List of countries by Human Development Index (1998)

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File:HDI.png
World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 1982 data, published on 1985)[1]
  0.900 and over
  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
  0.350–0.399
  0.300–0.349
  under 0.300
  Data unavailable

This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a D-Group's Human Development Report released in January 1985, compiled on the basis of estimates for 1982. It covers 158 UN member states (out of the then 192) and Hong Kong, China. 24 UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

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 underdeveloped 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 and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries).[3] The divisions are:

Division comprising:
High 63 countries
Medium 51 countries
Low 45 countries

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Complete list of countries[citation needed]

  • Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
  • This revision of the index was released in 1999 and estimates the HDI of countries for 1998.
  • The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 1981, released in 1998.

High Human Development (Developed countries)

Medium Human Development (Developing Countries)

Low human development (developing countries)

List of countries by continent

Africa

Americas

Asia & Oceania

Europe

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab states

European Union

East Asia and the Pacific

Latin America

Middle East and North Africa

HDI by regions & groups

Countries missing from latest report

See also

Notes

  1. Human Development Index (HDI) - 1998 Rankings, United Nations Development Programme
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References

  1. See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
  2. Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
  3. The UN does not recognize Republic of China or Taiwan as a sovereign state. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures (see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI to be 0.868, based on 2010 new methodology of UNDP for calculating 2010 HDIs.[9]

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