Table 4: Gender Development Index (GDI)

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Gender Development Index Human Development Index (HDI) Life expectancy at birth Expected years of schooling Mean years of schooling Estimated gross national income per capitaa
Value GDI groupb Value (years) (years) (years) (2011 PPP $)
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
Country 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014c 2014c 2014c 2014c 2014 2014
VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1 Norway 0.996 1 0.940 0.944 83.6 79.5 18.2 16.8 12.7 12.5 57,140 72,825
2 Australia 0.976 1 0.922 0.945 84.5 80.3 20.7 19.7 13.1 12.9 33,688 50,914
3 Switzerland 0.950 2 0.898 0.945 85.0 80.8 15.7 15.9 11.5 13.1 44,132 69,077
4 Denmark 0.977 1 0.912 0.934 82.2 78.3 19.3 18.1 12.8 12.7 36,439 51,727
5 Netherlands 0.947 3 0.893 0.943 83.3 79.7 18.0 17.9 11.6 12.2 29,500 61,641
6 Germany 0.963 2 0.901 0.936 83.3 78.5 16.3 16.6 12.9 13.8 34,886 53,290
6 Ireland 0.973 2 0.901 0.926 83.0 78.8 18.5 18.7 12.3 12.0 30,104 49,166
8 United States 0.995 1 0.911 0.916 81.4 76.7 17.2 15.7 13.0 12.9 43,054 63,158
9 Canada 0.982 1 0.904 0.921 84.0 80.0 16.3 15.5 13.1 13.0 33,587 50,853
9 New Zealand 0.961 2 0.894 0.930 83.6 80.0 20.0 18.3 12.5 12.6 24,309 41,372
11 Singapore 0.985 1 0.898 0.912 86.0 79.9 15.5d 15.3d 10.1e 10.9e 59,994 93,699f
12 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.958 2 0.892 0.931 86.8 81.2 15.7 15.5 10.9 11.9 38,060 72,052
13 Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.8 16.1 .. .. .. ..
14 Sweden 0.999 1 0.906 0.906 83.9 80.4 16.6 15.1 12.2 12.0 40,222 51,084
14 United Kingdom 0.965 2 0.888 0.920 82.6 78.7 16.6 15.8 12.9 13.2 27,259 51,628
16 Iceland 0.975 1 0.886 0.909 84.0 81.0 20.1 17.9 10.8 10.4 28,792 41,486
17 Korea (Republic of) 0.930 3 0.861 0.926 85.0 78.5 16.0 17.7 11.2 12.7 21,896 46,018
18 Israel 0.971 2 0.879 0.905 84.1 80.5 16.5 15.5 12.5 12.6 22,451 39,064
19 Luxembourg 0.971 2 0.877 0.903 83.9 79.3 14.0 13.7 11.3 12.1 47,723 69,800
20 Japan 0.961 2 0.870 0.905 86.7 80.2 15.2 15.5 11.3 11.7 24,975 49,541
21 Belgium 0.975 1 0.872 0.895 83.2 78.3 16.7 16.0 10.6e 11.1e 31,879 50,845
22 France 0.987 1 0.881 0.893 85.1 79.2 16.4 15.6 11.0 11.3 31,073 45,497
23 Austria 0.943 3 0.856 0.909 83.8 78.8 16.1 15.4 9.9 11.9 29,598 58,826
24 Finland 0.996 1 0.879 0.882 83.6 78.0 17.7 16.5 10.2 10.2 31,644 45,994
25 Slovenia 0.996 1 0.877 0.881 83.4 77.3 17.7 16.0 11.8 12.0 22,180 33,593
26 Spain 0.975 1 0.863 0.885 85.3 79.8 17.7 17.0 9.4 9.8 24,059 40,221
27 Italy 0.964 2 0.851 0.883 85.5 80.6 16.5 15.6 9.5 10.2 22,526 44,148
28 Czech Republic 0.980 1 0.859 0.877 81.5 75.7 16.9 15.8 12.1 12.5 19,929 33,604
29 Greece 0.961 2 0.844 0.879 83.8 78.0 17.7 17.6 9.8 10.5 17,288 31,952
30 Estonia 1.030 2 0.872 0.847 81.3 72.0 17.4 15.6 12.7 12.2 20,854 30,254
31 Brunei Darussalam 0.977 1 0.840 0.860 80.7 77.0 14.9 14.2 8.5 9.0 54,228 90,437
32 Cyprus 0.971 2 0.836 0.861 82.4 78.0 14.2 13.8 11.4 11.8 22,613 34,400
32 Qatar 0.998 1 0.853 0.854 79.9 77.3 14.0 13.9 10.4 8.8 55,123 143,979f
34 Andorra .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
35 Slovakia 0.999 1 0.841 0.842 79.9 72.5 15.7 14.5 12.3 12.2 19,903 32,122
36 Poland 1.007 1 0.844 0.839 81.4 73.4 16.3 14.7 11.7 11.9 18,423 28,271
37 Lithuania 1.030 2 0.851 0.827 78.9 67.7 16.9 15.9 12.3 12.5 20,955 28,656
37 Malta 0.937 3 0.806 0.861 82.2 78.8 14.8 14.0 9.9 10.8 16,435 39,432
39 Saudi Arabia 0.901 4 0.778 0.864 75.7 73.0 16.6 16.1 7.8 9.3 20,094 77,044f
40 Argentina 0.982 1 0.819 0.834 80.1 72.4 19.1 16.8 9.8 9.8 14,202 30,237
41 United Arab Emirates 0.954 2 0.796 0.835 78.5 76.3 13.9g 12.9g 9.9 8.5 22,391 77,300f
42 Chile 0.967 2 0.815 0.843 84.5 78.6 15.5 15.0 9.7 9.9 14,732 27,992
43 Portugal 0.985 1 0.823 0.836 83.8 77.9 16.5 16.1 8.1 8.4 21,259 30,543
44 Hungary 0.976 1 0.818 0.838 78.7 71.5 15.7 15.1 11.3e 12.2e 17,443 28,960
45 Bahrain 0.940 3 0.789 0.839 77.6 75.8 15.1h 13.7h 9.1 9.6 20,038 49,890
46 Latvia 1.029 2 0.829 0.805 78.9 69.1 15.9 14.6 11.7e 11.2e 18,437 26,845
47 Croatia 0.987 1 0.812 0.823 80.6 74.0 15.4 14.2 10.5 11.6 16,200 22,853
48 Kuwait 0.972 2 0.793 0.816 75.8 73.5 15.2 14.2 7.3 7.1 42,292 111,988f
49 Montenegro 0.954 2 0.782 0.819 78.4 74.1 15.5 14.8 10.5 11.8 11,106 18,094
HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
50 Belarus 1.021 1 0.806 0.789 77.2 65.5 16.2 15.1 11.9i 12.1i 12,922 21,010
50 Russian Federation 1.019 1 0.804 0.789 75.8 64.4 15.1 14.3 11.9 12.0 17,269 28,287
52 Oman 0.909 4 0.741 0.815 79.2 75.1 13.9 13.5 7.0 8.5 14,709 46,400
52 Romania 0.989 1 0.787 0.796 78.3 71.2 14.6 13.8 10.3 11.1 15,250 21,117
52 Uruguay 1.018 1 0.797 0.783 80.6 73.5 16.6 14.4 8.7 8.2 14,721 24,166
55 Bahamas .. .. .. .. 78.3 72.3 .. .. 11.1 10.7 17,868 24,957
56 Kazakhstan 1.002 1 0.787 0.785 74.1 64.6 15.4 14.7 11.3 11.5 15,408 26,746
57 Barbados 1.018 1 0.791 0.777 78.0 73.2 17.2 13.8 10.6 10.2 10,245 14,739
58 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. .. .. 78.5 73.5 14.6 13.3 .. .. .. ..
59 Bulgaria 0.991 1 0.777 0.784 77.7 70.8 14.6 14.1 10.6e 10.4e 12,448 18,926
60 Palau .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.9 13.5 .. .. .. ..
60 Panama 0.996 1 0.776 0.779 80.7 74.6 13.8 12.8 9.6 9.1 13,699 22,597
62 Malaysia 0.947 3 0.753 0.795 77.1 72.4 12.7 12.7 9.4 10.1 15,635 30,320
63 Mauritius 0.950 2 0.752 0.792 78.0 70.9 15.9 15.2 8.0 9.1 10,541 24,581
64 Seychelles .. .. .. .. 78.1 68.9 13.3 13.4 .. .. .. ..
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.985 1 0.763 0.774 74.0 67.0 12.5 12.1 10.7e 10.9e 19,669 32,656
66 Serbia 0.966 2 0.757 0.784 77.7 72.1 14.9 13.9 9.8 11.2 9,697 14,799
67 Cuba 0.954 2 0.747 0.783 81.5 77.4 14.4 13.3 11.4i 11.6i 4,912 9,665
67 Lebanon 0.899 5 0.718 0.800 81.3 77.6 13.6 13.9 7.6j 8.2j 7,334 25,391
69 Costa Rica 0.974 2 0.753 0.774 81.9 77.0 14.3 13.4 8.4 8.3 9,680 17,033
69 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.858 5 0.689 0.804 76.5 74.3 15.0 15.2 7.7 8.6 4,828 25,924
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.030 2 0.772 0.749 78.5 70.2 15.3 13.1 9.2 8.6 12,458 19,840
72 Turkey 0.902 4 0.716 0.793 78.5 72.0 14.0 15.1 6.7 8.5 10,024 27,645
73 Sri Lanka 0.948 3 0.730 0.769 78.2 71.5 14.2 13.3 10.7 10.9 5,452 14,307
74 Mexico 0.943 3 0.731 0.775 79.2 74.4 13.2 12.9 8.2 8.8 10,233 22,252
75 Brazil 0.997 1 0.752 0.754 78.3 70.7 15.6 14.8 7.8 7.5 11,393 19,084
76 Georgia 0.962 2 0.736 0.765 78.4 71.2 14.0 13.6 12.0i 12.3i 4,887 9,718
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.4 12.4 .. .. .. ..
78 Azerbaijan 0.942 3 0.721 0.766 74.0 67.7 11.8 12.0 10.5j 11.2j 10,120 22,814
79 Grenada .. .. .. .. 75.9 71.0 16.3 15.3 .. .. .. ..
80 Jordan 0.860 5 0.674 0.784 75.8 72.4 13.7 13.3 9.3 10.5 3,587 18,831
81 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0.949 3 0.726 0.765 77.7 73.1 13.5 13.2 8.7i 9.8i 8,796 14,754
81 Ukraine 1.003 1 0.747 0.745 75.9 66.0 15.4 14.9 11.3 11.4 6,518 10,120
83 Algeria 0.837 5 0.637 0.761 77.2 72.5 14.2 13.8 4.8 7.8 3,898 22,009
84 Peru 0.947 3 0.712 0.752 77.2 71.9 13.1 13.0 8.5 9.6 8,040 13,977
85 Albania 0.948 3 0.711 0.750 80.4 75.4 11.9 11.8 8.9 9.6 7,217 12,655
85 Armenia 1.008 1 0.734 0.728 78.6 70.9 13.6 11.2 10.8 10.9 6,042 10,089
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. .. 79.0 74.0 .. .. 6.6i 8.6i 6,514 12,912
88 Ecuador 0.980 1 0.722 0.737 78.7 73.2 14.5 13.9 7.4 7.6 8,487 12,723
89 Saint Lucia 0.991 1 0.725 0.731 77.8 72.4 13.0 12.1 9.4 9.3 8,018 11,576
90 China 0.943 3 0.705 0.747 77.3 74.3 13.2 12.9 6.9 8.2 10,128 14,795
90 Fiji 0.941 3 0.699 0.743 73.2 67.2 16.0 15.5 9.8 10.0 4,274 10,592
90 Mongolia 1.028 2 0.737 0.716 73.9 65.3 15.3 13.9 9.5 9.0 9,029 12,462
93 Thailand 1.000 1 0.726 0.726 77.9 71.1 13.9 13.1 7.1 7.5 11,820 14,888
94 Dominica .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
94 Libya 0.950 2 0.699 0.736 74.6 68.9 14.3 13.8 7.7 7.0 7,427 22,392
96 Tunisia 0.894 5 0.671 0.751 77.3 72.5 15.0 14.0 5.9 7.8 4,748 16,159
97 Colombia 0.997 1 0.719 0.721 77.7 70.5 13.9 13.2 7.4 7.3 9,785 14,372
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. .. .. 75.1 70.9 13.4 13.1 .. .. 7,283 12,541
99 Jamaica 0.995 1 0.715 0.719 78.1 73.3 13.1 11.6 10.0 9.4 5,820 9,059
100 Tonga 0.967 2 0.704 0.727 75.8 69.9 15.0 14.4 10.7 10.8 3,796 6,336
101 Belize 0.958 2 0.696 0.727 72.9 67.4 13.9 13.2 10.5 10.5 5,034 10,198
101 Dominican Republic 0.995 1 0.710 0.713 76.7 70.4 13.6 12.6 7.7 7.2 8,860 14,903
103 Suriname 0.975 1 0.702 0.720 74.4 68.0 13.6 11.8 7.3 8.0 10,241 20,970
104 Maldives 0.937 3 0.678 0.723 77.8 75.8 12.8 12.5 5.7e 6.0e 8,531 16,073
105 Samoa 0.956 2 0.681 0.713 76.8 70.4 13.2k 12.5k 10.3k 10.3k 3,416 7,124
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
106 Botswana 0.982 1 0.691 0.704 66.8 62.1 12.6 12.4 8.7 9.1 15,179 18,096
107 Moldova (Republic of) 1.003 1 0.694 0.692 75.7 67.4 12.2 11.6 11.1 11.3 4,599 5,915
108 Egypt 0.868 5 0.633 0.729 73.4 69.0 13.3 13.8 5.4 7.7 4,928 16,049
109 Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. 69.9 61.5 10.6 11.0 .. .. 8,725 17,552
110 Gabon .. .. .. .. 65.0 63.8 .. .. 8.9 6.6 13,527 19,177
110 Indonesia 0.927 3 0.655 0.706 71.0 66.9 13.1 12.9 7.0 8.2 6,485 13,052
112 Paraguay 0.956 2 0.662 0.692 75.1 70.8 12.2 11.7 7.5 7.9 5,576 9,678
113 Palestine, State of 0.860 5 0.607 0.706 74.9 71.0 13.8 12.2 8.4 9.3 1,580 7,726
114 Uzbekistan 0.945 3 0.640 0.678 71.8 65.0 11.3 11.7 9.5i 9.9i 3,811 7,342
115 Philippines 0.977 1 0.649 0.664 71.8 64.9 11.5 11.1 8.4e 7.9e 5,382 10,439
116 El Salvador 0.965 2 0.652 0.676 77.4 68.3 12.1 12.4 6.2 6.9 5,497 9,406
116 South Africa 0.948 3 0.646 0.681 59.3 55.2 13.7 13.4 9.7 10.2 8,713 15,737
116 Viet Nam .. .. .. .. 80.5 71.0 .. .. 7.0 7.9 4,624 5,570
119 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.931 3 0.637 0.684 70.9 65.9 12.9 13.4 7.5 8.9 4,383 7,140
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.961 2 0.638 0.664 74.6 66.6 12.7 12.3 10.5 10.6 2,122 3,992
121 Iraq 0.787 5 0.561 0.712 71.7 67.2 8.7 11.4 5.1 7.7 4,279 23,515
122 Cabo Verde .. .. .. .. 75.0 71.4 13.9 13.1 .. .. 4,098 8,105
123 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. .. .. .. 70.1 68.1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
124 Guyana 0.984 1 0.626 0.636 68.8 64.2 11.2 9.4 8.9g 8.0g 4,164 8,804
125 Nicaragua 0.960 2 0.615 0.640 77.9 71.9 11.8 11.3 6.2 5.8 2,967 5,979
126 Morocco 0.828 5 0.555 0.670 75.1 73.0 10.6 11.6 3.2 5.3 3,222 10,573
126 Namibia 0.981 1 0.620 0.632 67.3 62.1 11.4 11.3 6.3 6.1 7,672 11,267
128 Guatemala 0.949 3 0.608 0.641 75.3 68.3 10.2 11.0 5.5 5.7 5,021 8,934
129 Tajikistan 0.926 3 0.600 0.648 73.2 66.2 10.5 12.0 9.6l 11.2l 2,014 3,017
130 India 0.795 5 0.525 0.660 69.5 66.6 11.3 11.8 3.6 7.2 2,116 8,656
131 Honduras 0.944 3 0.583 0.618 75.7 70.7 11.6 10.6 5.5 5.4 2,365 5,508
132 Bhutan 0.897 5 0.572 0.638 69.7 69.2 12.8 12.6 2.0 4.1 5,733 8,418
133 Timor-Leste 0.868 5 0.548 0.631 70.1 66.5 11.3 12.0 3.6l 5.3l 3,122 7,530
134 Syrian Arab Republic 0.834 5 0.520 0.623 76.5 64.0 12.2 12.3 5.4 7.4 864 4,523
134 Vanuatu 0.903 4 0.587 0.650 74.0 69.9 10.2 10.9 8.0 10.0 2,141 3,445
136 Congo 0.922 4 0.561 0.609 63.9 60.8 10.9 11.3 4.9 6.5 5,165 6,859
137 Kiribati .. .. .. .. 69.2 62.8 12.7 11.9 .. .. .. ..
138 Equatorial Guinea .. .. .. .. 59.0 56.3 .. .. 4.0 7.2 17,073 24,850
139 Zambia 0.917 4 0.558 0.609 62.0 58.2 13.0 13.9 5.8 7.3 3,019 4,452
140 Ghana 0.885 5 0.540 0.610 62.3 60.4 11.0 12.0 5.6 7.9 3,200 4,515
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.896 5 0.543 0.606 67.5 64.8 10.1 11.0 3.9 6.1 4,086 5,279
142 Bangladesh 0.917 4 0.541 0.590 72.9 70.4 10.3 9.7 4.5 5.5 2,278 4,083
143 Cambodia 0.890 5 0.519 0.584 70.3 66.2 10.3 11.5 3.2l 5.4l 2,526 3,393
143 Sao Tome and Principe 0.891 5 0.520 0.584 68.4 64.4 11.4 11.2 4.0l 5.5l 1,886 3,976
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
145 Kenya 0.913 4 0.527 0.577 63.4 59.9 10.7 11.3 5.9 7.3 2,255 3,270
145 Nepal 0.908 4 0.521 0.574 71.1 68.2 12.5 12.2 2.3 4.5 1,956 2,690
147 Pakistan 0.726 5 0.436 0.601 67.2 65.3 7.0 8.5 3.1 6.2 1,450 8,100
148 Myanmar .. .. .. .. 68.0 63.9 .. .. 4.3 3.8 3,873 5,386
149 Angola .. .. .. .. 53.8 50.8 8.7 14.0 .. .. 5,497 8,169
150 Swaziland 0.879 5 0.494 0.561 48.2 49.6 10.9 11.8 7.4 6.8 3,894 7,235
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.938 3 0.504 0.538 66.4 63.5 9.0 9.3 4.5 5.8 2,320 2,502
152 Nigeria 0.841 5 0.468 0.556 53.1 52.4 8.2 9.8 4.9l 7.1l 4,052 6,585
153 Cameroon 0.879 5 0.478 0.544 56.7 54.4 9.5 11.2 5.3 6.7 2,266 3,341
154 Madagascar 0.945 3 0.497 0.526 66.6 63.6 10.2 10.5 6.6i 6.1i 1,098 1,560
155 Zimbabwe 0.922 4 0.487 0.529 58.9 56.2 10.7 11.0 6.7 7.7 1,387 1,850
156 Mauritania 0.816 5 0.446 0.546 64.5 61.6 8.5 8.5 2.7 4.8 1,625 5,468
156 Solomon Islands .. .. .. .. 69.4 66.5 8.8 9.7 .. .. 1,046 2,019
158 Papua New Guinea .. .. .. .. 64.8 60.5 .. .. 3.2 4.8 2,145 2,768
159 Comoros 0.813 5 0.443 0.545 65.0 61.6 11.0 11.9 3.7 5.6 778 2,123
160 Yemen 0.739 5 0.414 0.560 65.2 62.5 7.7 10.6 1.3 3.8 1,595 5,412
161 Lesotho 0.953 2 0.482 0.505 49.8 49.6 11.7 10.6 6.5e 5.2e 2,613 4,017
162 Togo 0.831 5 0.439 0.527 60.4 58.9 10.9 13.4 3.0 6.3 1,084 1,376
163 Haiti .. .. .. .. 64.9 60.7 .. .. 4.2 5.6 1,379 1,966
163 Rwanda 0.957 2 0.472 0.493 67.0 61.1 10.4 10.2 3.2 4.3 1,312 1,612
163 Uganda 0.886 5 0.452 0.510 60.3 56.7 9.7 9.9 4.5 6.3 1,226 1,997
166 Benin 0.823 5 0.431 0.524 61.0 58.1 9.4 12.7 2.1 4.6 1,493 2,043
167 Sudan 0.830 5 0.428 0.516 65.0 62.0 6.7 7.3 2.5 3.8 1,882 5,722
168 Djibouti .. .. .. .. 63.7 60.4 5.9 6.9 .. .. 2,019 4,522
169 South Sudan .. .. .. .. 56.7 54.7 .. .. 4.5 5.8 .. ..
170 Senegal 0.883 5 0.436 0.494 68.3 64.5 7.8 8.1 1.8 3.2 1,657 2,739
171 Afghanistan 0.600 5 0.328 0.546 61.6 59.2 7.2 11.3 1.2 5.1 506 3,227
172 Côte d'Ivoire 0.810 5 0.410 0.507 52.4 50.7 7.9 10.0 3.2 5.3 2,146 4,157
173 Malawi 0.907 4 0.423 0.467 63.7 61.7 10.8 10.7 3.4 5.2 679 815
174 Ethiopia 0.840 5 0.403 0.479 66.0 62.2 8.0 9.0 1.4 3.6 1,090 1,765
175 Gambia 0.889 5 0.414 0.466 61.6 58.9 8.7 8.9 2.0 3.7 1,267 1,753
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.833 5 0.393 0.472 60.1 57.2 8.6 10.8 4.5 7.7 597 765
177 Liberia 0.789 5 0.387 0.491 61.8 59.9 8.9 12.4 2.6 5.8 678 930
178 Guinea-Bissau .. .. .. .. 57.0 53.4 .. .. .. .. 1,135 1,593
179 Mali 0.776 5 0.363 0.468 57.8 58.2 7.5 9.3 1.5 2.7 961 2,195
180 Mozambique 0.881 5 0.390 0.443 56.5 53.6 8.8 9.8 2.4l 4.3l 1,040 1,210
181 Sierra Leone 0.814 5 0.370 0.454 51.4 50.4 7.2 10.0 2.2 4.0 1,582 1,981
182 Guinea 0.778 5 0.358 0.460 59.2 58.3 7.3 10.0 1.4l 3.7l 877 1,314
183 Burkina Faso 0.881 5 0.376 0.427 59.9 57.3 7.4 8.1 1.0l 1.9l 1,325 1,859
184 Burundi 0.911 4 0.381 0.418 58.7 54.8 9.6 10.7 2.2 3.1 693 825
185 Chad 0.768 5 0.338 0.440 52.7 50.5 5.9 8.9 1.0 2.9 1,657 2,513
186 Eritrea .. .. .. .. 65.9 61.6 .. .. .. .. 971 1,290
187 Central African Republic 0.773 5 0.303 0.392 52.6 48.8 5.9 8.6 2.8 5.7 476 689
188 Niger 0.729 5 0.287 0.394 62.4 60.6 4.8 6.1 0.8 2.0 491 1,319
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. .. .. .. 73.7 66.7 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Marshall Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nauru .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.9 8.9 .. .. .. ..
San Marino .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.9 14.7 .. .. .. ..
Somalia .. .. .. .. 57.0 53.8 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tuvalu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Human development groups
Very high human development 0.978 — 0.884 0.903 83.1 77.8 16.8 16.0 11.7 12.0 30,991 52,315
High human development 0.954 — 0.724 0.758 77.4 72.8 13.8 13.4 7.7 8.5 10,407 17,443
Medium human development 0.861 — 0.574 0.667 70.6 66.8 11.5 11.8 4.9 7.3 3,333 9,257
Low human development 0.830 — 0.456 0.549 61.8 59.3 8.3 9.8 3.4 5.5 1,983 4,201
Developing countries 0.899 — 0.617 0.686 71.7 68.0 11.6 11.9 5.4 7.3 5,926 12,178
Arab States 0.849 — 0.611 0.719 72.7 68.8 11.6 12.3 4.9 6.9 5,686 24,985
East Asia and the Pacific 0.948 — 0.692 0.730 76.0 72.2 13.0 12.8 6.9 8.0 9,017 13,780
Europe and Central Asia 0.945 — 0.719 0.760 76.1 68.5 13.5 13.8 9.0 10.0 8,238 17,607
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.976 — 0.736 0.754 78.2 71.7 14.4 13.7 8.0 8.1 10,194 18,435
South Asia 0.801 — 0.525 0.655 69.9 67.1 10.8 11.3 3.7 6.9 2,198 8,827
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.872 — 0.480 0.550 59.7 57.1 9.1 10.3 4.2 6.0 2,626 4,148
Least developed countries 0.866 — 0.465 0.537 64.8 61.9 8.9 10.0 3.2 4.9 1,783 3,005
Small island developing states .. — .. .. 72.6 67.8 13.4 12.6 .. .. 5,045 8,849
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 0.973 — 0.862 0.887 82.7 77.5 16.0 15.5 11.0 11.5 28,430 47,269
World 0.924 — 0.670 0.725 73.7 69.5 12.2 12.4 6.2 7.9 10,296 18,373

 

Notes
a. Because disaggregated income data are not available, data are crudely estimated. See Definitions and Technical note 3 at http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf for details on how the Gender Development Index is calculated.
b. Countries are divided into five groups by absolute deviation from gender parity in HDI values.
c. Data refer to 2014 or the most recent year available.
d. Calculated by the Singapore Ministry of Education.
e. HDRO updates based on data on educational attainment from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015) and methodology from Barro and Lee (2014).
f. For the purpose of calculating the male HDI value, estimated gross national income per capita is capped at $75,000.
g. Based on data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2011).
h. Based on data on school life expectancy from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013).
i. HDRO calculations based on data from recent United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.
j. Based on the estimate of educational attainment distribution from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
k. HDRO calculations based on data from the 2011 population census from Samoa Bureau of Statistics (2013).
l. HDRO estimate based on data from the country's most recent ICF Macro Demographic and Health Survey.

Definitions
Gender Development Index: Ratio of female to male HDI values. See Technical note 3 at http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf for details on how the Gender Development Index is calculated.
Gender Development Index groups: Countries are divided into five groups by absolute deviation from gender parity in HDI values. Group 1 comprises countries with high equality in HDI achievements between women and men (absolute deviation of less than 2.5 percent); group 2 comprises countries with medium to high equality in HDI achievements between women and men (absolute deviation of 2.5-5 percent); group 3 comprises countries with medium equality in HDI achievements between women and men (absolute deviation of 5-7.5 percent); group 4 comprises countries with medium to low equality in HDI achievements between women and men (absolute deviation of 7.5-10 percent); and group 5 comprises countries with low equality in HDI achievements between women and men (absolute deviation from gender parity of more than 10 percent).
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. See Technical note 1 at http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf for details on how the HDI is calculated.
Life expectancy at birth: Number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant’s life.
Expected years of schooling: Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist throughout the child’s life.
Mean years of schooling: Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older, converted from educational attainment levels using official durations of each level.
Estimated gross national income per capita: Derived from the ratio of female to male wages, female and male shares of economically active population and GNI (in 2011 purchasing power parity terms). See Technical note 3 at http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2015_technical_notes.pdf for details.

Main data sources
Columns 1: Calculated based on data in columns 3 and 4.
Columns 2: Calculated based on data in column 1.
Columns 3 and 4: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2015), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), World Bank (2015a), ILO (2015a) and IMF (2015).
Columns 5 and 6: UNDESA (2015).
Columns 7 and 8: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015).
Columns 9 and 10: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2015), Barro and Lee (2014), UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and ICF Macro Demographic and Health Surveys.
Columns 11 and 12: HDRO calculations based on ILO (2015a), UNDESA (2013a), World Bank (2015a) and IMF (2015).