Human capital index (HCI) (scale 0-1) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: The HCI calculates the contributions of health and education to worker productivity. The final index score ranges from zero to one and measures the productivity as a future worker of child born today relative to the benchmark of full health and complete education.

Source: World Bank staff calculations based on the methodology described in World Bank (2018). https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30498

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Seychelles 0.63 2020
2 Mauritius 0.62 2020
3 Kenya 0.55 2020
4 Algeria 0.53 2020
5 Tunisia 0.52 2020
6 Morocco 0.50 2020
7 Egypt 0.49 2020
8 Zimbabwe 0.47 2020
9 Gabon 0.46 2020
10 Ghana 0.45 2020
11 Namibia 0.45 2020
12 Togo 0.43 2020
13 South Africa 0.43 2020
14 The Gambia 0.42 2020
15 Senegal 0.42 2020
16 Congo 0.42 2020
17 Botswana 0.41 2020
18 Malawi 0.41 2020
19 Comoros 0.40 2020
20 Lesotho 0.40 2020
21 Benin 0.40 2020
22 Cameroon 0.40 2020
23 Zambia 0.40 2020
24 Madagascar 0.39 2020
25 Tanzania 0.39 2020
26 Burundi 0.39 2020
27 Uganda 0.38 2020
28 Burkina Faso 0.38 2020
29 Ethiopia 0.38 2020
30 Mauritania 0.38 2020
31 Côte d'Ivoire 0.38 2020
32 Rwanda 0.38 2020
33 Sudan 0.38 2020
34 Eswatini 0.37 2020
35 Guinea 0.37 2020
36 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.37 2020
37 Sierra Leone 0.36 2020
38 Angola 0.36 2020
39 Mozambique 0.36 2020
40 Nigeria 0.36 2020
41 Liberia 0.32 2020
42 Mali 0.32 2020
43 Niger 0.32 2020
44 Chad 0.30 2020
45 Central African Republic 0.29 2020

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