Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI) in Asia

45 countries in Asia, 2023. Unit: index 0-1. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.785
Japan
Median country
0.666
half above, half below
World
0.680
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.276 to 0.785
Qatar - Japan

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Across 45 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Japan (0.785) and the lowest in Qatar (0.276).

The median country is at 0.666: half are above, half below.

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Source: UNDP, Human Development Report · licence

Planetary-adjusted HDI over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Japan0.785
2Georgia0.772
3Armenia0.761
4Cyprus0.754
5Sri Lanka0.754
6South Korea0.745
7Azerbaijan0.737
8Türkiye0.729
9Thailand0.726
10Iran0.725
11Jordan0.714
12Israel0.709
13Uzbekistan0.702
14Kyrgyzstan0.699
15Vietnam0.699
16Lebanon0.691
17Kazakhstan0.687
18Indonesia0.684
19Philippines0.680
20Malaysia0.677
21Tajikistan0.673
22Turkmenistan0.667
23Bangladesh0.666
24Saudi Arabia0.666
25Iraq0.665
26India0.656
27Palestine0.653
28China0.644
29Bahrain0.632
30Singapore0.618
31Brunei0.600
32Bhutan0.593
33Myanmar0.593
34Nepal0.592
35United Arab Emirates0.585
36Oman0.581
37Mongolia0.577
38Cambodia0.572
39Laos0.570
40Syria0.553
41Kuwait0.531
42Pakistan0.529
43Afghanistan0.492
44Yemen0.465
45Qatar0.276
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

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