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Human Development Report 2009 - HDI rankings

Very High Human Development

  1. Norway
  2. Australia
  3. Iceland
  4. Canada
  5. Ireland
  6. Netherlands
  7. Sweden
  8. France
  9. Switzerland
  10. Japan
  11. Luxembourg
  12. Finland
  13. United States
  14. Austria
  15. Spain
  16. Denmark
  17. Belgium
  18. Italy
  19. Liechtenstein
  20. New Zealand
  21. United Kingdom
  22. Germany
  23. Singapore
  24. Hong Kong, China (SAR)
  25. Greece
  26. Korea (Republic of)
  27. Israel
  28. Andorra
  29. Slovenia
  30. Brunei Darussalam
  31. Kuwait
  32. Cyprus
  33. Qatar
  34. Portugal
  35. United Arab Emirates
  36. Czech Republic
  37. Barbados
  38. Malta

High Human Development

  1. Bahrain
  2. Estonia
  3. Poland
  4. Slovakia
  5. Hungary
  6. Chile
  7. Croatia
  8. Lithuania
  9. Antigua and Barbuda
  10. Latvia
  11. Argentina
  12. Uruguay
  13. Cuba
  14. Bahamas
  15. Mexico
  16. Costa Rica
  17. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  18. Oman
  19. Seychelles
  20. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  21. Saudi Arabia
  22. Panama
  23. Bulgaria
  24. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  25. Romania
  26. Trinidad and Tobago
  27. Montenegro
  28. Malaysia
  29. Serbia
  30. Belarus
  31. Saint Lucia
  32. Albania
  33. Russian Federation
  34. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  35. Dominica
  36. Grenada
  37. Brazil
  38. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  39. Colombia
  40. Peru
  41. Turkey
  42. Ecuador
  43. Mauritius
  44. Kazakhstan
  45. Lebanon

Medium Human Development

  1. Armenia
  2. Ukraine
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Thailand
  5. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  6. Georgia
  7. Dominican Republic
  8. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  9. China
  10. Belize
  11. Samoa
  12. Maldives
  13. Jordan
  14. Suriname
  15. Tunisia
  16. Tonga
  17. Jamaica
  18. Paraguay
  19. Sri Lanka
  20. Gabon
  21. Algeria
  22. Philippines
  23. El Salvador
  24. Syrian Arab Republic
  25. Fiji
  26. Turkmenistan
  27. Occupied Palestinian Territories
  28. Indonesia
  29. Honduras
  30. Bolivia
  31. Guyana
  32. Mongolia
  33. Viet Nam
  34. Moldova
  35. Equatorial Guinea
  36. Uzbekistan
  37. Kyrgyzstan
  38. Cape Verde
  39. Guatemala
  40. Egypt
  41. Nicaragua
  42. Botswana
  43. Vanuatu
  44. Tajikistan
  45. Namibia
  46. South Africa
  47. Morocco
  48. São Tomé and Principe
  49. Bhutan
  50. Lao, People's Dem. Rep.
  51. India
  52. Solomon Islands
  53. Congo
  54. Cambodia
  55. Myanmar
  56. Comoros
  57. Yemen
  58. Pakistan
  59. Swaziland
  60. Angola
  61. Nepal
  62. Madagascar
  63. Bangladesh
  64. Kenya
  65. Papua New Guinea
  66. Haiti
  67. Sudan
  68. Tanzania, U. Rep. of
  69. Ghana
  70. Cameroon
  71. Mauritania
  72. Djibouti
  73. Lesotho
  74. Uganda
  75. Nigeria

Low Human Development

  1. Togo
  2. Malawi
  3. Benin
  4. Timor-Leste
  5. Côte d'Ivoire
  6. Zambia
  7. Eritrea
  8. Senegal
  9. Rwanda
  10. Gambia
  11. Liberia
  12. Guinea
  13. Ethiopia
  14. Mozambique
  15. Guinea-Bissau
  16. Burundi
  17. Chad
  18. Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
  19. Burkina Faso
  20. Mali
  21. Central African Republic
  22. Sierra Leone
  23. Afghanistan
  24. Niger
Note: The HDI rankings featured above were published in the latest Human Development Report 2009, Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development. The data can be accessed here and are for the year 2007. The HDI categories are defined based on values. The cut-off points for each category are: Low HDI (0.000 to 0.499), Medium HDI (0.500 to 0.799), High HDI (0.800 to 0.899), Very High HDI (0.900 to 1.000). A PDF version is available: Human Development Report 2009 - HDI rankings [57 KB]