Data for 1992

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1992

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1992
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1992, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1992 covers 128 countries. Norway is highest, at 0.709; Niger is lowest, at 0.217. The middle country reads 0.576. Against 1991, 110 values changed (73 up, 37 down), 10 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1992

HighestNorway

0.709

LowestNiger

0.217

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

128countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
106distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.709
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.706
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.698
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.691
=4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.691
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.690
7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.685
8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.682
9	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.680
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.677
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.672
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.670
=13	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.668
=13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.668
=13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.668
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.665
=17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.662
=17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.662
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.660
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.659
=21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.654
=21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.654
=23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.653
=23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.653
=23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.653
=26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.652
=26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.652
28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.651
29	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.647
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.644
=31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.640
=31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.640
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.638
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.636
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.633
=36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.632
=36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.632
38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.628
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.625
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.624
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.622
42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.621
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.615
=44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.614
=44	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.614
=44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.614
47	United States`USA`Northern America	0.613
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.612
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.611
50	Peru`PER`South America	0.609
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.607
52	Colombia`COL`South America	0.606
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.602
=54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.601
=54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.601
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.600
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.599
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.595
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.593
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.588
=61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.584
=61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.584
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.579
=64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.576
=64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.576
66	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.570
=67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.569
=67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.569
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.566
=70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.563
=70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.563
=70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.563
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.558
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.557
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.553
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.550
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.542
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.531
79	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.521
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.520
=81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.513
=81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.513
83	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.511
84	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.509
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.507
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.500
87	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.496
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.494
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.488
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.486
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.483
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.476
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.475
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.457
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.446
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.443
=97	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.434
=97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.434
99	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.415
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.410
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.407
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.406
=103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.405
=103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.405
105	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.398
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.396
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.393
108	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.388
=109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.382
=109	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.382
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.381
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.374
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.370
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.364
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.362
116	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.355
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.339
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.333
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.315
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.314
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.303
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.297
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.290
124	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.287
125	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.277
126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.248
127	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.242
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.217

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway0.709
2Sweden0.706
3Japan0.698
4Denmarkshared0.691
4Franceshared0.691

Lowest

128Niger0.217
127Mozambique0.242
126Mali0.248
125Qatar0.277
124Guinea0.287

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.576. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 118 in both
73 · 37rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait0.312 → 0.496+0.184
New Zealand0.629 → 0.668+0.039
Malta0.620 → 0.653+0.033
Belize0.571 → 0.593+0.022
Iceland0.652 → 0.668+0.016

Fell most

Qatar0.364 → 0.277−0.087
Israel0.546 → 0.483−0.063
Belgium0.585 → 0.557−0.028
Brunei0.536 → 0.509−0.027
Singapore0.636 → 0.614−0.022

+ Armenia

+ Estonia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ North Macedonia

+ Russia

+ Slovenia

+ Ukraine

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 1992.
106 distinct values among 128
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.668. 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 128 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1992). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1992

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07Questions