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.
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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.
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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 |
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