Data for 2011

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2011

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2011
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2011, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2011 covers 130 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.895; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.197. The middle country reads 0.584. Against 2010, 110 values changed (96 up, 14 down), 16 countries joined, 1 left.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2011

HighestNorway

0.895

LowestCentral African Republic

0.197

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

130countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
118distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.895
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.889
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.876
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.873
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.870
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.868
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.858
=8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.845
=8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.845
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.844
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.843
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.841
=12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.841
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.835
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.833
=16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.830
=16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.830
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.811
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.806
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.805
=21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
=21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.802
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.798
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.796
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.787
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.777
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.775
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.774
=29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.771
=29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.771
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.770
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.763
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.755
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.752
35	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.742
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.733
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.732
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.723
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.722
=40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.715
=40	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.715
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.708
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.703
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.683
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.679
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.676
47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.675
48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.668
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.657
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.651
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.649
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.647
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.644
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.641
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.630
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.623
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.620
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.613
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.606
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.600
61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.599
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.596
63	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.588
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.586
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.585
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.583
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.580
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.569
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.563
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.561
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.552
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.548
73	Peru`PER`South America	0.547
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.543
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.539
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.538
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.536
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.523
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.509
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.505
=81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.494
=81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.494
83	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.493
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.482
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.481
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.445
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.433
88	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.432
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.429
90	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.410
91	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.404
92	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.397
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.395
=94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.391
=94	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.391
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.380
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.379
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.362
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.359
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.349
=101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.344
=101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.344
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.339
104	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.338
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.332
106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.331
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.327
=108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.325
=108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.325
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.322
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.320
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.308
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.304
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.303
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.293
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.290
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.279
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.276
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.271
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.270
121	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.267
=122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.255
=122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.255
124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.254
125	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.235
126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.234
=127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.233
=127	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.233
129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.211
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.197

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.895
2Iceland0.889
3Germany0.876
4Switzerland0.873
5Netherlands0.870

Lowest

130Central African Republic0.197
129Chad0.211
127South Sudanshared0.233
127Sierra Leoneshared0.233
126Mali0.234

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.584. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+16 / −1countries joined / left
110values changed, of 114 in both
96 · 14rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia0.468 → 0.494+0.026
North Macedonia0.625 → 0.647+0.022
Rwanda0.310 → 0.332+0.022
Ecuador0.577 → 0.596+0.019
Türkiye0.602 → 0.620+0.018

Fell most

Honduras0.441 → 0.433−0.008
Syria0.529 → 0.523−0.006
Ireland0.835 → 0.830−0.005
Malawi0.313 → 0.308−0.005
Singapore0.806 → 0.802−0.004

+ Brunei

+ Cameroon

+ Ethiopia

+ Gambia

+ Iraq

+ Jamaica

+ Mali

+ Mozambique

+ Nigeria

+ Nepal

+ Oman

+ Sierra Leone

+ Chad

+ Tunisia

+ Venezuela

+ Zimbabwe

− Burundi

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 2011.
118 distinct values among 130
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.845. 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 130 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2011). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2011

0614 held

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