Data for 2001

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2001

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2001
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2001, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2001 covers 145 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.772; Qatar is lowest, at 0.200. The middle country reads 0.619. Against 2000, 142 values changed (124 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2001

HighestSweden

0.772

LowestQatar

0.200

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

145countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
122distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.772
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.728
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.727
=4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.721
=4	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.721
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.719
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.718
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.717
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.716
=9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.716
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.714
12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.713
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.710
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.705
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.704
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.703
17	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.702
=18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.701
=18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.701
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.701
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.700
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.694
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.691
=24	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.690
=24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.690
=26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.688
=26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.688
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.686
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.685
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.679
=31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.676
=31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.676
=33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.675
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.675
=33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.675
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.674
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.670
38	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.667
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.665
40	Peru`PER`South America	0.663
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.662
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.661
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.660
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.659
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.658
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.657
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.656
=48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.649
=48	Colombia`COL`South America	0.649
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.648
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.645
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.644
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.641
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.640
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.638
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.636
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.633
=58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.631
=58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.631
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.630
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.629
=62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.628
=62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.628
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.627
65	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.626
=66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.625
=66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.625
68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.624
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.623
=70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.622
=70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.622
=72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.619
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.619
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.618
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.610
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.609
77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.608
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.607
79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.599
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.596
=81	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.595
=81	United States`USA`Northern America	0.595
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.590
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.585
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.581
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.578
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.573
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.566
=88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.566
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.564
=91	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.562
=91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.562
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.557
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.556
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.545
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.544
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.537
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.531
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.526
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.519
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.498
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.497
103	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.492
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.491
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.480
106	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.478
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.471
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.470
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.467
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.465
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.449
=112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.446
=112	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.446
=114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.444
=114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.444
=116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.443
=116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.443
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.441
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.440
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.435
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.429
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.428
123	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.416
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.415
=125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.414
=125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.414
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.410
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.403
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.394
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.393
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.390
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.385
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.366
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.351
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.336
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.329
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.328
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.327
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.322
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.307
=142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.302
=142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.302
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.268
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.200

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.772
2Norway0.728
3New Zealand0.727
4Franceshared0.721
4Latviashared0.721

Lowest

145Qatar0.200
144Niger0.268
142Chadshared0.302
142Ethiopiashared0.302
141Burundi0.307

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.619. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 145 in both
124 · 18rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Iceland0.687 → 0.718+0.031
United Arab Emirates0.448 → 0.478+0.030
Rwanda0.337 → 0.366+0.029
Belgium0.622 → 0.649+0.027
Bahamas0.656 → 0.675+0.019

Fell most

Qatar0.267 → 0.200−0.067
Singapore0.645 → 0.608−0.037
Finland0.694 → 0.665−0.029
Kuwait0.485 → 0.470−0.015
Oman0.538 → 0.526−0.012

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 2001.
122 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.701. 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 (2001). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2001

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