Human Development Index scores are based on life expectancy, education, and standard of living. As of the 2022 HDI, 69* countries are considered to be of "very high human development" (score of .800 or higher). Can you name them all?
Source: Human Development Report 2023-24
*The UN did not include Monaco, North Korea, Taiwan, or Vatican City in the report.
*JetPunk does not count Hong Kong (ranked 4th) as a country, so it is excluded here.
A caveat stating that Taiwan isn't included would be appreciated. I tried it like twice for every Asia slot since it is an official Jetpunk country and has an HDI of 0.926
Might be nice to include another, note that Monaco and DPRK aren't included since the UNDP doesn't calculate an HDI value for them.
Obviously it doesn't mater that DPRK is excluded as there's no way it would figure on this list anyway, but I did spend a good amount of time trying Monaco in pretty much every European slot, becoming increasingly floored that it wasn't in here anywhere...
(And perhaps Vatican City as well, although it's rather less surprising that the UNDP doesn't include them.)
Obviously it doesn't mater that DPRK is excluded as there's no way it would figure on this list anyway, but I did spend a good amount of time trying Monaco in pretty much every European slot, becoming increasingly floored that it wasn't in here anywhere...
(And perhaps Vatican City as well, although it's rather less surprising that the UNDP doesn't include them.)
Thanks! Fun quiz! 😊