List of African countries by human Development Index - wikipedia List of African countries by human Development Index Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well - being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries ( almost all UN member states and a couple of special territories ) fall into three broad categories based on their HDI : high, medium, and low human development. List of African countries The following is a list of African countries by Human Development Index for the year 2015, published in 2017 : = increase. = steady. = decrease. Rank Country HDI Rank in Africa Rank Worldwide New 2016 Estimates for 2015 Change compared between 2016 report and 2015 report High human development 63 Seychelles 0.782 0.010 64 Mauritius 0.781 0.004 83 Algeria 0.745 0.009 94 Tunisia 0.725 0.004 96 Libya 0.716 0.008 Medium human development 6 106 Botswana 0.698 7 108 Gabon 0.697 0.007 8 110 Egypt 0.691 0.001 9 116 South Africa 0.666 10 122 Cape Verde 0.648 0.002 11 123 Morocco 0.647 0.019 12 125 Namibia 0.640 0.012 13 136 Republic of the Congo 0.592 0.001 13 135 Equatorial Guinea 0.592 0.005 15 139 Ghana 0.579 15 139 Zambia 0.579 0.007 17 142 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.574 0.019 18 146 Kenya 0.555 0.007 Low human development 19 149 Swaziland 0.541 0.010 20 150 Angola 0.533 0.001 21 151 Tanzania 0.531 0.010 22 152 Nigeria 0.527 0.013 23 153 Cameroon 0.518 0.006 24 154 Zimbabwe 0.516 0.007 25 155 Mauritania 0.513 0.007 26 156 Madagascar 0.512 0.002 27 159 Rwanda 0.498 0.015 28 161 Lesotho 0.497 28 162 Comoros 0.497 0.006 30 163 Senegal 0.494 0.028 31 163 Uganda 0.493 0.010 32 166 Sudan 0.490 0.011 33 167 Togo 0.487 0.003 34 168 Benin 0.485 0.005 35 169 Malawi 0.476 0.003 36 170 Ivory Coast 0.474 0.012 37 172 Djibouti 0.473 0.003 38 173 Gambia 0.452 0.011 39 174 Ethiopia 0.448 0.006 40 175 Mali 0.442 0.004 41 176 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.435 0.01 42 177 Liberia 0.427 0.003 43 178 Guinea - Bissau 0.424 0.004 44 179 Eritrea 0.420 0.029 45 180 Sierra Leone 0.420 0.007 46 181 Mozambique 0.418 0.002 46 182 South Sudan 0.418 0.049 48 183 Guinea 0.414 0.003 49 184 Burundi 0.404 0.004 50 185 Burkina Faso 0.402 51 186 Chad 0.396 0.004 52 187 Niger 0.353 0.005 53 188 Central African Republic 0.352 0.002 See also Africa portal List of countries by Human Development Index List of African countries by GDP List of African countries by GDP PPP List of African countries by GDP per capita List of African countries by population List of African countries by census Poverty in Africa List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty References Jump up ^ `` Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2013 '' ( PDF ). Human Development Report United Nations Development Programme. p. 159. Retrieved 26 July 2014. 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Question: which country in africa is the most developed
Answer: Seychelles