Data for 2019

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2019

Name: Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2019
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2019, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2019 covers 166 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 50.784; Czechia is lowest, at 4.901. The middle country reads 17.878. Against 2018, 160 values changed (39 up, 121 down), 6 countries joined.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality · Data for 2019

HighestCentral African Republic

50.784

LowestCzechia

4.901

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

166countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
166distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.784
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	43.601
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	41.662
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.433
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.242
6	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.707
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.603
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.462
9	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.888
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.701
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.018
12	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.864
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.502
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.357
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	37.074
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.858
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.856
18	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.714
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.693
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.584
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.149
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.086
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35.891
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.544
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.355
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.965
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.707
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.311
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.222
30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.080
31	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.649
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.571
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.367
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.318
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.307
36	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.215
37	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.059
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.903
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.368
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.486
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.179
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.059
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.780
44	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.672
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.611
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.200
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.157
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.067
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.033
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.944
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.229
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.493
53	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.327
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.412
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.204
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.506
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.491
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.505
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.309
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.289
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.888
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.391
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.742
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.632
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.399
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.387
67	Colombia`COL`South America	22.353
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.130
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.705
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.033
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.858
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.798
73	Peru`PER`South America	20.431
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.239
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.141
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.904
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.734
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.535
79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	19.477
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19.162
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.107
82	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19.074
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.913
84	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.843
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.740
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.557
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.554
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.494
89	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.409
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.358
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.194
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.993
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.882
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.485
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.423
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	16.297
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.791
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.624
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.331
100	Chile`CHL`South America	15.296
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.454
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.387
103	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.365
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.293
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.770
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.508
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.321
108	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.248
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.781
110	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.713
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.507
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.482
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.981
114	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.957
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.949
116	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.830
117	United States`USA`Northern America	11.651
118	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.235
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.160
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11.135
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.988
122	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.943
123	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.885
124	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.504
125	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.357
126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.129
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.061
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.742
129	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9.689
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.664
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9.464
132	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.402
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.086
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.896
135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.890
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.840
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.777
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.708
139	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.701
140	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.682
141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.517
142	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.447
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.243
144	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	8.213
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.061
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.983
147	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.638
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.557
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.447
150	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.352
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.334
152	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.303
153	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.203
154	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.198
155	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.185
156	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.857
157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.692
158	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.636
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.230
160	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.899
161	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.880
162	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.720
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.633
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.090
165	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.065
166	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.901

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

166Czechia4.901
165Slovenia5.065
164Iceland5.090
163Finland5.633
162Denmark5.720

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.878. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
39 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic45.680 → 50.784+5.103
Angola37.104 → 40.707+3.602
Burkina Faso35.965 → 38.502+2.537
Zimbabwe28.903 → 30.611+1.707
Bosnia and Herzegovina15.401 → 16.485+1.084

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau42.773 → 36.149−6.625
Côte d’Ivoire43.722 → 39.888−3.834
Chad43.886 → 40.462−3.424
United Arab Emirates11.618 → 8.243−3.376
South Sudan44.330 → 41.662−2.668

+ Benin

+ New Zealand

+ Seychelles

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Samoa

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 2019.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2019). Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-inequality/2019

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