According to a new report provided by the UN measuring Human Development in 182 countries, South Korea ranked #26 which would be in the top 15% of all nations studied. Korea ranks above other relatively developed countries which produce more gross income like China (#92), Mexico (#53) and India (#134). Korea still ranks behind many “Very Highly Developed” nations, but is ahead of countries like the Czech Republic, Portugal and Israel. At the bottom of the list was Niger.
The full list follows and an explanation is provided at the bottom on how HDI or the Human Development Index is measured.
- Norway
- Australia
- Iceland
- Canada
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- France
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Finland
- United States
- Austria
- Spain
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Singapore
- Hong Kong, China (SAR)
- Greece
- Korea (Republic of) aka “South Korea”
- Israel
- Andorra
- Slovenia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Kuwait
- Cyprus
- Qatar
- Portugal
- United Arab Emirates
- Czech Republic
- Barbados
- Malta
- Bahrain
- Estonia
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Chile
- Croatia
- Lithuania
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Latvia
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Cuba
- Bahamas
- Mexico
- Costa Rica
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Oman
- Seychelles
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Rupublic of)
- Saudi Arabia
- Panama
- Bulgaria
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Romania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Montenegro
- Malaysia
- Serbia
- Belarus
- Saint Lucia
- Albania
- Russian Federation
- Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Brazil
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Colombia
- Peru
- Turkey
- Ecuador
- Mauritius
- Kazakhstan
- Lebanon
- Armenia
- Ukraine
- Azerbaijan
- Thailand
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Georgia
- Dominican Republic
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- China
- Belize
- Samoa
- Maldives
- Jordan
- Suriname
- Tunisia
- Tonga
- Jamaica
- Paraguay
- Sri Lanka
- Gabon
- Algeria
- Philippines
- El Salvador
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Fiji
- Turkmenistan
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Indonesia
- Honduras
- Bolivia
- Guyana
- Mongolia
- Viet Nam
- Moldova
- Equatorial Guinea
- Uzbekistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cape Verde
- Guatemala
- Egypt
- Nicaragua
- Botswana
- Vanuatu
- Tajikistan
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Morocco
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Bhutan
- Lao, People’s Dem. Rep.
- India
- Solomon Islands
- Congo
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Comoros
- Yemen
- Pakistan
- Swaziland
- Angola
- Nepal
- Madagascar
- Bangladesh
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
- Haiti
- Sudan
- Tanzania, U. Rep. of
- Ghana
- Cameroon
- Mauritania
- Djibouti
- Lesotho
- Uganda
- Nigeria
- Togo
- Malawi
- Benin
- Timor-Leste
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Zambia
- Eritrea
- Senegal
- Rwanda
- Gambia
- Liberia
- Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Mozambique
- Guinea-Bissau
- Burundi
- Chad
- Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
- Central African Republic
- Sierra Leone
- Afghanistan
- Niger
What is the Human Development Index (HDI)? The HDI provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and gross enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity, PPP, income).
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