The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.

6 transcontinental countries have been included in this report: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Russia and Turkey. All these countries can be considered both Asian and European simultaneously, this is why they have also been included in the report for the European countries.

2 countries have not been included: North Korea and Taiwan, for various reasons, mainly the unavailability of certain crucial data.

Ranking (as of 2016):

01. Singapore
02. Japan
03. South Korea
04. Israel
05. Brunei
06. Cyprus
07. Qatar
08. Saudi Arabia
09. United Arab Emirates
10. Bahrain

11. Kuwait
12. Russia
13. Oman
14. Kazakhstan
15. Malaysia
16. Iran
17. Georgia
18. Turkey
19. Sri Lanka
20. Lebanon

21. Azerbaijan
22. Armenia
23. Jordan
24. Thailand
25. China
26. Mongolia
27. Maldives
28. Uzbekistan
29. Turkmenistan
30. Indonesia

31. Palestine
32. Vietnam
33. Philippines
34. Kyrgyzstan
35. Iraq
36. Tajikistan
37. India
38. Bhutan
39. East Timor
40. Laos

41. Bangladesh
42. Cambodia
43. Nepal
44. Burma
45. Pakistan
46. Syria
47. Yemen
48. Afghanistan

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