Data for 1991

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1991, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991 covers 118 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.723; Niger is lowest, at 0.214. The middle country reads 0.563. Against 1990, 116 values changed (98 up, 18 down), 1 country joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1991

HighestNorway

0.723

LowestNiger

0.214

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

118countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
95distinct 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 Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991, 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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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.723
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.707
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.698
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.697
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.689
6	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.686
=7	Chile`CHL`South America	0.682
=7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.682
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.681
10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.679
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.674
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.673
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.669
=14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.666
=14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.666
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.664
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.659
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.658
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.652
=19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.652
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.648
=22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.647
=22	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.647
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.644
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.641
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.637
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.636
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.633
=29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.630
=29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.630
=29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.630
=32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.629
=32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.629
34	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.624
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.623
=36	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.620
=36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.620
=36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.620
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.618
=40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.616
=40	United States`USA`Northern America	0.616
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.614
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.613
44	Peru`PER`South America	0.608
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.607
46	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.604
47	Colombia`COL`South America	0.599
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.597
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.590
=50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.585
=50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.585
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.584
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.580
=54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.575
=54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.575
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.572
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.571
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.564
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.563
=60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.562
=60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.562
=62	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.561
=62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.561
=64	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.553
=64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.553
=66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.546
=66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.546
=68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.536
=68	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.536
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.525
71	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.514
=72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.511
=72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.511
=74	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.509
=74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.509
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.504
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.502
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.490
=79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.488
=79	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.488
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.477
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.476
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.454
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.442
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.438
86	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.437
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.428
88	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.423
=89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.407
=89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.407
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.406
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.405
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.395
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.393
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.391
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.386
=97	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.384
=97	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.384
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.379
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.376
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.374
=102	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.364
=102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.364
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.359
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.351
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.348
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.339
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.332
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.329
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.312
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.306
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.301
113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.292
114	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.287
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.281
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.246
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.244
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.214

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.723
2Sweden0.707
3Japan0.698
4Denmark0.697
5Switzerland0.689

Lowest

118Niger0.214
117Mali0.244
116Mozambique0.246
115Guinea0.281
114Afghanistan0.287

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.563. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 117 in both
98 · 18rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Israel0.418 → 0.546+0.128
Belgium0.514 → 0.585+0.071
Finland0.620 → 0.666+0.046
Norway0.695 → 0.723+0.028
Bulgaria0.617 → 0.644+0.027

Fell most

Kuwait0.456 → 0.312−0.144
Qatar0.422 → 0.364−0.058
Iraq0.515 → 0.490−0.025
Brunei0.552 → 0.536−0.016
Cuba0.638 → 0.624−0.014

+ Namibia

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 1991.
95 distinct values among 118
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.630. 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 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1991). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1991

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