List of sovereign states in Europe by Human Development Index explained

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. 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 fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, all European countries fall into the very high or high human development category.

List

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI)^[1] for countries in Europe as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2020).^{[2] [3]} Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in Table 2 of the Statistical Annex of the Human Development Report.^[4]

Countries that are not entirely located in Europe are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Monaco and Vatican City are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme. Kosovo is also not included.

List of European countries by Human Development Index
Rank		Country	Human Development Index (HDI)
Region	World		HDI 2022^[5]	HDI 2021	HDI 2020	HDI 2019	HDI 2015	HDI 2010
Very High Human Development
1	1		0.967	0.965	0.957	0.960	0.952	0.940
2	2		0.966	0.964	0.963	0.962	0.952	0.938
3	3		0.959	0.957	0.955	0.958	0.948	0.927
4	5		0.952	0.947	0.946	0.946	0.937	0.913
			0.952	0.949	0.944	0.947	0.937	0.910
5	7		0.950	0.946	0.945	0.942	0.924	0.908
			0.950	0.948	0.948	0.951	0.941	0.929
6	10		0.946	0.941	0.938	0.941	0.932	0.917
7	12		0.942	0.938	0.930	0.936	0.924	0.913
			0.942	0.913	0.909	0.909	0.912	0.912
			0.942	0.936	0.933	0.940	0.926	0.917
8	15		0.940	0.931	0.920	0.920	0.919	0.913
9	20		0.927	0.927	0.921	0.933	0.914	0.912
10	22		0.926	0.916	0.910	0.918	0.903	0.890
			0.926	0.920	0.916	0.920	0.910	0.903
11	25		0.915	0.912	0.901	0.905	0.887	0.862
12	27		0.911	0.904	0.894	0.904	0.889	0.868
13	28		0.910	0.906	0.900	0.905	0.893	0.880
14	29		0.907	0.901	0.900	0.901	0.874	0.859
15	30		0.906	0.899	0.892	0.899	0.891	0.880
16	31		0.899	0.890	0.891	0.893	0.883	0.859
17	32		0.895	0.891	0.891	0.896	0.891	0.872
18	33		0.893	0.887	0.881	0.890	0.881	0.874
19	35		0.884	0.855	0.843	0.865	0.856	0.863
20	36		0.881	0.876	0.874	0.880	0.869	0.845
21	37		0.879	0.865	0.873	0.873	0.853	0.827
			0.879	0.875	0.880	0.886	0.865	0.846
22	39		0.878	0.867	0.860	0.866	0.844	0.824
23	42		0.874	0.865	0.861	0.861	0.850	0.831
24	43		0.867	0.853	0.844	0.861	0.872	0.901
25	45		0.855	0.852	0.860	0.863	0.852	0.841
			0.855	0.841	0.835	0.842	0.821	0.750
26	47		0.851	0.846	0.849	0.854	0.839	0.829
27	50		0.844	0.840	0.832	0.841	0.827	0.806
28	53		0.827	0.825	0.828	0.834	0.813	0.813
29	56		0.821	0.818	0.826	0.839	0.823	0.797
30	60		0.814	0.809	0.807	0.816	0.798	0.763
31	65		0.805	0.804	0.806	0.812	0.794	0.768
32	67		0.802	0.801	0.806	0.810	0.799	0.765
32	69		0.801	0.801	0.800	0.810	0.809	0.790
High Human Development
34	70		0.799	0.796	0.802	0.813	0.809	0.790
35	74		0.789	0.785	0.784	0.800	0.797	0.765
36	76		0.786	0.774	0.769	0.789	0.769	0.739
37	80		0.779	0.776	0.776	0.780	0.757	0.715
38	83		0.765	0.764	0.766	0.787	0.777	0.746
39	86		0.763	0.745	0.765	0.773	0.749	0.699
40	89		0.760	0.738	0.722	0.762	0.751	0.733
41	100		0.734	0.755	0.762	0.774	0.764	0.766

Map

This is the map of the list of European countries by the Human Development Index for the year 2022. The colour indicators are as follows: High Human Development and Very High Human Development.

See also

• International organisations in Europe
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by Human Development Index by region
• List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
• List of European countries by budget revenues
• List of European countries by budget revenues per capita
• List of European countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
• List of European countries by GNI (PPP) per capita

References

1. Web site: Table 1: Human Development Index (HDI) and its components.
2. Book: Human Development Report 2021-22 Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World . 8 September 2022 . United Nations Development Programme . 284–288 . 14 March 2024.
3. Web site: Human Development Report 2019 – "Human Development Indices and Indicators". HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme. 22–25 . 9 December 2019.
4. Web site: Table 2: Trends in the Human Development Index, 1990-2015.
5. Book: Human Development Report 2023-24 – Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world . 13 March 2024 . United Nations Development Programme . 2024 . 13 March 2024 . 288 - 292.