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Countries by Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) (2020)

Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) in 2020: highest in Singapore (0.879), lowest in Central African Republic (0.292), median 0.564 across the 172 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) across 172 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

172 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2010–2020

Highest Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1), 2020

  1. 1.Singapore0.879
  2. 2.Hong Kong0.813
  3. 3.Japan0.805
  4. 4.South Korea0.799
  5. 5.Canada0.798
  6. 6.Finland0.796
  7. 7.Macao0.796
  8. 8.Sweden0.795
  9. 9.Ireland0.793
  10. 10.Netherlands0.79

Lowest Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1), 2020

  1. 163.Sierra Leone0.363
  2. 164.Angola0.362
  3. 165.Mozambique0.362
  4. 166.Nigeria0.361
  5. 167.Liberia0.319
  6. 168.Mali0.318
  7. 169.Niger0.316
  8. 170.South Sudan0.307
  9. 171.Chad0.3
  10. 172.Central African Republic0.292

All 172 ranked countries, 2020— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

SingaporeRank 1 of 172Hong KongRank 2 of 172JapanRank 3 of 172South KoreaRank 4 of 172CanadaRank 5 of 172FinlandRank 6 of 172MacaoRank 7 of 172SwedenRank 8 of 172IrelandRank 9 of 172NetherlandsRank 10 of 172United KingdomRank 11 of 172EstoniaRank 12 of 172New ZealandRank 13 of 172SloveniaRank 14 of 172NorwayRank 15 of 172AustraliaRank 16 of 172PortugalRank 17 of 172FranceRank 18 of 172BelgiumRank 19 of 172SwitzerlandRank 20 of 172CyprusRank 21 of 172DenmarkRank 22 of 172PolandRank 23 of 172Czech RepublicRank 24 of 172GermanyRank 25 of 172AustriaRank 26 of 172IcelandRank 27 of 172IsraelRank 28 of 172SpainRank 29 of 172ItalyRank 30 of 172CroatiaRank 31 of 172MaltaRank 32 of 172LatviaRank 33 of 172LithuaniaRank 34 of 172United StatesRank 35 of 172BelarusRank 36 of 172GreeceRank 37 of 172VietnamRank 38 of 172LuxembourgRank 39 of 172HungaryRank 40 of 172RussiaRank 41 of 172SerbiaRank 42 of 172United Arab EmiratesRank 43 of 172SlovakiaRank 44 of 172ChinaRank 45 of 172BahrainRank 46 of 172ChileRank 47 of 172TurkeyRank 48 of 172QatarRank 49 of 172AlbaniaRank 50 of 172MontenegroRank 51 of 172SeychellesRank 52 of 172UkraineRank 53 of 172Costa RicaRank 54 of 172KazakhstanRank 55 of 172Brunei DarussalamRank 56 of 172UzbekistanRank 57 of 172MauritiusRank 58 of 172MongoliaRank 59 of 172BulgariaRank 60 of 172MexicoRank 61 of 172MalaysiaRank 62 of 172ThailandRank 63 of 172OmanRank 64 of 172PeruRank 65 of 172ColombiaRank 66 of 172Trinidad and TobagoRank 67 of 172St. LuciaRank 68 of 172ArgentinaRank 69 of 172UruguayRank 70 of 172Sri LankaRank 71 of 172Kyrgyz RepublicRank 72 of 172Antigua and BarbudaRank 73 of 172EcuadorRank 74 of 172IranRank 75 of 172PalauRank 76 of 172St. Kitts and NevisRank 77 of 172RomaniaRank 78 of 172MoldovaRank 79 of 172West Bank and GazaRank 80 of 172Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 81 of 172ArmeniaRank 82 of 172AzerbaijanRank 83 of 172Saudi ArabiaRank 84 of 172GeorgiaRank 85 of 172GrenadaRank 86 of 172KuwaitRank 87 of 172North MacedoniaRank 88 of 172JordanRank 89 of 172BrazilRank 90 of 172SamoaRank 91 of 172KenyaRank 92 of 172El SalvadorRank 93 of 172DominicaRank 94 of 172IndonesiaRank 95 of 172JamaicaRank 96 of 172AlgeriaRank 97 of 172St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 98 of 172TongaRank 99 of 172ParaguayRank 100 of 172TunisiaRank 101 of 172PhilippinesRank 102 of 172LebanonRank 103 of 172FijiRank 104 of 172NicaraguaRank 105 of 172MicronesiaRank 106 of 172NepalRank 107 of 172MoroccoRank 108 of 172TajikistanRank 109 of 172Dominican RepublicRank 110 of 172PanamaRank 111 of 172GuyanaRank 112 of 172EgyptRank 113 of 172IndiaRank 114 of 172KiribatiRank 115 of 172CambodiaRank 116 of 172HondurasRank 117 of 172MyanmarRank 118 of 172BhutanRank 119 of 172ZimbabweRank 120 of 172BangladeshRank 121 of 172GuatemalaRank 122 of 172GabonRank 123 of 172Lao PDRRank 124 of 172VanuatuRank 125 of 172Timor-LesteRank 126 of 172GhanaRank 127 of 172TuvaluRank 128 of 172HaitiRank 129 of 172NamibiaRank 130 of 172TogoRank 131 of 172Papua New GuineaRank 132 of 172South AfricaRank 133 of 172Marshall IslandsRank 134 of 172The GambiaRank 135 of 172SenegalRank 136 of 172Solomon IslandsRank 137 of 172Republic of the CongoRank 138 of 172BotswanaRank 139 of 172MalawiRank 140 of 172IraqRank 141 of 172PakistanRank 142 of 172ComorosRank 143 of 172LesothoRank 144 of 172BeninRank 145 of 172AfghanistanRank 146 of 172CameroonRank 147 of 172ZambiaRank 148 of 172MadagascarRank 149 of 172TanzaniaRank 150 of 172BurundiRank 151 of 172UgandaRank 152 of 172Burkina FasoRank 153 of 172EthiopiaRank 154 of 172MauritaniaRank 155 of 172Cote d'IvoireRank 156 of 172RwandaRank 157 of 172SudanRank 158 of 172YemenRank 159 of 172EswatiniRank 160 of 172GuineaRank 161 of 172DR CongoRank 162 of 172Sierra LeoneRank 163 of 172AngolaRank 164 of 172MozambiqueRank 165 of 172NigeriaRank 166 of 172LiberiaRank 167 of 172MaliRank 168 of 172NigerRank 169 of 172South SudanRank 170 of 172ChadRank 171 of 172Central African RepublicRank 172 of 172

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

This page lists 172 countries with available Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.