Data for 2022

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2022

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2022
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2022, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2022 covers 168 countries. Iceland is highest, at 0.914; Somalia is lowest, at 0.210. The middle country reads 0.610. Against 2021, 162 values changed (136 up, 26 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index · Data for 2022

HighestIceland

0.914

LowestSomalia

0.210

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

168countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
143distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.914
=2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.904
=2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.904
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.891
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.890
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.888
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.885
=7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.885
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.882
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.879
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.878
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.869
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.867
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.863
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.862
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.858
=17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.847
=17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.847
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.846
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.841
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.837
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.836
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.834
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.832
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.825
=25	United States`USA`Northern America	0.825
=27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.824
=27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.824
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.822
=30	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.819
=30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.819
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.816
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.815
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.814
=35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.804
=35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.804
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.802
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.799
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.780
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.771
42	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.765
=43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.760
=43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.760
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.754
46	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.753
=47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.749
=47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.749
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.744
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.743
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.739
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.737
=53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.733
=53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.733
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.729
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.722
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.718
58	Chile`CHL`South America	0.715
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.713
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.708
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.701
62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.699
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.681
64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.677
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.670
=66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.669
=66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.669
68	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.664
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.660
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.659
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.646
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.642
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.639
=74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.638
=74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.638
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.636
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.635
=78	Peru`PER`South America	0.630
=78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.630
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.627
81	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.624
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.623
83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.617
84	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.615
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.605
=85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.605
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.604
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.603
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.601
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.599
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.596
=92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.592
=92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.592
=94	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.589
=94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.589
=94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.589
=94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.589
98	Colombia`COL`South America	0.587
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.579
100	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.575
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.572
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.555
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.550
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.534
105	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.533
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.530
=107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.522
=107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.522
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.512
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.507
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.494
112	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.481
113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.479
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.476
=115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.475
=115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.475
=117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.474
=117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.474
119	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.472
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.468
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.460
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.454
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.449
124	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.440
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.430
126	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.426
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.425
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.423
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.419
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.402
=131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.396
=131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.396
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.392
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.389
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.376
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.372
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.364
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.361
=139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.359
=139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.359
=141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.356
=141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.356
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.355
144	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.354
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.339
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.338
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.337
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.336
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.334
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.331
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.329
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.325
=153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.323
=153	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.323
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.321
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.319
157	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.317
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.313
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.300
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.295
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.284
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.279
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.278
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.271
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.262
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.249
167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.225
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.210

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland0.914
2Denmarkshared0.904
2Norwayshared0.904
4Netherlands0.891
5Switzerland0.890

Lowest

168Somalia0.210
167South Sudan0.225
166Chad0.249
165Niger0.262
164Burkina Faso0.271

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

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
162values changed, of 167 in both
136 · 26rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Oman0.699 → 0.739+0.040
Andorra0.786 → 0.819+0.033
North Macedonia0.692 → 0.722+0.030
India0.443 → 0.468+0.025
Bhutan0.450 → 0.475+0.025

Fell most

Finland0.896 → 0.888−0.008
Hong Kong0.842 → 0.834−0.008
New Zealand0.854 → 0.847−0.007
Timor-Leste0.456 → 0.449−0.007
Austria0.864 → 0.858−0.006

+ Somalia

− Central African Republic

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 2022.
143 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.589. 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 (2022). Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inequality-adjusted-hdi/2022

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