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Africa Rankings

Human Development Index

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Rank
Country
(0-1)
Current
Previous
1
2
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
0.8
2
1
Seychelles flag
Seychelles
0.8
3
3
Algeria flag
Algeria
0.75
4
4
Tunisia flag
Tunisia
0.74
5
5
Botswana flag
Botswana
0.74
6
6
Libya flag
Libya
0.72
7
7
South Africa flag
South Africa
0.71
8
9
Egypt flag
Egypt
0.71
9
8
Gabon flag
Gabon
0.7
10
10
Morocco flag
Morocco
0.69
11
11
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde
0.67
12
12
Namibia flag
Namibia
0.65
13
13
Sao Tome and Principe flag
Sao Tome and Principe
0.63
14
14
Swaziland flag
Swaziland
0.61
14
16
Ghana flag
Ghana
0.61
16
19
Kenya flag
Kenya
0.6
17
18
Equatorial Guinea flag
Equatorial Guinea
0.59
18
17
Zambia flag
Zambia
0.58
19
14
Republic of the Congo flag
Republic of the Congo
0.57
20
20
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
0.57
21
20
Cameroon flag
Cameroon
0.56
22
22
Comoros flag
Comoros
0.55
23
27
Mauritania flag
Mauritania
0.55
24
29
Benin flag
Benin
0.55
25
25
Uganda flag
Uganda
0.54
26
23
Rwanda flag
Rwanda
0.54
27
24
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
0.54
28
31
Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
0.54
29
25
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
0.53
30
28
Madagascar flag
Madagascar
0.53
31
30
Lesotho flag
Lesotho
0.53
32
35
Djibouti flag
Djibouti
0.52
33
33
Togo flag
Togo
0.52
34
32
Senegal flag
Senegal
0.51
35
34
Sudan flag
Sudan
0.51
36
38
Gambia flag
Gambia
0.5
37
37
Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
0.49
38
36
Malawi flag
Malawi
0.48
39
41
Guinea-Bissau flag
Guinea-Bissau
0.48
39
40
Liberia flag
Liberia
0.48
39
42
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag
Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.48
42
38
Guinea flag
Guinea
0.48
43
45
Eritrea flag
Eritrea
0.46
44
43
Mozambique flag
Mozambique
0.46
45
44
Sierra Leone flag
Sierra Leone
0.45
45
45
Burkina Faso flag
Burkina Faso
0.45
47
47
Mali flag
Mali
0.43
48
48
Burundi flag
Burundi
0.43
49
49
Chad flag
Chad
0.4
50
50
Central African Republic flag
Central African Republic
0.4
51
51
Niger flag
Niger
0.39