Data for 2015

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2015

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2015
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2015, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2015 covers 154 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.903; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.153. The middle country reads 0.585. Against 2014, 144 values changed (118 up, 26 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2015

HighestNorway

0.903

LowestSouth Sudan

0.153

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

154countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
137distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.903
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.898
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.888
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.886
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.884
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.879
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.875
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.874
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.860
=10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.859
=10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.859
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.855
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.851
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.851
=13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.851
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.851
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.840
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.827
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.818
=21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.816
=21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.816
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.812
=24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.807
=24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.807
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.797
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.791
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.790
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.782
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.776
=31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.775
=31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.775
=33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.773
=33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.773
35	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.763
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.757
=37	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.748
=37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.748
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.747
40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.745
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.742
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.737
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.724
44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.717
45	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.715
46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.712
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.711
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.705
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.704
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.698
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.696
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.689
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.686
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.685
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.682
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.678
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.675
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.661
=59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.648
=59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.648
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.646
62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.645
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.643
64	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.634
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.629
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.628
=67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.622
=67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.622
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.618
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.617
71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.613
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.608
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.606
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.601
75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.596
=76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.586
=76	Peru`PER`South America	0.586
=78	Colombia`COL`South America	0.585
=78	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.585
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.579
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.578
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.575
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.562
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.560
85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.557
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.552
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.549
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.536
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.525
=90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.524
=90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.524
=92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.510
=92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.510
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.504
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.492
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.473
97	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.472
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.471
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.467
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.465
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.463
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.456
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.449
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.442
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.437
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.431
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.426
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.425
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.423
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.419
111	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.416
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.409
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.407
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.395
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.387
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.385
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.373
=118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.372
=118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.372
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.368
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.364
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.362
123	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.351
124	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.344
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.342
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.340
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.334
128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.331
129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.328
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.326
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.323
132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.322
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.321
=134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.316
=134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.316
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.314
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.303
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.301
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.300
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.299
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.292
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.286
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.283
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.273
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.271
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.269
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.265
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.259
150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.251
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.237
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.219
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.199
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.153

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.903
2Iceland0.898
3Denmark0.888
4Finland0.886
5Switzerland0.884

Lowest

154South Sudan0.153
153Central African Republic0.199
152Chad0.219
151Niger0.237
150Sierra Leone0.251

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.585. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −1countries joined / left
144values changed, of 149 in both
118 · 26rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.160 → 0.199+0.039
Azerbaijan0.681 → 0.712+0.031
Oman0.656 → 0.682+0.026
Bangladesh0.421 → 0.437+0.016
India0.407 → 0.423+0.016

Fell most

South Sudan0.175 → 0.153−0.022
Yemen0.342 → 0.323−0.019
Mozambique0.273 → 0.259−0.014
Côte d’Ivoire0.298 → 0.286−0.012
Syria0.430 → 0.419−0.011

+ Angola

+ Botswana

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guatemala

+ Myanmar

− 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 2015.
137 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.851. 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 154 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2015). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2015

0614 held

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07Questions