Data for 2012

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012

Name: Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012
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2012, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012 covers 140 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 45.986; Czechia is lowest, at 5.371. The middle country reads 20.619. Against 2011, 129 values changed (34 up, 95 down), 11 countries joined, 1 left.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality · Data for 2012

HighestCentral African Republic

45.986

LowestCzechia

5.371

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

140countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
140distinct values9 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012, as published. UNDP Human Development Report Office ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.986
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	44.757
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.006
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.732
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.275
6	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.861
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.466
8	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.840
9	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.424
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.300
11	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.225
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	39.733
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.216
14	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.143
15	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.493
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.334
17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.043
18	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.858
19	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.739
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.110
21	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37.073
22	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.867
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.540
24	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.002
25	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.902
26	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.381
27	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.905
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.872
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.842
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.736
31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.485
32	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	34.427
33	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.307
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.283
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.099
36	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.983
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.900
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.991
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.591
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.617
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.366
42	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.095
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.779
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.737
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.436
46	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.283
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	29.217
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.136
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.729
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.510
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27.198
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.514
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.364
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.605
55	Peru`PER`South America	24.587
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.277
57	Colombia`COL`South America	24.190
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.745
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.695
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.453
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.967
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.910
63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.874
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.353
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.210
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.766
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	21.264
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	21.207
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.178
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.682
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.556
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.546
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.871
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.768
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.660
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.569
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.240
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.232
79	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.899
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.874
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.558
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.173
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.172
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.154
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.840
86	Chile`CHL`South America	16.521
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.319
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.158
89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15.133
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.595
91	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.526
92	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.643
93	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.573
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.546
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.014
96	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12.979
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.852
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.803
99	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	12.605
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.263
101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.253
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.213
103	United States`USA`Northern America	11.593
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.505
105	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.375
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.238
107	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.103
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.097
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.056
110	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10.672
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.595
112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.080
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.027
114	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.993
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.759
116	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.587
117	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.449
118	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.436
119	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.125
120	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.692
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.678
122	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.530
123	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.419
124	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.370
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.047
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.979
127	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.777
128	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.776
129	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.760
130	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.501
131	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.138
132	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.873
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.789
134	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.705
135	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.596
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.097
137	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.899
138	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.570
139	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.550
140	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.371

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

140Czechia5.371
139Norway5.550
138Iceland5.570
137Finland5.899
136Slovenia6.097

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.619. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+11 / −1countries joined / left
129values changed, of 129 in both
34 · 95rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brazil23.656 → 29.136+5.480
Syria20.915 → 22.874+1.959
Republic of the Congo32.809 → 34.099+1.290
Mauritius17.799 → 18.660+0.861
Russia10.500 → 11.238+0.738

Fell most

Mali43.706 → 39.733−3.974
Paraguay23.240 → 21.178−2.062
Georgia15.578 → 13.546−2.032
Jordan20.149 → 18.232−1.917
Tanzania32.966 → 31.366−1.600

+ Burundi

+ Belarus

+ Barbados

+ Djibouti

+ Algeria

+ Gabon

+ Haiti

+ Niger

+ Thailand

+ Tajikistan

+ South Africa

− Estonia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 140 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2012). Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-inequality/2012

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