Data for 2016

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2016

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2016
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2016, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2016 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.906; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.141. The middle country reads 0.593. Against 2015, 144 values changed (123 up, 21 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2016

HighestIceland

0.906

LowestSouth Sudan

0.141

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

156countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.906
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.903
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.894
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.887
=4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.887
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.878
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.876
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.872
9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.865
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.864
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.861
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.856
=12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.856
=12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.856
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.853
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.852
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.841
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.833
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.823
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.821
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.819
22	United States`USA`Northern America	0.815
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.812
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.808
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.807
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.805
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.797
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.794
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.792
30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.787
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.784
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.783
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.781
=34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.773
=34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.773
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.766
37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.763
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.752
=39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.747
=39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.747
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.743
=42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.742
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.742
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.738
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.723
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.721
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.719
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.718
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.715
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.713
51	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.711
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.707
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.702
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.695
=55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.689
=55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.689
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.686
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.683
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.681
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.662
=61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.652
=61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.652
63	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.651
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.649
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.647
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.646
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.639
68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.635
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.628
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.627
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.624
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.618
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.617
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.616
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.613
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.611
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.600
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.596
=79	Colombia`COL`South America	0.591
=79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.591
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.587
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.580
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.579
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.576
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.572
86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.565
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.563
=88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.561
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.561
=88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.561
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.542
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.528
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.526
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.525
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.514
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.510
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.496
=98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.478
=98	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.478
100	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.474
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.473
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.469
103	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.468
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.463
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.460
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.447
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.435
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.434
=109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.433
=109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.433
111	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.432
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.415
=113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.414
=113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.414
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.412
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.400
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.398
118	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.390
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.380
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.378
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.377
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.375
123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.364
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.363
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.358
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.352
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.348
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.346
=129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.334
=129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.334
131	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.331
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.326
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.325
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.323
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.321
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.319
=137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.318
=137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.318
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.310
=140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.306
=140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.306
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.303
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.301
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.296
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.292
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.279
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.273
=149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.272
=149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.272
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.262
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.258
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.241
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.220
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.198
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.141

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.906
2Norway0.903
3Denmark0.894
4Switzerlandshared0.887
4Finlandshared0.887

Lowest

156South Sudan0.141
155Central African Republic0.198
154Chad0.220
153Niger0.241
152Sierra Leone0.258

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.593. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
144values changed, of 153 in both
123 · 21rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.504 → 0.565+0.061
Brazil0.549 → 0.579+0.030
Botswana0.449 → 0.478+0.029
Kenya0.385 → 0.414+0.029
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.628 → 0.647+0.019

Fell most

Dominican Republic0.579 → 0.561−0.018
South Sudan0.153 → 0.141−0.012
Bulgaria0.724 → 0.719−0.005
Yemen0.323 → 0.318−0.005
Albania0.685 → 0.681−0.004

+ Andorra

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Papua New Guinea

− Syria

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 2016.
138 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.856. 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 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2016). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2016

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