All❤️ Human Capital Index Plus — overall score, total
Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0–325). World Bank Human Capital Index Plus measure.
1
🇯🇵Japan
283.8
2
🇸🇬Singapore
282.4
3
🇳🇱Netherlands
270.6
4
🇸🇪Sweden
270.0
5
🇦🇺Australia
270.0
6
🇮🇪Ireland
269.5
7
🇰🇷South Korea
266.9
8
🇮🇸Iceland
266.7
9
🇳🇴Norway
266.0
10
🇩🇰Denmark
265.2
11
🇨🇭Switzerland
264.9
12
🇳🇿New Zealand
263.7
13
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
262.8
14
🇪🇪Estonia
262.2
15
🇬🇧United Kingdom
261.2
16
🇵🇱Poland
259.1
17
🇭🇰Hong Kong
258.4
18
🇱🇹Lithuania
258.2
19
🇩🇪Germany
257.4
20
🇨🇾Cyprus
257.2
21
🇨🇦Canada
256.9
22
🇫🇮Finland
256.8
23
🇲🇴Macau
255.8
24
🇲🇹Malta
254.6
25
🇱🇻Latvia
252.6
26
🇸🇮Slovenia
252.6
27
🇦🇹Austria
252.1
28
🇺🇸United States
251.7
29
🇫🇷France
251.2
30
🇧🇾Belarus
250.4
31
🇨🇿Czechia
249.7
32
🇵🇹Portugal
249.4
33
🇷🇺Russia
248.8
34
🇮🇱Israel
248.6
35
🇧🇪Belgium
246.0
36
🇪🇸Spain
240.5
37
🇭🇷Croatia
239.9
38
🇱🇺Luxembourg
239.9
39
🇭🇺Hungary
235.9
40
🇧🇭Bahrain
233.9
41
🇸🇰Slovakia
232.0
42
🇷🇸Serbia
230.4
43
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
229.8
44
🇶🇦Qatar
228.6
45
🇹🇷Türkiye
228.2
46
🇵🇼Palau
226.6
47
🇸🇨Seychelles
226.6
48
🇧🇬Bulgaria
226.2
49
🇨🇱Chile
226.2
50
🇮🇹Italy
224.9
Highlights
As of 2025, Japan ranks first with 283.8, followed by Singapore (282.4) and Netherlands (270.6).
The top two are virtually level: Japan and Singapore differ by less than 1%.
Across 162 countries and territories, values run from 283.8 (Japan) to 72.4 (Djibouti), with a median of 190.8.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0–325), 2025. Unit: score.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Human capital index plus (HCI+): overall score, total (scale 0–325) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026