Data for 2014

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2014

Name: Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2014
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2014, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2014 covers 150 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 48.633; Czechia is lowest, at 5.308. The middle country reads 19.174. Against 2013, 145 values changed (36 up, 109 down), 5 countries joined.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality · Data for 2014

HighestCentral African Republic

48.633

LowestCzechia

5.308

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

150countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	48.633
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	48.558
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	44.729
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.697
5	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.356
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.168
7	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.390
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.212
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.676
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.055
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.037
12	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.897
13	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.135
14	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	38.578
15	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.342
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	37.275
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.057
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.958
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.905
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.835
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.796
22	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.335
23	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.242
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.020
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	35.921
26	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.831
27	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.786
28	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.039
29	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.645
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.544
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.468
32	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.318
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.865
34	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.615
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.441
36	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.049
37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.649
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.641
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.586
40	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.568
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	32.013
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	31.865
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.842
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.839
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.272
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.897
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.499
48	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.946
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.584
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.813
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	27.444
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.257
53	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	26.803
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26.413
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.417
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.268
57	Colombia`COL`South America	23.709
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.594
59	Peru`PER`South America	23.335
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.101
61	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.010
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.309
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.203
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.003
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.914
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.626
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.557
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.419
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.400
70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	21.176
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.591
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.482
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.918
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.880
75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.278
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.071
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.354
78	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.297
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.283
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.239
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.198
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.851
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.820
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.440
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.338
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.906
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.850
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.779
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.739
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.102
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.090
92	Chile`CHL`South America	15.938
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.298
94	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.981
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.636
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.450
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.277
98	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.174
99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.600
100	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.464
101	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.410
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.896
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12.865
104	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.778
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.750
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.632
107	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.387
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.295
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.931
110	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.925
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.758
112	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.572
113	United States`USA`Northern America	11.429
114	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.065
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.905
116	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.797
117	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.437
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.298
119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9.889
120	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.854
121	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.661
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.617
123	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.447
124	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.431
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.392
126	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.272
127	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.059
128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.785
129	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.704
130	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.299
131	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.175
132	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.174
133	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.150
134	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8.078
135	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.816
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.792
137	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.786
138	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.728
139	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.390
140	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.278
141	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.197
142	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.033
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.928
144	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.866
145	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.962
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.744
147	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.720
148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.644
149	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.340
150	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.308

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

150Czechia5.308
149Iceland5.340
148Finland5.644
147Norway5.720
146Slovenia5.744

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 19.174. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 145 in both
36 · 109rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan43.945 → 48.558+4.613
Central African Republic46.359 → 48.633+2.274
Cameroon37.766 → 40.037+2.270
Burundi34.085 → 35.831+1.746
Albania12.909 → 14.636+1.728

Fell most

Burkina Faso38.970 → 36.958−2.013
Iran23.124 → 21.419−1.705
Honduras24.691 → 23.010−1.681
Jamaica18.372 → 16.739−1.633
Sudan38.340 → 36.835−1.505

+ Comoros

+ Denmark

+ Spain

+ Estonia

+ Palau

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 2014.
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Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2014). Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-inequality/2014

0614 held

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