Human capital index (HCI), female (scale 0-1) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: The HCI calculates the contributions of health and education to worker productivity. The final index score ranges from zero to one and measures the productivity as a future worker of child born today relative to the benchmark of full health and complete education.
Source: World Bank staff calculations based on the methodology described in World Bank (2018). https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30498
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 0.62 | 2010 |
| 2 | Seychelles | 0.59 | 2010 |
| 3 | Algeria | 0.56 | 2020 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 0.54 | 2020 |
| 5 | Morocco | 0.52 | 2020 |
| 6 | Egypt | 0.51 | 2020 |
| 7 | Gabon | 0.47 | 2020 |
| 8 | Ghana | 0.46 | 2020 |
| 9 | South Africa | 0.45 | 2020 |
| 10 | Botswana | 0.44 | 2020 |
| 11 | Senegal | 0.44 | 2020 |
| 12 | The Gambia | 0.44 | 2020 |
| 13 | Togo | 0.43 | 2020 |
| 14 | Congo | 0.43 | 2020 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 0.41 | 2010 |
| 16 | Comoros | 0.41 | 2020 |
| 17 | Namibia | 0.41 | 2010 |
| 18 | Burundi | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 19 | Madagascar | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 20 | Benin | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 21 | Tanzania | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.40 | 2020 |
| 23 | Rwanda | 0.39 | 2020 |
| 24 | Mauritania | 0.39 | 2020 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 0.39 | 2020 |
| 26 | Sudan | 0.39 | 2020 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 0.38 | 2020 |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.38 | 2020 |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.38 | 2010 |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 0.37 | 2020 |
| 31 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 0.37 | 2020 |
| 32 | Nigeria | 0.37 | 2020 |
| 33 | Lesotho | 0.36 | 2010 |
| 34 | Guinea | 0.36 | 2020 |
| 35 | Angola | 0.36 | 2020 |
| 36 | Eswatini | 0.32 | 2010 |
| 37 | Liberia | 0.32 | 2020 |
| 38 | Mali | 0.32 | 2020 |
| 39 | Niger | 0.31 | 2020 |
| 40 | Chad | 0.29 | 2020 |
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