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. 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 (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 is a list of African countries by Human Development Index for the year 2013, published in 2014:^[1]

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Rank Country HDI Rank in Africa Rank Worldwide New 2014 Estimates for 2013 Change compared between 2014 report and 2013 report High human development 1 55  Libya 0.784 0.005 2 63  Mauritius 0.771 0.002 3 71  Seychelles 0.756 0.001 4 90  Tunisia 0.721 0.002 5 93  Algeria 0.717 0.002 Medium human development 6 109  Botswana 0.683 0.002 7 110  Egypt 0.682 0.001 8 112  Gabon 0.674 0.004 9 118  South Africa 0.658 0.004 10 123  Cape Verde 0.636 0.001 11 127  Namibia 0.626 0.004 12 129  Morocco 0.617 0.003 13 138  Ghana 0.573 0.002 14 140  Republic of the Congo 0.564 0.003 15 141  Zambia 0.561 0.007 16 142  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.558 0.002 17 144  Equatorial Guinea 0.556 Low human development 18 147  Kenya 0.535 0.004 19 148  Swaziland 0.530 0.001 20 149  Angola 0.526 0.002 21 151  Rwanda 0.506 0.004 22 152  Cameroon 0.504 0.003 22 152  Nigeria 0.504 0.004 24 155  Madagascar 0.498 0.002 25 156  Zimbabwe 0.492 0.008 26 159  Tanzania 0.488 0.004 26 159  Comoros 0.488 0.002 28 161  Mauritania 0.487 0.002 29 162  Lesotho 0.486 0.005 30 163  Senegal 0.485 0.001 31 164  Uganda 0.484 0.004 32 165  Benin 0.476 0.003 33 166  Sudan 0.473 0.001 33 166  Togo 0.473 0.003 35 170  Djibouti 0.467 0.002 36 171  Côte d'Ivoire 0.452 0.004 37 172  The Gambia 0.441 0.003 38 173  Ethiopia 0.435 0.006 39 174  Malawi 0.414 0.003 40 175  Liberia 0.412 0.005 41 176  Mali 0.407 0.001 42 177  Guinea-Bissau 0.396 43 178  Mozambique 0.393 0.004 44 179  Guinea 0.392 0.001 45 180  Burundi 0.389 0.003 46 181  Burkina Faso 0.388 0.003 47 182  Eritrea 0.381 0.001 48 183  Sierra Leone 0.374 0.006 49 184  Chad 0.372 0.002 50 185  Central African Republic 0.341 0.024 51 186  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.338 0.005 52 187  Niger 0.337 0.002 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 References ↑ "Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2013" (PDF). Human Development Report United Nations Development Programme. p. 159. Retrieved 26 July 2014.  Africa topics History Chronology Pre-colonial kingdoms Colonisation European exploration Slavery Atlantic Arab Scramble for Africa Decolonization By topic Economic Empires Military conflicts Geography Countries and territories Impact craters Islands Natural history Regions Rivers Highest points Politics African Union Elections Heads of government Heads of state International organisations Pan-African Parliament Politics Political parties Human rights Pan-Africanism United States of Africa Economy Central banks and currencies Countries by GDP (nominal) Countries by HDI Education Internet Millionaires Natural resources Poverty Renewable energy Stock exchanges Society Caste system Etiquette Languages Philosophy Poverty Culture Architecture Art Contemporary art Cinema films film festivals Cuisine Literature writers by country Media radio stations TV stations Music musicians guitarists Religion World Heritage Sites Sport African Cricket Association Afro-Asian Games All-Africa Games Australian-rules football Confederation of African Football Africa Cup of Nations Confederation of African Rugby Africa Cup FIBA Africa Stadiums by capacity Tour d'Afrique Demographics Emigration HIV/AIDS People Countries by population density Urbanization cities largest metropolitan areas By year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Outline Index Book Category Portal WikiProject