Data for 2000

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2000

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2000
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2000, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2000 covers 145 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.765; Niger is lowest, at 0.262. The middle country reads 0.615. Against 1999, 138 values changed (120 up, 18 down), 7 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

0.765

LowestNiger

0.262

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

145countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
118distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.765
=2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.728
=2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.728
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.716
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.712
6	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.711
=7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.709
=7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.709
9	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.707
=10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.705
=10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.705
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.703
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.700
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.699
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.698
=16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.697
=16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.697
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.696
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.694
=20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.693
=20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.693
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.689
=23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.687
=23	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.687
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.685
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.684
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.683
=28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.681
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.681
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.680
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.678
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.673
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.672
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.671
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.670
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.667
=37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.664
=37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.664
=39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.656
=39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.656
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.655
42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.654
=43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.653
=43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.653
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.652
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.650
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.648
=48	Colombia`COL`South America	0.646
=48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.646
50	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.645
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.640
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.639
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.638
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.637
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.630
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.629
=57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.628
=57	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.628
=59	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.624
=59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.624
=61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.622
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.622
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.621
=64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.620
=64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.620
=64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.620
67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.619
=68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.618
=68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.618
=68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.618
71	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.617
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.615
=72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.615
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.614
=75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.613
=75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.613
77	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.608
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.600
79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.590
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.589
81	United States`USA`Northern America	0.585
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.584
=83	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.580
=83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.580
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.574
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.571
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.566
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.565
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.564
=90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.559
=90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.559
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.548
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.546
94	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.545
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.541
=95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.541
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.538
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.537
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.533
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.509
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.492
=102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.489
=102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.489
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.485
105	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.483
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.473
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.471
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.464
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.461
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.449
111	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.448
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.447
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.440
=114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.439
=114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.439
116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.436
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.432
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.430
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.429
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.428
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.427
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.421
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.411
=124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.407
=124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.407
=124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.407
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.399
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.395
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.389
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.388
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.386
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.381
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.351
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.347
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.337
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.330
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.327
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.316
139	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.315
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.307
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.305
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.293
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.288
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.267
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.262

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.765
2Norwayshared0.728
2New Zealandshared0.728
4France0.716
5Japan0.712

Lowest

145Niger0.262
144Qatar0.267
143Ethiopia0.288
142Chad0.293
141Burundi0.305

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.615. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 138 in both
120 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iceland0.645 → 0.687+0.042
Liberia0.399 → 0.439+0.040
Singapore0.616 → 0.645+0.029
Kuwait0.456 → 0.485+0.029
Rwanda0.313 → 0.337+0.024

Fell most

Qatar0.328 → 0.267−0.061
United Arab Emirates0.490 → 0.448−0.042
Saudi Arabia0.622 → 0.608−0.014
Israel0.638 → 0.629−0.009
Mauritania0.449 → 0.440−0.009

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Ethiopia

+ Georgia

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Oman

+ Chad

+ Uzbekistan

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 2000.
118 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 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 145 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2000). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2000

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