Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI)

156 countries, 2023. Unit: index 0-1.

First in the ranking
0.827
United Kingdom
Median country
0.678
half above, half below
World
0.680
UNDP aggregate
Range
0.276 to 0.827
Qatar - United Kingdom

How to read it

Across 156 countries worldwide, the highest value is in United Kingdom (0.827) and the lowest in Qatar (0.276).

The median country is at 0.678: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value rose from 0.573 in 1994 to 0.680 in 2023.

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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 Continent Share of the highest value
1United Kingdom0.827Europe
2Spain0.818Europe
3Sweden0.810Europe
4France0.804Europe
5Uruguay0.804South America
6Greece0.803Europe
7Italy0.801Europe
8Malta0.799Europe
9Portugal0.797Europe
10Denmark0.792Europe
11Poland0.792Europe
12Slovenia0.791Europe
13Croatia0.787Europe
14Germany0.785Europe
15Japan0.785Asia
16Chile0.784South America
17Costa Rica0.774North America
18Georgia0.772Asia
19Slovakia0.770Europe
20Czechia0.764Europe
21Argentina0.763South America
22Armenia0.761Asia
23Austria0.757Europe
24Hungary0.757Europe
25Peru0.757South America
26Albania0.755Europe
27Cyprus0.754Asia
28Sri Lanka0.754Asia
29North Macedonia0.754Europe
30Ireland0.752Europe
31Lithuania0.751Europe
32Latvia0.749Europe
33Finland0.748Europe
34South Korea0.745Asia
35Bulgaria0.740Europe
36Colombia0.740South America
37Netherlands0.740Europe
38Romania0.739Europe
39Moldova0.738Europe
40Azerbaijan0.737Asia
41Ecuador0.735South America
42Iceland0.735Europe
43Switzerland0.732Europe
44New Zealand0.731Oceania
45Türkiye0.729Asia
46Dominican Republic0.726North America
47Egypt0.726Africa
48Thailand0.726Asia
49Iran0.725Asia
50Serbia0.724Europe
51Cuba0.723North America
52Norway0.723Europe
53Mexico0.721North America
54Ukraine0.717Europe
55Estonia0.714Europe
56Jordan0.714Asia
57Bahamas0.712North America
58Russia0.710Europe
59Israel0.709Asia
60Algeria0.706Africa
61Gabon0.704Africa
62Tunisia0.703Africa
63Brazil0.702South America
64Uzbekistan0.702Asia
65Bosnia and Herzegovina0.701Europe
66Australia0.700Oceania
67Kyrgyzstan0.699Asia
68Vietnam0.699Asia
69Botswana0.698Africa
70Lebanon0.691Asia
71Paraguay0.689South America
72Kazakhstan0.687Asia
73Jamaica0.686North America
74United States0.686North America
75South Africa0.685Africa
76Indonesia0.684Asia
77Philippines0.680Asia
78Morocco0.679Africa
79Malaysia0.677Asia
80Bolivia0.675South America
81Tajikistan0.673Asia
82Belize0.670North America
83Nicaragua0.668North America
84Turkmenistan0.667Asia
85Belgium0.666Europe
86Bangladesh0.666Asia
87Saudi Arabia0.666Asia
88Iraq0.665Asia
89India0.656Asia
90Palestine0.653Asia
91Venezuela0.652South America
92China0.644Asia
93Equatorial Guinea0.644Africa
94Canada0.643North America
95Panama0.643North America
96El Salvador0.638North America
97Bahrain0.632Asia
98Republic of the Congo0.631Africa
99Libya0.629Africa
100Guatemala0.626North America
101Honduras0.620North America
102Singapore0.618Asia
103Namibia0.611Africa
104Kenya0.610Africa
105Angola0.604Africa
106Ghana0.604Africa
107Brunei0.600Asia
108Bhutan0.593Asia
109Myanmar0.593Asia
110Nepal0.592Asia
111United Arab Emirates0.585Asia
112Zambia0.585Africa
113Zimbabwe0.585Africa
114Oman0.581Asia
115Mongolia0.577Asia
116Cameroon0.574Africa
117Cambodia0.572Asia
118Laos0.570Asia
119Uganda0.569Africa
120Rwanda0.567Africa
121Papua New Guinea0.566Oceania
122Togo0.562Africa
123Syria0.553Asia
124Nigeria0.548Africa
125Haiti0.545North America
126Mauritania0.542Africa
127Tanzania0.541Africa
128Côte d'Ivoire0.537Africa
129Kuwait0.531Asia
130Pakistan0.529Asia
131Democratic Republic of the Congo0.517Africa
132The Gambia0.514Africa
133Senegal0.512Africa
134Malawi0.507Africa
135Liberia0.505Africa
136Benin0.504Africa
137Sudan0.498Africa
138Eritrea0.496Africa
139Afghanistan0.492Asia
140Guinea0.488Africa
141Ethiopia0.487Africa
142Mozambique0.486Africa
143Madagascar0.481Africa
144Djibouti0.480Africa
145Luxembourg0.479Europe
146Yemen0.465Asia
147Sierra Leone0.459Africa
148Burkina Faso0.453Africa
149Burundi0.435Africa
150Mali0.411Africa
151Niger0.410Africa
152Central African Republic0.407Africa
153Chad0.397Africa
154Somalia0.396Africa
155South Sudan0.383Africa
156Qatar0.276Asia
UNDP HDR · 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2013-2023

% change · 155 countries

Largest increase

  1. Uruguay 0.678 → 0.804 +19%
  2. Bahrain 0.534 → 0.632 +18%
  3. Djibouti 0.413 → 0.480 +16%
  4. Bangladesh 0.576 → 0.666 +16%
  5. Rwanda 0.491 → 0.567 +15%

Largest decrease

  1. Luxembourg 0.579 → 0.479 −17%
  2. Panama 0.728 → 0.643 −12%
  3. Singapore 0.673 → 0.618 −8%
  4. Yemen 0.494 → 0.465 −6%
  5. Venezuela 0.686 → 0.652 −5%

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Planetary-adjusted HDI - continent medians

Africa Asia Europe North America South America

0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1990 Africa: 0.38 Asia: 0.51 Europe: 0.64 North America: 0.59 South America: 0.61 1991 Africa: 0.39 Asia: 0.51 Europe: 0.66 North America: 0.61 South America: 0.61 1992 Africa: 0.39 Asia: 0.52 Europe: 0.65 North America: 0.61 South America: 0.61 1993 Africa: 0.4 Asia: 0.53 Europe: 0.65 North America: 0.62 South America: 0.62 1994 Africa: 0.4 Asia: 0.53 Europe: 0.66 North America: 0.61 South America: 0.62 1995 Africa: 0.39 Asia: 0.55 Europe: 0.66 North America: 0.61 South America: 0.63 1996 Africa: 0.4 Asia: 0.56 Europe: 0.67 North America: 0.62 South America: 0.63 1997 Africa: 0.41 Asia: 0.56 Europe: 0.67 North America: 0.61 South America: 0.64 1998 Africa: 0.41 Asia: 0.56 Europe: 0.67 North America: 0.62 South America: 0.64 1999 Africa: 0.41 Asia: 0.57 Europe: 0.67 North America: 0.62 South America: 0.64 2000 Africa: 0.42 Asia: 0.58 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.62 South America: 0.65 2001 Africa: 0.43 Asia: 0.59 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.63 South America: 0.65 2002 Africa: 0.44 Asia: 0.6 Europe: 0.7 North America: 0.63 South America: 0.66 2003 Africa: 0.44 Asia: 0.6 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.63 South America: 0.66 2004 Africa: 0.45 Asia: 0.6 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.65 South America: 0.67 2005 Africa: 0.45 Asia: 0.61 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.65 South America: 0.67 2006 Africa: 0.46 Asia: 0.62 Europe: 0.7 North America: 0.66 South America: 0.67 2007 Africa: 0.46 Asia: 0.62 Europe: 0.69 North America: 0.66 South America: 0.68 2008 Africa: 0.47 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.71 North America: 0.67 South America: 0.68 2009 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.72 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.69 2010 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.72 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.69 2011 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.73 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.7 2012 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.63 Europe: 0.74 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.7 2013 Africa: 0.49 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.69 2014 Africa: 0.5 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.71 2015 Africa: 0.51 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.76 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.72 2016 Africa: 0.52 Asia: 0.64 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.72 2017 Africa: 0.52 Asia: 0.65 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.72 2018 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.65 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.73 2019 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.66 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.73 2020 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.66 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.68 South America: 0.71 2021 Africa: 0.53 Asia: 0.66 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.67 South America: 0.72 2022 Africa: 0.54 Asia: 0.67 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.67 South America: 0.73 2023 Africa: 0.54 Asia: 0.67 Europe: 0.75 North America: 0.67 South America: 0.74 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2023

By continent

median country
Africa 0.539
Asia 0.666
Europe 0.754
North America 0.670
South America 0.738
Oceania 0.700

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