Data for 2009

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2009

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2009
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2009, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2009 covers 151 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.779; Qatar is lowest, at 0.226. The middle country reads 0.642. Against 2008, 145 values changed (131 up, 14 down), 1 left.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2009

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.779

LowestQatar

0.226

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

151countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
125distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.779
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.774
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.762
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.757
=5	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.755
=5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.755
=5	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.755
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.752
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.751
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.750
11	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.747
12	Chile`CHL`South America	0.744
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.743
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.742
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.739
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.737
17	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.736
18	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.734
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.731
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.728
=21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.725
=21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.725
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.724
=24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.723
=24	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.723
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.721
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.718
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.717
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.716
=30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.715
=30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.715
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.714
=33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.711
=33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.711
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.709
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.706
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.704
=38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.702
=38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.702
=40	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.700
=40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.700
=42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.699
=42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.699
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.698
45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.697
46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.696
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.693
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.688
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.687
=50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.686
=50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.686
=50	Peru`PER`South America	0.686
=53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.685
=53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.685
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.684
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.682
=57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.681
=57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.681
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.679
=60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.678
=60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.678
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.676
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.671
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.668
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.667
=66	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.663
=66	United States`USA`Northern America	0.663
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.659
=69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.658
=69	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.658
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.657
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.653
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.651
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.647
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.643
76	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.642
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.639
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.637
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.636
=80	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.635
=80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.635
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.634
=83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.626
=83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.626
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.623
=86	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.621
=86	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.621
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.620
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.619
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.614
91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.613
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.612
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.610
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.605
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.603
96	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.591
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.590
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.589
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.579
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.572
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.570
=102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.561
=102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.561
104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.550
=105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.542
=105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.542
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.539
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.533
=109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.527
=109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.527
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.525
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.524
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.521
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.516
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.504
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.499
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.497
118	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.496
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.495
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.494
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.491
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.489
=123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.486
=123	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.486
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.484
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.483
127	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.480
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.477
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.464
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.463
=131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.458
=131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.458
=133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.457
=133	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.457
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.453
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.451
=137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.450
=137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.450
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.429
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.426
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.414
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.406
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.405
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.401
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.400
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.398
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.396
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.361
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.355
150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.326
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.226

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.779
2Sweden0.774
3Iceland0.762
4Argentina0.757
5Cubashared0.755

Lowest

151Qatar0.226
150Niger0.326
149Chad0.355
148Burkina Faso0.361
147Mali0.396

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.642. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
145values changed, of 151 in both
131 · 14rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Belgium0.594 → 0.681+0.087
Kuwait0.342 → 0.429+0.087
Iceland0.709 → 0.762+0.053
Estonia0.668 → 0.706+0.038
Qatar0.189 → 0.226+0.037

Fell most

Luxembourg0.565 → 0.496−0.069
Equatorial Guinea0.556 → 0.521−0.035
Libya0.631 → 0.612−0.019
Kazakhstan0.652 → 0.637−0.015
Saudi Arabia0.596 → 0.589−0.007

− Central African Republic

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 2009.
125 distinct values among 151
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.755. 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 (2009). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2009

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