Data for 1995

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1995, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995 covers 135 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.745; Qatar is lowest, at 0.221. The middle country reads 0.591. Against 1994, 125 values changed (100 up, 25 down), 4 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1995

HighestSweden

0.745

LowestQatar

0.221

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

135countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
109distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.745
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.718
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.717
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.699
=5	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.696
=5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.696
=7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.693
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.693
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.692
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.686
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.683
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.682
=12	Chile`CHL`South America	0.682
14	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.681
=15	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.677
=15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.677
=15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.677
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.672
=18	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.672
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.669
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.667
22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.665
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.664
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.661
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.660
=26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.659
=26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.659
=28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.656
=28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.656
=30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.655
=30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.655
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.653
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.652
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.648
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.645
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.641
=37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.637
=37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.637
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.636
=40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.630
=40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.630
=40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.630
=43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.628
=43	Peru`PER`South America	0.628
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.627
=45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.627
47	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.626
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.623
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.622
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.620
51	Colombia`COL`South America	0.619
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.618
=53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.617
=53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.617
=55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.615
=55	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.615
=57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.611
=57	United States`USA`Northern America	0.611
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.610
=60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.606
=60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.606
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.604
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.602
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.598
=65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.596
=65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.596
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.592
=68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.591
=68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.591
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.590
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.588
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.586
73	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.581
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.578
75	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.577
=76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.576
=76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.576
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.573
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.568
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.563
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.557
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.554
83	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.552
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.546
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.543
86	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.539
87	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.537
88	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.536
89	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.532
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.529
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.521
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.514
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.510
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.508
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.503
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.480
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.469
=98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.467
=98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.467
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.458
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.447
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.432
=103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.429
=103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.429
=105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.425
=105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.425
=105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.425
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.419
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.415
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.407
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.406
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.405
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.397
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.394
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.390
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.386
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.381
118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.378
=119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.375
=119	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.375
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.369
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.365
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.362
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.349
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.325
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.320
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.311
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.310
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.307
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.291
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.290
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.269
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.253
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.233
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.221

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.745
2Norway0.718
3France0.717
4Japan0.699
5Spainshared0.696

Lowest

135Qatar0.221
134Niger0.233
133Mozambique0.253
132Mali0.269
131Burundi0.290

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.591. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 131 in both
100 · 25rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Malawi0.322 → 0.365+0.043
Estonia0.600 → 0.630+0.030
Luxembourg0.524 → 0.552+0.028
Afghanistan0.302 → 0.325+0.023
Saudi Arabia0.562 → 0.581+0.019

Fell most

Qatar0.249 → 0.221−0.028
Iceland0.684 → 0.660−0.024
Cyprus0.643 → 0.628−0.015
Kuwait0.433 → 0.419−0.014
Australia0.626 → 0.615−0.011

+ Azerbaijan

+ Djibouti

+ Croatia

+ Rwanda

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 1995.
109 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.677. 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 135 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1995). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1995

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