Data for 2018

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2018

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2018
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2018, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2018 covers 159 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.914; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.206. The middle country reads 0.610. Against 2017, 148 values changed (132 up, 16 down), 1 country joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2018

HighestIceland

0.914

LowestSouth Sudan

0.206

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

159countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
145distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.914
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.906
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.892
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.890
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.889
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.880
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.878
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.876
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.875
=9	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.875
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.866
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.861
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.860
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.860
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.859
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.856
17	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.840
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.837
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.835
20	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.834
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.833
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.821
24	United States`USA`Northern America	0.818
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.816
=25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.816
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.813
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.809
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.807
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.801
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.797
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.796
=33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.794
=33	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.794
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.792
36	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.789
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.786
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.781
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.768
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.767
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.759
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.756
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.752
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.750
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.745
=46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.734
=46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.734
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.729
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.725
50	Chile`CHL`South America	0.724
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.723
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.721
53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.718
=54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.717
=54	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.717
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.706
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.705
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.700
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.697
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.689
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.667
=62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.660
=62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.660
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.659
65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.655
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.654
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.645
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.643
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.638
70	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.634
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.633
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.630
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.628
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.627
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.626
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.622
=77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.614
=77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.614
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.611
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.610
81	Colombia`COL`South America	0.599
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.593
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.592
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.587
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.586
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.585
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.583
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.580
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.580
90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.576
91	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.571
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.558
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.550
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.542
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.538
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.526
=97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.520
=97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.520
99	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.508
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.504
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.492
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.490
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.479
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.477
105	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.472
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.471
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.467
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.465
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.463
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.459
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.450
112	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.439
113	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.436
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.433
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.427
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.423
117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.418
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.417
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.413
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.411
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.399
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.388
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.383
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.382
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.373
=126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.372
=126	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.372
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.366
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.353
=130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.352
=130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.352
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.347
133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.345
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.344
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.337
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.334
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.333
=138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.327
=138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.327
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.325
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.324
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.323
143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.320
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.314
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.311
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.309
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.306
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.303
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.287
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.280
=151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278
=151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.278
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.276
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.269
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.267
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.248
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.225
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.207
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.206

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.914
2Norway0.906
3Denmark0.892
4Finland0.890
5Switzerland0.889

Lowest

159South Sudan0.206
158Central African Republic0.207
157Chad0.225
156Niger0.248
155Sierra Leone0.267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 158 in both
132 · 16rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan0.142 → 0.206+0.064
Lesotho0.309 → 0.347+0.038
Central African Republic0.183 → 0.207+0.024
Georgia0.701 → 0.723+0.022
United Arab Emirates0.774 → 0.794+0.020

Fell most

Venezuela0.639 → 0.633−0.006
Yemen0.314 → 0.309−0.005
Japan0.841 → 0.837−0.004
Germany0.881 → 0.878−0.003
Argentina0.752 → 0.750−0.002

+ Kiribati

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 2018.
145 distinct values among 159
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.875. 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 159 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2018). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2018

0614 held

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165 countries
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07Questions