Highest HDI Countries by Continent

What are the five most developed countries in each continent according to HDI?

HDI measures life expectancy, education, and income

2018 HDI report except for the countries marked in bold

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Last updated: October 25, 2018

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Africa
0.797	Seychelles
0.790	Mauritius
0.754	Algeria
0.735	Tunisia
0.717	Botswana

Asia
0.932	Singapore
0.909	Japan
0.903	Israel
0.903	South Korea
0.885	Taiwan

Europe
0.961	San Marino
0.956	Monaco
0.953	Norway
0.944	Switzerland
0.938	Ireland

North America
0.926	Canada
0.924	United States
0.807	Bahamas
0.800	Barbados
0.794	Costa Rica

Oceania
0.939	Australia
0.917	New Zealand
0.798	Palau
0.741	Fiji
0.726	Tonga

South America
0.843	Chile
0.825	Argentina
0.804	Uruguay
0.761	Venezuela
0.759	Brazil

Quizmaster

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Oct 24, 2018

For those who are wondering how Venezuela is still on the list keep in mind that it takes a long time for life expectancy to fall in the event of economic collapse. Education takes even longer to fall, since all the people with degrees still have them even if they can't get a job. Finally, Venezuela has a decent amount of oil income still. HDI doesn't measure how well that income actually reaches the people.

ed1969

level 71

Oct 26, 2018

Thanks for clarification. I was really surprised to see Venezuela on this list.

cornflakesfu

level 77

Jan 18, 2019

Yeah. Never would have gotten it if South America didn't have such a small number of countries total.

Jerry928

level 71

Oct 24, 2018

Liechtenstein just has to be there, surely? And Qatar has the highest GDP in the world, so am surprised to see it missing from the Asia list.

blackholexsun

level 52

Jan 18, 2019

Qatar also has literal slave labor right now, so I'm not surprised they're not here.

TheLastFish

level 62

Oct 24, 2018

Well San Marino and Monaco should really not be on the list. In 2009 (year of their source), both had an HDI comparable to Singapore. This means both are most likely now at about 0.93 and thus AT MOST number 6 and 7 in Europe....

Quizmaster

level ∞

Oct 25, 2018

HDIs are going up generally. So, if anything, Monaco and San Marino would be higher.

OfficerDibble

level 68

Oct 25, 2018

Well done, Canada.

smartguy2

level 57

Oct 27, 2018

Thanks OfficerDibble!