Data for 2020

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2020

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2020
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2020, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2020 covers 166 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.912; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.204. The middle country reads 0.601. Against 2019, 158 values changed (75 up, 83 down), 1 country joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2020

HighestIceland

0.912

LowestCentral African Republic

0.204

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

166countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
148distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.912
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.910
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.898
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.892
=5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.885
=5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.885
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.883
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.881
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.874
=10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.873
=10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.873
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.864
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.859
=13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.859
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.856
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.854
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.853
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.844
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.841
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.839
21	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.834
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.832
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.831
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.829
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.821
=25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.821
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.820
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.819
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.811
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.809
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.808
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.804
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.803
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.801
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.798
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.795
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.792
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.782
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.773
40	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.764
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.762
42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.757
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.755
44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.752
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.750
46	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.744
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.742
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.741
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.738
=50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.729
=50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.729
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.723
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.722
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.721
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.704
=55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.704
=57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.701
=57	Chile`CHL`South America	0.701
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.696
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.693
=60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.693
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.691
63	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.678
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.669
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.668
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.658
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.650
69	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.648
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.639
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.638
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.632
=73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.630
=73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.630
75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.626
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.622
=77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.620
=77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.620
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.618
80	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.614
81	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.613
82	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.607
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.605
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.598
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.597
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.593
=87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.591
=87	Peru`PER`South America	0.591
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.584
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.583
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.582
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.580
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.578
94	Colombia`COL`South America	0.574
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.572
96	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.569
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.568
98	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.567
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.554
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.533
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.527
102	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.523
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.521
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.518
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.517
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.511
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.498
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.495
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.479
110	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.477
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.475
112	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.471
113	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.469
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.466
=115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.461
=115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.461
=117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.459
=117	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.459
119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.447
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.444
121	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.435
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.432
123	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.424
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.420
125	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.416
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.406
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.399
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.393
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.390
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.386
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.384
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.380
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.367
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.362
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.358
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.357
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.354
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.353
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.349
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.348
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.347
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.341
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.335
=144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.332
=144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.332
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.329
=147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.328
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.328
=147	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.328
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.325
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.319
152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.317
153	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.316
=154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.315
=154	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.315
156	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.308
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.293
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.281
=159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.279
=159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.279
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.273
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.270
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.255
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.244
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.231
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.204

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.912
2Norway0.910
3Denmark0.898
4Finland0.892
5Switzerlandshared0.885

Lowest

166Central African Republic0.204
165South Sudan0.231
164Chad0.244
163Niger0.255
162Sierra Leone0.270

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.601. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 165 in both
75 · 83rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.134 → 0.204+0.070
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.654 → 0.669+0.015
Kiribati0.510 → 0.523+0.013
Vietnam0.617 → 0.630+0.013
Bahamas0.637 → 0.648+0.011

Fell most

Armenia0.723 → 0.693−0.030
Bolivia0.563 → 0.533−0.030
Peru0.620 → 0.591−0.029
Andorra0.791 → 0.764−0.027
Russia0.771 → 0.744−0.027

+ Marshall Islands

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 2020.
148 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.328. 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 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2020). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2020

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