Data for 2006

Human Development Index, 2006

2006, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2006 covers 186 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.942; Niger is lowest, at 0.309. The middle country reads 0.704. Against 2005, 180 values changed (171 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2006

HighestNorway

0.942

LowestNiger

0.309

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

186countries
5measures per country
2006the year it describes
153distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 2006: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.942	80.440	17.531	12.370	84,296.0
2	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.936	80.938	18.129	12.560	54,269.0
3	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.927	79.586	16.593	13.600	53,766.4
=4	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.918	80.015	19.188	13.320	35,379.0
=4	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.918	81.549	15.313	11.740	80,425.1
=6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.917	81.258	21.767	11.640	44,801.0
=6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.917	78.223	16.646	12.740	61,485.5
=6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.917	79.373	17.176	12.230	55,883.5
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.915	80.832	15.961	12.330	56,686.6
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.914	79.847	16.552	11.890	60,613.9
=11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.913	79.389	19.054	11.050	57,776.7
=11	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.913	80.540	15.281	13.320	50,443.8
=13	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.911	80.640	17.036	10.110	85,069.5
=13	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.911	77.798	16.166	12.910	60,735.1
=15	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.908	79.150	17.449	11.370	54,868.7
=15	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.908	81.403	14.645	11.590	147,365.2
17	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.903	82.370	15.176	12.352	44,065.9
=18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.902	79.965	15.683	11.545	61,359.3
=18	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.902	79.347	16.033	12.250	50,455.6
20	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.895	82.258	15.484	9.562	95,816.8
21	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.883	77.820	16.891	11.810	38,056.6
=22	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.881	80.745	15.418	10.445	51,031.0
=22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.881	81.414	16.314	9.390	52,522.8
24	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.880	78.838	13.225	11.538	93,052.5
25	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.879	81.947	13.937	11.000	52,201.4
=26	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.871	79.760	16.476	10.100	39,827.0
=26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.871	79.035	16.480	11.147	33,102.6
28	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.867	80.786	14.577	11.780	32,550.1
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.864	76.708	15.384	12.120	35,806.8
30	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.862	80.963	15.931	9.030	43,724.7
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.855	73.200	16.457	13.200	28,192.6
32	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.851	83.374	10.658	10.410	66,390.1
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.850	79.456	13.392	10.970	41,030.7
34	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.838	79.561	14.631	9.820	32,754.9
35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.834	70.964	17.099	12.010	26,837.1
36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.831	75.250	15.380	11.930	22,594.4
37	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.824	74.416	14.784	11.380	27,150.4
=38	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.823	73.344	15.451	11.075	28,162.6
=38	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.823	70.550	16.429	12.300	24,123.0
=38	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.823	81.155	10.361	9.158	94,828.0
=41	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.822	75.279	16.174	10.190	24,187.5
=41	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.822	77.323	11.732	9.087	117,481.7
=43	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.819	74.753	13.255	8.538	94,176.9
=43	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.819	75.677	14.475	10.535	28,295.8
45	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.815	79.089	15.148	7.620	34,244.7
46	ChileCHLSouth America	0.804	78.533	14.318	9.773	19,829.0
47	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.800	73.456	11.568	11.532	34,460.5
48	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.799	76.554	13.720	6.140	93,457.1
49	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.795	76.510	12.407	8.168	49,310.8
50	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.791	66.546	14.161	12.260	30,280.7
=51	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.785	74.671	13.411	10.755	18,269.3
=51	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.785	74.762	12.900	7.996	43,588.6
53	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.783	75.049	15.234	9.545	15,850.6
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.781	72.169	13.794	10.408	21,781.6
55	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.779	72.690	14.084	10.420	18,789.5
=56	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.777	69.436	15.053	10.914	18,351.0
=56	UruguayURYSouth America	0.777	75.888	15.161	8.000	19,118.9
=58	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.766	77.406	16.061	10.702	6,599.9
=58	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.766	75.354	12.105	7.302	41,876.7
=58	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.766	70.437	12.053	9.961	31,697.0
=61	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.765	65.722	14.647	11.273	21,650.7
=61	PalauPLWMicronesia	0.765	66.633	14.292	12.413	16,420.6
=61	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.765	71.356	14.397	8.734	22,655.7
64	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.764	73.930	16.087	8.816	12,088.4
65	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.762	67.490	14.722	11.366	16,382.4
66	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.757	72.895	12.306	9.870	19,141.1
67	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.755	79.049	12.611	8.032	15,875.7
=68	PanamaPANCentral America	0.753	75.429	12.982	8.720	16,217.3
=68	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.753	73.395	13.688	9.393	14,310.4
70	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.751	71.632	15.324	6.614	23,793.3
71	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.750	70.983	13.507	12.152	9,538.7
72	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.745	73.746	12.846	7.870	21,003.7
73	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.742	74.697	11.944	8.083	20,859.2
74	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.741	72.794	13.173	8.008	18,767.0
75	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.737	72.007	14.497	8.344	12,884.6
76	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.736	72.972	12.975	7.510	19,962.0
77	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.732	76.994	12.276	9.149	9,815.7
78	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.731	70.434	13.129	9.881	12,259.9
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.729	72.781	13.362	7.511	16,235.7
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.726	73.791	12.305	8.261	14,249.2
=81	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.725	72.219	11.335	10.840	10,300.3
=81	BrazilBRASouth America	0.725	72.296	14.901	6.320	15,097.8
83	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.724	72.825	12.916	10.380	8,057.0
84	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.719	73.225	12.841	8.832	10,069.0
85	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.718	74.010	13.637	7.663	10,529.7
=86	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.713	70.535	13.053	8.522	11,821.9
=86	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.713	75.677	11.262	7.843	13,182.4
88	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.712	73.497	13.524	6.800	12,520.5
=89	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.711	68.489	11.646	10.540	11,241.5
=89	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.711	68.423	11.962	11.034	9,498.1
=89	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.711	73.804	12.452	6.060	19,196.1
92	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.710	73.341	12.529	6.970	14,516.5
93	TongaTONPolynesia	0.708	70.710	14.735	10.070	5,687.8
94	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.701	76.028	12.283	6.692	10,908.0
95	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.698	73.116	12.811	6.170	13,470.0
=96	PeruPERSouth America	0.697	72.337	12.823	7.930	8,818.1
=96	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.697	71.620	11.858	11.300	5,405.5
=96	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.697	73.888	13.778	5.975	10,361.3
99	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.696	71.395	12.461	8.022	9,893.6
100	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.691	71.054	12.392	7.012	12,264.7
101	SurinameSURSouth America	0.690	67.643	11.135	7.821	18,317.8
=102	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.684	66.126	12.546	9.099	9,778.4
=102	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.684	71.584	12.563	7.070	9,571.2
104	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.683	65.569	12.996	9.640	8,254.5
105	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.672	75.256	12.048	3.790	16,969.4
106	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.670	63.259	11.775	7.050	20,428.6
107	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.666	74.404	11.891	6.684	6,897.9
108	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.664	71.831	12.836	7.740	5,245.1
109	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.662	66.574	8.984	10.881	7,916.5
110	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.658	73.040	11.537	6.234	7,958.8
=111	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.656	64.529	15.283	6.900	6,516.4
=111	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.656	73.293	11.837	6.910	5,866.3
113	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.654	68.172	11.398	8.675	6,223.1
114	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.652	65.782	12.174	10.689	4,243.4
115	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.651	68.493	10.880	6.420	11,557.9
116	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.647	69.612	12.393	5.730	8,105.6
117	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.646	67.664	11.367	7.590	7,192.2
118	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.644	67.905	11.443	10.602	3,594.2
119	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.636	70.958	10.801	7.508	5,191.9
120	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.631	71.341	11.963	5.526	5,882.3
121	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.627	55.112	11.835	8.398	14,249.4
122	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.625	64.247	11.052	8.999	4,955.6
123	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.622	54.220	11.968	8.950	12,080.4
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.620	66.997	10.775	11.019	2,641.7
125	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.619	64.848	11.048	6.694	7,306.8
126	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.611	64.029	9.891	6.093	10,601.6
127	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	0.602	64.859	10.923	7.631	4,227.3
128	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.593	65.601	10.264	8.027	3,526.0
129	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.591	56.354	7.923	6.958	22,274.7
130	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.590	68.790	10.023	3.650	9,247.1
131	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.588	61.881	11.829	4.653	7,459.3
=132	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.582	69.364	9.875	4.941	5,000.0
=132	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.582	59.474	9.221	7.516	6,980.7
134	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.579	69.157	10.018	3.880	6,442.0
135	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.569	53.183	11.379	6.177	9,745.0
136	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.567	69.126	10.169	5.668	2,983.9
137	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.565	59.409	10.943	7.598	3,449.5
138	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.557	65.373	10.299	4.635	4,104.6
139	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.553	67.968	11.108	5.330	2,274.1
140	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.546	63.041	9.604	4.989	4,286.4
141	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.541	59.059	9.734	6.081	3,958.8
142	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.527	66.048	8.658	4.800	3,024.2
143	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.525	64.886	11.161	3.808	2,395.5
144	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.524	59.975	8.645	5.521	3,822.2
145	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.520	60.740	10.227	4.364	3,150.5
146	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.515	61.074	9.225	4.681	3,241.5
=147	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.512	64.493	7.181	3.490	6,054.9
=147	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.512	65.891	9.870	3.260	2,664.7
149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.506	61.229	9.775	3.659	3,096.2
150	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.492	52.693	10.541	5.937	2,445.6
=151	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.489	49.876	8.806	5.711	4,815.0
=151	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.489	63.624	5.626	4.570	4,153.8
153	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.486	65.800	8.045	2.237	3,722.1
154	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.485	44.563	10.958	4.784	7,508.4
155	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.481	56.118	10.578	4.800	1,857.1
156	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.479	62.018	7.298	3.747	3,081.1
157	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.477	58.512	8.139	4.760	2,319.8
158	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.475	52.965	7.384	3.667	7,180.0
159	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.474	61.140	8.782	4.522	1,685.5
=160	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.473	55.301	8.322	3.430	4,143.7
=160	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.473	61.457	8.113	4.703	1,763.5
=160	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.473	62.026	8.561	3.343	2,225.1
163	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.465	56.142	10.506	3.294	1,966.5
164	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.462	57.966	9.148	2.511	2,732.6
165	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.457	47.056	10.507	7.258	1,707.1
166	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.452	58.342	10.206	3.186	1,436.6
167	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.451	43.182	11.011	5.830	2,996.2
168	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.450	57.495	9.992	3.914	1,293.0
169	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.441	59.667	7.101	2.759	2,509.0
170	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.440	52.885	7.257	3.706	3,083.1
171	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.438	61.801	7.002	1.540	3,356.2
172	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.436	53.652	10.405	3.926	1,252.1
173	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.426	58.553	8.116	1.595	2,193.3
174	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.424	54.089	9.133	2.271	1,861.8
175	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.413	54.498	7.398	5.479	958.9
176	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.409	54.875	7.583	1.526	2,496.9
177	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.385	58.962	4.342	2.065	2,795.1
178	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.379	52.748	8.694	2.190	975.6
179	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.377	54.305	6.221	1.440	2,100.7
180	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.376	53.962	7.855	2.322	972.6
181	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.372	49.547	7.543	3.197	1,079.1
182	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.366	55.402	6.848	1.941	1,039.7
183	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.350	48.687	5.521	3.012	1,254.6
184	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.340	53.784	4.779	1.320	1,716.9
185	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.339	48.747	5.810	1.592	1,516.8
186	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.309	54.223	3.674	1.404	1,210.7

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.942
#2Iceland0.936
#3Germany0.927
#4Switzerlandshared0.918
#4New Zealandshared0.918

Lowest

#186Niger0.309
#185Chad0.339
#184Burkina Faso0.340
#183Central African Republic0.350
#182Ethiopia0.366

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.704. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra83.374
LowestLesotho43.182
Middle country: 71.019
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia21.767
LowestNiger3.674
Middle country: 12.279
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.600
LowestBurkina Faso1.320
Middle country: 7.963
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein147,365.2
LowestDR Congo958.9
Middle country: 11,074.8

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 186 in both
171 · 9rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea0.566 → 0.591+0.025
Burundi0.352 → 0.376+0.024
Timor-Leste0.564 → 0.588+0.024
Azerbaijan0.692 → 0.711+0.019
Cuba0.747 → 0.766+0.019

Fell most

Nauru0.589 → 0.565−0.024
Lesotho0.454 → 0.451−0.003
Bolivia0.658 → 0.656−0.002
Malta0.840 → 0.838−0.002
Philippines0.656 → 0.654−0.002

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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