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== Past top countries ==
The list below displays the top-ranked country from each year of the Human Development Index. Norway has been ranked the highest sixteen times, Canada eight times, and Switzerland, Japan, and Iceland have each ranked twice.

=== In each original HDI ===
The year represents the time period from which the statistics for the index were derived. In parentheses is the year when the report was published.
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|* 2023 (2025): {{Flagcountry|Iceland}}
* 2022 (2024): {{Flagcountry|Switzerland}}
* 2021 (2022): {{Flagcountry|Switzerland}}
* 2019 (2020): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2018 (2019): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2017 (2018): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2015 (2016): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2014 (2015): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2013 (2014): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2012 (2013): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2011 (2011): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2010 (2010): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2007 (2009): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2006 (2008): {{Flagcountry|Iceland}}
* 2005 (2007): {{Flagcountry|Iceland}}
* 2004 (2006): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2003 (2005): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2002 (2004): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2001 (2003): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 2000 (2002): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 1999 (2001): {{Flagcountry|Norway}}
* 1998 (2000): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1997 (1999): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1995 (1998): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1994 (1997): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1993 (1996): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1992 (1995): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1994 (1994): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1993 (1993): {{Flagcountry|Japan}}
* 1990 (1992): {{Flagcountry|Canada}}
* 1990 (1991): {{Flagcountry|Japan}}
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