Data for 1997

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1997

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1997
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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1997, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1997 covers 135 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.761; Qatar is lowest, at 0.147. The middle country reads 0.599. Against 1996, 131 values changed (105 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1997

HighestSweden

0.761

LowestQatar

0.147

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

135countries
1measure
1997the 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.761
2	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.725
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.718
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.709
5	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.707
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.706
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.703
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.700
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.699
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.695
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.691
=12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.690
=12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.690
=14	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.687
=14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.687
16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.681
17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.679
=18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.677
=18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.677
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.674
=21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.672
=21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.672
=21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.672
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.671
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.670
=26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.669
=26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.669
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.666
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.665
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.664
31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.663
=32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.656
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.656
=32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.656
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.651
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.649
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.648
=38	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.647
=38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.647
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.645
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.644
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.642
=43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.638
=43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.638
=43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.638
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.637
47	Peru`PER`South America	0.636
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.634
49	Colombia`COL`South America	0.633
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.631
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.628
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.627
53	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.626
=54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.623
=54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.623
=54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.623
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.622
58	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.618
=59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.611
=59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.611
=61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.608
=61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.608
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.605
=64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.604
=64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.604
=66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.603
=66	United States`USA`Northern America	0.603
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.599
69	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.598
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.597
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.596
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.595
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.594
=74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.593
=74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.593
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.585
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.584
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.580
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.576
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.566
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.565
82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.564
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.558
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.555
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.551
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.548
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.545
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.531
=88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.531
90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.529
91	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.524
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.520
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.519
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.502
95	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.493
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.490
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.486
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.484
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.478
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.470
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.458
102	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.457
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.447
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.446
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.444
=106	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.434
=106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.434
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.431
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.424
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.414
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.410
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.407
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.406
=114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.405
=114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.405
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.400
=117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.388
=117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.388
119	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.384
120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.382
121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.378
=122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.374
=122	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.374
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.369
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.334
126	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.324
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.319
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.317
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.305
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.293
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.292
132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.289
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.277
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.246
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.147

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.761
2France0.725
3Norway0.718
4Switzerland0.709
5Spain0.707

Lowest

135Qatar0.147
134Niger0.246
133Mozambique0.277
132Mali0.289
131Rwanda0.292

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.599. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 135 in both
105 · 26rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates0.451 → 0.490+0.039
Denmark0.669 → 0.687+0.018
Saudi Arabia0.590 → 0.608+0.018
Sweden0.746 → 0.761+0.015
Algeria0.583 → 0.596+0.013

Fell most

Qatar0.226 → 0.147−0.079
Brunei0.530 → 0.493−0.037
Republic of the Congo0.536 → 0.502−0.034
Mauritania0.432 → 0.406−0.026
Bahamas0.687 → 0.663−0.024

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 1997.
112 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.672. 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 (1997). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1997

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