Data for 2008

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2008

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2008
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2008, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2008 covers 152 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.757; Qatar is lowest, at 0.189. The middle country reads 0.633. Against 2007, 147 values changed (127 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2008

HighestSweden

0.757

LowestQatar

0.189

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

152countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.757
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.754
3	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.746
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.742
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.740
6	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.739
7	Chile`CHL`South America	0.738
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.734
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.732
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.725
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.723
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.722
13	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.721
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.718
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.717
=16	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.715
=16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.715
=16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.715
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.714
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.712
=21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.711
=21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.711
=21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.711
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.710
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.709
=26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.706
=26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.706
=26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.706
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.705
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.703
31	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.700
=32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.698
=32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.698
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.695
35	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.694
=36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.693
=36	Colombia`COL`South America	0.693
=36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.693
=36	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.693
=36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.693
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.692
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.688
=43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.686
=43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.686
45	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.685
46	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.684
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.683
48	Peru`PER`South America	0.682
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.680
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.679
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.677
52	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.675
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.674
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.669
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.668
=55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.668
=55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.668
=55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.668
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.667
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.666
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.664
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.663
=63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.658
=63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.658
=65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.657
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.657
=67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.655
=67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.655
69	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.652
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.649
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.646
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.643
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.642
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.638
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.635
=76	United States`USA`Northern America	0.633
=76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.633
78	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.632
=79	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.631
=79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.631
=79	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.631
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.629
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.627
=84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.621
=84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.621
=84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.621
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.619
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.613
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.611
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.608
=91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.603
=91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.603
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.600
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.596
95	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.594
96	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.587
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.580
98	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.576
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.572
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.571
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.566
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.565
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.557
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.556
=105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.542
=105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.542
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.530
=108	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.527
=108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.527
=108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.527
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.525
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.520
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.519
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.516
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.505
=116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.492
=116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.492
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.489
=119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.485
=119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.485
=119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.485
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.483
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.481
124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.476
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.475
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.473
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.459
=128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.456
=128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.456
130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.454
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.449
=132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.447
=132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.447
=132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.447
=132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.447
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.445
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.443
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.442
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.421
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.412
141	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.398
142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.397
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.396
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.392
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.391
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.389
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.355
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.352
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.342
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.340
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.319
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.189

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.757
2United Kingdom0.754
3Cuba0.746
4Argentina0.742
5Japan0.740

Lowest

152Qatar0.189
151Niger0.319
150Chad0.340
149Kuwait0.342
148Burkina Faso0.352

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.633. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 152 in both
127 · 20rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Iceland0.665 → 0.709+0.044
Ireland0.628 → 0.668+0.040
Australia0.589 → 0.627+0.038
United Arab Emirates0.492 → 0.527+0.035
Estonia0.637 → 0.668+0.031

Fell most

Kuwait0.388 → 0.342−0.046
Belgium0.616 → 0.594−0.022
Bahrain0.549 → 0.527−0.022
Armenia0.696 → 0.674−0.022
Myanmar0.471 → 0.456−0.015

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 2008.
118 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 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 152 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2008). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2008

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