List of African countries by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. It is a standard means of measuring well-being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries (almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories) fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium and low human development.

List of African countries
African countries by Human Development Index (2020 report, showing 2019 data)
  ≥ 0.900
  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849
  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  0.500–0.549
  0.450–0.499
  0.400–0.449
  ≤ 0.399
  Data unavailable

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 15 December 2020 and based on data collected in 2019.[1]

List of African countries by Human Development Index
Africa rank Global rank Country HDI value Change in HDI value 2018–19
Very high human development
1 66  Mauritius 0.804 0.003
High human development
2 67  Seychelles 0.796 0.006
3 91  Algeria 0.748 0.002
4 95  Tunisia 0.740 0.002
5 100  Botswana 0.735 0.005
6 105  Libya 0.724 0.003
7 114  South Africa 0.709 0.002
8 116  Egypt 0.707 0.006
9 119  Gabon 0.703 0.006
Medium human development
10 121  Morocco 0.686 0.006
11 126  Cape Verde 0.665 0.002
12 130  Namibia 0.646 0.001
13 135  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.625 0.001
14 138  Eswatini 0.611 0.006
15 138  Ghana 0.611 0.005
16 143  Kenya 0.601 0.006
17 145  Equatorial Guinea 0.592 0.010
18 146  Zambia 0.584 0.002
19 148  Angola 0.581 0.001
20 149  Republic of the Congo 0.574 0.001
21 150  Zimbabwe 0.571 0.002
22 153  Cameroon 0.563 0.003
23 156  Comoros 0.554 0.002
Low human development
24 157  Mauritania 0.546 0.004
25 158  Benin 0.545 0.004
26 159  Uganda 0.544 0.006
27 160  Rwanda 0.543 0.003
28 161  Nigeria 0.539 0.005
29 162  Ivory Coast 0.538 0.004
30 163  Tanzania 0.529 0.005
31 164  Madagascar 0.528 0.001
32 165  Lesotho 0.527 0.005
33 166  Djibouti 0.524 0.006
34 167  Togo 0.515 0.005
35 168  Senegal 0.512 0.004
36 170  Sudan 0.510 0.004
37 172  Gambia 0.496 0.009
38 173  Ethiopia 0.485 0.007
39 174  Malawi 0.483 0.005
40 175  Liberia 0.480 0.000
41 175  Guinea-Bissau 0.480 0.008
42 175  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.480 0.002
43 178  Guinea 0.477 0.004
44 180  Eritrea 0.459 0.003
45 181  Mozambique 0.456 0.004
46 182  Sierra Leone 0.452 0.005
47 182  Burkina Faso 0.452 0.009
48 184  Mali 0.434 0.003
49 185  Burundi 0.433 0.002
50 185  South Sudan 0.433 0.004
51 187  Chad 0.398 0.001
52 188  Central African Republic 0.397 0.002
53 189  Niger 0.394 0.003

See also

References
  1. Human Development Report 2020 (PDF) (Report). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. pp. 343–346. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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