Data for 1996

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1996

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1996
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1996, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1996 covers 135 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.746; Qatar is lowest, at 0.226. The middle country reads 0.595. Against 1995, 130 values changed (110 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1996

HighestSweden

0.746

LowestQatar

0.226

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

135countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
112distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.746
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.721
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.719
4	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.707
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.702
=6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.701
=6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.701
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.697
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.696
=10	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.687
=10	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.687
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.686
=12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.686
=12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.686
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.683
16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.680
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.673
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.672
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.671
=19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.671
=21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.669
=21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.669
=23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.668
=23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.668
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.665
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.664
27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.663
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.662
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.660
=29	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.660
=31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.659
=31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.659
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.658
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.655
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.654
36	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.651
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.646
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.644
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.642
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.641
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.640
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.635
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.634
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.633
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.632
=45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.632
=45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.632
=45	Peru`PER`South America	0.632
=49	Colombia`COL`South America	0.627
=49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.627
=49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.627
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.626
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.625
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.624
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.620
=56	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.619
=56	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.619
=56	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.619
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.615
60	United States`USA`Northern America	0.609
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.607
=62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.601
=62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.601
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.600
=65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.599
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.599
67	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.597
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.595
=69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.593
=69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.593
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.590
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.588
73	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.587
=74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.585
=74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.585
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.583
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.579
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.573
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.567
80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.564
=81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.560
=81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.560
=81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.560
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.556
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.551
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.541
87	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.536
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.534
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.530
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.529
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.526
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.522
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.520
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.512
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.511
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.484
97	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.478
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.473
99	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.465
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.458
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.453
102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.451
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.441
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.438
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.437
106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.435
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.432
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.424
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.422
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.421
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.412
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.407
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.401
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.399
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.398
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.393
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.384
=118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.381
=118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.381
120	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.376
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.375
122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.370
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.369
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.360
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.330
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.316
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.315
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.312
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.308
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.294
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.288
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.277
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.265
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.240
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.226

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.746
2France0.721
3Norway0.719
4Spain0.707
5Japan0.702

Lowest

135Qatar0.226
134Niger0.240
133Mozambique0.265
132Mali0.277
131Burundi0.288

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.595. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 135 in both
110 · 20rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg0.552 → 0.587+0.035
Mauritania0.405 → 0.432+0.027
United Arab Emirates0.425 → 0.451+0.026
Cyprus0.628 → 0.654+0.026
Israel0.604 → 0.627+0.023

Fell most

Singapore0.606 → 0.564−0.042
Tajikistan0.539 → 0.522−0.017
Uruguay0.672 → 0.660−0.012
Zimbabwe0.467 → 0.458−0.009
Denmark0.677 → 0.669−0.008

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 1996.
112 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.632. 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 (1996). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1996

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