Fig. 1

Scatter plot of correlation between HDI with indices related to COVID-19. ^*a: Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, Germany, Iceland, Australia, Sweden, Singapore, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Belgium, Japan, Austria, Luxembourg, Israel, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Malta, Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Lithuania, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Republic, Latvia, Portugal, Qatar, Chile, Hungary, Brunei Darussalam, Bahrain, Croatia, Oman, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Kuwait, Uruguay, Turkey, Malaysia, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, Iran, Mauritius, Panama, Costa Rica, Albania, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico, Thailand, Brazil, Colombia, Armenia, North Macedonia, Peru, Algeria, Ecuador, China, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Tunisia, Mongolia, Lebanon, Botswana, Venezuela RB, Jamaica, Paraguay, Fiji, Suriname, Jordan, Belize, Maldives, Philippines, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Libya, Indonesia, South Africa, Gabon, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Kyrgyz Republic, Guyana, El Salvador, Tajikistan, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cabo Verde, India, Namibia, Timor-Leste, Honduras, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, Equatorial, Guinea, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nepal, Kenya, Angola, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Papua New Guinea, Comoros, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Mauritania, Madagascar, Benin, Lesotho, Senegal, Togo, Sudan, Haiti, Afghanistan, Malawi, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Yemen Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mali, Burundi, South Sudan, Chad, and Niger. ^*b: all countries in (a) except Mongolia, Timor-Leste, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Tanzania. ^*c: all countries in (a) except Sudan, Chad, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Algeria, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, and Tajikistan. ^*d: all countries in (a) except Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Bhutan, and Mongolia. ^*e: all countries in (a) except Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Democratic Republic of Congo. ^*f: all countries in (a) except Countries with < 10 million population. Countries with < 10 million population include Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, The, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Qatar, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay.^*g: all countries in (a) except Mongolia, Timor-Leste, Bhutan, Cambodia, Tanzania, and Countries with < 10 million population. ^*h: all countries in (a) except Sudan, Chad, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Algeria, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Tajikistan, and Countries with < 10 million population. ^* i: all countries in (a) except Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Bhutan, Mongolia and Countries with < 10 million population. ^* j: all countries in (a) except Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Netherlands, Congo. Dem. Rep