Human capital index (HCI) (scale 0-1) - Country Ranking

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

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Singapore 0.88 2020
2 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.81 2020
3 Japan 0.80 2020
4 Korea 0.80 2020
5 Canada 0.80 2020
6 Finland 0.80 2020
7 Macao SAR, China 0.80 2020
8 Sweden 0.80 2020
9 Ireland 0.79 2020
10 Netherlands 0.79 2020
11 United Kingdom 0.78 2020
12 Estonia 0.78 2020
13 New Zealand 0.78 2020
14 Slovenia 0.77 2020
15 Norway 0.77 2020
16 Australia 0.77 2020
17 Portugal 0.77 2020
18 France 0.76 2020
19 Belgium 0.76 2020
20 Switzerland 0.76 2020
21 Cyprus 0.76 2020
22 Denmark 0.76 2020
23 Poland 0.75 2020
24 Czech Republic 0.75 2020
25 Germany 0.75 2020
26 Austria 0.75 2020
27 Iceland 0.75 2020
28 Israel 0.73 2020
29 Spain 0.73 2020
30 Italy 0.73 2020
31 Croatia 0.71 2020
32 Malta 0.71 2020
33 Latvia 0.71 2020
34 Lithuania 0.71 2020
35 United States 0.70 2020
36 Belarus 0.70 2020
37 Greece 0.69 2020
38 Vietnam 0.69 2020
39 Luxembourg 0.69 2020
40 Hungary 0.68 2020
41 Russia 0.68 2020
42 Serbia 0.68 2020
43 United Arab Emirates 0.67 2020
44 Slovak Republic 0.66 2020
45 China 0.65 2020
46 Bahrain 0.65 2020
47 Chile 0.65 2020
48 Turkey 0.65 2020
49 Qatar 0.64 2020
50 Albania 0.63 2020
51 Montenegro 0.63 2020
52 Seychelles 0.63 2020
53 Ukraine 0.63 2020
54 Costa Rica 0.63 2020
55 Kazakhstan 0.63 2020
56 Brunei 0.63 2020
57 Uzbekistan 0.62 2020
58 Mauritius 0.62 2020
59 Mongolia 0.61 2020
60 Bulgaria 0.61 2020
61 Mexico 0.61 2020
62 Malaysia 0.61 2020
63 Thailand 0.61 2020
64 Oman 0.61 2020
65 Peru 0.61 2020
66 Colombia 0.60 2020
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.60 2020
68 St. Lucia 0.60 2020
69 Argentina 0.60 2020
70 Uruguay 0.60 2020
71 Sri Lanka 0.60 2020
72 Kyrgyz Republic 0.60 2020
73 Antigua and Barbuda 0.60 2020
74 Ecuador 0.59 2020
75 Iran 0.59 2020
76 Palau 0.59 2020
77 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.59 2020
78 Romania 0.58 2020
79 Moldova 0.58 2020
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.58 2020
81 Armenia 0.58 2020
82 Azerbaijan 0.58 2020
83 Saudi Arabia 0.58 2020
84 Georgia 0.57 2020
85 Grenada 0.57 2020
86 Kuwait 0.56 2020
87 North Macedonia 0.56 2020
88 Jordan 0.55 2020
89 Brazil 0.55 2020
90 Samoa 0.55 2020
91 Kenya 0.55 2020
92 El Salvador 0.55 2020
93 Dominica 0.54 2020
94 Indonesia 0.54 2020
95 Jamaica 0.53 2020
96 Algeria 0.53 2020
97 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.53 2020
98 Tonga 0.53 2020
99 Paraguay 0.53 2020
100 Tunisia 0.52 2020
101 Philippines 0.52 2020
102 Lebanon 0.52 2020
103 Fiji 0.51 2020
104 Nauru 0.51 2020
105 Nicaragua 0.51 2020
106 Nepal 0.50 2020
107 Morocco 0.50 2020
107 Tajikistan 0.50 2020
109 Dominican Republic 0.50 2020
110 Panama 0.50 2020
111 Guyana 0.50 2020
112 Egypt 0.49 2020
113 India 0.49 2020
114 Kiribati 0.49 2020
115 Cambodia 0.49 2020
116 Honduras 0.48 2020
117 Myanmar 0.48 2020
118 Bhutan 0.48 2020
119 Zimbabwe 0.47 2020
120 Bangladesh 0.46 2020
121 Guatemala 0.46 2020
122 Gabon 0.46 2020
123 Lao PDR 0.46 2020
124 Vanuatu 0.45 2020
125 Timor-Leste 0.45 2020
126 Ghana 0.45 2020
127 Tuvalu 0.45 2020
128 Haiti 0.45 2020
129 Namibia 0.45 2020
130 Togo 0.43 2020
131 Papua New Guinea 0.43 2020
132 South Africa 0.43 2020
133 The Gambia 0.42 2020
134 Senegal 0.42 2020
135 Solomon Islands 0.42 2020
136 Congo 0.42 2020
137 Botswana 0.41 2020
138 Malawi 0.41 2020
139 Iraq 0.41 2020
140 Pakistan 0.41 2020
141 Comoros 0.40 2020
142 Lesotho 0.40 2020
143 Benin 0.40 2020
144 Afghanistan 0.40 2020
145 Cameroon 0.40 2020
146 Zambia 0.40 2020
147 Madagascar 0.39 2020
148 Tanzania 0.39 2020
149 Burundi 0.39 2020
150 Uganda 0.38 2020
151 Burkina Faso 0.38 2020
152 Ethiopia 0.38 2020
153 Mauritania 0.38 2020
154 Côte d'Ivoire 0.38 2020
155 Rwanda 0.38 2020
156 Sudan 0.38 2020
157 Yemen 0.37 2020
158 Eswatini 0.37 2020
159 Guinea 0.37 2020
160 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.37 2020
161 Sierra Leone 0.36 2020
162 Angola 0.36 2020
163 Mozambique 0.36 2020
164 Nigeria 0.36 2020
165 Liberia 0.32 2020
166 Mali 0.32 2020
167 Niger 0.32 2020
168 Chad 0.30 2020
169 Central African Republic 0.29 2020

More rankings: Africa | Asia | Central America & the Caribbean | Europe | Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | World |