Data for 2009

Human Development Index, 2009

2009, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Development Index, 2009 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Norway is highest, at 0.944; Niger is lowest, at 0.329. The middle country reads 0.722. Against 2008, 170 values changed (144 up, 26 down), 1 left.

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Human Development Index · Data for 2009

HighestNorway

0.944

LowestNiger

0.329

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

187countries
5measures per country
2009the year it describes
159distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Human Development Index, 2009: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.

1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.944	80.865	17.356	12.500	80,068
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.942	81.989	15.516	13.340	76,885
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.934	81.417	17.984	12.830	47,117
4	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.933	79.915	16.808	13.830	53,760
5	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.928	81.428	17.800	10.500	81,769
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.927	81.728	22.261	11.990	48,332
7	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.923	80.545	19.379	13.362	36,932
8	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.920	80.671	16.846	11.940	59,254
9	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.919	79.849	19.166	11.320	57,871
10	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.916	79.831	16.886	12.370	53,337
=11	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.915	81.065	15.310	13.464	48,444
=11	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.915	78.957	16.715	12.470	57,854
=11	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.915	80.156	16.221	13.090	47,902
=11	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.915	78.476	16.338	13.010	57,608
15	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.913	81.937	14.694	11.716	134,565
16	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.912	81.363	15.797	12.140	54,868
17	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.909	82.586	15.905	11.310	54,776
=18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.907	80.206	15.867	11.670	61,363
=18	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.907	80.095	17.493	11.497	47,076
=20	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.905	82.970	15.270	12.485	41,282
=20	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.905	79.907	13.604	12.810	76,062
22	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.903	83.224	15.425	9.858	81,512
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.894	79.027	16.994	12.030	38,872
=24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.884	81.818	14.848	12.460	33,539
=24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.884	81.762	16.282	9.730	49,488
26	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.883	81.163	15.272	10.630	50,626
27	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.881	80.550	16.724	10.870	35,354
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.875	77.258	15.999	12.290	36,303
29	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.874	80.368	16.574	10.155	38,814
=30	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.867	80.375	14.028	11.260	42,971
=30	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.867	81.627	15.959	9.250	42,499
32	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.866	84.100	12.099	10.500	57,204
33	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.863	75.152	16.318	13.320	26,692
34	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.854	80.415	15.227	10.160	34,189
35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.851	72.850	17.188	12.320	28,278
36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.846	75.906	15.419	12.340	25,768
37	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.845	75.218	15.213	12.052	29,724
38	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.838	78.837	12.403	9.160	106,984
39	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.836	72.697	15.938	12.460	25,783
40	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.835	75.577	16.710	10.540	25,087
41	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.834	74.179	15.404	11.810	27,326
42	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.832	81.679	10.378	9.663	72,536
43	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.831	79.829	15.910	7.930	34,250
44	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.828	74.814	13.803	8.712	87,187
45	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.827	76.386	15.491	10.407	25,725
=46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.826	76.313	14.454	10.898	27,842
=46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.826	73.457	16.643	10.700	25,631
48	ChileCHLSouth America	0.819	78.890	14.882	9.980	21,795
=49	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.809	77.167	13.731	6.640	75,255
=49	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.809	75.397	14.852	11.070	19,353
51	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.805	68.657	14.056	12.320	31,996
52	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.804	78.016	13.144	8.064	44,079
53	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.800	73.455	11.620	11.778	31,590
54	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.799	76.631	13.194	7.955	45,687
=55	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.798	75.458	15.981	9.626	17,220
=55	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.798	70.409	15.518	11.190	21,877
57	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.794	75.447	12.818	8.709	41,168
58	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.793	73.681	14.234	10.640	20,815
59	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.788	77.584	17.296	11.101	7,355
60	UruguayURYSouth America	0.787	76.670	14.599	8.370	22,390
61	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.783	71.488	15.166	9.394	23,394
62	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.782	71.404	12.579	10.300	32,233
63	PalauPLWMicronesia	0.776	67.990	14.594	12.588	16,070
=64	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.774	67.460	14.531	11.010	23,577
=64	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.774	74.106	13.805	10.300	16,079
=66	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.773	79.372	13.425	8.360	17,025
=66	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.773	75.269	12.554	9.560	21,703
=66	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.773	69.159	15.072	11.476	15,576
69	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.771	74.041	13.273	9.550	20,104
70	PanamaPANCentral America	0.770	76.228	12.869	9.140	19,751
71	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.767	74.567	16.314	8.950	11,462
=72	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.760	71.058	13.875	12.326	10,452
=72	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.760	72.785	14.121	8.250	21,141
74	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.757	74.469	13.353	9.117	16,185
75	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.756	78.509	12.883	9.453	11,306
76	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.753	72.071	14.844	7.136	22,496
77	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.751	72.946	13.561	8.279	19,648
78	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.749	73.628	13.276	8.140	19,518
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.748	73.260	13.668	8.116	18,293
80	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.746	71.835	14.402	8.700	14,654
81	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	0.745	70.712	13.791	10.132	13,017
82	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.743	77.262	11.600	8.464	16,301
83	BrazilBRASouth America	0.742	73.457	15.057	6.770	16,362
84	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.741	72.714	12.232	11.050	10,899
85	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.740	69.874	11.735	10.590	17,242
86	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.736	74.531	14.439	7.250	13,417
87	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.735	73.707	12.881	9.565	11,025
88	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.731	74.901	14.116	7.740	11,199
89	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.729	69.406	12.955	11.480	9,462
90	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.728	74.679	13.055	6.570	18,573
91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.725	74.669	12.610	7.450	15,143
92	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.724	70.806	12.494	9.998	11,308
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.723	70.298	13.185	10.510	9,174
94	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.722	76.701	12.919	7.005	12,461
95	TongaTONPolynesia	0.718	70.949	15.344	10.580	5,531
96	PeruPERSouth America	0.717	72.631	13.412	8.220	10,540
97	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.714	73.871	13.880	6.053	14,125
98	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.713	74.320	13.957	6.480	11,520
=99	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.711	71.717	13.705	8.273	9,513
=99	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.711	67.173	14.126	9.940	9,198
101	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.707	71.587	13.023	7.217	13,390
102	SurinameSURSouth America	0.704	69.323	11.100	7.942	20,386
=103	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.700	75.317	12.853	6.966	9,310
=103	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.700	72.282	13.200	7.030	10,937
105	SamoaWSMPolynesia	0.694	69.486	11.982	11.528	5,762
106	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.693	66.347	12.806	9.518	9,782
107	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.690	68.155	9.860	10.862	10,096
108	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.685	72.306	13.383	8.310	5,888
109	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.682	76.371	12.076	4.607	14,262
110	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.681	64.361	11.913	7.440	19,772
111	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.679	73.525	12.516	7.540	6,654
112	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.672	69.517	11.548	10.883	4,709
=113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.671	65.656	15.076	7.480	7,075
=113	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.671	68.915	11.084	7.137	13,036
115	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.669	67.140	12.227	10.860	4,882
116	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.668	73.496	11.728	6.490	8,396
117	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.663	68.267	12.428	7.310	8,225
118	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.662	68.631	11.320	8.810	6,787
119	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.657	57.413	12.636	9.600	12,859
120	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.653	70.359	12.096	6.130	8,153
121	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.646	71.499	10.926	7.945	5,231
=122	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.644	58.297	11.706	8.752	13,004
=122	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.644	72.142	12.067	5.635	6,710
=122	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.644	67.834	10.586	6.323	11,654
125	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.637	66.030	11.012	7.124	8,521
126	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	0.635	64.693	11.322	9.351	5,117
127	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.634	68.248	10.981	11.128	2,898
128	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.631	63.265	12.938	5.166	11,069
129	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.616	69.676	10.854	4.225	9,660
130	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.615	57.881	8.837	7.259	22,476
131	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.607	59.852	11.324	7.905	6,572
132	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.602	61.215	9.852	7.556	7,644
133	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	0.601	64.865	11.061	7.547	4,186
=134	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.598	65.808	10.632	8.282	3,346
=134	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.598	70.454	10.532	4.150	6,963
136	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.594	69.823	10.179	5.265	5,189
137	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.585	55.347	11.488	6.343	9,931
=138	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.579	66.700	10.788	4.956	4,716
=138	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.579	69.422	10.557	5.954	3,135
140	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.561	63.669	10.308	5.176	4,460
141	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.557	68.397	11.165	5.453	2,282
142	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.553	60.483	10.615	6.310	3,500
=143	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.551	67.527	8.949	5.040	3,762
=143	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.551	60.928	10.016	5.700	4,237
145	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.548	63.023	9.831	4.904	4,363
146	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.539	66.747	11.065	3.940	2,674
147	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.538	66.600	11.093	3.416	3,011
148	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.534	61.694	10.422	4.633	3,416
=149	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.526	62.302	10.522	4.130	3,155
=149	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.526	55.886	10.990	6.210	3,003
151	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.522	65.485	7.516	3.747	5,657
152	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.519	46.913	11.894	5.556	7,700
153	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.517	56.225	8.665	3.788	8,871
154	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.516	56.486	10.004	4.630	4,223
155	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.509	59.157	10.769	5.145	2,159
=156	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.504	63.095	9.198	3.639	2,983
=156	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.504	60.494	9.054	5.105	2,521
158	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.499	51.080	8.338	6.195	5,067
=159	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.497	64.206	6.068	4.520	4,266
=159	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.497	66.905	7.943	2.732	3,742
161	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.495	62.772	7.875	3.994	3,225
=162	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.493	62.304	9.908	4.659	1,687
=162	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.493	61.813	11.396	3.621	1,690
164	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.488	49.750	10.724	7.564	2,129
165	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.480	58.258	10.305	2.549	2,850
166	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.473	56.927	10.878	3.340	1,969
167	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.470	63.751	7.959	2.050	3,379
168	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.469	62.676	7.389	3.090	2,903
169	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.468	45.055	11.391	5.705	3,198
170	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.465	56.714	10.569	4.382	1,468
171	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.463	59.106	9.930	4.104	1,414
172	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.462	63.203	7.441	4.681	1,511
173	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.459	60.735	7.530	3.069	2,683
=174	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.458	60.248	8.888	1.816	2,802
=174	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.458	54.744	7.642	3.984	3,167
176	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.444	56.297	9.432	2.713	1,896
177	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.431	55.798	8.353	5.601	1,001
178	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.424	56.052	8.300	1.566	2,522
=179	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.411	60.351	4.717	2.417	3,290
=179	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.411	54.400	9.987	2.340	1,149
181	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.409	56.422	10.050	2.363	961
182	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.406	51.312	8.299	3.282	1,502
183	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.405	58.715	7.941	2.095	1,280
184	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.403	55.588	7.126	1.788	2,140
185	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.369	49.828	6.769	1.760	1,873
186	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.366	55.791	6.131	1.069	1,765
187	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.329	56.487	4.282	1.499	1,194

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

#1Norway0.944
#2Switzerland0.942
#3Iceland0.934
#4Germany0.933
#5Singapore0.928

Lowest

#187Niger0.329
#186Burkina Faso0.366
#185Chad0.369
#184Mali0.403
#183Ethiopia0.405

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.722. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
HighestAndorra84.100
LowestLesotho45.055
Middle country: 71.499
Expected Years of Schooling
HighestAustralia22.261
LowestNiger4.282
Middle country: 12.853
Mean Years of Schooling
HighestGermany13.830
LowestBurkina Faso1.069
Middle country: 8.279
GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
HighestLiechtenstein134,565
LowestBurundi961
Middle country: 11,654

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
170values changed, of 187 in both
144 · 26rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar0.468 → 0.504+0.036
Zimbabwe0.456 → 0.488+0.032
Oman0.782 → 0.799+0.017
Cameroon0.501 → 0.516+0.015
Chad0.354 → 0.369+0.015

Fell most

Samoa0.702 → 0.694−0.008
Denmark0.922 → 0.915−0.007
Sri Lanka0.730 → 0.723−0.007
Nauru0.614 → 0.607−0.007
Finland0.921 → 0.916−0.005

− Central African Republic

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