Data for 2021

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2021

Name: Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2021
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2021, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2021 covers 169 countries. Somalia is highest, at 43.0144; Slovenia is lowest, at 4.8188. The middle country reads 17.3474. Against 2020, 167 values changed (43 up, 124 down), 2 countries joined.

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Coefficient of Human Inequality · Data for 2021

HighestSomalia

43.0144

LowestSlovenia

4.8188

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

169countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
169distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	43.0144
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	42.7018
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	41.6470
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.0677
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.4815
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.3150
7	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.2798
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.0108
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.9346
10	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.6727
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.3416
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.7779
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.6451
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	37.8907
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.8905
16	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.8132
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.4480
18	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.3269
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.3175
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	36.2210
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.6644
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35.5347
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.3646
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.1145
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	34.9423
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.4654
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.3000
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.9253
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	33.9177
30	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.7277
31	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	33.3891
32	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.2626
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.0203
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.9085
35	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.8679
36	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.6859
37	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.2712
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.1680
39	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.0798
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.8829
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.7701
42	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.4529
43	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.2528
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.1473
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.8228
46	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.7196
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.6730
48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.6613
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.5153
50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.3577
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.3056
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.0982
53	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.0155
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.1516
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.0155
56	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.5426
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.2525
58	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.1521
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.0552
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	23.9642
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.6939
62	Colombia`COL`South America	23.5358
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.0971
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.5465
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.5295
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.1288
67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.8850
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.0388
69	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.8490
70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.7277
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.7029
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.5326
73	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20.1886
74	Peru`PER`South America	19.9597
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.4230
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.3729
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.0758
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	18.5395
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18.5102
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.3120
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.7766
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.6844
83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.4369
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.3666
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.3474
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.1597
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.1375
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.0245
89	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	16.8567
90	Chile`CHL`South America	16.6002
91	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.4939
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.4181
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.2803
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.2362
95	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	16.0874
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.0552
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.9336
98	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.9103
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.3047
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.2704
101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	14.8758
102	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	14.5069
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.4840
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.1108
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.9744
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.9215
107	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.8389
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.6705
109	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.3676
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.8316
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.8282
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.5300
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.3670
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.0345
115	Argentina`ARG`South America	11.9255
116	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11.9209
117	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.6065
118	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.5378
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11.2891
120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.1535
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11.1159
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.0823
123	United States`USA`Northern America	11.0822
124	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.0313
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.8399
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10.3656
127	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.3390
128	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.1736
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.8164
130	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9.7101
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.5096
132	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.3572
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.2585
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.9803
135	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.8813
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.8541
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	8.8517
138	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	8.7865
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.7307
140	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.6626
141	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.4950
142	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8.4420
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.4092
144	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.3711
145	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.3127
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.1019
147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.0753
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.9520
149	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.8191
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.6353
151	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.5812
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.5434
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.4723
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.0767
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.9841
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.9697
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.8951
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.6377
159	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.5530
160	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.4010
161	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.3725
162	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.3341
163	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.0880
164	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.5601
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5.5483
166	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.4815
167	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.4670
168	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.1590
169	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.8188

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia43.0144
2Central African Republic42.7018
3South Sudan41.6470
4Comoros41.0677
5Burkina Faso40.4815

Lowest

169Slovenia4.8188
168Czechia5.1590
167Finland5.4670
166Slovakia5.4815
165Iceland5.5483

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.3474. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 167 in both
43 · 124rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso38.2034 → 40.4815+2.2781
Oman14.2524 → 15.9336+1.6811
Brazil21.1398 → 22.5295+1.3897
Saint Lucia28.3840 → 29.6613+1.2773
Gambia35.8193 → 36.8132+0.9939

Fell most

Central African Republic45.7606 → 42.7018−3.0588
Peru22.2692 → 19.9597−2.3095
Bolivia23.3477 → 21.0388−2.3089
El Salvador19.7473 → 18.5102−1.2371
Eswatini36.5515 → 35.3646−1.1870

+ Fiji

+ Nauru

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 2021.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2021). Coefficient of Human Inequality, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-inequality/2021

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