Data for 2010

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2010, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010 covers 115 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.893; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.184. The middle country reads 0.587.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2010

HighestNorway

0.893

LowestCentral African Republic

0.184

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

115countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
105distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010, 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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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.893
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.873
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.871
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.870
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.864
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.856
=6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.856
8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.849
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.839
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.838
=10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.838
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.836
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.835
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.835
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.834
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.827
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.822
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.807
19	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.806
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.802
21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.801
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.798
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.797
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.790
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.789
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.777
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.774
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.768
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.766
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.765
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.764
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.753
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.750
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.744
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.723
=36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.722
=36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.722
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.717
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.715
40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.711
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.709
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.691
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.670
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.669
45	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.668
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.665
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.657
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.653
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.646
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.642
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.626
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.625
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.617
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.603
=55	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.602
=55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.602
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.594
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.587
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.586
=60	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.579
=60	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.579
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.578
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.577
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.566
=65	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.557
=65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.557
67	Colombia`COL`South America	0.543
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.542
69	Peru`PER`South America	0.541
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.538
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.535
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.534
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.529
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.504
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.501
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.488
77	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.477
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.475
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.468
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.441
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.438
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.427
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.420
84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.406
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.393
86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.387
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.385
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.384
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.381
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.376
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.356
=92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.339
=92	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.339
94	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.338
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.334
96	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.327
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.322
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.321
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.320
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.316
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.313
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.310
103	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.297
=104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.294
=104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.294
106	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.292
107	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.273
=108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.271
=108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.271
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.264
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.251
112	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.249
113	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.231
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.227
115	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.184

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.893
2Iceland0.873
3Germany0.871
4Switzerland0.870
5Finland0.864

Lowest

115Central African Republic0.184
114Burkina Faso0.227
113South Sudan0.231
112Guinea-Bissau0.249
111Guinea0.251

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.587. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

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 2010.
105 distinct values among 115
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.856. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 115 countries has every column.

04The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2010). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2010

0514 held

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