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Human Development Index: males vs. females by country

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living. Higher values indicate higher human development. Only male population is considered.

Countries reporting
179
Highest
0.9757
Switzerland
Lowest
0.4509
Niger
Median
0.7648
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,929

What the numbers show

Human Development Index: males vs. females is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 0.9757 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.4509 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7648, and the mean is 0.7536.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 17.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 8.1%).

Human Development Index: males vs. females: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Switzerland 0.9757 2023 up 1.6% rising
2 Iceland 0.9755 2023 up 0.9% rising
3 Norway 0.9722 2023 up 2.5% rising
4 Germany 0.9701 2023 up 0.7% rising
5 Australia 0.9679 2023 up 1.8% rising
6 Netherlands 0.9661 2023 up 1.2% rising
7 Hong Kong 0.9638 2023 up 2.2% rising
8 Denmark 0.9626 2023 up 1.5% rising
9 Sweden 0.9607 2023 up 2.2% rising
10 Belgium 0.9596 2023 up 2.2% rising
11 South Korea 0.9541 2023 up 2.5% rising
13 United Kingdom 0.9529 2023 up 1.0% rising
14 Finland 0.9514 2023 up 1.4% rising
15 New Zealand 0.9502 2023 up 0.5% rising
16 Singapore 0.9496 2023 up 0.9% rising
18 United Arab Emirates 0.9489 2023 up 12.1% rising
19 Canada 0.9429 2023 up 0.7% rising
20 Japan 0.9377 2023 up 1.0% rising
21 Austria 0.9358 2023 up 1.2% rising
23 Slovenia 0.9296 2023 up 2.6% rising
24 United States 0.9293 2023 up 0.3% rising
25 Italy 0.9245 2023 up 2.8% rising
26 Greece 0.9232 2023 up 3.4% rising
27 France 0.923 2023 up 2.4% rising
29 Israel 0.9211 2023 up 1.3% rising
30 Spain 0.9202 2023 up 3.0% rising
31 Czechia 0.9194 2023 up 2.4% rising
32 Saudi Arabia 0.9183 2023 up 8.7% rising
33 San Marino 0.9183 2023 up 1.9% flat
34 Cyprus 0.9146 2023 up 3.6% rising
35 Bahrain 0.9091 2023 up 5.9% rising
36 Poland 0.8995 2023 up 3.8% rising
37 Estonia 0.8929 2023 up 1.8% rising
38 Chile 0.8913 2023 up 3.7% rising
39 Portugal 0.8896 2023 up 4.5% rising
40 Croatia 0.889 2023 up 4.6% rising
41 Lithuania 0.884 2023 up 3.9% rising
42 Slovakia 0.8797 2023 up 2.3% rising
43 Qatar 0.8769 2023 up 2.3% rising
44 Turkey 0.8764 2023 up 5.5% rising
45 Latvia 0.8756 2023 up 4.4% rising
46 Hungary 0.8743 2023 up 2.6% rising
47 Oman 0.8698 2023 up 3.7% rising
48 Montenegro 0.8681 2023 up 2.9% rising
49 Argentina 0.863 2023 up 1.6% rising
50 Romania 0.849 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Uruguay 0.8483 2023 up 5.4% rising
52 Bulgaria 0.844 2023 up 3.4% rising
53 Kuwait 0.8398 2023 up 4.4% rising
54 Costa Rica 0.8397 2023 up 4.8% rising
55 Georgia 0.8383 2023 up 4.5% rising
56 Serbia 0.8381 2023 up 4.5% rising
57 Seychelles 0.8381 2023 up 4.5% rising
58 Antigua and Barbuda 0.8362 2023 up 0.3% flat
59 Brunei 0.835 2023 down 0.8% rising
60 Kazakhstan 0.8334 2023 up 4.3% rising
61 Panama 0.8327 2023 up 4.5% rising
62 North Macedonia 0.8315 2023 up 3.6% rising
63 Iran 0.8278 2023 up 0.0% rising
64 Malaysia 0.8275 2023 up 3.2% rising
65 Albania 0.8245 2023 up 2.2% rising
66 Russia 0.8211 2023 up 0.4% rising
67 Belarus 0.8195 2023 up 1.1% rising
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8156 2023 up 4.9% rising
69 Bahamas 0.8136 2023 up 1.4% rising
70 Mauritius 0.8129 2023 up 2.4% rising
71 Peru 0.8102 2023 up 4.4% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8091 2023 up 0.4% rising
73 Armenia 0.8074 2023 up 4.5% rising
74 China 0.8057 2023 up 7.4% rising
75 Mexico 0.7965 2023 up 2.1% rising
76 Grenada 0.7956 2023 up 0.8% flat
77 Thailand 0.7951 2023 up 6.1% rising
78 Azerbaijan 0.7947 2023 up 2.4% rising
79 Barbados 0.7914 2023 up 0.6% rising
80 Algeria 0.7914 2023 up 4.0% rising
81 Colombia 0.7904 2023 up 3.8% rising
82 Sri Lanka 0.7889 2023 up 1.8% rising
83 Palau 0.7879 2023 down 0.5% flat
84 Jordan 0.7865 2023 up 1.8% rising
85 Brazil 0.7833 2023 up 2.8% rising
86 Ecuador 0.7773 2023 up 1.8% flat
87 Guyana 0.7771 2023 up 10.3% rising
88 Egypt 0.7767 2023 up 7.2% rising
89 Moldova 0.7726 2023 up 3.0% rising
90 Cuba 0.7688 2023 down 2.0% rising
91 Vietnam 0.7671 2023 up 8.8% rising
92 Maldives 0.7659 2023 up 6.3% rising
93 Tunisia 0.7649 2023 up 1.8% rising
94 Dominican Republic 0.7648 2023 up 4.8% rising
95 Tonga 0.7643 2023 up 3.4% rising
96 Ukraine 0.7629 2023 down 2.3% rising
97 Paraguay 0.7591 2023 up 3.2% rising
98 Lebanon 0.7553 2023 down 2.4% flat
99 Uzbekistan 0.7548 2023 up 6.3% rising
100 Morocco 0.7481 2023 up 9.4% rising
101 Bolivia 0.7477 2023 up 3.6% rising
102 Iraq 0.7465 2023 up 3.5% rising
103 Marshall Islands 0.7459 2023 up 7.0% rising
104 Indonesia 0.7452 2023 up 4.5% rising
105 Fiji 0.7449 2023 up 3.0% rising
106 Saint Lucia 0.7418 2023 up 0.3% rising
107 South Africa 0.7408 2023 up 4.2% rising
108 Mongolia 0.7347 2023 up 0.6% rising
109 Libya 0.7332 2023 down 2.7% flat
110 Gabon 0.7327 2023 up 3.3% rising
111 Botswana 0.7323 2023 up 6.9% rising
112 Kyrgyzstan 0.731 2023 up 5.1% rising
113 Belize 0.7269 2023 down 1.1% rising
114 Suriname 0.7222 2023 up 0.9% flat
115 India 0.722 2023 up 10.0% rising
116 Nauru 0.7216 2023 up 10.5% rising
117 Philippines 0.7206 2023 up 4.8% rising
118 Nicaragua 0.7193 2023 up 6.2% rising
119 Samoa 0.7191 2023 up 0.2% rising
120 Tajikistan 0.7147 2023 up 4.0% rising
121 Jamaica 0.7134 2023 up 1.1% rising
122 Bhutan 0.7106 2023 up 12.7% rising
123 Bangladesh 0.7077 2023 up 14.4% rising
124 Eswatini 0.7075 2023 up 13.2% rising
125 Venezuela 0.7036 2023 down 7.3% flat
126 Tuvalu 0.6969 2023 up 4.8% rising
127 Guatemala 0.6826 2023 up 4.0% rising
128 El Salvador 0.6816 2023 up 1.2% rising
129 Cape Verde 0.6769 2023 up 2.2% flat
130 Palestine 0.6758 2023 down 8.1% flat
131 Congo 0.6732 2023 up 1.4% rising
132 Namibia 0.6608 2023 up 7.5% rising
133 Nepal 0.6607 2023 up 10.3% rising
134 Honduras 0.6567 2023 up 9.1% rising
135 East Timor 0.6534 2023 down 2.4% flat
136 Ghana 0.6508 2023 up 6.0% rising
137 Kiribati 0.6503 2023 up 4.2% rising
138 Sao Tome and Principe 0.646 2023 up 6.9% rising
139 Kenya 0.6459 2023 up 9.7% rising
140 Angola 0.6449 2023 up 6.0% rising
141 Laos 0.6402 2023 up 3.7% rising
142 Vanuatu 0.6346 2023 up 3.5% rising
143 Micronesia (country) 0.6278 2023 up 0.7% flat
144 Comoros 0.6247 2023 up 6.0% rising
145 Cambodia 0.6246 2023 up 7.7% rising
146 Myanmar 0.622 2023 up 8.1% rising
147 Cameroon 0.6187 2023 up 4.3% rising
148 Togo 0.6184 2023 up 12.6% rising
149 Zimbabwe 0.6156 2023 up 6.6% rising
150 Uganda 0.6116 2023 up 10.1% rising
151 Zambia 0.6115 2023 up 4.2% rising
152 Solomon Islands 0.6098 2023 up 1.4% flat
153 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6074 2023 up 17.2% rising
154 Syria 0.6066 2023 up 2.3% falling
155 Rwanda 0.5988 2023 up 16.9% rising
156 Papua New Guinea 0.5985 2023 up 9.4% rising
157 Mauritania 0.5953 2023 up 3.0% rising
158 Nigeria 0.5918 2023 up 5.8% rising
159 Pakistan 0.5789 2023 up 2.1% rising
160 Afghanistan 0.5746 2023 up 1.9% rising
161 Haiti 0.5731 2023 up 0.2% rising
162 Tanzania 0.5695 2023 up 5.2% rising
163 Djibouti 0.5564 2023 up 7.2% rising
164 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5543 2023 up 11.6% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 0.5529 2023 up 3.9% flat
166 Benin 0.5526 2023 up 0.6% rising
167 Senegal 0.5503 2023 up 3.9% rising
168 Liberia 0.547 2023 up 3.3% rising
169 Lesotho 0.5469 2023 up 9.1% rising
170 Guinea 0.545 2023 — flat
171 Yemen 0.5432 2023 down 7.1% rising
172 Sudan 0.5421 2023 up 4.2% rising
173 Malawi 0.5374 2023 up 3.3% rising
174 Gambia 0.5372 2023 up 6.4% rising
175 Ethiopia 0.5251 2023 up 10.7% rising
176 Mozambique 0.5138 2023 up 10.8% rising
177 Sierra Leone 0.5097 2023 up 6.5% rising
178 Madagascar 0.5025 2023 down 2.0% rising
179 Burkina Faso 0.486 2023 up 13.0% rising
180 Chad 0.4636 2023 up 3.6% flat
181 Mali 0.4588 2023 up 5.0% rising
182 Burundi 0.4555 2023 up 2.1% rising
183 Niger 0.4509 2023 up 11.4% rising

About this data

Indicator
Human Development Index: males vs. females
Source
UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
183 places, 4,929 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living. Higher values indicate higher human development. Only male population is considered.