6000 (REG) 227 USR Abkhazia 0.5980 (REG) 228 SEA Vanuatu 0.5970 18(UNDP) 229 AFR Ghana 0.5960 18(UNDP) 230 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 0.5950 INTERPOL(WIKI:15-20) 231 AFR Zambia 0.5910 18(UNDP) 232 AFR Equatorial Guinea 0.5880 18(UNDP) 233 CPA Myanmar 0.5840 18(UNDP) 234 CPA Cambodia 0.5810 18(UNDP) 235 USR Luhansk People's Rep 0.5810 (REG) 236.5 AFR Kenya 0.5790 18(UNDP) 236.5 SAS Nepal 0.5790 18(UNDP) 238 AFR Angola 0.5740 18(UNDP) 239.5 AFR Cameroon 0.5630 18(UNDP) 239.5 AFR Zimbabwe 0.5630 18(UNDP) 241 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 0.5610 (REG) 242 SAS Pakistan 0.5600 18(UNDP) 243 SEA Solomon Islands 0.5570 18(UNDP) 244 MEA Syria 0.5490 18(UNDP) 245 SEA Papua New Guinea 0.5430 18(UNDP) 246 AFR Comoros 0.5380 18(UNDP) 247 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 0.5370 (REG) 248 AFR Rwanda 0.5360 18(UNDP) 249 AFR Nigeria 0.5340 18(UNDP) 250.5 AFR Tanzania 0.5280 18(UNDP) 250.5 AFR Uganda 0.5280 18(UNDP) 252 AFR Mauritania 0.5270 18(UNDP) 253 AFR Madagascar 0.5210 18(UNDP) 254 AFR Benin 0.5200 18(UNDP) 255 AFR Lesotho 0.5180 18(UNDP) 256 AFR Cote d'Ivore 0.5160 18(UNDP) 257 AFR Senegal 0.5140 18(UNDP) 258 AFR Togo 0.5130 18(UNDP) 259 AFR Sudan 0.5070 18(UNDP) 260 LAM Haiti 0.5030 18(UNDP) 261 SAS Afghanistan 0.4960 18(UNDP) 262 AFR Djibouti 0.4950 18(UNDP) 263 AFR Malawi 0.4850 18(UNDP) 264 AFR Ethiopia 0.4700 18(UNDP) 265.5 AFR Gambia 0.4660 18(UNDP) 265.5 AFR Guinea 0.4660 18(UNDP) 267 AFR Liberia 0.4650 18(UNDP) 268 MEA Yemen 0.4630 18(UNDP) 269 AFR Guinea-Bissau 0.4610 18(UNDP) 270 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 0.4590 18(UNDP) 271 AFR Mozambique 0.4460 18(UNDP) 272 AFR Sierra Leone 0.4380 18(UNDP) 273.5 AFR Burkina Faso 0.4340 18(UNDP) 273.5 AFR Eritrea 0.4340 18(UNDP) 275 AFR Mali 0.4270 18(UNDP) 276 AFR Burundi 0.4230 18(UNDP) 277 AFR South Sudan 0.4130 18(UNDP) 278 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 0.4070 (REG) 279 AFR Chad 0.4010 18(UNDP) 280 AFR Central African Rep 0.3810 18(UNDP) 281 AFR Niger 0.3770 18(UNDP) 282 AFR Somalia 0.3620 INTERPOL(UNDP:08-19)