List of African countries by Human Development Index
List of African countries
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 14 September 2018 and based on data collected in 2017.

List of African countries by Human Development Index

Section Title: List of African countries
Table Section Text: The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 14 September 2018 and based on data collected in 2017.

List of African countries by Human Development Index

Africa Rank	Global Rank	Country	HDI value	Change in HDI value 2016–2017

High human development

1	62	Seychelles	0.797	0.004

2	65	Mauritius	0.790	0.002

3	85	Algeria	0.754	0.002

4	95	Tunisia	0.735	0.003

5	101	Botswana	0.717	0.005

6	108	Libya	0.706	0.013

7	110	Gabon	0.702	0.004

Medium human development

8	113	South Africa	0.699	0.003

9	115	Egypt	0.696	0.002

10	123	Morocco	0.667	0.005

11	125	Cape Verde	0.654	0.002

12	129	Namibia	0.647	0.002

13	137	Republic of the Congo	0.606	0.006

14	140	Ghana	0.592	0.004

15	141	Equatorial Guinea	0.591	0.001

16	142	Kenya	0.590	0.005

17	143	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.589	0.005

18	144	Eswatini (Swaziland)	0.588	0.002

18	144	Zambia	0.588	0.002

20	147	Angola	0.581	0.004

21	151	Cameroon	0.556	0.003

Low human development

22	154	Tanzania	0.538	0.005

23	156	Zimbabwe	0.535	0.003

24	157	Nigeria	0.532	0.002

25	158	Rwanda	0.524	0.004

26	159	Lesotho	0.520	0.004

26	159	Mauritania	0.520	0.004

28	161	Madagascar	0.519	0.002

29	162	Uganda	0.516	0.006

30	163	Benin	0.515	0.003

31	164	Senegal	0.505	0.006

32	165	Comoros	0.503	0.001

32	165	Togo	0.503	0.003

34	167	Sudan	0.502	0.003

35	170	Ivory Coast	0.492	0.006

36	171	Malawi	0.477	0.003

37	172	Djibouti	0.476	0.002

38	173	Ethiopia	0.463	0.006

39	174	Gambia	0.460	0.003

40	175	Guinea	0.459	0.010

41	176	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.457	0.005

42	177	Guinea-Bissau	0.455	0.002

43	179	Eritrea	0.440	0.004

44	180	Mozambique	0.437	0.002

45	181	Liberia	0.435	0.003

46	182	Mali	0.427	0.006

47	183	Burkina Faso	0.423	0.003

48	184	Sierra Leone	0.419	0.006

49	185	Burundi	0.417	0.001

50	186	Chad	0.404	0.001

52	187	South Sudan	0.388	0.006

52	188	Central African Republic	0.367	0.005

53	189	Niger	0.354	0.003

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Seychellesc is one of the countries in Africa with a high Human Development Index.

final_sentence: Seychellesc is one of the countries in Africa with a high Human Development Index.