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List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index

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Field	Value
title	HDI ranking
label1	UNHDI Source
data1	{{cite web
title	Human Development Report 2023
publisher	United Nations Development Programme
url	https://hdr.undp.org/data-center
access-date	2025-07-14
label2	HDI scale ranges
data2	Very high · High · Medium · Low
label3	Number of countries
data3	48
label4	Cut-off for very high HDI
data4	≥ 0.800
subtitle	Asia and Oceania (2023 edition)

|access-date=2025-07-14

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: (very high, high, medium, and low human development). Currently, no Oceanian country falls into the low human development category, while Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen are the only Asian countries which fall into this category, although recovering rapidly.

The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 6 May 2025 and based on data collected in 2023.

Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macau, North Korea, and Taiwan in Asia, are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme. As of 2025, Taiwan ranked very Highly in HDI with 0.926 per official figures.

List of countries in Asia and Oceania by Human Development Index	Rank	Nation	Human Development
Index (HDI)	Region	World	HDI 2023	HDI 2022	HDI 2021	Change in HDI Value (2021-2023)	Very High Human Development	High Human Development	Medium Human Development	Low Human Development
1	7	Australia	0.958	0.946	0.949	0.009
2	8	Hong KongHong Kong is a special administrative region of China.	0.955	0.956	0.959	0.004
3	13	Singapore	0.946	0.949	0.942	0.004
4	15	United Arab Emirates	0.940	0.937	0.931	0.009
5	17	New Zealand	0.938	0.939	0.936	0.002
6	20	South Korea	0.937	0.929	0.926	0.011
7	23	Japan	0.925	0.920	0.920	0.005
8	27	Israel	0.919	0.915	0.911	0.004
9	32	CyprusCyprus is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though politically and culturally it is often considered as being a part of Europe.	0.913	0.907	0.901	0.012
10	37	Saudi Arabia	0.900	0.875	0.867	0.033
11	38	Bahrain	0.899	0.888	0.884	0.015
12	43	Qatar	0.886	0.875	0.864	0.022
13	50	Oman	0.858	0.819	0.810	0.048
14	51	TurkeyA portion of Turkey, known as East Thrace, is a part of Europe, making up about 3% of the country's land area and 14% of its population.	0.853	0.855	0.841	0.012
15	52	Kuwait	0.852	0.849	0.838	0.014
16	57	GeorgiaThe municipality of Kazbegi is located in Europe, which makes up about 0.1% of Georgia's population.	0.844	0.814	0.809	0.035
17	60	Brunei	0.837	0.823	0.824	0.013
18	60	KazakhstanTwo regions of Kazakhstan, namely Atyrau and West Kazakhstan, are partly located in Europe.	0.837	0.802	0.801	0.036
19	64	RussiaRussia is geographically a transcontinental country, though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe. Asian Russia consists of over 75% of the country's territory, but only 22% of its population.	0.832	0.821	0.818	0.014
20	67	Malaysia	0.819	0.807	0.798	0.021
21	69	ArmeniaArmenia is geographically a part of Western Asia (or the Middle East), though culturally and politically it is often considered as being a part of Europe.	0.811	0.786	0.774	0.037
22	75	Iran	0.799	0.780	0.776	0.023
23	76	Thailand	0.798	0.803	0.797	0.001
24	78	ChinaData for China are calculated for mainland China only, excluding Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.	0.797	0.788	0.785	0.012
25	81	AzerbaijanThe districts of Khachmaz, Quba, Qusar, Shabran, and Siazan are geographically in Europe, placing about 5% of Azerbaijan's population in Europe.	0.789	0.760	0.738	0.051
26	84	Palau	0.786	0.797	0.802	0.015
27	89	Sri Lanka	0.776	0.780	0.783	0.007
28	92	Tonga	0.769	0.739	0.738	0.031
29	93	Maldives	0.766	0.762	0.753	0.013
30	93	Vietnam	0.766	0.726	0.718	0.048
31	95	Turkmenistan	0.764	0.744	0.740	0.024
32	100	Jordan	0.754	0.736	0.736	0.018
33	100	EgyptThe portion of Egypt located in Asia is the Sinai Region, comprising about 6% of the country's landmass. However, the country is politically a part of Africa.	0.754	0.728	0.726	0.028
34	102	Lebanon	0.752	0.723	0.725	0.027
35	104	Mongolia	0.747	0.741	0.730	0.017
36	107	Uzbekistan	0.740	0.727	0.721	0.006
37	108	Marshall Islands	0.733	0.731	0.729	0.004
38	111	Fiji	0.731	0.729	0.715	0.016
39	113	IndonesiaThe Aru Islands and Western New Guinea are geographically in Oceania, comprising approx. 22% of Indonesia's landmass and 2% of its population. However, the country is politically a part of Asia.	0.728	0.713	0.707	0.021
40	117	Philippines	0.720	0.710	0.692	0.028
41	117	Kyrgyzstan	0.720	0.701	0.696	0.024
42	122	Samoa	0.708	0.702	0.708	0.000
43	122	Nauru	0.703	0.696	0.693	0.010
44	125	Bhutan	0.698	0.681	0.677	0.021
45	126	Iraq	0.695	0.673	0.667	0.028
46	128	Tajikistan	0.691	0.679	0.677	0.014
47	129	Tuvalu	0.689	0.653	0.653	0.036
48	130	Bangladesh	0.685	0.670	0.662	0.023
49	131	India	0.685	0.644	0.633	0.052
50	133	Palestine	0.674	0.716	0.715	0.041
51	140	Kiribati	0.644	0.628	0.627	0.017
52	142	Timor Leste	0.634	0.566	0.574	0.060
53	145	Nepal	0.622	0.601	0.591	0.031
54	146	Vanuatu	0.621	0.614	0.614	0.007
55	147	Laos	0.617	0.620	0.615	0.002
56	149	Micronesia	0.615	0.634	0.634	0.019
57	150	Myanmar	0.609	0.608	0.599	0.010
58	151	Cambodia	0.606	0.600	0.596	0.010
59	156	Solomon Islands	0.584	0.562	0.564	0.020
60	160	Papua New Guinea	0.576	0.568	0.564	0.012
61	162	Syria	0.564	0.557	0.558	0.006
62	168	Pakistan	0.544	0.540	0.537	0.007
63	181	Afghanistan	0.496	0.462	0.473	0.023
64	184	Yemen	0.470	0.424	0.425	0.045

Notes

References

"History of the Human Development Report". [[United Nations Development Programme]].
(2010). "The Human Development concept". UNDP.
"Table 1: Human Development Index and its components".
"Human Development Report 2023". [[Human Development Report.

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