Table A.2: Quality-adjusted human development challenge index: dimensions and indicators

DCI rank	Country	Dimensions			Indicators
DCI rank	Country	Health life expectancy challenge index	Quality-adjusted education challenge index	Quality-adjusted income challenge index	Healthy life expectancy at birth	Expected years of schooling	Mean years of schooling	Harmonized test scores*	GNI per capita	HDI inequality in income*
Very high development challenges
1	Haiti	0.349	0.735	0.787	55.8	9.7	5.6	337.815	1709	50.400
2	Central African Republic	0.520	0.775	0.824	46.4	7.6	4.3	368.730	993	49.200
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.380	0.735	0.741	54.1	9.7	6.8	310.197	1063	27.600
4	Yemen	0.318	0.806	0.673	57.5	8.8	3.2	321.327	1594	21.800
5	Chad	0.418	0.836	0.703	52	7.3	2.5	333.111	1555	28.400
6	Burundi	0.353	0.696	0.759	55.6	11.1	3.3	422.748	754	20.900
7	Liberia	0.365	0.756	0.704	54.9	9.6	4.8	331.746	1258	22.700
8	Togo	0.342	0.657	0.694	56.2	12.7	5	383.718	1602	26.900
9	Mozambique	0.447	0.750	0.727	50.4	10	3.5	368.244	1250	28.400
10	Zimbabwe	0.398	0.598	0.647	53.1	11	8.5	396.139	2666	28.800
11	Congo	0.342	0.654	0.650	56.2	11.7	6.5	370.614	2879	31.000
12	Turkmenistan	0.235	0.530	0.442	62.1	11.2	10.3	417.002	14909	26.200
13	Lesotho	0.560	0.641	0.633	44.2	11.3	6.5	392.912	3151	29.600
14	Zambia	0.375	0.655	0.708	54.4	11.5	7.2	358.140	3326	44.800
15	Guinea	0.395	0.751	0.605	53.3	9.4	2.8	408.249	2405	17.800
16	Madagascar	0.322	0.706	0.697	57.3	10.2	6.1	350.773	1596	27.600
17	Syrian Arab Republic	0.220	0.760	0.557	62.9	8.8	5.1	336.321	3613	18.300
18	Cameroon	0.373	0.644	0.649	54.5	12.1	6.3	378.869	3581	35.000
19	Mali	0.371	0.847	0.607	54.6	7.5	2.4	307.365	2269	16.600
20	Sudan	0.275	0.774	0.631	59.9	7.9	3.8	379.634	3829	33.000
21	Afghanistan	0.384	0.748	0.601	53.9	10.2	3.9	354.759	2229	14.837
22	Nigeria	0.375	0.733	0.577	54.4	10	6.7	309.025	4910	28.100
23	Uganda	0.305	0.642	0.653	58.2	11.4	6.2	397.160	2123	24.900
24	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	0.453	0.577	0.590	50.1	11.8	6.9	440.305	7919	37.900
25	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.193	0.528	0.519	64.4	12.8	10.3	392.078	7045	25.200
High development challenges
26	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0.264	0.694	0.482	60.5	11	5.3	368.142	7413	20.300
27	Angola	0.367	0.719	0.558	54.8	11.8	5.2	325.965	6104	28.900
28	Niger	0.355	0.869	0.686	55.5	6.5	2.1	304.922	1201	16.400
29	Pakistan	0.329	0.765	0.511	56.9	8.3	5.2	338.657	5005	17.200
30	Tajikistan	0.236	0.542	0.525	62	11.7	10.7	390.566	3954	14.500
31	Ethiopia	0.275	0.796	0.595	59.9	8.8	2.9	348.199	2207	13.400
32	Libya	0.178	0.603	0.343	65.2	12.9	7.6	376.725	15688	13.942
33	Sierra Leone	0.402	0.779	0.650	52.9	10.2	3.7	315.876	1668	17.700
34	Mauritania	0.276	0.767	0.551	59.8	8.6	4.7	342.094	5135	24.600
35	Papua New Guinea	0.325	0.725	0.596	57.1	10.2	4.7	363.321	4301	28.900
36	Benin	0.355	0.685	0.642	55.5	12.6	3.8	383.923	3254	32.000
37	Djibouti	0.309	0.816	0.559	58	6.8	4.1	329.260	5689	27.700
38	Burkina Faso	0.365	0.783	0.618	54.9	9.3	1.6	403.654	2133	17.300
39	Iraq	0.224	0.651	0.383	62.7	11.3	7.3	363.432	10801	12.700
40	Nicaragua	0.173	0.614	0.585	65.5	12.3	6.9	391.990	5284	30.700
41	Cambodia	0.245	0.622	0.515	61.5	11.5	5	451.890	4246	14.300
42	Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.300	0.714	0.618	58.5	8.1	6.1	388.480	2600	22.400
43	Guyana	0.324	0.642	0.485	57.2	11.4	8.5	346.366	9455	25.100
44	Côte d’Ivoire	0.367	0.708	0.567	54.8	10	5.3	373.231	5069	27.000
45	Malawi	0.325	0.711	0.761	57.1	11.2	4.7	359.484	1035	32.400
46	Honduras	0.218	0.656	0.627	63	10.1	6.6	399.751	5308	37.800
47	Nepal	0.249	0.669	0.552	61.3	12.8	5	368.558	3457	16.300
48	Gambia	0.327	0.754	0.617	57	9.9	3.9	352.900	2168	17.500
49	Bangladesh	0.195	0.665	0.508	64.3	11.6	6.2	368.315	4976	16.600
50	Guatemala	0.231	0.637	0.567	62.3	10.8	6.6	405.258	8494	35.400
51	Egypt	0.218	0.623	0.545	63	13.3	7.4	355.987	11466	36.500
52	Uzbekistan	0.187	0.405	0.471	64.7	12.1	11.8	474.075	7142	17.900
53	South Africa	0.342	0.573	0.688	56.2	13.8	10.2	342.764	12129	57.000
54	Rwanda	0.269	0.718	0.705	60.2	11.2	4.4	358.084	2155	36.400
55	Bahrain	0.165	0.402	0.514	65.9	16.3	9.5	451.706	42522	46.832
56	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.158	0.439	0.415	66.3	14.8	10.3	432.108	12447	19.700
57	Myanmar	0.256	0.661	0.496	60.9	10.7	5	424.631	4961	14.501
58	Kenya	0.315	0.582	0.621	57.7	11.3	6.6	454.958	4244	33.100
59	Gabon	0.316	0.489	0.412	57.6	13	8.7	456.128	13930	21.200
60	Mongolia	0.267	0.448	0.412	60.3	14.2	10.3	434.619	10839	16.900
61	Namibia	0.344	0.592	0.682	56.1	12.6	7	406.662	9357	53.600
62	Vanuatu	0.313	0.664	0.583	57.8	11.7	7.1	347.686	3105	19.700
63	Azerbaijan	0.207	0.491	0.322	63.6	12.9	10.6	415.946	13784	8.900
64	Senegal	0.284	0.755	0.608	59.4	8.6	3.2	412.454	3309	25.900
65	Suriname	0.229	0.543	0.600	62.4	13.2	9.3	391.982	14324	46.700
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.142	0.491	0.397	67.2	13.8	9.8	416.134	14872	20.200
67	India	0.267	0.618	0.485	60.3	12.2	6.5	399.000	6681	18.800
68	Sao Tome and Principe	0.244	0.615	0.527	61.6	12.7	6.4	394.956	3952	14.900
69	Ghana	0.309	0.702	0.545	58	11.5	7.3	307.276	5269	24.100
70	Botswana	0.384	0.545	0.536	53.9	12.8	9.6	391.318	16437	39.784
71	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.213	0.518	0.538	63.3	14.2	9	403.229	8554	31.200
72	Kyrgyzstan	0.167	0.471	0.494	65.8	13	11.1	420.087	4864	13.800
73	Saudi Arabia	0.200	0.459	0.324	64	16.1	10.2	398.969	47495	27.366
74	El Salvador	0.184	0.584	0.477	64.9	11.7	6.9	435.923	8359	21.800
Medium development challenges
75	Kuwait	0.089	0.579	0.234	70.1	14.2	7.3	383.402	58590	20.453
76	Bhutan	0.211	0.669	0.435	63.4	13	4.1	386.739	10746	20.000
77	Kazakhstan	0.182	0.405	0.264	65	15.6	11.9	416.155	22857	10.300
78	Oman	0.187	0.477	0.329	64.7	14.2	9.7	423.513	25944	20.100
79	China	0.118	0.500	0.443	68.5	14	8.1	441.000	16057	27.400
80	Algeria	0.156	0.567	0.369	66.4	14.6	8	374.089	11174	11.400
81	Paraguay	0.167	0.578	0.548	65.8	12.7	8.5	385.544	12224	37.800
82	Lebanon	0.164	0.595	0.365	66	11.3	8.7	389.889	14655	15.732
83	Belarus	0.164	0.296	0.296	66	15.4	12.3	488.143	18546	10.800
84	Philippines	0.236	0.578	0.502	62	13.1	9.4	361.646	9778	28.100
85	Morocco	0.205	0.629	0.485	63.7	13.7	5.6	380.405	7368	20.700
86	Brazil	0.175	0.506	0.558	65.4	15.4	8	413.245	14263	41.000
87	Russian Federation	0.196	0.295	0.317	64.2	15	12.2	497.546	26157	18.800
88	Trinidad and Tobago	0.160	0.426	0.343	66.2	13	11	458.289	26231	21.900
89	Cuba	0.131	0.446	0.479	67.8	14.3	11.8	406.859	8621	22.668
90	Mexico	0.167	0.479	0.471	65.8	14.8	8.8	430.065	19160	33.400
91	Cabo Verde	0.185	0.618	0.535	64.8	12.7	6.3	394.668	7019	27.590
92	Dominican Republic	0.200	0.605	0.456	64	14.2	8.1	345.217	17591	30.400
93	Viet Nam	0.176	0.438	0.473	65.3	12.7	8.3	519.100	7433	19.100
94	Thailand	0.122	0.501	0.404	68.3	15	7.9	426.600	17781	23.800
95	Qatar	0.144	0.517	0.254	67.1	12	9.7	427.478	92418	25.353
96	Moldova (Republic of)	0.191	0.464	0.361	64.5	11.5	11.7	438.621	13664	14.000
97	Türkiye	0.120	0.399	0.355	68.4	16.6	8.1	477.963	27701	24.100
98	Ukraine	0.195	0.342	0.325	64.3	15.1	11.4	478.173	13216	8.500
99	Ecuador	0.118	0.492	0.502	68.5	14.6	8.9	420.149	11044	29.900
100	Indonesia	0.222	0.557	0.449	62.8	13.6	8.2	394.915	11459	23.100
101	Fiji	0.280	0.496	0.421	59.6	14.4	10.9	383.336	13009	21.214
102	Maldives	0.091	0.629	0.422	70	12.2	7	376.246	17417	25.800
103	Serbia	0.147	0.385	0.409	66.9	14.7	11.2	457.453	17192	24.000
104	Sri Lanka	0.145	0.487	0.432	67	14.1	10.6	400.000	12707	22.400
105	North Macedonia	0.162	0.499	0.382	66.1	13.6	9.8	413.617	15865	19.200
106	Jamaica	0.153	0.542	0.534	66.6	13.1	9.7	387.133	9319	32.000
107	Bulgaria	0.158	0.408	0.356	66.3	14.4	11.4	441.093	23325	21.800
108	Peru	0.100	0.471	0.481	69.5	15	9.7	415.025	12252	28.600
109	Colombia	0.109	0.507	0.517	69	14.4	8.5	419.028	14257	35.500
110	Armenia	0.144	0.435	0.384	67.1	13.1	11.3	442.969	13894	17.400
111	Montenegro	0.145	0.397	0.326	67	15	11.6	436.130	21399	16.900
112	Panama	0.115	0.547	0.458	68.7	12.9	10.2	376.865	29558	36.900
113	Tunisia	0.147	0.564	0.417	66.9	15.1	7.2	384.079	10414	16.900
114	Romania	0.149	0.416	0.336	66.8	14.3	11.1	442.162	29497	22.700
115	Albania	0.107	0.443	0.352	69.1	14.7	10.1	434.128	13998	13.200
116	Jordan	0.135	0.507	0.431	67.6	11.4	10.5	429.954	9858	17.900
117	Malaysia	0.169	0.442	0.379	65.7	13.7	10.4	445.675	27534	26.869
118	Argentina	0.144	0.399	0.395	67.1	17.7	10.9	408.173	21190	25.200
119	Georgia	0.187	0.407	0.418	64.7	15.3	13.1	399.766	14429	22.500
120	United Arab Emirates	0.164	0.383	0.107	66	14.3	12.1	448.041	67462	9.244
121	Seychelles	0.200	0.420	0.402	64	14.2	10	463.379	26903	29.300
122	Hungary	0.142	0.299	0.258	67.2	15.2	12	495.481	31329	14.500
123	Barbados	0.145	0.387	0.498	67	15.4	10.6	455.864	14936	33.600
124	Poland	0.115	0.207	0.248	68.7	16.3	12.5	530.086	31623	13.500
125	Croatia	0.116	0.327	0.274	68.6	15.2	11.4	487.581	28070	14.700
126	Mauritius	0.202	0.401	0.316	63.9	15.1	9.5	472.767	25266	18.200
127	Slovakia	0.118	0.310	0.230	68.5	14.5	12.7	485.350	32113	11.700
128	Uruguay	0.136	0.425	0.387	67.5	16.8	8.9	437.697	20064	23.400
Low development challenges
129	Costa Rica	0.091	0.464	0.479	70	15.7	8.7	428.556	18486	33.900
130	Chile	0.091	0.370	0.433	70	16.4	10.6	452.218	23261	31.100
131	Latvia	0.160	0.234	0.306	66.2	16.2	13	503.870	30282	19.600
132	Lithuania	0.151	0.234	0.295	66.7	16.6	13.1	495.886	35799	20.600
133	Czechia	0.113	0.215	0.182	68.8	16.8	12.7	512.222	38109	8.900
134	Greece	0.075	0.314	0.291	70.9	17.9	10.6	468.636	30155	17.800
135	United States	0.162	0.208	0.289	66.1	16.3	13.4	511.799	63826	27.100
136	Slovenia	0.078	0.182	0.180	70.7	17.6	12.7	520.809	38080	8.700
137	Estonia	0.105	0.176	0.242	69.2	16	13.1	543.206	36019	14.800
138	Italy	0.056	0.326	0.284	71.9	16.1	10.4	492.988	42776	21.800
139	Korea (Republic of)	0.035	0.200	0.269	73.1	16.5	12.2	537.210	43044	20.200
140	Portugal	0.073	0.328	0.268	71	16.5	9.3	508.515	33967	16.900
141	Iceland	0.055	0.206	0.159	72	19.1	12.8	497.683	54682	11.700
142	Israel	0.047	0.269	0.309	72.4	16.2	13	480.752	40187	23.700
143	Cyprus	0.047	0.284	0.220	72.4	15.2	12.2	502.162	38207	13.200
144	Canada	0.067	0.176	0.235	71.3	16.2	13.4	533.998	48527	18.100
145	Malta	0.064	0.327	0.214	71.5	16.1	11.3	474.435	39555	13.000
146	Spain	0.053	0.274	0.269	72.1	17.6	10.3	506.621	40975	19.500
147	Australia	0.075	0.180	0.229	70.9	22	12.7	515.685	48085	17.300
148	Singapore	0.025	0.166	0.250	73.6	16.4	11.6	575.272	88155	25.000
Very low development challenges
149	Luxembourg	0.062	0.315	0.194	71.6	14.3	12.3	492.848	72712	19.000
150	Belgium	0.080	0.196	0.163	70.6	19.8	12.1	516.808	52085	11.400
151	France	0.053	0.283	0.196	72.1	15.6	11.5	510.261	47173	13.500
152	Japan	0.016	0.214	0.237	74.1	15.2	12.8	537.723	42932	16.700
153	New Zealand	0.087	0.171	0.241	70.2	18.8	12.8	519.748	40799	16.400
154	Austria	0.075	0.245	0.178	70.9	16.1	12.5	507.639	56197	14.100
155	United Kingdom	0.089	0.171	0.231	70.1	17.5	13.2	520.356	46071	17.000
156	Netherlands	0.065	0.183	0.157	71.4	18.5	12.4	519.635	57707	12.200
157	Germany	0.075	0.158	0.215	70.9	17	14.2	517.281	55314	17.700
158	Finland	0.073	0.149	0.165	71	19.4	12.8	533.708	48511	10.600
159	Ireland	0.071	0.171	0.162	71.1	18.7	12.7	521.329	68371	15.000
160	Sweden	0.056	0.181	0.172	71.9	19.5	12.5	519.362	54508	13.000
161	Norway	0.065	0.178	0.142	71.4	18.1	12.9	513.588	66494	12.600
162	Denmark	0.073	0.180	0.147	71	18.9	12.6	517.878	58662	11.400
163	Switzerland	0.045	0.203	0.159	72.5	16.3	13.4	515.139	69394	14.900
Other countries or territories
American Samoa		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra		..	0.409	..	..	13.3	10.5	477.014	56000	..
Antigua and Barbuda		0.145	0.534	..	67	12.8	9.3	406.997	20895	..
Aruba		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahamas		0.193	0.440	..	64.4	12.9	11.4	440.748	33747	..
Belize		0.176	0.531	0.610	65.3	13.1	9.9	393.015	6382	37.900
Bermuda		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
British Virgin Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam		0.171	0.472	..	65.6	14.3	9.1	437.516	63965	..
Cayman Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Comoros		0.293	0.675	0.772	58.9	11.2	5.1	392.226	3099	56.000
Curacao		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica		..	0.561	..	..	13	8.1	403.783	11884	..
Equatorial Guinea		0.384	0.705	..	53.9	9.7	5.9	367.462	13944	..
Eritrea		0.351	0.850	..	55.7	5	3.9	324.319	2793	..
Faroe Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
French Polynesia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gibraltar		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greenland		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada		0.202	0.477	..	63.9	16.9	9	394.749	15641	..
Guam		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau		0.407	0.741	0.719	52.6	10.6	3.6	362.482	1996	37.900
Hong Kong, China (SAR)		..	0.170	0.276	..	16.9	12.3	548.631	62985	25.600
Isle of Man		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kiribati		0.407	0.579	0.543	52.6	11.8	8	411.484	4260	19.400
Korea (Democratic People’s Rep. of)		0.182	..	..	65	10.8	..	..	..	..
Kosovo		..	..	..	..	..	..	373.549	..	12.600
Liechtenstein		..	0.294	..	..	14.9	12.5	493.934	131032	..
Macau, China (SAR)		..	..	..	..	..	..	560.614	..	..
Marshall Islands		..	0.543	..	..	12.4	10.9	375.030	5039	..
Micronesia (Federated States of)		0.345	0.621	0.590	56	11.5	7.8	379.903	3983	26.400
Monaco		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nauru		..	..	..	..	11.2	..	346.630	16237	..
New Caledonia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Northern Mariana Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau		..	0.318	..	..	15.8	12.5	463.211	19317	..
State of Palestine		..	0.518	0.476	..	13.4	9.2	412.318	6417	16.600
State of Palestine/Gaza		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
State of Palestine/West Bank		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerto Rico		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saint Kitts and Nevis		..	0.526	..	..	13.8	8.7	409.074	25038	..
Saint Lucia		0.187	0.517	0.453	64.7	14	8.5	417.761	14616	27.400
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		0.200	0.539	..	64	14.1	8.8	391.393	12378	..
Samoa		0.235	0.546	..	62.1	12.7	10.8	369.908	6309	..
San Marino		..	..	..	..	13.1	..	..	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Solomon Islands		0.313	0.714	0.621	57.8	10.2	5.7	350.519	2253	19.400
Somalia		0.460	..	..	49.7	..	..	..	..	21.325
South Sudan		0.387	0.823	0.693	53.7	5.3	4.8	335.587	2003	32.300
St. Martin (French part)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Taiwan Province of China		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Timor-Leste		0.256	0.674	0.505	60.9	12.6	4.8	371.441	4440	13.600
Tonga		0.200	0.486	..	64	14.4	11.2	385.957	6365	..
Turks and Caicos Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu		..	..	0.527	..	12.3	..	346.498	6132	23.898
Virgin Islands (United States)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Regions
Arab region		0.214	0.628	0.474	63.218	12.373	6.970	371.090	14840.096	24.225
East Asia and the Pacific		0.137	0.486	0.430	67.468	13.988	8.515	442.586	17296.962	25.128
Europe and Central Asia		0.119	0.293	0.283	68.436	15.963	11.661	493.218	34984.041	17.144
Latin America and the Caribbean		0.163	0.501	0.514	66.027	14.746	8.703	413.629	14818.438	34.708
North America		0.152	0.204	0.283	66.638	16.290	13.400	514.094	62243.799	26.169
South Asia		0.264	0.633	0.489	60.478	11.808	6.462	389.617	6530.073	18.396
Sub-Saharan Africa		0.347	0.715	0.636	55.915	10.191	5.634	351.334	3680.232	27.550
World		0.203	0.527	0.458	63.832	13.240	8.147	419.872	16660.318	23.594

Note: * ESCWA imputed data values in red