The Human Development Index (HDI) is a metric that is used to measure key dimensions of human development. They include; life expectancy for health, expected years of schooling, mean of years of schooling for education and Gross National Income per capita for standard of living.
HDI is one of the best tools to keep track of the level of development of a country, as it combines all major social and economic indicators that are responsible for economic development.
Below are the top 20 most developed countries in Africa based on HDI.
Rank | Country | Human Development Index (HDI) (value) |
1 | Seychelles | 0.797 |
2 | Mauritius | 0.790 |
3 | Algeria | 0.754 |
4 | Tunisia | 0.735 |
5 | Botswana | 0.717 |
6 | Libya | 0.706 |
7 | Gabon | 0.702 |
7 | South Africa | 0.699 |
9 | Egypt | 0.696 |
10 | Morocco | 0.667 |
11 | Cape Verde | 0.654 |
12 | Namibia | 0.647 |
13 | Republic of the Congo | 0.606 |
14 | Ghana | 0.592 |
15 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.591 |
16 | Kenya | 0.590 |
17 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.589 |
17 | Swaziland | 0.588 |
19 | Zambia | 0.588 |
20 | Angola | 0.581 |
