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Global North Countries 2024

196 countries

Country
Global North Nations
HDI 2021
Afghanistan0.473
Albania0.785
Algeria0.740
Andorra0.855
Angola0.590
Antigua and Barbuda0.819
Argentina0.844
Armenia0.774
Australia0.949
Austria0.920
Azerbaijan0.738
Bahamas0.799
Bahrain0.884
Bangladesh0.662
Barbados0.803
Belarus0.801
Belgium0.938
Belize0.698
Benin0.502
Bhutan0.677
Bolivia0.691
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.776
Botswana0.680
Brazil0.756
Brunei0.824
Bulgaria0.796
Burkina Faso0.445
Burundi0.419
Cambodia0.596
Cameroon0.581
Canada0.934
Cape Verde0.650
Central African Republic0.387
Chad0.393
Chile0.856
China0.785
Colombia0.752
Comoros0.585
Costa Rica0.804
Croatia0.867
Cuba0.742
Cyprus0.901
Czech Republic0.891
Denmark0.947
Djibouti0.512
Dominica0.737
Dominican Republic0.756
DR Congo0.475
Ecuador0.746
Egypt0.726
El Salvador0.669
Equatorial Guinea0.647
Eritrea0.490
Estonia0.890
Eswatini0.612
Ethiopia0.489
Fiji0.715
Finland0.941
France0.906
Gabon0.687
Gambia0.490
Georgia0.809
Germany0.948
Ghana0.600
Greece0.887
Grenada0.788
Guatemala0.630
Guinea0.467
Guinea Bissau0.482
Guyana0.721
Haiti0.551
Honduras0.620
Hong Kong0.959
Hungary0.846
Iceland0.957
India0.633
Indonesia0.707
Iran0.776
Iraq0.667
Ireland0.946
Israel0.911
Italy0.899
Ivory Coast0.530
Jamaica0.704
Japan0.920
Jordan0.736
Kazakhstan0.801
Kenya0.596
Kiribati0.627
Kuwait0.836
Kyrgyzstan0.696
Laos0.615
Latvia0.865
Lebanon0.725
Lesotho0.522
Liberia0.484
Libya0.746
Liechtenstein0.936
Lithuania0.875
Luxembourg0.927
Madagascar0.484
Malawi0.509
Malaysia0.798
Maldives0.753
Mali0.408
Malta0.912
Marshall Islands0.729
Mauritania0.538
Mauritius0.790
Mexico0.757
Micronesia0.634
Moldova0.767
Monaco
Mongolia0.730
Montenegro0.840
Morocco0.688
Mozambique0.459
Myanmar0.599
Namibia0.616
Nauru0.693
Nepal0.591
Netherlands0.941
New Zealand0.936
Nicaragua0.665
Niger0.389
Nigeria0.542
North Korea
North Macedonia0.764
Norway0.964
Oman0.810
Pakistan0.537
Palau0.802
Palestine0.715
Panama0.813
Papua New Guinea0.564
Paraguay0.730
Peru0.755
Philippines0.692
Poland0.876
Portugal0.865
Qatar0.864
Republic of the Congo
Romania0.825
Russia0.818
Rwanda0.539
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.832
Saint Lucia0.717
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.773
Samoa0.708
San Marino0.853
Sao Tome and Principe0.609
Saudi Arabia0.867
Senegal0.512
Serbia0.804
Seychelles0.795
Sierra Leone0.456
Singapore0.942
Slovakia0.852
Slovenia0.916
Solomon Islands0.564
Somalia
South Africa0.721
South Korea0.926
South Sudan0.381
Spain0.904
Sri Lanka0.783
Sudan0.516
Suriname0.689
Sweden0.949
Switzerland0.965
Syria0.558
Tajikistan0.677
Tanzania0.529
Thailand0.797
Timor Leste0.574
Togo0.545
Tonga0.738
Trinidad and Tobago0.804
Tunisia0.729
Turkey0.841
Turkmenistan0.740
Tuvalu0.653
Uganda0.545
Ukraine0.755
United Arab Emirates0.931
United Kingdom0.931
United States0.921
Uruguay0.814
Uzbekistan0.721
Vanuatu0.614
Vatican City
Venezuela0.690
Vietnam0.718
Yemen0.425
Zambia0.565
Zimbabwe0.549
Total0.722

What are the Global North countries?

Fifty-seven countries are a Global North, with most located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Australia and New Zealand are global north countries.

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