The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical tool used to measure a country’s overall achievement in its social and economic dimensions. The social and economic dimensions of a country are based on the health of people, their level of education attainment and their standard of living.
Calculation of the index combines four major indicators: 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.
Below are the top 20 most developed countries in the world based on HDI.
Rank | Country | Human Development Index (HDI) (value) |
1 | Norway | 0.953 |
2 | Switzerland | 0.944 |
3 | Australia | 0.939 |
4 | Ireland | 0.938 |
5 | Germany | 0.936 |
6 | Iceland | 0.935 |
7 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 0.933 |
7 | Sweden | 0.933 |
9 | Singapore | 0.932 |
10 | Netherlands | 0.931 |
11 | Denmark | 0.929 |
12 | Canada | 0.926 |
13 | United States | 0.924 |
14 | United Kingdom | 0.922 |
15 | Finland | 0.920 |
16 | New Zealand | 0.917 |
17 | Belgium | 0.916 |
17 | Liechtenstein | 0.916 |
19 | Japan | 0.909 |
20 | Austria | 0.908 |
