Data for 2014

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2014

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2014
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2014, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2014 covers 150 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.903; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.160. The middle country reads 0.594. Against 2013, 141 values changed (121 up, 20 down), 5 countries joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2014

HighestIceland

0.903

LowestCentral African Republic

0.160

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

150countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.903
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.900
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.884
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.883
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.882
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.879
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.877
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.872
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.858
=10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.854
=10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.854
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.852
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.851
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.850
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.849
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.845
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.837
18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.836
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.824
20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.815
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.814
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.813
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.812
=24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.804
=24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.804
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.799
=27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.789
=27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.789
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.780
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.779
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.773
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.771
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.770
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.769
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.768
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.760
37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.753
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.748
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.744
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.741
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.734
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.732
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.730
44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.726
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.720
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.716
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.706
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.703
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.695
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.691
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.690
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.687
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.681
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.678
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.677
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.672
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.671
=58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.656
=58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.656
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.649
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.647
=62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.640
=62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.640
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.639
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.628
=65	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.628
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.626
=68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.621
=68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.621
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.619
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.616
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.612
73	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.607
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.604
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.597
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.591
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.587
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.579
79	Colombia`COL`South America	0.574
=80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.571
=80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.571
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.570
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.563
84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.562
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.555
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.554
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.549
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.545
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.540
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.523
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.520
92	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.514
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.507
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.506
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.499
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.490
97	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.470
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.462
=99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.461
=99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.461
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.455
=102	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.436
=102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.436
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.430
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.421
106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.417
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.413
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.407
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.404
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.403
111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.387
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.386
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.379
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.367
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.364
116	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.362
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.361
118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.359
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.350
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.345
121	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.342
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.339
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.336
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.335
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.327
126	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.325
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.324
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.323
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.317
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.315
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.312
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.307
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.300
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.298
=135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.295
=135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.295
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.292
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.286
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.279
140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.276
141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.273
142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.265
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.264
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.260
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.258
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.252
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.233
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.221
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.175
150	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.160

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.903
2Norway0.900
3Switzerland0.884
4Denmark0.883
5Finland0.882

Lowest

150Central African Republic0.160
149South Sudan0.175
148Chad0.221
147Niger0.233
146Sierra Leone0.252

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.594. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 145 in both
121 · 20rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.627 → 0.656+0.029
Rwanda0.327 → 0.350+0.023
China0.603 → 0.619+0.016
Jamaica0.571 → 0.587+0.016
Côte d’Ivoire0.283 → 0.298+0.015

Fell most

South Sudan0.217 → 0.175−0.042
Central African Republic0.187 → 0.160−0.027
Albania0.690 → 0.677−0.013
Cameroon0.346 → 0.335−0.011
Italy0.780 → 0.771−0.009

+ Comoros

+ Denmark

+ Spain

+ Estonia

+ Palau

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 2014.
139 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.854. 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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2014). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2014

0614 held

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