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, 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.
[edit] 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.
| rank | country | DHI | world rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit] See also
- 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
[edit] 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.
