Data for 2004

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2004

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2004
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2004, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2004 covers 146 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.757; Qatar is lowest, at 0.240. The middle country reads 0.623. Against 2003, 142 values changed (117 up, 25 down), 1 country joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2004

HighestSweden

0.757

LowestQatar

0.240

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

146countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.757
2	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.735
3	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.734
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.732
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.730
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.729
=7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.727
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.727
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.726
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.718
=11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.717
=11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.717
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.715
14	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.709
15	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.706
16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.705
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.704
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.703
=19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.699
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.699
21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.698
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.697
=22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.697
24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.696
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.695
=26	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.694
=26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.694
=28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.693
=28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.693
=28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.693
31	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.692
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.690
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.688
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.685
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.679
=36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.677
=36	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.677
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.672
=39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.671
=39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.671
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.670
=42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.668
=42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.668
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.667
=45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.666
=45	Colombia`COL`South America	0.666
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.664
48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.663
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.662
50	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.661
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.660
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.659
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.656
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.650
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.649
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.648
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.647
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.646
=59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.645
=59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.645
61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.644
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.643
63	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.642
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.640
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.638
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.637
=67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.635
=67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.635
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.632
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.628
=71	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.627
=71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.627
73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.624
74	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.621
75	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.618
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.617
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.616
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.611
=79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.609
=79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.609
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.604
=82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.602
=82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.602
=84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.600
=84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.600
86	United States`USA`Northern America	0.594
87	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.591
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.589
89	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.588
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.585
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.575
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.569
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.556
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.554
95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.553
96	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.547
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.544
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.543
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.536
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.524
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.519
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.518
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.505
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.501
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.497
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.493
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.491
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.487
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.484
110	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.481
111	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.480
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.472
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.467
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.464
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.463
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.460
=117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.459
=117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.459
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.458
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.453
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.452
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.446
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.443
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.442
125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.439
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.436
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.435
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.424
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.421
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.415
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.413
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.411
=133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.404
=133	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.404
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.398
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.381
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.361
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.359
139	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.355
140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.354
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.340
142	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.336
=143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.326
=143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.326
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.288
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.240

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.757
2Latvia0.735
3Lithuania0.734
4Argentina0.732
5United Kingdom0.730

Lowest

146Qatar0.240
145Niger0.288
143Chadshared0.326
143Ethiopiashared0.326
142Central African Republic0.336

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.623. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 145 in both
117 · 25rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.447 → 0.472+0.025
Rwanda0.393 → 0.413+0.020
Chad0.307 → 0.326+0.019
Iraq0.552 → 0.569+0.017
Afghanistan0.388 → 0.404+0.016

Fell most

Luxembourg0.545 → 0.480−0.065
Kuwait0.440 → 0.404−0.036
Belgium0.646 → 0.617−0.029
Iceland0.722 → 0.699−0.023
Bahrain0.570 → 0.547−0.023

+ Palestine

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 2004.
126 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.693. 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 146 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2004). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2004

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07Questions