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
Norway0.850.910.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.950.950.960.960.96
Switzerland0.850.890.910.940.940.940.950.940.950.950.950.960.960.96
Iceland0.830.900.900.930.910.920.930.930.950.940.940.960.960.96
Australia0.860.900.910.920.930.940.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.95
Germany0.830.890.910.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.950.95
Denmark0.840.890.910.910.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.95
Ireland0.740.850.900.910.900.910.920.930.920.940.950.940.940.95
Sweden0.810.900.900.910.910.910.930.940.940.940.940.940.950.94
Finland0.810.890.910.910.920.920.930.930.930.930.940.940.940.94
Netherlands0.850.890.900.920.930.930.930.930.930.940.940.940.940.94
New Zealand0.810.890.900.920.910.910.910.920.930.920.930.940.940.94
Belgium0.810.880.900.910.910.910.920.920.920.920.930.930.940.93
Canada0.860.890.890.910.900.910.910.920.930.920.930.930.930.93
United States of America0.880.890.900.920.920.920.920.920.920.920.920.930.930.92
Republic of Korea0.730.820.860.890.900.900.900.900.910.910.910.920.920.92
Luxembourg0.790.860.880.910.900.900.900.900.910.910.910.920.930.92
United Kingdom0.800.860.900.910.910.900.920.930.920.920.930.930.930.92
Japan0.850.880.880.900.890.900.900.910.910.910.920.920.920.92
Austria0.820.870.860.900.910.910.910.910.910.920.920.920.920.92
Slovenia0.820.870.890.890.880.890.890.900.900.910.920.920.91
Israel0.780.840.880.890.900.900.910.910.900.910.910.920.910.91
France0.790.840.870.880.880.890.890.890.890.890.900.900.910.90
Spain0.760.830.850.870.880.880.880.890.890.900.900.900.900.89
Italy0.780.840.870.880.880.880.880.880.880.880.890.890.900.89
Czech Republic0.750.810.840.870.870.870.880.890.890.890.900.890.900.89
Estonia0.740.800.830.860.860.870.870.870.880.880.890.890.890.89
Greece0.760.820.850.870.860.870.870.880.880.870.880.890.890.89
Poland0.720.790.810.850.850.840.860.860.870.870.870.880.880.87
Portugal0.700.790.810.830.830.840.840.850.850.860.860.860.860.86
Slovakia0.760.800.840.840.840.850.850.850.850.860.860.860.86
Hungary0.720.770.810.830.830.830.840.840.840.840.850.850.850.85
Chile0.710.760.790.810.820.820.830.840.850.850.850.860.860.85
Turkey0.600.670.700.750.750.770.790.800.820.810.810.840.840.84
Mexico0.670.710.740.750.760.760.760.760.770.770.770.780.780.76