Data for 2013

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2013

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2013
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2013, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2013 covers 145 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.898; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.187. The middle country reads 0.578. Against 2012, 138 values changed (125 up, 13 down), 5 countries joined.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2013

HighestNorway

0.898

LowestCentral African Republic

0.187

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

145countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 145 countries · select a heading to sort

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2013: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.898
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.895
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.884
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.879
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.876
=6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.872
=6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.872
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.857
9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.852
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.849
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.848
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.844
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.843
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.843
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.840
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.839
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.836
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.817
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.813
20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.812
21	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.805
=22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.803
=22	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.803
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.801
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.786
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.783
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.781
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.780
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.777
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.773
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.769
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.767
=32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.767
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.757
35	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.748
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.741
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.735
38	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.726
=39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.725
=39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.725
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.724
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.719
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.717
44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.702
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.696
=46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.690
=46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.690
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.687
=48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.687
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.684
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.672
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.666
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.660
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.658
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.653
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.648
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.638
58	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.637
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.632
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.630
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.627
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.625
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.620
=64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.607
=64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.607
=64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.607
=67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.606
=67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.606
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.603
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.599
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.589
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.581
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.578
74	Peru`PER`South America	0.574
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.571
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.569
77	Colombia`COL`South America	0.568
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.566
79	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.560
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.558
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.553
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.550
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.547
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.539
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.533
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.516
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.511
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.508
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.504
90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.503
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.492
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.486
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.471
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.451
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.449
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.448
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.446
98	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.442
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.434
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.426
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.409
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.408
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.407
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.404
=105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.399
=105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.399
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.388
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.380
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.370
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.364
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.357
=112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.355
=112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.355
=114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.348
=114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.348
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.346
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.343
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.332
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.330
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.327
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.323
=122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.322
=122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.322
124	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.320
125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.313
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.302
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.299
128	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.294
=129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.288
=129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.288
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.286
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.283
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.282
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.280
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.277
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.268
137	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.263
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.260
139	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.251
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.250
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.247
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.232
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.219
144	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.217
145	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.187

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.898
2Iceland0.895
3Switzerland0.884
4Finland0.879
5Germany0.876

Lowest

145Central African Republic0.187
144South Sudan0.217
143Chad0.219
142Niger0.232
141Burkina Faso0.247

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.578. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 140 in both
125 · 13rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye0.631 → 0.660+0.029
Peru0.557 → 0.574+0.017
Chile0.686 → 0.702+0.016
Honduras0.434 → 0.449+0.015
Israel0.771 → 0.786+0.015

Fell most

Syria0.481 → 0.434−0.047
Central African Republic0.203 → 0.187−0.016
Rwanda0.340 → 0.327−0.013
Jamaica0.582 → 0.571−0.011
Australia0.847 → 0.844−0.003

+ Bahamas

+ China

+ Liberia

+ Solomon Islands

+ Serbia

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

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 2013.
130 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.607. 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 145 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
145 rows · 4.4 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download inequality-adjusted-hdi-2013-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
UNDP Human Development Report Office’s own file, on its own site.
HDR25_Composite_indices_complete_time_series.csv

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2013). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2013

0614 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2012
140 countries
The year after ›
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2014
150 countries
All of them
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: every year
14 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions