List_of_sovereign_states_in_Asia_and_Oceania_by_Human_Development_Index

List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

List of Asian and Oceanian nations by HDI

The Human Development Index (HDI) 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, a developing or an under-developed 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, no Oceanian country falls into the low human development category while Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen are the only Asian countries which fall into this category.

The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq[1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

List

World countries by Human Development Index (2021)
  0.900 to 0.950
  0.850 to 0.899
  0.800 to 0.849
  0.750 to 0.799
  0.700 to 0.749
  0.650 to 0.699
  0.600 to 0.649
  0.550 to 0.599
  0.500 to 0.549
  0.450 to 0.499
  Data unavailable

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI)[3] for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 8 September 2022 and based on data collected in 2021.[4]

Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macau, North Korea, and Taiwan in Asia, as well as Nauru and Tuvalu in Oceania are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China.
  2. [N 2]
    Cyprus is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though politically and culturally it is often considered as being a part of Europe.
  3. [N 3]
    A portion of Turkey, known as East Thrace, is a part of Europe, making up about 3% of the country's land area and 14% of its population.
  4. [N 4]
    Russia is geographically a transcontinental country, though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe. Asian Russia consists of over 75% of the country's territory, but only 22% of its population.
  5. [N 5]
    Two regions of Kazakhstan, namely Atyrau and West Kazakhstan, are partly located in Europe.
  6. [N 6]
    The municipality of Kazbegi is located in Europe, which makes up about 0.1% of Georgia's population.
  7. [N 7]
    Data for China are calculated for mainland China only, excluding Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
  8. [N 8]
    Armenia is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe.
  9. [N 9]
    The districts of Khachmaz, Quba, Qusar, Shabran, and Siazan are geographically in Europe, placing about 5% of Azerbaijan's population in Europe.
  10. [N 10]
    The portion of Egypt located in Asia is the Sinai Region, comprising about 6% of the country's landmass. However, the country is politically a part of Africa.
  11. [N 11]
    The Aru Islands and Western New Guinea are geographically in Oceania, comprising approx. 22% of Indonesia's landmass and 2% of its population. However, the country is politically a part of Asia.

References

  1. [1]
    "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. [2]
    "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Table 1: Human Development Index and its components".
  4. [4]
    "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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