Kao i prethodnih godina, u izvještaju se rangira 175 zemalja članica UN-a, uz Hong Kong i Palestinske teritorije, u skladu s njihovim nivoom ljudskog razvoja, i stavlja ih se u tri grupe: visok, srednji i nizak.
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.