All🎓 Human Capital Index Plus — education pillar score, male
Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0–188). World Bank Human Capital Index Plus measure.
1
🇰🇷South Korea
170.8
2
🇭🇰Hong Kong
164.4
3
🇸🇪Sweden
162.9
4
🇮🇪Ireland
162.6
5
🇦🇺Australia
161.3
6
🇳🇱Netherlands
159.5
7
🇱🇹Lithuania
158.4
8
🇳🇴Norway
156.8
9
🇬🇧United Kingdom
155.9
10
🇩🇰Denmark
155.5
11
🇵🇱Poland
154.2
12
🇳🇿New Zealand
154.1
13
🇨🇭Switzerland
153.9
14
🇨🇾Cyprus
153.5
15
🇫🇷France
152.0
16
🇷🇺Russia
151.9
17
🇺🇸United States
150.3
18
🇧🇪Belgium
149.4
19
🇫🇮Finland
148.3
20
🇨🇦Canada
148.0
21
🇪🇪Estonia
147.8
22
🇹🇷Türkiye
147.8
23
🇩🇪Germany
146.8
24
🇲🇴Macau
146.7
25
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
146.3
26
🇵🇹Portugal
145.3
27
🇱🇻Latvia
145.3
28
🇪🇸Spain
145.1
29
🇦🇹Austria
144.4
30
🇨🇿Czechia
143.3
31
🇮🇱Israel
143.3
32
🇸🇮Slovenia
143.1
33
🇮🇸Iceland
142.1
34
🇱🇺Luxembourg
141.7
35
🇲🇹Malta
140.1
36
🇧🇾Belarus
139.2
37
🇭🇷Croatia
137.8
38
🇨🇱Chile
137.3
39
🇮🇹Italy
136.9
40
🇦🇲Armenia
136.5
41
🇷🇸Serbia
136.4
42
🇲🇩Moldova
136.0
43
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
134.7
44
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands
134.3
45
🇭🇺Hungary
133.6
46
🇺🇦Ukraine
132.3
47
🇸🇰Slovakia
132.3
48
🇲🇪Montenegro
130.7
49
🇧🇬Bulgaria
129.5
50
🇬🇷Greece
129.3
Highlights
As of 2025, South Korea ranks first with 170.8, followed by Hong Kong (164.4) and Sweden (162.9).
Across 163 countries and territories, values run from 170.8 (South Korea) to 31.9 (Niger), with a median of 100.7.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Europe, 2 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0–188), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): education pillar score, male (scale 0–188) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026