Social Structures

Classification of countries

Countries in the human development aggregates a

Medium human Low human

High human

development development

development

(HDI 0.500-0.799) (HDI below 0.500)

(HDI 0.800 and above)

Malaysia Angola

Antigua and Barbuda Singapore Albania

Maldives Benin

Argentina Slovakia Algeria

Mauritius Burkina Faso

Australia Slovenia Armenia

Moldova, Rep. of Burundi

Austria Spain Azerbaijan

Mongolia Central African Republic

Bahamas Sweden Bangladesh

Morocco Chad

Bahrain Switzerland Belarus

Myanmar Congo

Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Belize

Namibia Congo, Dem. Rep. of the

Belgium United Arab Emirates Bhutan

Nepal Côte d'Ivoire

Brunei Darussalam United Kingdom Bolivia

Nicaragua Djibouti

Canada United States Bosnia and Herzegovina

Occupied Palestinian Territories Eritrea

Uruguay Botswana

Chile

(55 countries or areas) Oman Ethiopia

Brazil

Costa Rica

Panama Gambia

Bulgaria

Croatia

Papua New Guinea Guinea

Cambodia

Cuba

Paraguay Guinea-Bissau

Cameroon

Cyprus

Peru Haiti

Cape Verde

Czech Republic

Philippines Kenya

China

Denmark

Romania Lesotho

Colombia

Estonia

Russian Federation Madagascar

Comoros

Finland

Saint Lucia Malawi

Dominica

France

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mali

Dominican Republic

Germany

Samoa (Western) Mauritania

Ecuador

Greece

São Tomé and Principe Mozambique

Egypt

Hong Kong, China (SAR)

Saudi Arabia Niger

El Salvador

Hungary

Solomon Islands Nigeria

Equatorial Guinea

Iceland

South Africa Pakistan

Fiji

Ireland

Sri Lanka Rwanda

Gabon

Israel

Sudan Senegal

Georgia

Italy

Suriname Sierra Leone

Ghana

Japan

Swaziland Tanzania, U. Rep. of

Grenada

Korea, Rep. of

Syrian Arab Republic Timor-Leste

Guatemala

Kuwait

Tajikistan Togo

Guyana

Latvia

Thailand Uganda

Lithuania Honduras

Tonga Yemen

Luxembourg India

Tunisia Zambia

Malta Indonesia

Turkey Zimbabwe

Mexico Iran, Islamic Rep. of

(36 countries or areas)

Turkmenistan

Netherlands Jamaica

Ukraine

New Zealand Jordan

Uzbekistan

Norway Kazakhstan

Vanuatu

Poland Kyrgyzstan

Venezuela

Portugal Lao People's Dem. Rep.

Viet Nam

Qatar Lebanon

(86 countries or areas)

Saint Kitts and Nevis Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Seychelles Macedonia, TFYR

a. Excludes the following UN member countries for which the HDI cannot be computed: Afghanistan, Andorra, Iraq, Kiribati, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Liberia,

Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Somalia and Tuvalu.

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