Data for 2020

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2020

Name: Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2020
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2020, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2020 covers 167 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 45.761; Czechia is lowest, at 4.831. The middle country reads 17.552. Against 2019, 166 values changed (32 up, 134 down), 1 country joined.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality · Data for 2020

HighestCentral African Republic

45.761

LowestCzechia

4.831

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

167countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
167distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.761
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	43.278
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	41.624
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.186
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.548
6	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.473
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.253
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.197
9	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.654
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.527
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.840
12	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.636
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.203
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.125
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.987
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.670
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.552
18	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.503
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.431
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.414
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.882
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.819
23	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35.643
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.293
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.140
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.636
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.432
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.250
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.070
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.000
31	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.791
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.485
33	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.387
34	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.163
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.075
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.037
37	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.832
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.407
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	31.391
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.138
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.006
42	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.637
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.337
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.307
45	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.904
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.882
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.823
48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.688
49	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.547
50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.384
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.269
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.110
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.758
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.214
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.195
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.417
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.350
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.296
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.118
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.077
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.715
62	Colombia`COL`South America	23.361
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.348
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.225
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.629
66	Peru`PER`South America	22.269
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.229
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.965
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.140
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.932
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.868
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.798
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.649
74	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20.218
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.747
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.576
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.548
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.475
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.782
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.575
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.775
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.651
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.558
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.552
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.536
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.452
87	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.420
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.180
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.106
90	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	16.942
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.812
92	Chile`CHL`South America	16.594
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.475
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.327
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.316
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	16.182
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.121
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.491
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.290
100	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	14.618
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.457
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14.252
103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.221
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14.109
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.974
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.804
107	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.888
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.793
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.707
110	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.677
111	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.475
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.380
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.061
114	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.928
115	United States`USA`Northern America	11.679
116	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.534
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.240
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.122
119	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.056
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.957
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	10.912
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10.870
123	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.758
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.692
125	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.575
126	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	10.171
127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.013
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.803
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.648
130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.304
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.153
132	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.123
133	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.865
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8.843
135	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.819
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.756
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.739
138	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.697
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.575
140	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.543
141	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.506
142	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.446
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.387
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.235
145	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.067
146	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.965
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.807
148	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.665
149	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.583
150	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.577
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.402
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.343
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.317
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.021
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.985
156	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.786
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.705
158	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.680
159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.435
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.138
161	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.909
162	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.788
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.707
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.420
165	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.318
166	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.917
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.831

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

167Czechia4.831
166Slovenia4.917
165Slovakia5.318
164Iceland5.420
163Finland5.707

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.552. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
32 · 134rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Peru20.431 → 22.269+1.838
Chile15.296 → 16.594+1.298
Colombia22.353 → 23.361+1.009
Bolivia22.399 → 23.348+0.949
Mali32.903 → 33.791+0.888

Fell most

Central African Republic50.784 → 45.761−5.023
Kiribati19.477 → 16.942−2.535
Bosnia and Herzegovina16.485 → 14.109−2.375
Malawi31.486 → 29.547−1.939
Saint Lucia30.200 → 28.384−1.816

+ Marshall Islands

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 2020.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2020). Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-inequality/2020

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