Data for 2012

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2012

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2012
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2012, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2012 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.786; Qatar is lowest, at 0.222. The middle country reads 0.655. Against 2011, 148 values changed (128 up, 20 down), 1 country joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2012

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.786

LowestQatar

0.222

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

155countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.786
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.780
=3	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.767
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.767
5	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.765
=6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.758
=6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.758
=8	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.756
=8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.756
=10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.755
=10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.755
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.754
13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.752
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.748
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.746
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.745
17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.744
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.743
19	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.742
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.740
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.739
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.738
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.738
=22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.738
=25	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.735
=25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.735
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.733
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.732
=29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.731
=29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.731
=31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.729
=31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.729
=31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.729
=34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.722
=34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.722
36	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.721
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.718
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.716
=39	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.714
=39	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.714
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.713
42	Peru`PER`South America	0.710
=43	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.708
=43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.708
45	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.706
46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.705
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.703
=48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.702
=48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.702
=48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.702
51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.699
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.698
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.696
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.693
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.688
=55	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.688
=57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.687
=57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.687
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.683
=60	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.680
=60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.680
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.676
=63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.675
=63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.675
65	United States`USA`Northern America	0.672
=66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.669
=66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.669
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.666
=69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.665
=69	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.665
71	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.662
=72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.659
=72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.659
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.659
=75	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.658
=75	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.658
=75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.658
78	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.655
=79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.651
=79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.651
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.645
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.644
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.641
=84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.632
=84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.632
=84	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.632
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.628
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.626
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.625
=90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.624
=90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.624
92	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.618
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.607
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.606
=95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.601
=95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.601
=97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.598
=97	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.598
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.594
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.588
101	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.587
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.586
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.583
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.577
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.571
=106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.561
=106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.561
108	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.553
=109	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.552
=109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.552
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.551
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.549
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.548
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.538
=115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.535
=115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.535
117	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.532
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.531
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.530
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.522
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.521
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.518
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.515
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.513
125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.508
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.501
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.497
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.495
=129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.490
=129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.490
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.487
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.486
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.482
134	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.480
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.479
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.478
137	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.472
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.469
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.467
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.465
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.462
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.445
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.430
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.427
145	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.423
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.421
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.412
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.407
149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.404
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.392
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.379
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.378
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.373
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.351
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.222

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.786
2Spain0.780
3Franceshared0.767
3Swedenshared0.767
5Italy0.765

Lowest

155Qatar0.222
154Niger0.351
153Chad0.373
152Central African Republic0.378
151South Sudan0.379

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.655. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 154 in both
128 · 20rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus0.657 → 0.716+0.059
Equatorial Guinea0.519 → 0.553+0.034
Kuwait0.455 → 0.480+0.025
Luxembourg0.599 → 0.618+0.019
Bahamas0.691 → 0.708+0.017

Fell most

South Sudan0.421 → 0.379−0.042
Syria0.624 → 0.598−0.026
Israel0.687 → 0.669−0.018
Saudi Arabia0.599 → 0.586−0.013
Mongolia0.604 → 0.594−0.010

+ Sudan

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 2012.
120 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.738. 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 155 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2012). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2012

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