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Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1) by country 2020 | worldgovdata
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Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)
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173 countries · 2010–2020
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Value
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1
Singapore
0.88
2
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.81
3
Japan
0.8
4
Korea, Rep.
0.8
5
Canada
0.8
6
Finland
0.8
7
Macao SAR, China
0.8
8
Sweden
0.8
9
Ireland
0.79
10
Netherlands
0.79
11
United Kingdom
0.78
12
Estonia
0.78
13
New Zealand
0.78
14
Slovenia
0.77
15
Norway
0.77
16
Australia
0.77
17
Portugal
0.77
18
France
0.76
19
Belgium
0.76
20
Switzerland
0.76
21
Cyprus
0.76
22
Denmark
0.76
23
Poland
0.75
24
Czechia
0.75
25
Germany
0.75
26
Austria
0.75
27
Iceland
0.75
28
Israel
0.73
29
Spain
0.73
30
Italy
0.73
31
Croatia
0.71
32
Malta
0.71
33
Latvia
0.71
34
Lithuania
0.71
35
United States
0.7
36
Belarus
0.7
37
Greece
0.69
38
Viet Nam
0.69
39
Luxembourg
0.69
40
Hungary
0.68
41
Russian Federation
0.68
42
Serbia
0.68
43
United Arab Emirates
0.67
44
Slovak Republic
0.66
45
China
0.65
46
Bahrain
0.65
47
Chile
0.65
48
Turkiye
0.65
49
Qatar
0.64
50
Albania
0.63
51
Montenegro
0.63
52
Seychelles
0.63
53
Ukraine
0.63
54
Costa Rica
0.63
55
Kazakhstan
0.63
56
Brunei Darussalam
0.63
57
Uzbekistan
0.62
58
Mauritius
0.62
59
Mongolia
0.61
60
Bulgaria
0.61
61
Mexico
0.61
62
Malaysia
0.61
63
Thailand
0.61
64
Oman
0.61
65
Peru
0.61
66
Colombia
0.6
67
Trinidad and Tobago
0.6
68
St. Lucia
0.6
69
Argentina
0.6
70
Uruguay
0.6
71
Sri Lanka
0.6
72
Kyrgyz Republic
0.6
73
Antigua and Barbuda
0.6
74
Ecuador
0.59
75
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.59
76
Palau
0.59
77
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.59
78
Romania
0.58
79
Moldova
0.58
80
West Bank and Gaza
0.58
81
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.58
82
Armenia
0.58
83
Azerbaijan
0.58
84
Saudi Arabia
0.58
85
Georgia
0.57
86
Grenada
0.57
87
Kuwait
0.56
88
North Macedonia
0.56
89
Jordan
0.55
90
Brazil
0.55
91
Samoa
0.55
92
Kenya
0.55
93
El Salvador
0.55
94
Dominica
0.54
95
Indonesia
0.54
96
Jamaica
0.53
97
Algeria
0.53
98
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.53
99
Tonga
0.53
100
Paraguay
0.53
101
Tunisia
0.52
102
Philippines
0.52
103
Lebanon
0.52
104
Fiji
0.51
105
Naoero
0.51
106
Nicaragua
0.51
107
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.51
108
Nepal
0.5
109
Morocco
0.5
110
Tajikistan
0.5
111
Dominican Republic
0.5
112
Panama
0.5
113
Guyana
0.5
114
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.49
115
India
0.49
116
Kiribati
0.49
117
Cambodia
0.49
118
Honduras
0.48
119
Myanmar
0.48
120
Bhutan
0.48
121
Zimbabwe
0.47
122
Bangladesh
0.46
123
Guatemala
0.46
124
Gabon
0.46
125
Lao PDR
0.46
126
Vanuatu
0.45
127
Timor-Leste
0.45
128
Ghana
0.45
129
Tuvalu
0.45
130
Haiti
0.45
131
Namibia
0.45
132
Togo
0.43
133
Papua New Guinea
0.43
134
South Africa
0.43
135
Marshall Islands
0.42
136
Gambia, The
0.42
137
Senegal
0.42
138
Solomon Islands
0.42
139
Congo, Rep.
0.42
140
Botswana
0.41
141
Malawi
0.41
142
Iraq
0.41
143
Pakistan
0.41
144
Comoros
0.4
145
Lesotho
0.4
146
Benin
0.4
147
Afghanistan
0.4
148
Cameroon
0.4
149
Zambia
0.4
150
Madagascar
0.39
151
Tanzania
0.39
152
Burundi
0.39
153
Uganda
0.38
154
Burkina Faso
0.38
155
Ethiopia
0.38
156
Mauritania
0.38
157
Cote d'Ivoire
0.38
158
Rwanda
0.38
159
Sudan
0.38
160
Yemen, Rep.
0.37
161
Eswatini
0.37
162
Guinea
0.37
163
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.37
164
Sierra Leone
0.36
165
Angola
0.36
166
Mozambique
0.36
167
Nigeria
0.36
168
Liberia
0.32
169
Mali
0.32
170
Niger
0.32
171
South Sudan
0.31
172
Chad
0.3
173
Central African Republic
0.29
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