Financial and social rankings of sovereign states in Europe
Rank Country HDI Change
1 Norway 0.953 0.002
2 Switzerland 0.944 0.001
3 Ireland 0.938 0.004
4 Germany 0.936 0.002
5 Iceland 0.935 0.002
6 Sweden 0.933 0.001
7 Netherlands 0.931 0.003
8 Denmark 0.929 0.001
9 United Kingdom 0.922 0.002
10 Finland 0.920 0.002
11 Belgium 0.916 0.001
12 Liechtenstein 0.916 0.001
13 Austria 0.908 0.002
14 Luxembourg 0.904 0.001
15 France 0.901 0.002
16 Slovenia 0.896 0.002
17 Spain 0.891 0.002
18 Czech Republic 0.888 0.003
19 Italy 0.880 0.002
20 Malta 0.878 0.003
Social -- Human Development Index
The Human Development Index values provided are the 2018 estimates for 2017 , as included in the United Nations Development Programme 's Human Development Report . [ 8 ]
The aim of this page is to act as a comparison between the sovereign states of Europe regarding economic, financial and social factors.