Data for 1994

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1994

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1994
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1994, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1994 covers 131 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.739; Niger is lowest, at 0.228. The middle country reads 0.589. Against 1993, 127 values changed (98 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1994

HighestSweden

0.739

LowestNiger

0.228

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

131countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
117distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.739
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.725
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.713
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.703
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.699
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.695
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.694
=7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.694
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.691
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.688
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.684
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.682
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.681
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.680
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.678
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.677
17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.676
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.672
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.671
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.669
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.667
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.662
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.661
24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.658
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.657
=26	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.656
=26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.656
28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.655
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.654
=30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.652
=30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.652
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.647
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.644
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.643
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.642
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.638
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.636
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.632
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.631
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.629
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.626
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.625
=43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.621
=43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.621
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.620
=45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.620
=45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.620
=45	Peru`PER`South America	0.620
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.618
50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.614
=51	Colombia`COL`South America	0.613
=51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.613
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.610
=54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.609
=54	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.609
56	United States`USA`Northern America	0.608
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.605
58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.600
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.599
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.597
=61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.596
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.596
63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.595
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.592
=65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.589
=65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.589
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.586
=68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.583
=68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.583
=70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.581
=70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.581
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.575
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.574
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.571
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.567
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.563
77	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.562
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.559
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.555
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.548
81	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.545
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.536
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.534
84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.530
85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.524
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.523
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.521
88	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.519
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.517
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.514
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.502
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.499
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.498
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.476
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.468
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.463
97	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.457
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.453
99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.441
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.433
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.427
102	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.426
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.425
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.423
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.422
106	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.414
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.411
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.406
109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.405
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.404
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.393
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.389
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.388
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.377
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.375
=116	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.374
=116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.374
118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.371
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.367
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.354
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.343
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.322
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.317
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.310
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.302
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.301
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.294
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.262
129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.252
130	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.249
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.228

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.739
2Norway0.725
3France0.713
4Japan0.703
5Netherlands0.699

Lowest

131Niger0.228
130Qatar0.249
129Mozambique0.252
128Mali0.262
127Burundi0.294

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.589. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
127values changed, of 131 in both
98 · 29rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Israel0.523 → 0.595+0.072
Bahrain0.470 → 0.514+0.044
Burundi0.261 → 0.294+0.033
Luxembourg0.497 → 0.524+0.027
Slovakia0.611 → 0.632+0.021

Fell most

United Arab Emirates0.438 → 0.414−0.024
North Macedonia0.617 → 0.599−0.018
Singapore0.603 → 0.589−0.014
Kyrgyzstan0.594 → 0.581−0.013
Republic of the Congo0.556 → 0.545−0.011

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 1994.
117 distinct values among 131
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.620. 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 (1994). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1994

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