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This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Program 's Human Development Report released on 5 October 2009 , compiled on the basis of data from 2007 .. Human Development Index. Human Development Index. United Nations Development Program. United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report. Human development ( humanity ). It covers 180 UN member states -LRB- out of 192 -RRB- , along with Hong Kong -LRB- SAR of China -RRB- and the Palestinian territories .. UN member states. United Nations member states. Palestinian territories. Palestinian territories. Twelve UN member states are not included due to lack of data .. UN member states. United Nations member states. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison .. The Human Development Index -LRB- HDI -RRB- is a comparative measure of life expectancy , literacy , education and standards of living for countries worldwide .. Human Development Index. Human Development Index. life expectancy. life expectancy. literacy. literacy. education. education. standards of living. standard of living. It is a standard means of measuring well-being , especially child welfare .. measuring well-being. measuring well-being. child welfare. child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed , a developing or an underdeveloped country , and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life .. developed. developed country. developing. developing country. an underdeveloped country. Least Developed Countries. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.. developed. developed country. economist. Economics. Mahbub ul Haq. Mahbub ul Haq. Amartya Sen. Amartya Sen. Countries fall into four broad human development categories based on their HDI  :. Starting in the report for 2007 , the first category is referred to as developed countries , and the last three are all grouped in developing countries .. developed. developed country. developing. developing country. developed countries. Developed country. developing countries. Developing country. The original `` very high human development '' -LRB- 0.8 to 1 -RRB- has been split into two as above in the report for 2007 .. Some older groupings -LRB- high / medium / low income countries -RRB- have been removed that were based on the gross national income -LRB- GNI -RRB- in purchasing power parity -LRB- PPP -RRB- per capita , and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product -LRB- GDP -RRB- in purchasing power parity per capita .. gross national income. gross national income. purchasing power parity. purchasing power parity. gross domestic product. gross domestic product