Data for 2015

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2015, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015 covers 155 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.796; Qatar is lowest, at 0.308. The middle country reads 0.665. Against 2014, 151 values changed (121 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2015

Highest2 countries share it

0.796

LowestQatar

0.308

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

155countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
129distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.796
=1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.796
=3	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.785
=3	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.785
5	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.782
=6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.780
=6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.780
8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.774
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.772
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.771
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.770
12	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.766
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.763
15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.762
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.761
=17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.758
=17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.758
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.757
=20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.756
=20	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.756
=22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.755
=22	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.755
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.754
=25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.753
=25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.753
27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.747
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.744
29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.743
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.741
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.738
=32	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.737
=32	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.737
=34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.736
=34	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.736
36	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.735
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.734
38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.732
39	Peru`PER`South America	0.730
=40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.729
=40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.729
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.728
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.727
44	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.725
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.724
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.723
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.722
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.720
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.719
50	Colombia`COL`South America	0.718
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.717
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.716
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.715
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.712
55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.710
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.707
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.706
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.704
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.702
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.701
=61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.695
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.695
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.685
64	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.684
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.681
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.680
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.679
=68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.677
=68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.677
=70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.676
=70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.676
72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.674
=73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.673
=73	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.673
=73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.673
76	United States`USA`Northern America	0.670
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.667
=78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.665
=78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.665
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.661
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.659
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.658
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.654
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.652
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.646
=86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.638
=86	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.638
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.635
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.632
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.631
=91	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.626
=91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.626
93	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.623
=94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.620
=94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.620
96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.618
=97	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.611
=97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.611
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.609
=100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.603
=100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.603
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.593
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.588
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.585
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.581
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.576
107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.568
108	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.567
=109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.564
=109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.564
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.561
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.558
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.553
=114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.552
=114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.552
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.551
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.548
118	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.546
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.543
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.542
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.536
122	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.535
=123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.533
=123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.533
=125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.517
=125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.517
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.515
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.514
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.508
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.503
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.497
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.496
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.495
134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.493
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.491
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.481
=137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.474
=137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.474
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.472
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.471
141	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.469
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.467
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.452
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.449
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.448
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.439
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.428
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.424
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.413
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.406
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.378
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.370
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.366
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.309
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.308

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdomshared0.796
1Swedenshared0.796
3Spainshared0.785
3Franceshared0.785
5Italy0.782

Lowest

155Qatar0.308
154South Sudan0.309
153Niger0.366
152Central African Republic0.370
151Chad0.378

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.665. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 155 in both
121 · 30rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Qatar0.198 → 0.308+0.110
Central African Republic0.313 → 0.370+0.057
Libya0.586 → 0.620+0.034
Angola0.552 → 0.576+0.024
Belgium0.688 → 0.710+0.022

Fell most

Kuwait0.508 → 0.472−0.036
South Sudan0.334 → 0.309−0.025
Yemen0.490 → 0.467−0.023
United Arab Emirates0.566 → 0.546−0.020
Venezuela0.691 → 0.673−0.018

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 2015.
129 distinct values among 155
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 155 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2015). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2015

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