List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

List
Asian countries by Human Development Index (2020)
  0.901 to 0.950
  0.851 to 0.900
  0.801 to 0.850
  0.751 to 0.800
  0.701 to 0.750
  0.651 to 0.700
  0.601 to 0.650
  0.551 to 0.600
  0.501 to 0.550
  0.451 to 0.500
  Data unavailable

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI)[3] for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report released on 15 December 2020 and based on data collected in 2019.[4] Data for mainland China are calculated without Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macau and Taiwan are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.

List of countries and regions in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index
Rank Country Human Development Index (HDI)
In region World HDI Value (2019) Change in HDI value 2018-19
Very high human development
1 4  Hong Kong[n 1] 0.949 0.010
2 8  Australia 0.944 0.006
3 11  Singapore 0.938 0.003
4 14  New Zealand 0.931 0.010
5 19  Japan 0.919 0.004
5 19  Israel 0.919 0.013
7 23  South Korea 0.916 0.010
8 31  United Arab Emirates 0.890 0.024
9 33  Cyprus[n 2] 0.887 0.014
10 40  Saudi Arabia 0.854 0.003
11 42  Bahrain 0.852 0.014
12 45  Qatar 0.848
13 47  Brunei 0.838 0.007
14 50  Palau 0.826 0.012
15 51  Kazakhstan[n 3] 0.825 0.008
16 52  Russia[n 4] 0.824
17 54  Turkey[n 5] 0.820 0.014
18 60  Oman 0.813 0.021
19 61  Georgia[n 6] 0.812 0.026
20 62  Malaysia 0.810 0.006
21 64  Kuwait 0.806 0.002
High human development
22 70  Iran 0.783 0.014
23 72  Sri Lanka 0.782 0.002
24 79  Thailand 0.777 0.012
25 81  Armenia 0.776 0.016
26 85  China 0.761 0.003
27 88  Azerbaijan[n 7] 0.756 0.002
28 92  Lebanon 0.744 0.014
29 93  Fiji 0.743 0.019
30 95  Maldives 0.740 0.021
31 99  Mongolia 0.737 0.002
32 102  Jordan 0.729 0.006
33 104  Tonga 0.725 0.008
34 106  Uzbekistan 0.720 0.010
35 107  Philippines 0.718 0.006
35 107  Indonesia 0.718 0.011
37 111  Turkmenistan 0.715 0.005
37 111  Samoa 0.715 0.008
39 115  Palestine 0.708 0.018
40 116  Egypt[n 8] 0.707 0.007
41 117  Marshall Islands 0.704 0.006
41 117  Vietnam 0.704 0.011
Medium human development
43 120  Kyrgyzstan 0.697 0.023
44 123  Iraq 0.674 0.015
45 125  Tajikistan 0.668 0.012
46 129  Bhutan 0.654 0.037
47 131  India 0.645 0.002
48 133  Bangladesh 0.632 0.018
49 134  Kiribati 0.630 0.007
50 136  Micronesia 0.620 0.006
51 137  Laos 0.613 0.009
52 140  Vanuatu 0.609 0.012
53 141  East Timor 0.606 0.020
54 142    Nepal 0.602 0.023
55 144  Cambodia 0.594 0.013
56 147  Myanmar 0.583 0.001
57 151  Solomon Islands 0.567 0.010
57 151  Syria 0.567 0.018
59 154  Pakistan 0.557 0.003
60 155  Papua New Guinea 0.555 0.012
Low human development
61 169  Afghanistan 0.511 0.015
62 179  Yemen 0.470 0.007


References
  1. "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. "Table 1: Human Development Index and its components".
  4. "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  1. Special administrative region (SAR) of China.
  2. Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia (or the Near East), though politically and culturally it is considered as being in Europe.
  3. Certain regions of Kazakhstan, particularly West Kazakhstan and Atyrau, are partly located in Europe.
  4. Geographically majority of Russia lies in Asia, but Russia is culturally, ethnically and politically part of Europe. Asian Russia covers up to more than 75% of Russia's total land area, but only 22% of its total population.
  5. A portion of Turkey, known as East Thrace, is part of Europe, making up about 3% of the country's land area and 14% of its population.
  6. The municipality of Kazbegi is located in Europe, which makes up about 0.1% of the country's population.
  7. The districts of Qusar, Shabran, Siazan, Khachmaz and Quba are geographically in Europe, placing about 5% of the population in Europe.
  8. The portion of Egypt located in Asia is the Sinai Peninsula, comprising about 6% of the country's land mass. However, it is politically part of Africa.
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