Data for 2003

Human Development Index, 2003

2003, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2003 covers 173 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.930; Niger is lowest, at 0.284. The middle country reads 0.691. Against 2002, 168 values changed (159 up, 9 down), 1 country joined.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2003

HighestNorway

0.930

LowestNiger

0.284

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

173countries
5measures per country
2003the year it describes
146distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 2003: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.930	79.529	17.4219	12.193	68,728.7
2	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.925	80.768	18.2440	12.177	48,958.7
3	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.923	80.195	18.5567	11.997	51,187.0
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.915	78.533	18.2944	12.090	51,589.1
5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.914	78.536	16.3783	13.455	49,959.1
6	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.910	79.141	18.6466	13.170	34,116.8
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.907	77.401	16.3617	12.970	55,080.6
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.906	80.440	21.2734	11.454	40,488.3
9	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.903	78.320	18.7029	10.833	55,124.5
10	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.902	79.736	15.5201	12.924	45,790.2
=11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.901	78.665	16.3619	11.790	56,306.5
=11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.901	80.532	15.1020	10.979	75,080.0
13	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.900	77.137	15.8279	12.855	56,287.3
=14	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.897	80.238	14.3599	11.423	125,492.6
=14	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.897	79.178	16.9162	9.952	70,448.5
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.896	81.854	15.0820	12.218	42,294.6
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.891	78.100	17.2259	10.950	50,097.1
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.889	78.849	15.4580	11.379	57,498.6
19	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.888	81.330	15.5619	9.276	90,860.9
20	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.886	78.330	16.1082	11.462	48,521.1
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.870	77.262	13.4177	11.260	82,446.1
22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.866	80.191	15.9122	9.055	51,609.8
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.865	76.317	16.6979	11.498	34,241.4
24	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.862	79.419	14.8687	10.048	48,880.7
25	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.861	81.142	13.6456	10.631	45,902.6
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.852	77.497	15.9786	10.992	30,139.4
27	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.847	79.819	14.7711	10.725	29,427.1
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.846	79.748	15.8905	8.442	41,639.2
=29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.842	75.396	15.1632	11.554	31,750.6
=29	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.842	79.085	15.1559	9.491	36,360.9
31	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.840	82.718	10.5971	10.070	63,656.0
32	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.835	78.908	13.3430	10.398	37,753.2
33	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.824	71.923	16.0907	12.690	20,693.5
34	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.822	74.772	15.8075	11.570	19,881.6
35	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.818	78.696	14.3726	8.856	32,523.9
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.812	72.088	16.2115	11.501	20,180.1
37	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.810	79.600	10.3435	8.785	87,872.2
38	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.808	77.583	15.7598	7.150	33,738.9
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.807	72.513	15.4384	10.535	25,224.5
=40	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.804	74.307	16.2664	9.920	19,287.9
=40	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.804	74.509	12.2216	8.404	94,149.0
=40	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.804	76.097	11.9089	8.138	98,550.4
43	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.799	75.486	12.9804	8.271	49,759.5
=44	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.798	74.709	13.8675	10.172	24,671.3
=44	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.798	70.636	15.7210	11.965	17,636.1
46	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.796	73.819	14.0401	10.708	22,102.0
47	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.795	76.304	13.4650	6.151	75,690.3
48	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.794	73.213	11.5154	11.286	33,686.1
49	ChileCHLSouth America	0.789	77.884	13.7468	9.562	18,339.8
50	UruguayURYSouth America	0.780	75.086	15.5457	8.950	16,034.2
51	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.772	64.715	14.3370	12.200	24,331.6
52	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.771	74.865	14.7116	9.307	14,778.3
53	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.764	74.226	12.5343	10.440	16,107.6
=54	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.762	72.373	13.6649	10.192	15,670.4
=54	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.762	73.657	12.4662	7.308	40,793.4
56	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.751	73.291	15.8631	8.683	10,796.1
=57	PalauPLWMicronesia	0.749	65.446	13.9965	12.239	14,810.0
=57	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.749	70.819	12.9634	9.862	17,349.2
59	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.747	68.429	14.3741	10.645	13,463.0
60	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.745	67.638	14.2719	11.135	13,041.4
61	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.740	69.454	11.7114	9.453	24,431.1
=62	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.739	70.996	15.8035	6.096	19,975.9
=62	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.739	74.521	11.5663	6.270	40,297.8
64	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.737	73.727	12.6256	7.922	18,320.5
65	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.736	78.214	11.9167	7.856	14,399.0
66	PanamaPANCentral America	0.735	74.567	12.8243	8.300	13,947.8
67	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.733	71.377	13.3216	11.978	7,248.7
=68	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.732	70.464	12.2815	9.119	17,759.4
=68	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.732	64.753	13.4425	10.530	18,224.1
=70	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.728	71.942	14.7081	7.988	11,417.7
=70	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.728	73.308	12.5887	7.132	19,853.7
=72	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.721	77.405	13.4490	10.303	5,018.2
=72	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.721	72.188	12.4102	7.736	16,728.6
74	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.720	72.722	13.1962	8.123	12,006.6
75	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.715	70.430	12.5890	9.635	10,531.3
76	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.713	72.442	12.6465	10.512	6,902.8
77	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.709	72.307	12.9054	6.905	14,609.4
78	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.707	72.056	11.6643	7.846	14,594.7
=79	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.705	75.557	11.4340	8.951	8,175.5
=79	BrazilBRASouth America	0.705	70.884	14.7461	5.803	13,667.5
=81	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.703	73.632	13.1579	7.492	9,365.8
=81	TongaTONPolynesia	0.703	70.228	14.1258	10.058	5,974.1
83	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.700	73.047	12.0145	7.405	12,092.3
84	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.696	69.819	12.8497	7.686	11,655.2
85	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.693	72.585	12.5805	7.800	8,732.8
86	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.692	71.734	10.5875	10.630	7,003.1
=87	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.691	72.309	12.4070	7.018	10,991.9
=87	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.691	72.906	12.2265	5.758	15,533.3
89	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.690	72.101	11.9403	6.816	12,766.2
=90	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.689	76.449	11.7706	6.652	9,326.5
=90	PeruPERSouth America	0.689	71.278	12.3293	8.541	7,973.2
92	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.687	71.441	11.7337	11.072	4,949.6
93	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.677	71.906	12.1388	5.832	12,508.4
94	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.676	67.036	11.5765	10.420	6,828.2
=95	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.673	65.653	12.2268	8.676	9,606.2
=95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.673	70.795	12.4935	7.110	8,261.8
=95	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.673	73.304	12.9983	5.464	9,262.2
98	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.670	70.856	11.7614	6.699	10,216.3
99	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.668	71.585	10.3432	7.772	9,506.5
100	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.664	62.463	11.6381	6.612	23,706.1
101	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.654	73.263	12.0197	3.483	15,073.2
102	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.648	68.049	11.7310	8.373	5,620.3
103	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.645	63.455	14.8279	7.086	6,020.7
=104	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.643	68.045	10.7325	6.393	10,490.7
=104	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.643	64.135	11.1309	9.340	6,519.4
106	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.642	65.448	12.0387	10.518	3,868.4
=107	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.630	73.385	10.8525	6.402	5,056.4
=107	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.630	73.236	11.1579	6.275	4,915.3
109	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.628	68.792	11.8441	5.353	7,468.4
=110	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.625	67.134	11.1887	6.771	6,411.8
=110	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.625	66.852	11.2639	10.328	3,018.4
=112	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.621	72.188	10.4732	5.106	7,226.2
=112	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.621	63.897	10.7917	8.647	5,386.0
114	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.615	68.749	10.6761	7.158	4,678.3
115	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.610	54.245	11.6411	8.760	10,416.8
116	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.606	70.006	11.1935	5.419	4,916.7
117	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.602	52.851	11.5905	8.012	12,654.1
118	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	0.601	64.915	10.7865	7.717	4,220.3
=119	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.587	64.117	10.4539	6.263	5,191.0
=119	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.587	65.874	10.3099	10.909	1,861.9
121	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.582	64.834	9.1556	5.848	6,736.9
122	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.577	68.204	9.1938	3.800	8,838.8
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.568	68.874	9.5208	4.798	4,472.8
124	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.560	67.958	9.6951	3.578	5,715.4
125	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.558	51.918	11.8103	5.960	8,626.8
126	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.553	57.131	8.5892	7.407	5,614.6
127	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.543	67.479	11.0520	5.210	2,057.3
128	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.541	54.791	7.0095	6.670	10,960.5
129	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.534	60.130	10.7195	4.190	4,188.2
130	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.529	64.086	9.4890	4.374	3,424.5
131	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.515	57.369	8.8047	5.774	3,625.1
132	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.508	59.440	10.0358	4.059	3,188.3
133	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.503	64.288	8.1742	4.560	2,612.9
134	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.496	59.643	8.6821	4.463	2,993.3
135	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.495	59.014	7.1272	5.366	3,480.5
136	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.488	62.345	10.3261	3.561	1,836.4
137	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.486	64.229	8.8606	3.104	2,436.2
138	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.485	60.240	9.0284	3.187	3,050.9
139	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.482	62.805	6.4347	3.251	5,029.3
140	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.469	44.632	9.7073	4.949	6,402.0
141	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.467	64.407	7.8570	1.778	3,474.5
142	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.465	54.253	8.5562	3.214	3,882.6
=143	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.464	48.618	8.4712	5.043	4,102.7
=143	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.464	61.741	6.7204	3.544	2,946.9
145	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.460	55.299	9.9806	3.201	2,205.6
=146	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.458	59.693	8.3496	4.298	1,592.0
=146	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.458	62.834	4.7896	4.078	3,599.0
=146	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.458	49.616	9.2111	5.664	2,330.6
149	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.456	44.921	10.4717	5.629	3,095.7
150	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.450	45.373	10.2888	6.952	1,991.0
151	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.446	52.414	10.0828	4.275	1,618.1
152	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.444	55.929	7.2243	4.415	2,024.4
153	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.443	61.196	8.1874	3.080	1,562.2
154	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.442	57.092	7.9860	2.473	2,707.6
155	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.435	50.218	6.1028	3.546	5,932.5
156	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.429	53.045	10.2133	3.721	1,240.6
157	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.425	51.443	6.8722	3.424	3,158.0
158	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.422	58.223	6.4523	2.489	2,523.6
159	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.416	59.474	6.3192	1.515	3,226.6
160	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.414	49.601	10.7958	3.470	1,192.1
=161	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.398	52.952	7.1680	5.319	888.6
=161	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.398	53.529	8.3148	2.807	1,205.1
163	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.392	57.171	6.7324	1.419	1,982.5
164	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.384	53.589	6.2767	1.485	2,573.9
165	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.360	58.041	3.8355	1.763	2,410.1
166	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.354	46.784	6.8349	3.048	1,162.9
167	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.352	52.632	5.2742	1.290	2,056.9
168	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.350	51.383	7.3604	1.985	871.1
169	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.338	47.306	5.2151	2.811	1,271.9
170	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.332	50.997	5.5236	2.161	959.7
171	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.320	48.609	5.6342	1.430	1,110.7
172	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.317	52.877	5.1785	1.705	804.9
173	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.284	51.545	2.9712	1.288	1,194.8

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.930
#2Iceland0.925
#3Sweden0.923
#4Finland0.915
#5Germany0.914

Lowest

#173Niger0.284
#172Ethiopia0.317
#171Chad0.320
#170Burundi0.332
#169Central African Republic0.338

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.691. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra82.718
LowestEswatini44.632
Middle country: 70.884
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.2734
LowestNiger2.9712
Middle country: 11.9403
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.455
LowestNiger1.288
Middle country: 7.772
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein125,492.6
LowestEthiopia804.9
Middle country: 10,490.7

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 172 in both
159 · 9rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Angola0.417 → 0.435+0.018
Cambodia0.473 → 0.488+0.015
Mozambique0.335 → 0.350+0.015
Georgia0.719 → 0.733+0.014
Uganda0.432 → 0.446+0.014

Fell most

Liberia0.453 → 0.429−0.024
Iraq0.600 → 0.582−0.018
Venezuela0.716 → 0.707−0.009
Zimbabwe0.459 → 0.450−0.009
Paraguay0.679 → 0.673−0.006

+ Montenegro

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