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HDI rankings, 2023

20 countries with a scored Human Development Index for 2023.

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All regions Arab States East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

1United Arab EmiratesVery High0.940 2Saudi ArabiaVery High0.900 3BahrainVery High0.899 4QatarVery High0.886 5OmanVery High0.858 6KuwaitVery High0.852 7AlgeriaHigh0.763 8EgyptHigh0.754 9JordanHigh0.754 10LebanonHigh0.752 11TunisiaHigh0.746 12LibyaHigh0.721 13MoroccoHigh0.710 14IraqMedium0.695 15Palestine, State ofMedium0.674 16Syrian Arab RepublicMedium0.564 17DjiboutiLow0.513 18SudanLow0.511 19YemenLow0.470 20SomaliaLow0.404

Data is sourced directly from the UNDP Human Development Report Office’s composite indices time series (2025 edition). This project is created and maintained voluntarily, on a personal basis, entirely non-commercial, and not affiliated with or endorsed by the United Nations or UNDP.

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