Data for 2006

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2006

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2006
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2006, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2006 covers 152 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.763; Qatar is lowest, at 0.132. The middle country reads 0.625. Against 2005, 146 values changed (117 up, 29 down), 1 country joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2006

HighestSweden

0.763

LowestQatar

0.132

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

152countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
130distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.763
2	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.738
3	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.736
4	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.735
=5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.733
=5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.733
7	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.729
8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.728
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.725
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.724
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.722
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.720
13	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.717
=14	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.712
=14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.712
=16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.711
=16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.711
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.709
=19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.708
=19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.708
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.707
=22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.703
=22	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.703
24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.701
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.700
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.699
=27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.697
=27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.697
=29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.696
=29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.696
=31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.693
=31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.693
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.690
=34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.689
=34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.689
=36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.686
=36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.686
38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.683
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.682
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.679
41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.678
=42	Colombia`COL`South America	0.676
=42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.676
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.675
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.674
=46	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.673
=46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.673
=46	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.673
=49	Peru`PER`South America	0.672
=49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.672
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.668
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.666
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.665
54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.664
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.662
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.661
=57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.658
=57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.658
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.657
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.656
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.655
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.653
63	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.651
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.650
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.649
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.644
67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.642
68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.641
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.639
=70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.638
=70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.638
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.637
73	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.636
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.630
=75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.625
=75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.625
=75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.625
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.624
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.623
80	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.622
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.616
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.615
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.610
=84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.609
=84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.609
=84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.609
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.607
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.605
89	United States`USA`Northern America	0.601
=90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
=90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.598
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.595
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.593
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.591
95	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.582
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.580
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.566
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.564
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.563
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.562
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.560
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
103	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.549
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.542
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.537
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.533
107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.532
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.519
109	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.515
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.513
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.512
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.504
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.503
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.500
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.490
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.482
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.479
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.478
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.472
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.471
=121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.468
=121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.468
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.466
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.464
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.463
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.462
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.461
128	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.460
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.457
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.450
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.446
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.445
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.444
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.433
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.431
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.429
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.427
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.422
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.408
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.400
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.397
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.377
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.374
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.372
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.371
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.368
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.360
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.344
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.335
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.325
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.305
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.132

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.763
2Argentina0.738
3France0.736
4Lithuania0.735
5United Kingdomshared0.733

Lowest

152Qatar0.132
151Niger0.305
150Chad0.325
149Burkina Faso0.335
148Central African Republic0.344

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.625. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 151 in both
117 · 29rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait0.366 → 0.397+0.031
United Arab Emirates0.488 → 0.515+0.027
North Macedonia0.641 → 0.666+0.025
Burundi0.348 → 0.371+0.023
Equatorial Guinea0.511 → 0.533+0.022

Fell most

Oman0.529 → 0.464−0.065
Cyprus0.653 → 0.622−0.031
Brunei0.606 → 0.582−0.024
Ireland0.615 → 0.595−0.020
Finland0.655 → 0.641−0.014

+ Serbia

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 2006.
130 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.673. 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 152 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2006). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2006

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