Data for 2017

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2017

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2017
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2017, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2017 covers 158 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.906; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.142. The middle country reads 0.603. Against 2016, 148 values changed (131 up, 17 down), 2 countries joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2017

Highest2 countries share it

0.906

LowestSouth Sudan

0.142

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

158countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.906
=1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.906
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.894
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.889
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.886
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.881
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.880
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.876
9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.870
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.867
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.865
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.862
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.857
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.857
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.856
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.852
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.841
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.837
=19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.828
=19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.828
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.825
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.817
=24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.816
=24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.816
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.809
=27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.806
=27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.806
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.801
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.795
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.790
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.789
=32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.789
34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.788
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.782
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.779
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.774
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.772
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.768
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.756
=41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.752
=41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.752
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.751
44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.749
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.741
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.735
47	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.724
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.721
=49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.720
=49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.720
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.719
=52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.718
=52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.718
54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.704
=55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.702
=55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.702
57	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.701
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.699
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.689
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.684
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.665
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.656
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.654
=64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.653
=64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.653
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.646
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.640
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.639
69	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.634
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.633
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.631
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.628
=73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.621
=73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.621
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.619
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.616
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.613
78	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.612
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.606
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.601
81	Colombia`COL`South America	0.598
=82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.587
=82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.587
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.583
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.581
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.580
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.574
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.571
=89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.568
=89	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.568
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.567
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.548
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.540
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.533
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.531
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.518
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.516
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.510
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.500
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.485
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.477
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.476
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.475
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.470
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.469
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.464
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.458
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.457
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.454
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.441
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.438
112	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.436
113	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.425
114	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.421
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.418
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.415
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.413
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.406
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.401
120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.395
=121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.380
=121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.380
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.378
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.370
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.368
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.366
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.364
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.354
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.351
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.348
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.342
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.338
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.335
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.330
135	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.328
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.327
=137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.322
=137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.322
139	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.320
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.317
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.315
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.314
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.309
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.308
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.306
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.302
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.298
=148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.279
=148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.279
=150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.277
=150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.277
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.274
153	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.263
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.262
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.243
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.222
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.183
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.142

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Icelandshared0.906
1Norwayshared0.906
3Denmark0.894
4Finland0.889
5Switzerland0.886

Lowest

158South Sudan0.142
157Central African Republic0.183
156Chad0.222
155Niger0.243
154Sierra Leone0.262

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.603. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 156 in both
131 · 17rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Dominican Republic0.561 → 0.613+0.052
Oman0.689 → 0.724+0.035
United Arab Emirates0.742 → 0.774+0.032
Myanmar0.433 → 0.454+0.021
Cyprus0.792 → 0.806+0.014

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.478 → 0.458−0.020
Central African Republic0.198 → 0.183−0.015
Venezuela0.652 → 0.639−0.013
Bhutan0.433 → 0.425−0.008
Ghana0.375 → 0.368−0.007

+ Estonia

+ Saint Lucia

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 2017.
140 distinct values among 158
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.906. 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 158 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2017). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2017

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