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Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)

· higher is better · 173 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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League table

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  1. 1Singapore0.88
  2. 2Hong Kong SAR, China0.81
  3. 3Japan0.8
  4. 4Korea, Rep.0.8
  5. 5Canada0.8
  6. 6Finland0.8
  7. 7Macao SAR, China0.8
  8. 8Sweden0.8
  9. 9Ireland0.79
  10. 10Netherlands0.79
  11. 11United Kingdom0.78
  12. 12Estonia0.78
  13. 13New Zealand0.78
  14. 14Slovenia0.77
  15. 15Norway0.77
  16. 16Australia0.77
  17. 17Portugal0.77
  18. 18France0.76
  19. 19Belgium0.76
  20. 20Switzerland0.76
  21. 21Cyprus0.76
  22. 22Denmark0.76
  23. 23Poland0.75
  24. 24Czechia0.75
  25. 25Germany0.75
  26. 26Austria0.75
  27. 27Iceland0.75
  28. 28Israel0.73
  29. 29Spain0.73
  30. 30Italy0.73
  31. 31Croatia0.71
  32. 32Malta0.71
  33. 33Latvia0.71
  34. 34Lithuania0.71
  35. 35United States0.7
  36. 36Belarus0.7
  37. 37Greece0.69
  38. 38Viet Nam0.69
  39. 39Luxembourg0.69
  40. 40Hungary0.68
  41. 41Russian Federation0.68
  42. 42Serbia0.68
  43. 43United Arab Emirates0.67
  44. 44Slovak Republic0.66
  45. 45China0.65
  46. 46Bahrain0.65
  47. 47Chile0.65
  48. 48Turkiye0.65
  49. 49Qatar0.64
  50. 50Albania0.63
  51. 51Montenegro0.63
  52. 52Seychelles0.63
  53. 53Ukraine0.63
  54. 54Costa Rica0.63
  55. 55Kazakhstan0.63
  56. 56Brunei Darussalam0.63
  57. 57Uzbekistan0.62
  58. 58Mauritius0.62
  59. 59Mongolia0.61
  60. 60Bulgaria0.61
  61. 61Mexico0.61
  62. 62Malaysia0.61
  63. 63Thailand0.61
  64. 64Oman0.61
  65. 65Peru0.61
  66. 66Colombia0.6
  67. 67Trinidad and Tobago0.6
  68. 68St. Lucia0.6
  69. 69Argentina0.6
  70. 70Uruguay0.6
  71. 71Sri Lanka0.6
  72. 72Kyrgyz Republic0.6
  73. 73Antigua and Barbuda0.6
  74. 74Ecuador0.59
  75. 75Iran, Islamic Rep.0.59
  76. 76Palau0.59
  77. 77St. Kitts and Nevis0.59
  78. 78Romania0.58
  79. 79Moldova0.58
  80. 80West Bank and Gaza0.58
  81. 81Bosnia and Herzegovina0.58
  82. 82Armenia0.58
  83. 83Azerbaijan0.58
  84. 84Saudi Arabia0.58
  85. 85Georgia0.57
  86. 86Grenada0.57
  87. 87Kuwait0.56
  88. 88North Macedonia0.56
  89. 89Jordan0.55
  90. 90Brazil0.55
  91. 91Samoa0.55
  92. 92Kenya0.55
  93. 93El Salvador0.55
  94. 94Dominica0.54
  95. 95Indonesia0.54
  96. 96Jamaica0.53
  97. 97Algeria0.53
  98. 98St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.53
  99. 99Tonga0.53
  100. 100Paraguay0.53
  101. 101Tunisia0.52
  102. 102Philippines0.52
  103. 103Lebanon0.52
  104. 104Fiji0.51
  105. 105Naoero0.51
  106. 106Nicaragua0.51
  107. 107Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.51
  108. 108Nepal0.5
  109. 109Morocco0.5
  110. 109Tajikistan0.5
  111. 110Dominican Republic0.5
  112. 111Panama0.5
  113. 112Guyana0.5
  114. 113Egypt, Arab Rep.0.49
  115. 114India0.49
  116. 115Kiribati0.49
  117. 116Cambodia0.49
  118. 117Honduras0.48
  119. 118Myanmar0.48
  120. 119Bhutan0.48
  121. 120Zimbabwe0.47
  122. 121Bangladesh0.46
  123. 122Guatemala0.46
  124. 123Gabon0.46
  125. 124Lao PDR0.46
  126. 125Vanuatu0.45
  127. 126Timor-Leste0.45
  128. 127Ghana0.45
  129. 128Tuvalu0.45
  130. 129Haiti0.45
  131. 130Namibia0.45
  132. 131Togo0.43
  133. 132Papua New Guinea0.43
  134. 133South Africa0.43
  135. 134Marshall Islands0.42
  136. 135Gambia, The0.42
  137. 136Senegal0.42
  138. 137Solomon Islands0.42
  139. 138Congo, Rep.0.42
  140. 139Botswana0.41
  141. 140Malawi0.41
  142. 141Iraq0.41
  143. 142Pakistan0.41
  144. 143Comoros0.4
  145. 144Lesotho0.4
  146. 145Benin0.4
  147. 146Afghanistan0.4
  148. 147Cameroon0.4
  149. 148Zambia0.4
  150. 149Madagascar0.39
  151. 150Tanzania0.39
  152. 151Burundi0.39
  153. 152Uganda0.38
  154. 153Burkina Faso0.38
  155. 154Ethiopia0.38
  156. 155Mauritania0.38
  157. 156Cote d'Ivoire0.38
  158. 157Rwanda0.38
  159. 158Sudan0.38
  160. 159Yemen, Rep.0.37
  161. 160Eswatini0.37
  162. 161Guinea0.37
  163. 162Congo, Dem. Rep.0.37
  164. 163Sierra Leone0.36
  165. 164Angola0.36
  166. 165Mozambique0.36
  167. 166Nigeria0.36
  168. 167Liberia0.32
  169. 168Mali0.32
  170. 169Niger0.32
  171. 170South Sudan0.31
  172. 171Chad0.3
  173. 172Central African Republic0.29

Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)