Data for 1995

Human Development Index, 1995

1995, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 1995 covers 149 countries on 5 measures. United States is highest, at 0.888; Niger is lowest, at 0.238. The middle country reads 0.654. Against 1994, 137 values changed (121 up, 16 down), 7 countries joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 1995

HighestUnited States

0.888

LowestNiger

0.238

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

149countries
5measures per country
1995the year it describes
130distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.888	75.852	15.9443	13.1350	46,001.0
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.887	77.797	15.6637	11.8957	51,630.3
3	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.886	77.551	16.8147	11.4142	46,332.6
4	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.882	78.257	18.9700	11.3356	32,067.5
5	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.881	78.021	16.8726	11.6160	37,178.6
6	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.875	76.840	17.4026	10.1075	48,376.9
7	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.874	79.684	14.6658	11.8625	40,379.1
8	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.872	78.565	14.3924	10.4826	66,015.3
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.870	76.552	15.7528	11.4153	46,054.1
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.869	78.822	16.1077	10.5300	41,244.1
11	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.863	77.543	15.8529	11.0913	37,676.8
12	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.862	75.287	15.1812	11.6500	47,247.6
13	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.858	76.785	16.9464	11.4680	27,385.6
=14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.856	76.775	14.8277	10.6529	49,347.0
=14	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.856	76.604	16.4172	10.2992	39,109.9
16	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.854	75.725	16.6015	8.6800	60,512.8
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.837	77.871	15.7727	8.5107	42,249.5
18	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.835	76.614	14.8562	10.0818	37,194.4
19	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.824	75.878	11.8035	9.6860	76,441.1
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.823	78.125	14.5440	8.0911	45,338.1
21	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.810	78.052	13.0759	10.2315	27,142.7
22	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.809	75.474	13.8614	9.8300	32,148.9
23	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.804	78.200	15.7524	6.8608	32,243.9
24	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.800	79.106	10.8612	9.5860	40,785.1
25	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.792	77.893	13.3901	8.4571	28,478.9
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.789	73.375	14.2735	10.0000	22,858.4
27	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.788	74.404	12.5134	7.0796	76,123.2
28	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.784	72.838	11.6520	8.0600	94,986.3
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.781	73.177	12.9495	10.0447	25,486.4
30	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.777	76.583	11.5074	9.0975	30,413.3
31	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.774	71.422	11.3776	10.5250	33,402.5
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.773	75.550	15.4171	6.1371	28,275.8
33	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.768	74.419	12.6694	8.8392	25,358.9
=34	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.763	75.665	11.6716	5.8234	77,098.4
=34	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.763	76.982	13.3419	7.0112	25,987.4
=36	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.754	72.864	13.4543	8.4620	20,563.5
=36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.754	71.959	13.1009	10.6062	14,160.8
38	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.747	71.392	10.2977	7.2513	101,964.5
=39	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.744	73.880	13.6356	9.0211	12,696.8
=39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.744	69.969	12.5526	9.8255	19,080.9
41	ChileCHLSouth America	0.739	75.298	12.0898	8.7821	14,641.2
42	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.737	73.361	11.1703	6.5700	44,792.7
=43	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.729	72.254	12.1478	8.4000	17,645.1
=43	UruguayURYSouth America	0.729	73.493	13.2286	7.3456	16,365.8
45	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.725	67.814	12.7968	10.8832	11,914.5
=46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.713	72.561	10.9881	8.0880	17,527.0
=46	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.713	63.995	11.5729	10.5960	19,080.8
48	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.712	70.641	15.5680	4.6900	18,193.3
49	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.709	70.962	12.1744	8.2600	13,431.5
=50	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.706	76.440	10.6989	7.2643	14,366.9
=50	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.706	69.018	11.5856	10.0268	11,103.0
52	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.705	70.944	10.2428	6.0773	43,134.2
53	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.702	67.114	11.9802	10.1928	10,990.1
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.701	69.323	10.8135	8.9870	14,912.5
55	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.698	71.172	12.0136	7.0121	15,498.0
56	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.695	65.995	11.3697	10.7685	10,531.2
57	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.692	68.752	12.0014	9.9604	8,057.5
58	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.691	71.979	10.8420	7.1170	15,823.1
59	PanamaPANCentral America	0.690	71.994	11.1860	7.6450	12,205.8
60	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.687	71.714	10.5908	6.5809	19,052.1
61	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.686	72.726	12.7520	6.9806	8,825.4
62	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.680	70.703	11.2150	6.3050	16,818.4
63	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.677	67.995	10.8214	8.0972	13,145.3
64	TongaTONPolynesia	0.675	68.592	12.3891	10.0432	5,506.9
=65	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.672	71.349	11.8808	7.0353	9,129.1
=65	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.672	67.904	11.2899	7.1530	13,899.4
67	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.667	69.746	11.9287	9.4662	5,273.2
68	BrazilBRASouth America	0.666	67.701	14.3420	4.4148	13,216.5
=69	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.665	71.488	10.8122	7.1040	9,690.6
=69	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.665	63.717	11.5554	8.6380	11,627.6
71	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.664	74.346	11.5247	9.5315	3,770.6
=72	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.655	69.810	10.5566	6.6036	11,242.9
=72	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.655	69.469	11.6578	10.4808	3,776.4
=74	PeruPERSouth America	0.654	67.220	11.8152	8.0682	7,086.0
=74	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.654	61.603	12.9523	8.4855	9,069.5
=76	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.653	66.007	11.8606	7.7184	8,541.2
=76	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.653	70.915	11.9845	6.3967	7,479.5
=76	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.653	71.965	11.1323	5.5712	10,625.2
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.650	70.600	10.6299	6.0800	10,773.5
80	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.647	69.484	10.9830	6.3086	9,624.4
81	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.640	61.270	11.2813	5.2200	27,403.0
82	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.638	74.022	10.0591	7.3422	5,178.0
83	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.637	68.778	10.4066	6.2664	9,753.7
84	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.631	68.813	10.1751	10.1328	3,558.5
85	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.628	69.757	10.0668	5.0991	11,743.1
86	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.624	69.394	10.1702	5.9221	8,198.4
87	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.623	69.734	9.6003	4.7325	13,712.4
88	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.618	61.931	11.3932	10.1028	4,046.5
=89	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.609	65.214	9.9724	6.1185	8,667.6
=89	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.609	66.311	10.8984	7.3750	4,613.5
91	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.608	67.691	9.9580	4.8326	10,168.7
92	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.606	70.785	10.9889	4.1710	6,980.5
93	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.595	57.518	13.0861	5.7460	7,709.6
94	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.594	59.787	12.4419	6.5433	5,529.7
95	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.590	62.919	10.2962	9.7500	2,915.0
=96	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.587	70.209	9.7200	4.2688	6,718.5
=96	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.587	62.505	10.1440	7.7091	4,452.3
98	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.583	54.713	10.7009	6.7100	11,070.4
99	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.575	65.263	10.2556	4.5856	6,235.1
100	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.572	60.891	7.4906	8.6206	5,339.9
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.567	64.903	9.6109	4.3471	7,009.3
102	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.556	70.871	9.2511	4.7853	3,257.1
103	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.551	55.474	10.1245	6.7553	5,534.5
104	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.549	64.869	8.5298	6.1491	3,627.2
105	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.547	61.389	10.0655	10.2653	1,549.5
106	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.543	70.363	8.7254	5.1300	2,724.4
107	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.540	55.080	9.6099	6.1314	6,025.5
108	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.538	64.761	7.8519	5.2241	4,558.4
109	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.537	66.919	8.5760	4.2622	4,156.7
110	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.536	62.668	9.2937	5.6217	3,256.4
111	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.522	63.662	7.1691	3.5714	8,091.2
112	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.488	55.856	8.2446	4.6840	3,725.2
113	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.484	64.725	7.2618	2.6600	4,263.8
114	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.477	51.144	9.8476	5.7790	2,477.2
115	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.476	56.368	9.0879	4.5274	2,362.3
116	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.473	55.582	9.5426	3.1883	3,137.3
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.469	60.630	8.2650	3.2972	2,511.6
118	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.459	56.662	6.2844	4.8221	2,981.3
119	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.442	60.929	5.3163	3.0138	3,857.3
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.439	58.861	5.3816	2.6528	5,147.0
121	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.438	59.323	7.7692	2.7362	1,997.6
122	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.436	56.344	6.6977	3.8884	2,255.8
123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.434	58.244	6.5532	3.8195	1,967.4
124	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.433	53.347	7.6692	2.5562	3,321.1
125	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.425	53.692	8.4748	2.7355	2,007.5
126	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.415	60.273	4.4503	2.8143	3,391.3
127	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.413	46.051	8.0907	4.9352	1,999.2
128	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.404	56.562	7.4210	3.0900	1,228.2
129	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.402	45.870	6.7957	3.6330	3,282.6
130	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.399	51.713	5.8883	2.4154	3,413.2
131	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.393	60.532	6.2298	0.7242	2,632.6
=132	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.385	50.381	6.5542	4.5630	1,122.1
=132	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.385	58.671	7.7688	2.4768	834.0
134	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.384	57.336	4.7834	1.8705	2,845.5
135	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.383	55.366	5.5601	1.8650	2,322.8
136	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.380	51.005	5.2691	3.7854	1,642.8
=137	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.370	54.292	4.7237	2.0252	2,420.7
=137	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.370	43.804	10.4831	2.5203	1,151.6
139	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.356	47.706	5.6220	3.5591	1,274.3
140	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.329	52.103	4.3964	1.0885	2,035.0
141	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.326	48.109	4.4004	2.2033	1,489.6
142	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.318	56.234	2.8735	1.1580	2,533.2
=143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.314	49.836	3.6243	1.3768	2,129.3
=143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.314	42.579	5.0852	2.3634	1,451.1
=145	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.294	44.589	4.5141	1.7294	1,130.7
=145	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.294	41.518	5.6448	2.1317	931.3
147	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.273	48.292	2.8273	1.0319	1,571.1
148	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.257	46.546	4.1532	1.5420	519.7
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.238	45.504	2.2824	0.9287	1,129.1

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1United States0.888
#2Norway0.887
#3Netherlands0.886
#4Australia0.882
#5Canada0.881

Lowest

#149Niger0.238
#148Mozambique0.257
#147Mali0.273
#145Rwandashared0.294
#145Burundishared0.294

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.654. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestJapan79.684
LowestRwanda41.518
Middle country: 69.018
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia18.9700
LowestNiger2.2824
Middle country: 10.8984
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestUnited States13.1350
LowestYemen0.7242
Middle country: 6.8608
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestUnited Arab Emirates101,964.5
LowestMozambique519.7
Middle country: 9,624.4

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 142 in both
121 · 16rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Malawi0.325 → 0.370+0.045
Kuwait0.734 → 0.763+0.029
Afghanistan0.305 → 0.329+0.024
Estonia0.711 → 0.725+0.014
Vietnam0.543 → 0.556+0.013

Fell most

Republic of the Congo0.561 → 0.551−0.010
Iraq0.547 → 0.538−0.009
Iceland0.868 → 0.863−0.005
Kyrgyzstan0.595 → 0.590−0.005
Namibia0.600 → 0.595−0.005

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Djibouti

+ Croatia

+ Rwanda

+ Serbia

+ Samoa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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130 distinct values among 149
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