Data for 2012

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2012

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2012
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2012, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2012 covers 140 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.896; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.203. The middle country reads 0.575. Against 2011, 122 values changed (107 up, 15 down), 11 countries joined, 1 left.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2012

HighestNorway

0.896

LowestCentral African Republic

0.203

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

140countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
130distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.896
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.892
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.879
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.878
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.870
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.868
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.858
=8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.847
=8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.847
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.846
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.844
=12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.842
=12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.842
=14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.837
=14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.837
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.835
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.830
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.811
19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.810
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.805
21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.801
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.800
=23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.797
=23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.797
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.780
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.776
=27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.774
=27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.774
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.772
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.771
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.765
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.761
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.756
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.753
35	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.748
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.739
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.729
38	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.725
=39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.718
=39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.718
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.716
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.714
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.713
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.691
=45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.686
=45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.686
47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.683
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.677
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.673
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.664
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.654
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.651
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.639
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.635
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.631
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.627
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.623
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.622
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.620
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.608
62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.605
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.604
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.602
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.600
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.598
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.591
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.588
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.582
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.578
71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.573
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.562
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.561
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.560
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.559
76	Peru`PER`South America	0.557
77	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.553
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.545
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.544
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.543
81	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.529
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.525
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.516
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.504
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.500
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.499
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.494
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.487
89	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.482
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.481
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.446
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.444
93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.438
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.437
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.434
96	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.419
97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.404
98	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.403
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.402
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.399
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.394
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.388
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.384
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.372
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.366
106	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.355
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.354
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.350
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.343
110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.341
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.340
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.339
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.337
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.336
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.329
116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.324
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.323
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.318
=119	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.313
=119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.313
121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.308
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.297
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.295
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.283
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.282
126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278
=127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.277
=127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.277
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.275
130	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.273
131	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.259
132	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.258
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.257
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.247
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.242
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.236
137	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.228
=138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.216
=138	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.216
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.203

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.896
2Iceland0.892
3Switzerland0.879
4Germany0.878
5Netherlands0.870

Lowest

140Central African Republic0.203
138Chadshared0.216
138South Sudanshared0.216
137Niger0.228
136Sierra Leone0.236

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.575. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+11 / −1countries joined / left
122values changed, of 129 in both
107 · 15rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.651 → 0.677+0.026
Paraguay0.539 → 0.561+0.022
Jordan0.585 → 0.604+0.019
Egypt0.509 → 0.525+0.016
Vietnam0.563 → 0.578+0.015

Fell most

Syria0.523 → 0.481−0.042
Brazil0.569 → 0.529−0.040
South Sudan0.233 → 0.216−0.017
Romania0.723 → 0.714−0.009
Republic of the Congo0.404 → 0.399−0.005

+ Burundi

+ Belarus

+ Barbados

+ Djibouti

+ Algeria

+ Gabon

+ Haiti

+ Niger

+ Thailand

+ Tajikistan

+ South Africa

− Estonia

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 2012.
130 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.847. 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 140 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2012). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2012

0614 held

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07Questions