List of African countries by Human Development Index

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Human Development Index 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. 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 three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development.

List of African countries

The following is a list of African countries by Human Development Index for the year 2013, published in 2014:[1]

  • Increase = increase.
  • Steady = steady.
  • Decrease = decrease.