The 2003 Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index that measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools; and a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) US dollars. Higher scores indicate greater development.

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Rate
1	Norway	1.0
2	Iceland	1.0
3	Australia	1.0
4	Canada	0.9
4	Luxembourg	0.9
4	Sweden	0.9
5	Switzerland	0.9
6	Ireland	0.9
7	Belgium	0.9
8	United States (General)	0.9
9	Japan	0.9
9	Netherlands	0.9
10	Denmark	0.9
10	Finland	0.9
11	United Kingdom	0.9
12	France	0.9
13	Austria	0.9
14	Italy	0.9
15	New Zealand	0.9
16	Germany	0.9
17	Spain	0.9
18	Hong Kong	0.9
19	Israel	0.9
20	Greece	0.9
21	Singapore	0.9
22	Portugal	0.9
22	Slovenia	0.9
23	Korea, (South) Republic of	0.9
24	Cyprus	0.9
25	Barbados	0.9
26	Czech Republic	0.9
27	Malta	0.9
28	Brunei	0.9
29	Argentina	0.9
30	Hungary	0.9
31	Poland	0.9
32	Chile	0.9
33	Estonia	0.9
34	Lithuania	0.9
35	Qatar	0.8
35	Slovakia	0.8
35	United Arab Emirates	0.8
36	Bahrain	0.8
37	Kuwait	0.8
38	Croatia	0.8
39	Uruguay	0.8
40	Costa Rica	0.8
41	Latvia	0.8
42	Bahamas, The	0.8
43	Cuba	0.8
44	Mexico	0.8
45	Bulgaria	0.8
46	Panama	0.8
47	Trinidad and Tobago	0.8
48	Libya	0.8
49	Macedonia	0.8
50	Malaysia	0.8
51	Russia	0.8
52	Brazil	0.8
52	Romania	0.8
53	Mauritius	0.8
54	Belarus	0.8
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.8
55	Colombia	0.8
56	Oman	0.8
57	Albania	0.8
58	Thailand	0.8
59	Saudi Arabia	0.8
59	Venezuela	0.8
60	Ukraine	0.8
61	Peru	0.8
62	Kazakhstan	0.8
63	Armenia	0.8
63	Ecuador	0.8
63	Lebanon	0.8
64	Philippines	0.8
65	China	0.8
65	Paraguay	0.8
65	Suriname	0.8
66	Belize	0.8
66	Jordan	0.8
66	Tunisia	0.8
67	Fiji	0.8
68	Sri Lanka	0.8
69	Turkey	0.8
70	Dominican Republic	0.7
71	Maldives	0.7
72	Jamaica	0.7
72	Turkmenistan	0.7
73	Iran	0.7
74	Georgia	0.7
75	Azerbaijan	0.7
76	Algeria	0.7
76	El Salvador	0.7
77	Cape Verde	0.7
77	Syria	0.7
78	Guyana	0.7
79	Vietnam	0.7
80	Kyrgyzstan	0.7
81	Indonesia	0.7
82	Uzbekistan	0.7
83	Nicaragua	0.7
84	Bolivia	0.7
85	Mongolia	0.7
86	Moldova	0.7
87	Honduras	0.7
88	Guatemala	0.7
89	Egypt	0.7
89	Vanuatu	0.7
90	South Africa	0.7
91	Equatorial Guinea	0.7
92	Tajikistan	0.7
93	Gabon	0.6
94	Morocco	0.6
95	Namibia	0.6
96	India	0.6
97	Solomon Islands	0.6
98	Burma (Myanmar)	0.6
99	Cambodia	0.6
100	Botswana	0.6
101	Comoros	0.5
102	Laos	0.5
103	Bhutan	0.5
104	Pakistan	0.5
105	Nepal	0.5
106	Papua New Guinea	0.5
107	Bangladesh	0.5
107	Ghana	0.5
108	Congo, Republic of the	0.5
108	Sudan	0.5
108	Togo	0.5
109	Uganda	0.5
110	Zimbabwe	0.5
111	Madagascar	0.5
112	Swaziland	0.5
113	Cameroon	0.5
113	Lesotho	0.5
114	Djibouti	0.5
115	Yemen	0.5
116	Mauritania	0.5
117	Haiti	0.5
118	Kenya	0.5
119	Gambia, The	0.5
120	Guinea	0.5
121	Senegal	0.5
122	Nigeria	0.5
123	Rwanda	0.5
124	Angola	0.4
125	Eritrea	0.4
126	Benin	0.4
127	Cote d'Ivoire	0.4
128	Tanzania	0.4
129	Malawi	0.4
130	Zambia	0.4
131	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.4
132	Mozambique	0.4
133	Burundi	0.4
134	Ethiopia	0.4
135	Central African Republic	0.4
136	Guinea-Bissau	0.3
137	Chad	0.3
138	Mali	0.3
139	Burkina Faso	0.3
140	Sierra Leone	0.3
141	Niger	0.3
--	Afghanistan	--
--	French Guiana	--
--	French Polynesia	--
--	Guadeloupe	--
--	Iraq	--
--	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	--
--	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	--
--	Kosovo	--
--	Liberia	--
--	Macau	--
--	Martinique	--
--	Montenegro	--
--	New Caledonia	--
--	Puerto Rico	--
--	Reunion	--
--	Serbia	--
--	Somalia	--
--	Taiwan	--
--	Timor-Leste	--
--	Western Sahara	--

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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