Human Capital Index

The Human Capital Index is a report prepared by the World Bank. The Index measures which countries are best in mobilizing the economic and professional potential of its citizens. The index measures how much capital each country loses through lack of education and health. The Index was first published in October 2018 and ranked 157 countries. The Human Capital Index ranges between 0 and 1 with 1 meaning maximum potential is reached.

Methodology

The Index is grounded on the following three pillars: The applications to are developed in research by Noam Angrist, Simeon Djankov, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Harry Patrinos.
Survival

Share of children surviving past the age of 5 in %

School

Quantity of education '
Quality of education '

Health

Adult survival rates
Healthy growth among children ''
Human Capital Index 2018

The Human Capital Index was first published as part of the World Bank's World Development Report 2019, directed by Simeon Djankov and Federica Saliola. Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer started the measurement.

Rank	Country	Score
1		0.88
2		0.84
3		0.84
4		0.82
5		0.81
6		0.81
7		0.80
8		0.80
9		0.80
10		0.80
11		0.79
12		0.79
13		0.79
14		0.78
15		0.78
16		0.78
17		0.77
18		0.77
19		0.77
20		0.77
21		0.77
22		0.76
23		0.76
24		0.76
25		0.76
26		0.76
27		0.76
28		0.75
29		0.75
30		0.75
31		0.75
32		0.74
33		0.74
34		0.73
35		0.72
36		0.72
37		0.71
38		0.70
39		0.70
40		0.69
41		0.69
42		0.69
43		0.68
44		0.68
45		0.67
46		0.67
47		0.67
48		0.67
49		0.66
50		0.65
51		0.63
52		0.63
53		0.63
54		0.62
55		0.62
56		0.62
57		0.62
58		0.62
59		0.62
60		0.61
61		0.61
62		0.61
63		0.61
64		0.61
65		0.60
66		0.60
67		0.60
68		0.60
69		0.59
70		0.59
71		0.59
72		0.59
73		0.58
74		0.58
75		0.58
76		0.58
77		0.58
78		0.57
79		0.56
80		0.56
81		0.56
82		0.55
83		0.55
84		0.55
85		0.54
86		0.54
87		0.53
88		0.53
89		0.53
90		0.53
91		0.53
92		0.53
93		0.52
94		0.52
95		0.51
96		0.51
97		0.50
98		0.50
99		0.49
100		0.49
101		0.49
102		0.49
103		0.49
104		0.49
105		0.48
106		0.48
107		0.47
108		0.47
109		0.46
110		0.45
111		0.45
112		0.45
113		0.44
114		0.44
115		0.44
116		0.44
117		0.43
118		0.43
119		0.42
120		0.42
121		0.42
122		0.41
123		0.41
124		0.41
125		0.41
126		0.41
127		0.41
128		0.40
129		0.40
130		0.40
131		0.40
132		0.39
133		0.39
134		0.39
135		0.38
136		0.38
137		0.38
138		0.38
139		0.38
140		0.37
141		0.37
142		0.37
143		0.37
144		0.37
145		0.37
146		0.37
147		0.36
148		0.36
149		0.35
150		0.35
151		0.35
152		0.34
153		0.32
154		0.32
155		0.32
156		0.30
157		0.29

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Human Capital Index

Methodology

Human Capital Index 2018