List of countries by Human Development Index (1998)
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This is a '''list of all countries by [[Human Development Index]]''' as included in a D-Group's [[Human development (humanity)|Human Development Report]] released in January 1985, compiled on the basis of estimates for 1982. It covers 158 [[United Nations member states|UN member states]] (out of the then 192) and [[Hong Kong]], China. 24 UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of [[life expectancy]], [[literacy]], [[education]] and [[standard of living|standards of living]] for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of [[measuring well-being]], especially [[child welfare]]. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a [[developed country|developed]], a [[developing country|developing]] or [[Least Developed Countries|an underdeveloped country]], and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani [[Economics|economist]] [[Mahbub ul Haq]] and Indian economist [[Amartya Sen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/reports/|title=History of the Human Development Report|accessdate=26 March 2009|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]}}</ref>
Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/UN_Human_Development_Report_2010_1.PNG|title= Human development Report|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|page=139|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref> The divisions are:<br/>
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| High || 63 countries
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| Medium || 51 countries
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| Low || 45 countries
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Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.
Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as ''[[Developed country|developed countries]]'', and the last three are all grouped in ''[[Developing country|developing countries]]''. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.
Some older groupings (''high/medium/low income countries'') have been removed that were based on the [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) in [[purchasing power parity]] (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the [[gross national income]] (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.
==Complete list of countries{{citation needed|date=August 2011}}==
* Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
* This revision of the index was released in 1985 and estimates the HDI of countries for 1982.
* The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 1981, released in 1984.
===High human development ([[Developed country|developed countries]])===
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!scope="col" colspan="1"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="1" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Canada}} || 0.960
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|France}} || 0.946
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Norway}} || 0.943
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United States}} || 0.943
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iceland}} || 0.942
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Finland}} || 0.942
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Netherlands}} || 0.941
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Japan}} || 0.940
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|New Zealand}} || 0.939
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sweden}} || 0.936
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| 11 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Spain}} || 0.935
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| 12 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Belgium}} || 0.933
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| 13 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Austria}} || 0.933
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| 14 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 0.932
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| 15 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|East Germany}} || 0.932
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| 16 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Australia}} || 0.932
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| 17 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Switzerland}} || 0.930
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| 18 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ireland}} || 0.930
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| 19 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Denmark}} || 0.928
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| 20 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Greece}} || 0.924
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| 21 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Italy}} || 0.922
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| 22 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|West Germany}} || 0.918
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| 23 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Israel}} || 0.913
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| 24 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cyprus}} || 0.913
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| 25 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Barbados}} || 0.909
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| 26 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} || 0.909
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| 27 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Luxembourg}} || 0.900
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| 28 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Malta}} || 0.899
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| 29 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Singapore}} || 0.896
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| 30 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 0.895
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| 31 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|South Korea}} || 0.894
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| 32 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Chile}} || 0.893
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!scope="col" colspan="1"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="1" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 33 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bahamas}} || 0.893
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| 34 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Portugal}} || 0.892
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| 35 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Costa Rica}} || 0.889
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| 36 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Brunei}} || 0.889
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| 37 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Argentina}} || 0.888
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| 38 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Uruguay}} || 0.885
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| 39 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 0.880
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| 40 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || 0.880
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| 41 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Dominica|1981}} || 0.879
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| 42 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bahrain}} || 0.872
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| 43 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Fiji}} || 0.869
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| 44 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Panama}} || 0.868
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| 45 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Venezuela|1930}} || 0.860
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| 46 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Hungary}} || 0.857
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| 47 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 0.855
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| 48 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mexico}} || 0.855
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| 49 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 0.854
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| 50 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Grenada}} || 0.851
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| 51 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Poland}} || 0.851
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| 52 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Colombia}} || 0.850
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| 53 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Kuwait}} || 0.848
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| 54 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 0.845
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| 55 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Seychelles|1977}} || 0.845
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| 56 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Qatar}} || 0.840
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| 57 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saint Lucia|1979}} || 0.839
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| 58 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Thailand}} || 0.838
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| 59 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Malaysia}} || 0.834
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| 60 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mauritius}} || 0.833
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| 61 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Brazil|1968}} || 0.809
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| 62 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Belize}} || 0.807
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| 63 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Libya|1977}} || 0.806
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===Medium human development ([[Developing country|developing countries]])===
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!scope="col" colspan="1"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="1" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 64 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || 0.798
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| 65 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Suriname}} || 0.796
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| 66 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Lebanon}} || 0.796
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| 67 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} || 0.789
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| 68 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Turkey}} || 0.782
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| 69 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 0.778
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| 70 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Oman|1970}} || 0.771
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| 71 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ecuador}} || 0.767
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| 72 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Romania|1965}} || 0.767
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| 73 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|North Korea}} || 0.766
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| 74 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iran}} || 0.758
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| 75 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Syria}} || 0.749
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| 76 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Algeria}} || 0.746
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| 77 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || 0.744
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| 78 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Jamaica}} || 0.735
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| 79 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cuba}} || 0.729
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| 80 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Peru}} || 0.729
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| 81 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Jordan}} || 0.729
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| 82 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 0.720
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| 83 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|South Africa|1928}} || 0.717
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| 84 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 0.716
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| 85 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} || 0.707
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| 86 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Western Samoa}} || 0.694
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| 87 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Maldives}} || 0.683
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| 88 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Soviet Union}} || 0.679
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!scope="col" colspan="1"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="1" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 89 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Indonesia}} || 0.679
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| 90 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Botswana}} || 0.678
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| 91 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Philippines}} || 0.677
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| 92 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guyana}} || 0.670
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| 93 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mongolia}} || 0.669
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| 94 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Albania|1946}} || 0.656
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| 95 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|China}} || 0.650
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| 96 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Namibia}} || 0.644
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| 97 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guatemala}} || 0.615
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| 98 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Egypt}} || 0.612
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| 99 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|El Salvador}} || 0.604
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| 100 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Swaziland}} || 0.597
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| 101 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bolivia}} || 0.593
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| 102 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cape Verde|1975}} || 0.591
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| 103 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Honduras}} || 0.573
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| 104 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Gabon}} || 0.568
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| 105 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} || 0.563
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| 106 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 0.560
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| 107 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || 0.560
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| 108 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Vanuatu}} || 0.559
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| 109 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Morocco}} || 0.557
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| 110 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 0.547
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| 111 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iraq|1963}} || 0.538
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| 112 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Congo|1970}} || 0.519
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| 113 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 0.507
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| 114 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 0.507
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===Low human development ([[Developing country|developing countries]])===
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!scope="col" rowspan="1" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 115 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Burma|1974}} || 0.481
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| 116 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cameroon}} || 0.481
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| 117 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ghana}} || 0.473
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| 118 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Lesotho|1966}} || 0.469
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| 119 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || 0.465
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| 120 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Laos}} || 0.465
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| 121 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Kenya}} || 0.463
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| 122 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Pakistan}} || 0.453
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| 123 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|India}} || 0.451
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| 124 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cambodia|1979}} (Kampuchea) || 0.422
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| 125 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Comoros|1978}} || 0.411
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| 126 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nigeria}} || 0.391
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| 127 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Zaire}} || 0.383
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| 128 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Togo}} || 0.380
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| 129 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Benin|1975}} || 0.378
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| 130 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Zambia|1964}} || 0.378
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| 131 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 0.371
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| 132 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} || 0.368
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| 133 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mauritania}} || 0.361
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| 134 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tanzania}} || 0.358
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| 135 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Yemen|1962}} || 0.356
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| 136 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nepal}} || 0.351
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| 137 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Madagascar}} || 0.348
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!scope="col" colspan="1"| HDI
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| 138 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Central African Republic}} || 0.347
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| 139 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bhutan}} || 0.347
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| 140 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Angola}} || 0.344
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| 141 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sudan}} || 0.343
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| 142 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Senegal}} || 0.342
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| 143 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Haiti|1964}} || 0.340
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| 144 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Uganda}} || 0.340
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| 145 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Malawi}} || 0.334
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| 146 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Djibouti}} || 0.324
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| 147 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Chad}} || 0.318
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| 148 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 0.295
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| 149 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Gambia}} || 0.291
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| 150 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mozambique}} || 0.281
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| 151 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guinea}} || 0.277
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| 152 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Eritrea}} || 0.275
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| 153 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ethiopia|1975}} || 0.252
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| 154 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Burundi}} || 0.241
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| 155 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mali}} || 0.236
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| 156 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 0.219
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| 157 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Niger}} || 0.207
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| 158 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || 0.185
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==List of countries by continent==
=== Africa ===
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'''10 highest HDIs'''
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
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!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Libya}} || 0.755
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mauritius}} || 0.701
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || 0.683
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Algeria}} || 0.677
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Gabon}} || 0.648
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Botswana}} || 0.633
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Egypt}} || 0.620
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Namibia}} || 0.606
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|South Africa|1928}} || 0.597
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Morocco}} || 0.567
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'''10 lowest HDIs'''
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
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!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 0.140
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1966}} || 0.239
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Niger}} || 0.261
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Burundi}} || 0.282
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mozambique}} || 0.284
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 0.289
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Chad}} || 0.295
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Liberia}} || 0.300
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 0.305
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mali}} || 0.309
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===Americas===
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'''10 highest HDIs'''
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
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!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United States}} || 0.902
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Canada}} || 0.888
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Barbados}} || 0.788
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bahamas}} || 0.784
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Chile}} || 0.783
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Argentina}} || 0.775
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Uruguay}} || 0.765
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Panama}} || 0.755
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mexico}} || 0.750
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 0.736
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'''10 lowest HDIs'''
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
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!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Haiti|1964}} || 0.404
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guatemala}} || 0.560
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 0.565
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Honduras}} || 0.604
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guyana}} || 0.611
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} || 0.640
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bolivia}} || 0.643
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Suriname}} || 0.646
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|El Salvador}} || 0.659
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 0.663
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===Asia & Oceania===
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'''10 highest HDIs'''
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!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
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!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
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!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
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| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Australia}} || 0.937
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| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|New Zealand}} || 0.907
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| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Japan}} || 0.884
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| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|South Korea}} || 0.877
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| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Israel}} || 0.872
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| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} || 0.862
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| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Singapore}} || 0.846
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| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 0.815
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| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cyprus}} || 0.810
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| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Brunei}} || 0.805
|}
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'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Afghanistan|1980}} || 0.349
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nepal}} || 0.428
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 0.431
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Yemen|1962}} || 0.439
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Myanmar|1974}} || 0.451
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 0.469
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Pakistan}} || 0.490
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cambodia|1979}} || 0.494
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || 0.494
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Laos}} || 0.497
|}
{{col-end}}
===Europe===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Norway}} || 0.938
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ireland}} || 0.895
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Liechtenstein}} || 0.891
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Netherlands}} || 0.890
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sweden}} || 0.885
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Germany}} || 0.885
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Switzerland}} || 0.874
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|France}} || 0.872
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Finland}} || 0.871
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iceland}} || 0.869
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Moldova}} || 0.623
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Turkey}} || 0.683
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Armenia}} || 0.695
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Georgia}} || 0.698
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Macedonia}} || 0.701
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ukraine}} || 0.710
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 0.710
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 0.713
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || 0.714
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Russia}} ||nowrap| 0.719<ref group="nb" name="RusHDI">See [[List of Russian federal subjects by HDI]].</ref>
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
==List of countries by non-continental region==
===Arab states===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 0.815
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Qatar}} || 0.803
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bahrain}} || 0.801
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Kuwait}} || 0.771
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Libya}} || 0.755
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 0.752
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || 0.683
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Jordan}} || 0.681
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Algeria}} || 0.677
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Egypt}} || 0.620
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sudan}} || 0.379
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Djibouti}} || 0.402
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Comoros|1978}} || 0.428
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mauritania}} || 0.433
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Yemen|1962}} || 0.439
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Morocco}} || 0.567
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Syria}} || 0.589
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Egypt}} || 0.620
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Algeria}} || 0.677
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Jordan}} || 0.681
|}
{{col-end}}
=== European Union ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ireland}} || 0.895
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Netherlands}} || 0.890
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sweden}} || 0.885
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Germany}} || 0.885
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|France}} || 0.872
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Finland}} || 0.871
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Belgium}} || 0.867
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Denmark}} || 0.866
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Spain}} || 0.863
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Greece}} || 0.855
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}} || 0.743
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Romania|1965}} || 0.767
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Latvia}} || 0.769
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Lithuania}} || 0.783
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Poland}} || 0.795
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Portugal}} || 0.795
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Hungary}} || 0.805
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cyprus}} || 0.810
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Estonia}} || 0.812
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Malta}} || 0.815
|}
{{col-end}}
===East Asia and the Pacific===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Australia}} || 0.937
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|New Zealand}} || 0.907
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Japan}} || 0.884
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|South Korea}} || 0.877
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Hong Kong|1959}} || 0.862
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Singapore}} || 0.846
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Brunei}} || 0.805
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Malaysia}} || 0.744
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tonga}} || 0.677
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Fiji}} || 0.669
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 0.431
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Myanmar|1974}} || 0.451
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cambodia}} || 0.494
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || 0.494
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Laos}} || 0.497
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Timor-Leste}} || 0.502
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 0.572
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Indonesia}} || 0.600
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Micronesia, Federated States of}} || 0.614
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mongolia}} || 0.622
|}
{{col-end}}
===Latin America===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="10" style="color:#009900"| High human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Chile}} || 0.783
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Argentina}} || 0.775
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Uruguay}} || 0.765
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Panama}} || 0.755
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Mexico}} || 0.750
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Costa Rica}} || 0.725
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Peru}} || 0.723
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Brazil|1968}} || 0.699
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Venezuela|1930}} || 0.696
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Ecuador}} || 0.695
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Haiti|1964}} || 0.404
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Guatemala}} || 0.560
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 0.565
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Honduras}} || 0.604
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} || 0.640
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bolivia}} || 0.643
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|El Salvador}} || 0.659
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 0.663
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#009900"| High human development
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Colombia}} || 0.689
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Belize}} || 0.694
|}
{{col-end}}
===Middle East and North Africa===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''10 highest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Israel}} || 0.872
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 0.815
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Cyprus}} || 0.810
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Qatar}} || 0.803
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Bahrain}} || 0.801
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Kuwait}} || 0.771
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Libya}} || 0.755
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 0.752
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iran}} || 0.702
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || 0.683
|}
{{col-break}}
'''10 lowest HDIs'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width="250"| Country
!scope="col" colspan="2"| HDI
|-
!scope="col" width="75"| <small>New 2010 estimates for 2010</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 1 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Sudan}} || 0.379
|-
| 2 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Yemen|1962}} || 0.439
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Morocco}} || 0.567
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Syria}} || 0.589
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Egypt}} || 0.620
|-
!scope="row" colspan="4" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Algeria}} || 0.677
|-
| 7 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Turkey}} || 0.679
|-
| 8 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Jordan}} || 0.681
|-
| 9 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} || 0.683
|-
| 10 ||style="text-align:left"| {{flag|Iran}} || 0.702
|}
{{col-end}}
==HDI by regions & groups==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"| Region or Group
!scope="col"| 2010<br />estimates<br />for 2010<br />HDI<ref name="UNDP1">{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Complete.pdf|title=2010 Human development Report|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|page=151|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref>
!scope="col"| 2010<br />estimates<br />for 2009<br />HDI<ref name="UNDP1" />
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] Developed'' || 0.879 {{Increase}} || 0.876
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Very High Human Development'' || 0.878 {{Increase}} || 0.875
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Non-OECD Developed'' || 0.844 {{Increase}} || 0.840
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''High Human Development''|| 0.717 {{Increase}} || 0.712
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Latin America]] and the [[Caribbean]]'' || 0.704 {{Increase}} || 0.699
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Europe and Central Asia''|| 0.702 {{Increase}} || 0.698
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Asia-Pacific|East Asia and the Pacific]]'' || 0.643 {{Increase}} || 0.636
|-
|style="text-align:left"| '''''[[World]]''''' || 0.624 {{Increase}} || 0.619
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Medium Human Development'' || 0.592 {{Increase}} || 0.586
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Arab states]]'' || 0.588 {{Increase}} || 0.583
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[South Asia]]'' || 0.516 {{Increase}} || 0.510
|-
!scope="row" colspan="3" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''Low Human Development'' || 0.393 {{Increase}} || 0.388
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Sub-Saharan Africa]]'' || 0.389 {{Increase}} || 0.384
|-
|style="text-align:left"| ''[[Least developed countries]]'' || 0.386 {{Increase}} || 0.382
|}
{{col-end}}
==Countries missing from latest report==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
===UN member states (latest UNDP data)===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" colspan="2"| Year
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Country
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| HDI
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Source
|-
!scope="col"| <small>Publication</small>
!scope="col"| <small>Data</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 1997 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Monaco}} || 0.946 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
| 1997 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|San Marino}} || 0.944 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 0.868 || 47 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Cuba}} || 0.863 || 51 || <ref name="2009report">http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/</ref>
|-
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Palau}} || 0.861 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Oman|1970}} || 0.846 || 56 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Seychelles|1977}} || 0.845 || 57 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 0.838 || 62 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Saint Lucia}} || 0.821 || 69 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Dominica|1981}} || 0.814 || 73 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Grenada}} || 0.813 || 74 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Lebanon}} || 0.803 || 83 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 0.772 || 91 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Samoa}} || 0.771 || 94 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 1998 || 1995 ||align="left"| {{flag|North Korea}} || 0.766 || 75 ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_1998_en_chap1.pdf|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|title=The State of Human Development|year=1998|accessdate=26 March 2009|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Vanuatu}} || 0.693 || 126 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Nauru}} || 0.663 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Bhutan}} || 0.619 || 132 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2000 || 1998 ||align="left"| {{flag|Iraq|1963}} || 0.583 || 126 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2000_EN.pdf|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|title=Human Development Report 2000|year=2000|accessdate=26 March 2009|page=163|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Tuvalu|1978}} || 0.583 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Marshall Islands}} || 0.563 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Kiribati}} || 0.515 || {{N/A}} || {{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
|-
!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#990000"| Low human development
|-
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Eritrea}} || 0.472 || 165 || <ref name="2009report"/>
|-
| 2001 || 2001 ||align="left"| {{flag|Somalia}} || 0.384 || 161 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/africa/somalia/Somalia_2001_en.pdf|format=PDF|title=Human Development Report: Somalia 2001|accessdate=26 March 2009|year=2001|page=198}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref group="nb">Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).</ref>
|}
{{col-break}}
===Non-UN members (not calculated by the UNDP)===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col" colspan="2"| Year
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Country or Territory
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| HDI
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Source
|-
!scope="col"| <small>Publication</small>
!scope="col"| <small>Data</small>
|-
!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#009900"| Very high human development
|-
| 2010 || 2010 ||align="left"| {{ROC-TW}} || 0.868 || 18<!--In 2010--> || {{#tag:ref|The UN [[China and the United Nations|does not recognize]] [[Republic of China]] or [[Taiwan]] as a [[sovereign state]]. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures (see [[Political status of Taiwan]]). The ROC's government calculated its HDI to be 0.868, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP for calculating 2010 HDIs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/11715541971.pdf|format=pdf|title=2010中華民國人類發展指數 (HDI)|accessdate=2010-07-02|year=2010|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.|language=Chinese}}</ref>|group="nb"}}
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| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 0.942 || {{N/A}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://islands.unep.ch/CSV.htm|title=Puerto Rico (United States)|publisher=[[United Nations Environment Programme]]|date=2 March 1998|accessdate=26 March 2009}}. {{Citation needed span|text=Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report|date=April 2010}}.</ref>
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| 2008 || 2005 ||align="left"| {{flag|Martinique}} || 0.929 || 24 || <ref name="overseas_France">{{cite web |url=http://www.cerom-outremer.org/jahia/webdav/site/cerom/users/admin_cerom/public/Pdf/BilanmacroNC2008.pdf|format=PDF|title=Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13|accessdate=2008-12-10 |publisher=CEROM - [[INSEE]]|language=French}}</ref>
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| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Greenland}} || 0.927 || {{N/A}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://islands.unep.ch/CTP.htm|title=Greenland (Denmark)|publisher=[[United Nations Environment Programme]]|date=2 March 1998|accessdate=26 March 2009}}. {{Citation needed span|text=Note: Appears to be simply Denmark's HDI published on the 1997 report|date=April 2010}}.</ref>
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| 2008 || 2005 ||align="left"| {{flag|Guadeloupe}} || 0.912 || 28 || <ref name="overseas_France" />
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| 2010 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flag|Macau}} || 0.944 || 23 || <ref name="Macau">The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2007, Macau would rank 23rd or 24th (tying either Singapore or Hong Kong). {{Cite web|url=http://www.dsec.gov.mo/getAttachment/6ba9054b-39ed-4a06-95fa-be5fdc961af1/E_MN_PUB_2010_Y.aspx|title=Macao in Figures 2010|year=2010|publisher=Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR|accessdate=2010-07-01}}</ref>
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!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#00CC00"| High human development
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| 2008 || 2005 ||align="left"| {{flag|New Caledonia}} || 0.878 || 34 || <ref name="overseas_France" />
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| 2007 || 2004 ||align="left"| {{flag|Réunion}} || 0.870 || 35 || <ref name="overseas_France" /><ref name="reunion">{{cite web |url=http://www.regionetdeveloppement.u-3mrs.fr/pdf/R27/Goujon.pdf|format=PDF|title=L’Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion|accessdate=2008-12-10 |publisher=Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var|language=French}}{{Dead link|date=September 2009}}</ref>
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| 2008 || 2005 ||align="left"| {{flag|French Polynesia}} || 0.864 || 42 || <ref name="overseas_France" />
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| 2008 || 2005 ||align="left"| {{flag|French Guiana|local}} || 0.862 || 43 || <ref name="overseas_France" />
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!scope="row" colspan="6" style="color:#FFCC00"| Medium human development
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| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{flagicon|Palestine}}[[Occupied Palestinian Territories]] || 0.737 || 110 || <ref name="2009report"/>
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| 2004 || 2003 ||align="left"| {{flag|Kosovo}} || 0.734 || {{N/A}} || <ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.ks.undp.org/repository/docs/KHDR2004.pdf| title=Human Development Report - Kosovo 2004 |publisher=UNDP|year=2004|accessdate=2011-01-22|page=14}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Human Development Index]]
*[[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI]]
*[[List of African countries by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Australian states and territories by HDI]]
*[[List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index]]
*[[American Human Development Report]]
*[[Ranked list of Chilean regions#By international HDI|List of Chilean regions by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Chinese administrative divisions by HDI|List of Chinese administrative divisions by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of European countries by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Indian states by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Indonesian provinces by HDI]]
*[[List of Mexican states by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Pakistani Districts by Human Development Index]]
*[[List of Philippine provinces by HDI]]
*[[List of Russian federal subjects by HDI]]
*[[Ranked list of Venezuelan states#By human development index|List of Venezuelan states by human development index]]
*[[Happy Planet Index]]
*[[OSCE countries statistics]]
*[[Satisfaction with Life Index]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* Archive of [http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/research previous global reports.]
* [http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ Human Development Index 2010 Report.]
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