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List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and 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, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, no Oceanian country falls into the low human development category while Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen are the only Asian countries which fall into this category.

The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

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World countries by Human Development Index (2021)
  0.900 to 0.950
  0.850 to 0.899
  0.800 to 0.849
  0.750 to 0.799
  0.700 to 0.749
  0.650 to 0.699
  0.600 to 0.649
  0.550 to 0.599
  0.500 to 0.549
  0.450 to 0.499
  Data unavailable

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI)[3] for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 8 September 2022 and based on data collected in 2021.[4]

Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macau, North Korea, and Taiwan in Asia, as well as Nauru and Tuvalu in Oceania are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.

List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index
Rank Nation Human Development
Index (HDI)
Region World HDI
value
(2021) 		Change in
HDI value
2020-21
Very High Human Development
1 4   Hong Kong, China (SAR)[note 1] 0.952   0.003
2 5   Australia 0.951   0.004
3 12   Singapore 0.939  
4 13   New Zealand 0.937   0.001
5 19   Japan 0.925   0.002
5 19   South Korea 0.925   0.003
7 22   Israel 0.919   0.002
8 26   United Arab Emirates 0.911   0.001
9 29   Cyprus[note 2] 0.896   0.002
10 35   Saudi Arabia 0.875   0.005
10 35   Bahrain 0.875   0.002
12 42   Qatar 0.855   0.001
13 48   Turkey[note 3] 0.838   0.005
14 50   Kuwait 0.831   0.009
15 51   Brunei 0.829   0.001
16 52   Russia[note 4] 0.822   0.008
17 54   Oman 0.816   0.011
18 56   Kazakhstan[note 5] 0.811   0.003
19 62   Malaysia 0.803   0.003
20 63   Georgia[note 6] 0.802  
21 66   Thailand 0.800   0.002
High Human Development
22 73   Sri Lanka 0.782   0.002
23 76   Iran 0.774   0.003
24 79   China[note 7] 0.768   0.004
25 80   Palau 0.767   0.006
26 85   Armenia[note 8] 0.759   0.002
27 90   Maldives 0.747   0.013
28 91   Azerbaijan[note 9] 0.745   0.015
28 91   Turkmenistan 0.745   0.004
30 91   Tonga 0.745  
31 96   Mongolia 0.739   0.006
32 97   Egypt[note 10] 0.731   0.003
33 99   Fiji 0.730   0.007
34 101   Uzbekistan 0.727   0.006
35 102   Jordan 0.720   0.003
36 106   Palestine 0.715   0.001
37 111   Samoa 0.707   0.005
38 112   Lebanon 0.706   0.020
39 114   Indonesia[note 11] 0.705   0.004
40 115   Vietnam 0.703   0.007
Medium Human Development
41 116   Philippines 0.699   0.011
42 118   Kyrgyzstan 0.692   0.003
42 121   Iraq 0.686   0.007
44 122   Tajikistan 0.685   0.021
45 127   Bhutan 0.666   0.002
46 129   Bangladesh 0.661   0.006
47 132   India 0.633   0.009
48 131   Marshall Islands 0.639  
49 134   Micronesia 0.628   0.001
50 136   Kiribati 0.624   0.001
51 140   Laos 0.607   0.001
51 140   East Timor 0.607   0.007
51 140   Vanuatu 0.607   0.001
54 143     Nepal 0.602   0.002
55 146   Cambodia 0.593   0.003
56 149   Myanmar 0.585   0.015
57 150   Syria 0.577  
58 155   Solomon Islands 0.564   0.001
59 156   Papua New Guinea 0.558   0.002
Low Human Development
60 161   Pakistan 0.544   0.001
61 180   Afghanistan 0.478   0.005
62 183   Yemen 0.455   0.005

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China.
  2. ^ Cyprus is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though politically and culturally it is often considered as being a part of Europe.
  3. ^ A portion of Turkey, known as East Thrace, is a part of Europe, making up about 3% of the country's land area and 14% of its population.
  4. ^ Russia is geographically a transcontinental country, though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe. Asian Russia consists of over 75% of the country's territory, but only 22% of its population.
  5. ^ Two regions of Kazakhstan, namely Atyrau and West Kazakhstan, are partly located in Europe.
  6. ^ The municipality of Kazbegi is located in Europe, which makes up about 0.1% of Georgia's population.
  7. ^ Data for China are calculated for mainland China only, excluding Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
  8. ^ Armenia is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe.
  9. ^ The districts of Khachmaz, Quba, Qusar, Shabran, and Siazan are geographically in Europe, placing about 5% of Azerbaijan's population in Europe.
  10. ^ The portion of Egypt located in Asia is the Sinai Region, comprising about 6% of the country's landmass. However, the country is politically a part of Africa.
  11. ^ The Aru Islands and Western New Guinea are geographically in Oceania, comprising approx. 22% of Indonesia's landmass and 2% of its population. However, the country is politically a part of Asia.

References edit

  1. ^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. ^ "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Table 1: Human Development Index and its components".
  4. ^ "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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