Data for 2019

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2019

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2019
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2019, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2019 covers 165 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.919; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.134. The middle country reads 0.616. Against 2018, 152 values changed (131 up, 21 down), 6 countries joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2019

HighestIceland

0.919

LowestCentral African Republic

0.134

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

165countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.919
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.909
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.898
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.893
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.891
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.885
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.884
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.881
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.880
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.876
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.875
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.865
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.861
=13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.861
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.859
=15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.859
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.852
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.843
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.840
=20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.839
=20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.839
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.837
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.834
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
25	United States`USA`Northern America	0.821
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.819
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.818
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.817
=28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.817
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.811
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.808
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.807
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.807
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.804
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.801
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.799
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.794
38	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.791
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.787
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.771
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.770
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.767
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.762
44	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.756
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.752
=46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.750
=46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.750
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.741
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.739
50	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.732
=51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.726
=51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.726
53	Chile`CHL`South America	0.725
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.724
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.723
56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.722
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.721
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.716
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.707
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.704
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.699
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.696
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.676
64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.675
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.666
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.657
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.654
=68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.653
=68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.653
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.648
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.637
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.636
73	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.635
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.633
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.632
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.627
=77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.625
=77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.625
79	Peru`PER`South America	0.620
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.618
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.617
=82	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.616
=82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.616
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.605
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.598
86	Colombia`COL`South America	0.595
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.594
88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.590
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.589
=90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.587
=90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.587
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.586
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.582
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.580
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.575
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.568
97	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.566
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.563
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.551
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.540
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.529
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.521
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.513
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.511
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.510
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.498
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.496
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.484
109	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.480
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.477
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.475
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.474
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.471
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.465
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.458
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.455
117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.452
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.445
119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.442
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.433
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.428
122	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.422
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.419
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.410
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.404
126	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.395
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.393
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.388
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.380
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.379
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.377
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.374
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.359
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.358
=135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.354
=135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.354
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.349
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.348
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.346
140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.345
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.338
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.337
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.331
=144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.330
=144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.330
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.329
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.326
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.324
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.323
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.322
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.319
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.314
=153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.313
=153	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.313
155	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.309
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.290
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.282
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.280
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.278
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.273
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.269
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.251
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.242
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.234
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.134

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.919
2Norway0.909
3Denmark0.898
4Finland0.893
5Switzerland0.891

Lowest

165Central African Republic0.134
164South Sudan0.234
163Chad0.242
162Niger0.251
161Sierra Leone0.269

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.616. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 159 in both
131 · 21rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates0.794 → 0.839+0.045
Guinea-Bissau0.278 → 0.319+0.041
South Sudan0.206 → 0.234+0.028
Côte d’Ivoire0.303 → 0.330+0.027
Armenia0.706 → 0.723+0.017

Fell most

Central African Republic0.207 → 0.134−0.073
Angola0.382 → 0.354−0.028
Bahamas0.655 → 0.637−0.018
Zimbabwe0.411 → 0.393−0.018
Venezuela0.633 → 0.618−0.015

+ Benin

+ New Zealand

+ Seychelles

+ Tonga

+ Tuvalu

+ Samoa

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

Read before you use

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 2019.
151 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.861. 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 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2019). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2019

0614 held

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