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International Human Development Indicators

The human development data utilized in the preparation of the Human Development Index (HDI) and other composite indices featured in the Human Development Report are provided by a variety of public international sources and represent the best and most current statistics available for those indicators at the time of the preparation of this annual report. Calculations of HDI values and country rankings are the sole responsibility of the Human Development Report Office. The 2013 Human Development Report, an editorially independent publication commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme, was published in print and on line on March 14, 2013. Read more

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Human Development Index (HDI) - 2012 Rankings

Very High Human Development Norway Australia United States Netherlands Germany New Zealand Ireland Sweden Switzerland Japan Canada Korea (Republic of) Hong Kong, China (SAR) Iceland Denmark Israel Belgium Austria Singapore France Finland Slovenia Spain Liechtenstein Italy Luxembourg United Kingdom Czech Republic Greece Brunei Darussalam Cyprus Malta Andorra Estonia Slovakia Qatar Hungary Barbados Poland Chile Lithuania United Arab Emirates Portugal Latvia Argentina Seychelles Croatia

High Human Development Bahrain Bahamas Belarus Uruguay Montenegro Palau Kuwait Russian Federation Romania Bulgaria Saudi Arabia Cuba Panama Mexico Costa Rica Grenada Libya Malaysia Serbia Antigua and Barbuda Trinidad and Tobago Kazakhstan Albania Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Dominica Georgia Lebanon Saint Kitts and Nevis Iran (Islamic Republic of) Peru The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ukraine Mauritius Bosnia and Herzegovina Azerbaijan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Oman Brazil Jamaica Armenia Saint Lucia Ecuador Turkey Colombia Sri Lanka Algeria Tunisia

Medium Human Development Tonga Belize Dominican Republic Fiji Samoa Jordan China Turkmenistan Thailand Maldives Suriname Gabon El Salvador Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Mongolia Palestine (State of) Paraguay Egypt Moldova (Republic of) Philippines Uzbekistan Syrian Arab Republic Micronesia (Federated States of) Guyana Botswana Honduras Indonesia Kiribati South Africa Vanuatu Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Viet Nam Namibia Nicaragua Morocco Iraq Cape Verde Guatemala Timor-Leste Ghana Equatorial Guinea India Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Bhutan Swaziland

Low Human Development Congo Solomon Islands São Tomé and Príncipe Kenya Bangladesh Pakistan Angola Myanmar Cameroon Madagascar Tanzania (United Republic of) Nigeria Senegal Mauritania Papua New Guinea Nepal Lesotho Togo Yemen Haiti Uganda Zambia Djibouti Gambia Benin Rwanda Côte d'Ivoire Comoros Malawi Sudan Zimbabwe Ethiopia Liberia Afghanistan Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Burundi Guinea Central African Republic Eritrea Mali Burkina Faso Chad Mozambique Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Niger

The HDI rankings featured above were published in the 2013 Human Development Report: The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World.

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