All🎓 Human Capital: Education
World Bank Human Capital Index Plus education pillar score, both sexes.
1
🇸🇬Singapore
179.4
2
🇯🇵Japan
172.5
3
🇰🇷South Korea
170.8
4
🇭🇰Hong Kong
162.5
5
🇮🇪Ireland
162.4
6
🇸🇪Sweden
162.1
7
🇦🇺Australia
160.8
8
🇵🇱Poland
160.4
9
🇳🇱Netherlands
159.1
10
🇱🇹Lithuania
159.1
11
🇬🇧United Kingdom
158.1
12
🇳🇴Norway
157.5
13
🇩🇰Denmark
157.0
14
🇪🇪Estonia
156.0
15
🇳🇿New Zealand
155.0
16
🇫🇮Finland
154.5
17
🇨🇭Switzerland
154.4
18
🇱🇻Latvia
154.4
19
🇷🇺Russia
153.4
20
🇨🇦Canada
153.0
21
🇨🇾Cyprus
153.0
22
🇫🇷France
152.5
23
🇧🇪Belgium
152.0
24
🇸🇮Slovenia
152.0
25
🇮🇸Iceland
151.6
26
🇺🇸United States
151.4
27
🇵🇹Portugal
149.8
28
🇹🇷Türkiye
149.0
29
🇦🇹Austria
148.2
30
🇨🇿Czechia
148.1
31
🇩🇪Germany
148.1
32
🇲🇴Macau
147.9
33
🇪🇸Spain
147.7
34
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
147.4
35
🇮🇱Israel
147.0
36
🇭🇷Croatia
146.7
37
🇧🇾Belarus
145.5
38
🇲🇹Malta
144.5
39
🇱🇺Luxembourg
143.5
40
🇷🇸Serbia
141.9
41
🇮🇹Italy
140.2
42
🇺🇦Ukraine
138.9
43
🇸🇰Slovakia
138.9
44
🇦🇲Armenia
138.7
45
🇨🇱Chile
137.9
46
🇲🇩Moldova
137.4
47
🇭🇺Hungary
137.4
48
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
136.2
49
🇧🇬Bulgaria
135.9
50
🇬🇷Greece
135.0
Highlights
As of 2025, Singapore ranks first with 179.4, followed by Japan (172.5) and South Korea (170.8).
Across 166 countries and territories, values run from 179.4 (Singapore) to 30.0 (Niger), with a median of 108.6.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0–188), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, total (scale 0–188) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026