The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool developed by the United Nations to measure and compare different countries’ levels of social and economic development.

Explore the UNDP's latest Human Development Report for 2025. Discover why global human development is slowing down, see the complete HDI ranking list, and understand how the index measures a ...

The World Bank’s development reports, the IMF’s economic forecasts and the UNDP’s Human Development Index all stem from the conviction that what matters can be measured.

A new way of looking at the Human Development Index illustrates substantial differences between countries with similar levels of human development.

This map, part of an interactive series developed by Measure of America (a project of the Social Science Research Council) aims to summarize people’s well-being with a single indicator: the American ...

The WBGs Human Capital Project places special emphasis on working with countries across Sub-Saharan Africa to help them meet their human capital goals, which is central to ensuring the continent’s ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and limitations of how it is used.