Data for 1993

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1993

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1993
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1993, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1993 covers 131 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.732; Niger is lowest, at 0.222. The middle country reads 0.586. Against 1992, 124 values changed (98 up, 26 down), 3 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1993

HighestSweden

0.732

LowestNiger

0.222

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

131countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
115distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.732
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.715
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.704
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.703
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.698
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.693
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.690
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.689
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.684
=10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.683
=10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.683
=12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.682
=12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.682
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.676
=15	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.673
=15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.673
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.671
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.670
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.669
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.668
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.660
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.658
=23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.657
=23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.657
=25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.654
=25	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.654
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.652
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.650
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.647
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.642
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.641
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.639
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.638
=34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.635
=34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.635
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.632
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.631
38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.630
39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.628
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.624
=41	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.620
=41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.620
=43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.619
=43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.619
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.618
=46	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.617
=46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.617
48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.616
49	United States`USA`Northern America	0.615
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.613
=51	Peru`PER`South America	0.611
=51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.611
53	Colombia`COL`South America	0.610
=54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.609
=54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.609
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.608
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.604
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.603
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.601
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.596
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.595
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.594
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.592
=64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.587
=64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.587
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.586
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581
=68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.577
=68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.577
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.576
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.572
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.571
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.565
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.562
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.558
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.557
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.556
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.550
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.547
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.540
81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.535
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.528
83	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.525
=84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.523
=84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.523
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.517
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.514
88	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.506
89	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.497
=90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.493
=90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.493
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.492
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.476
94	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.470
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.469
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.460
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.453
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.448
=99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.438
=99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.438
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.428
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.422
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.420
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.417
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.416
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.415
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.408
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.401
109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.398
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.395
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.392
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.386
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.383
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.380
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.374
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.371
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.370
118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.368
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.364
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.346
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.340
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.320
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.315
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.309
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.307
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.294
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.261
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.256
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.248
130	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.237
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.222

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.732
2Norway0.715
3Japan0.704
4France0.703
5Switzerland0.698

Lowest

131Niger0.222
130Qatar0.237
129Mozambique0.248
128Mali0.256
127Burundi0.261

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.586. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
124values changed, of 128 in both
98 · 26rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Israel0.483 → 0.523+0.040
Belgium0.557 → 0.595+0.038
United Arab Emirates0.405 → 0.438+0.033
Sweden0.706 → 0.732+0.026
Iraq0.500 → 0.525+0.025

Fell most

Kuwait0.496 → 0.422−0.074
Bahrain0.521 → 0.470−0.051
Qatar0.277 → 0.237−0.040
Burundi0.290 → 0.261−0.029
Latvia0.652 → 0.635−0.017

+ Czechia

+ Slovakia

+ Tajikistan

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 1993.
115 distinct values among 131
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.683. 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 131 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1993). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1993

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