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Human Development Index

As of 2023, Iceland is No. 1 in the Human Development Index (0.972), ahead of Norway (0.970).

The UN Development Programme’s yearly measure of health, education and income, top 50 countries, from Wikipedia’s list of the latest report.

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Human Development Index, current order
No.	Country	HDI
1	Iceland	0.972
2	Norway	0.970
2	Switzerland	0.970
4	Denmark	0.962
5	Germany	0.959
5	Sweden	0.959
7	Australia	0.958
8	Hong Kong	0.955
8	Netherlands	0.955
10	Belgium	0.951
11	Ireland	0.949
12	Finland	0.948
13	Singapore	0.946
13	United Kingdom	0.946
15	United Arab Emirates	0.940
16	Canada	0.939
17	Liechtenstein	0.938
17	New Zealand	0.938
17	United States	0.938
20	South Korea	0.937
21	Slovenia	0.931
22	Austria	0.930
23	Japan	0.925
24	Malta	0.924
25	Luxembourg	0.922
26	France	0.920
27	Israel	0.919
28	Spain	0.918
29	Czechia	0.915
29	Italy	0.915
29	San Marino	0.915
32	Andorra	0.913
32	Cyprus	0.913
34	Greece	0.908
35	Poland	0.906
36	Estonia	0.905
37	Saudi Arabia	0.900
38	Bahrain	0.899
39	Lithuania	0.895
40	Portugal	0.890
41	Croatia	0.889
41	Latvia	0.889
43	Qatar	0.886
44	Slovakia	0.880
45	Chile	0.878
46	Hungary	0.870
47	Argentina	0.865
48	Montenegro	0.862
48	Uruguay	0.862
50	Oman	0.858

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