As in previous years, the report ranks 175 UN member countries, along with Hong Kong and the Palestinian territories, according to their levels of human development, placing them into three groups: high, medium and low.
Kao i ranijih godina, u izvješću je rangirano 175 zemalja članica, zajedno s Hong Kongom i palestinskim teritorijima, u skladu s njihovom razinom ljudskog razvitka, i svrstane su u tri skupine: visoku, srednju i nisku.