The

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, wh ...

(HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living. 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 Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards ...

. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, all European countries fall into the very high or high human development category.

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The table below presents the latest

(HDI) for countries in Europe as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2020). Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in Table 2 of the Statistical Annex of the Human Development Report. Countries that are not entirely located in Europe are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country.

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

, and

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

is also not included.

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This is the map of the list of European countries by the

for the year 2021. The colour indicators are as follows: High Human Development and Very High Human Development.

List of countries by Human Development Index by region This is a list of countries by the Human Development Index as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report organized by continent or other international regions. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary i ...

List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty Countries by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by World Bank and other sources. Methodology "Poverty" is defined as an economic condition by the lack of both money and basic necessities needed to live successfully, suc ...

List of European countries by budget revenues This is map and list of European countries by budget revenues and budget revenues per capita for year 2013 from Eurostat and CIA World Factbook. Countries in blue have more than €100 billion, green €10-€99 billion and yellow below €10 bi ...

List of European countries by budget revenues per capita This is a map and list of European countries by budget revenues per capita. The data is from the CIA Factbook, with numbers from 2007 in US$. Map Count ...

* List of European countries by GDP (nominal) per capita *

List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita This is a map of European countries by GNI (gross national income nominal) per capita for year 2021. High income in purple ($13,205 or more, as defined by the World Bank), upper middle income in orange ($4,256 and $13,205), and lower middle income ...

List of European countries by GNI (PPP) per capita This is map and list of European countries by Gross national income (PPP) per capita for year 2020 from World Bank. Countries in green have more than $32,000, yellow $18,000-$32,000 and red below $18,000 GDP (PPP) per capitaHuman Development Human development may refer to: * Development of the human body * Developmental psychology * Human development (economics) * Human Development Index, an index used to rank countries by level of human development * Human evolution Human evoluti ...

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

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