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. 1=the most developed.

Human development index (score)

19902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Seychelles0.760.730.770.770.760.780.780.800.790.790.800.810.80
Mauritius0.620.680.720.760.760.770.780.790.790.790.800.810.810.79
Libya0.720.750.800.770.760.790.760.730.750.690.710.720.760.74
Tunisia0.570.650.690.710.720.720.720.730.720.730.730.740.740.73
Algeria0.590.650.690.720.730.730.730.740.740.740.750.750.740.73
Egypt0.570.630.640.670.670.680.680.690.700.700.700.730.720.73
South Africa0.640.630.620.680.670.680.690.690.720.700.710.730.740.72
Gabon0.600.630.630.660.660.670.670.680.690.690.690.710.700.70
Botswana0.590.580.600.650.680.690.700.710.690.720.730.720.700.70
Morocco0.450.530.580.600.630.640.640.650.660.670.670.680.680.68
Equatorial Guinea0.510.570.610.580.580.590.590.650.590.580.600.650.65
केप वर्दे0.590.600.650.640.640.650.650.660.660.660.670.670.65
Namibia0.600.550.550.580.600.610.620.630.630.640.640.640.640.63
इस्वातिनी0.550.470.460.500.520.540.550.570.580.590.600.610.620.62
Sao Tome and Principe0.480.500.530.550.570.570.580.590.600.610.620.620.610.61
Ghana0.450.500.520.570.570.580.590.590.590.600.600.620.600.60
Kenya0.480.490.500.550.560.570.570.580.580.590.600.580.600.60
Congo0.540.510.470.580.520.540.550.560.610.580.570.580.600.60
Angola0.380.460.520.530.540.560.570.590.580.580.600.600.59
Comoros0.460.490.520.530.540.540.540.560.550.550.560.580.59
Cameroon0.440.430.470.520.510.530.530.540.560.550.560.580.590.59
Zambia0.420.420.470.530.530.550.560.560.560.570.580.570.570.57
Zimbabwe0.480.430.410.480.500.530.540.550.540.560.560.600.560.55
Uganda0.330.390.440.500.500.510.510.520.530.530.530.520.540.55
Togo0.400.440.440.470.480.480.490.490.510.500.510.530.540.54
Mauritania0.400.460.490.510.510.520.530.530.540.540.540.560.550.54
Nigeria0.470.490.490.500.520.520.520.530.530.530.540.54
United Republic of Tanzania0.370.400.440.490.490.500.500.500.510.520.520.540.530.54
Rwanda0.320.330.410.490.500.510.520.520.510.530.540.530.530.54
Lesotho0.480.460.440.470.470.480.490.500.510.510.520.520.530.53
Côte d'Ivoire0.430.450.440.470.470.480.490.490.500.510.530.540.530.53
Sudan0.320.420.440.490.470.490.490.500.510.510.510.510.520.52
Senegal0.370.390.430.470.470.490.490.500.500.510.510.510.510.51
Djibouti0.330.400.420.460.470.480.490.470.510.510.510.510.51
Malawi0.300.380.370.460.440.450.460.470.500.470.470.510.510.51
Benin0.350.410.460.480.500.510.520.530.510.530.540.530.510.50
Gambia0.320.390.440.450.460.460.470.470.470.480.480.500.490.49
Eritrea0.430.460.440.440.450.460.470.460.450.490.490.49
Ethiopia0.290.360.410.430.440.450.460.460.470.470.490.490.49
Madagascar0.440.490.490.510.510.520.520.500.520.530.510.500.49
Liberia0.430.430.460.470.470.480.480.470.480.480.480.490.48
Guinea Bissau0.400.440.450.450.450.460.470.470.470.480.490.48
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.380.380.380.420.440.440.450.460.460.470.480.480.480.48
Guinea0.270.350.380.420.430.440.450.450.450.470.470.460.470.47
Mozambique0.240.300.360.410.400.400.420.430.450.440.450.450.470.47
Sierra Leone0.310.320.350.420.410.420.430.440.440.430.440.470.460.45
Burkina Faso0.300.330.370.390.400.410.410.410.430.440.450.450.45
Burundi0.290.300.340.400.420.430.430.440.420.440.430.430.420.42
Mali0.240.320.370.410.410.410.410.420.410.420.430.430.420.41
Chad0.290.330.360.380.390.390.400.390.390.400.400.400.40
Niger0.210.260.290.340.340.350.360.370.370.380.390.400.390.39
Central African Republic0.330.320.340.360.370.380.360.370.370.380.390.410.390.39
South Sudan0.410.430.400.430.430.380.420.430.400.390.39