List of African countries by Human Development Index

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, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or 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. 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 list of African countries by Human Development Index is drawn from the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2006.

High Human Development Index
Rank	Country	DHI	World rank
1	Seychelles	0.842	47
2	Mauritius	0.800	63
Medium Human Development Index
Rank	Country	DHI	World rank
3	Libya	0.798	64
4	Algeria	0.728	102
5	Cape Verde	0.722	106
6	Egypt	0.702	111
7	Equatorial Guinea	0.653	120
8	South Africa	0.653	121
9	Morocco	0.640	123
10	Gabon	0.633	124
11	Namibia	0.626	125
12	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.607	127
13	Botswana	0.570	131
14	Comoros	0.556	132
15	Ghana	0.532	136
16	Republic of the Congo	0.520	140
17	Sudan	0.516	141
18	Madagascar	0.509	143
19	Cameroon	0.506	144
20	Uganda	0.502	145
21	Swaziland	0.500	146
Low Human Development Index
Rank	Country	DHI	World rank
22	Togo	0.495	147
23	Djibouti	0.494	148
24	Lesotho	0.494	149
25	Zimbabwe	0.491	151
26	Kenya	0.491	152
27	Mauritania	0.486	153
28	Gambia	0.479	155
29	Senegal	0.460	156
30	Eritrea	0.454	157
31	Rwanda	0.450	158
32	Nigeria	0.448	159
33	Guinea	0.445	160
34	Angola	0.439	161
35	Tanzania	0.430	162
36	Benin	0.428	163
37	Côte d'Ivoire	0.421	164
38	Zambia	0.407	165
39	Malawi	0.400	166
40	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.391	167
41	Mozambique	0.390	168
42	Burundi	0.384	169
43	Ethiopia	0.371	170
44	Chad	0.368	171
45	Central African Republic	0.353	172
46	Guinea-Bissau	0.349	173
47	Burkina Faso	0.342	174
48	Mali	0.338	175
49	Sierra Leone	0.335	176
50	Niger	0.311	177
Unavailable Data
	Liberia
	Somalia

See also

Africa portal

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of African countries by GDP
• List of African countries by GDP PPP
• List of African countries by GDP per capita
• List of African countries by population
• List of African countries by population density

References

• "HDR Statistics: Human Development Index (by trend 1975–2003)". United Nations Development Programme (2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
• "Human Development Report 2005". United Nations Development Programme (2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
• "Human Development Indicators". Human Development Report 2005. United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.