Data for 2021

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2021

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2021
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2021, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2021 covers 168 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.913; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.193. The middle country reads 0.606. Against 2020, 148 values changed (86 up, 62 down), 2 countries joined.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2021

HighestIceland

0.913

LowestCentral African Republic

0.193

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

168countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.913
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.906
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.904
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.896
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.891
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.888
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.887
=8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.885
=8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.885
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.881
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.879
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.867
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.865
=14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.864
=14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.864
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.854
17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.853
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.850
=19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.842
=19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.842
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.837
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.835
=22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.835
24	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.830
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.827
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.825
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.822
28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.814
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.813
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.811
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.809
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.804
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.800
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.799
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.797
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.795
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.790
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.787
39	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.786
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.772
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.764
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.751
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.750
44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.746
45	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.745
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.743
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.741
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.740
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.732
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.731
51	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.729
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.718
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.715
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.712
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.711
=56	Chile`CHL`South America	0.708
=56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.708
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.702
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.699
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.696
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.692
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.690
=63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.676
=63	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.676
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.669
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.667
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.663
=68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.650
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.650
70	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.645
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.634
=72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.630
=72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.630
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.627
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.623
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.622
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.620
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.618
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.616
=80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.615
=80	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.615
82	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.613
83	Peru`PER`South America	0.608
=84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.606
=84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.606
=86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.594
=86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.594
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.589
=88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.589
90	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.588
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.585
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.582
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581
=94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.576
=94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.576
=94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.576
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.575
98	Colombia`COL`South America	0.571
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.570
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.569
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.547
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.546
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.539
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.526
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.523
106	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.516
107	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.515
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.501
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.500
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.486
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.482
112	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.476
113	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.472
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.471
115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.465
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.464
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.462
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.461
119	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.458
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.456
121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.450
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.443
123	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.434
124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.433
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.421
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.415
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.414
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.407
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.406
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.393
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.392
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.387
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.386
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.383
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.373
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.367
=137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.358
=137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.358
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.355
140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.354
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.351
=142	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.345
=142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.345
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.343
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.334
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.333
=147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.331
=147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.331
=147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.331
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.328
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.322
=152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.320
=152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.320
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.319
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.318
=156	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.315
=156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.315
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.309
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.295
=160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.281
=160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.281
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.276
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.274
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.269
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.260
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.245
167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.228
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.193

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.913
2Norway0.906
3Denmark0.904
4Finland0.896
5Switzerland0.891

Lowest

168Central African Republic0.193
167South Sudan0.228
166Chad0.245
165Niger0.260
164Burkina Faso0.269

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.606. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 166 in both
86 · 62rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.693 → 0.718+0.025
Andorra0.764 → 0.786+0.022
Peru0.591 → 0.608+0.017
Ecuador0.605 → 0.620+0.015
Bolivia0.533 → 0.547+0.014

Fell most

Oman0.721 → 0.699−0.022
Saint Lucia0.518 → 0.500−0.018
Brazil0.598 → 0.582−0.016
Botswana0.498 → 0.486−0.012
Paraguay0.593 → 0.581−0.012

+ Fiji

+ Nauru

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 2021.
147 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.576. 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 168 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2021). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2021

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