which countries have the highest hdi 
from the 2023 2024 human development report switzerland finished first with an hdi value of 0 967 norway iceland hong kong and denmark rounded out the top five meanwhile the united states was ranked 20 with an hdi value of 0 927 4the bottom linethe united nations human development index hdi seeks to quantify a country s level of prosperity based on both economic and non economic factors non economic factors include life expectancy and educational attainment economic factors are measured by gross national income gni per capita while the u n argues that the hdi improves our understanding of relative well being around the world economists have criticized the index as overly simplistic and flawed in its methodology 