Data for 2005

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2005

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2005
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2005, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2005 covers 151 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.757; Qatar is lowest, at 0.121. The middle country reads 0.626. Against 2004, 140 values changed (114 up, 26 down), 5 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2005

HighestSweden

0.757

LowestQatar

0.121

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

151countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
110distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.757
=2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.736
=2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.736
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.733
5	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.731
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.728
=6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.728
8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.726
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.723
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.720
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.719
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.713
=13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.711
=13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.711
=13	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.711
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.709
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.706
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.705
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.704
=20	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.702
=20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.702
=22	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.698
=22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.698
=24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.697
=24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.697
=24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.697
=27	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.696
=27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.696
=27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.696
=30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.693
=30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.693
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.691
=32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.691
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.685
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.683
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.682
37	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.678
=38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.676
=38	Colombia`COL`South America	0.676
=38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.676
41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.675
=42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.673
=42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.673
=42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.673
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.670
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.669
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.667
=48	Peru`PER`South America	0.666
=48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.666
=50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.662
=50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.662
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.660
=53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.655
=53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.655
=53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
=56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.653
=56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.653
=58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.652
=58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.652
=58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.652
=61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.651
=61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.651
=63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.650
=63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.650
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.648
=66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.641
=66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.641
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.640
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.639
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.637
=71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.636
=71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.636
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.635
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.628
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.627
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.626
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.617
=78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.615
=78	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.615
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.614
=81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.613
=81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.613
=81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.613
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.612
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.611
=86	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.606
=86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.606
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.605
89	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.601
=90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.592
=90	United States`USA`Northern America	0.592
92	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.589
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.586
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.574
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.569
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.561
=97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.557
=97	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.557
=99	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.553
=99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.553
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.550
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.536
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.533
=104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.529
=104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.529
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.524
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.513
108	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.511
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.508
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.503
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.500
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.496
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.491
114	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.488
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.482
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.473
=117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.471
=117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.471
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.468
=120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.463
=120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.463
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.462
=123	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.461
=123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.461
125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.456
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.453
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.452
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.449
=129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.445
=129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.445
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.439
=132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.428
=132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.428
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.427
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.418
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.413
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.403
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.391
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.368
=141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.367
=141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.367
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.366
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.363
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.348
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.344
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.340
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.328
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.326
150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.298
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.121

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.757
2United Kingdomshared0.736
2Lithuaniashared0.736
4France0.733
5Argentina0.731

Lowest

151Qatar0.121
150Niger0.298
149Chad0.326
148Burkina Faso0.328
147Central African Republic0.340

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.626. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 146 in both
114 · 26rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg0.480 → 0.553+0.073
Cyprus0.618 → 0.653+0.035
Sri Lanka0.679 → 0.704+0.025
Singapore0.660 → 0.683+0.023
Cuba0.692 → 0.711+0.019

Fell most

Qatar0.240 → 0.121−0.119
Kuwait0.404 → 0.366−0.038
Iceland0.699 → 0.662−0.037
Ireland0.644 → 0.615−0.029
Uruguay0.677 → 0.648−0.029

+ Burkina Faso

+ Eritrea

+ Lebanon

+ Moldova

+ Turkmenistan

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 2005.
110 distinct values among 151
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.711. 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 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2005). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2005

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