Data for 2016

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2016

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2016
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2016, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2016 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.803; Qatar is lowest, at 0.275. The middle country reads 0.669. Against 2015, 150 values changed (111 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2016

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.803

LowestQatar

0.275

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

155countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
128distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.803
2	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.799
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.797
4	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.793
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.789
6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.785
7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.781
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.778
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.773
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.772
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.768
=12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.762
=12	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.762
=14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.761
=14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.761
=16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.760
=16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.760
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.759
=19	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.758
=19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.758
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.758
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.756
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.753
24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.751
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.749
=25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.749
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.747
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.746
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.745
=30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.744
=30	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.744
32	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.742
=33	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.741
=33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.741
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.739
36	Peru`PER`South America	0.737
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.731
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.729
=39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.727
=39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.727
=41	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.725
=41	Colombia`COL`South America	0.725
=41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.725
=41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.725
=41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.725
46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.724
=47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.723
=47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.723
=47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.723
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.722
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.717
=52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.716
=52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.716
=52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.716
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.712
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.711
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.709
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.705
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.703
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.697
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.693
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.690
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.688
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.686
65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.684
=66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.683
=66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.683
=66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.683
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.682
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.681
=71	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.680
=71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.680
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.679
74	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.677
75	United States`USA`Northern America	0.672
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.671
=77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.669
=77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.669
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.668
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.666
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.661
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.659
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.655
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.650
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.649
86	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.642
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.641
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.640
89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.639
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.637
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.636
=92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.634
=92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.634
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.631
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.627
=96	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.621
=96	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.621
=98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.617
=98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.617
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.614
101	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.612
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.607
103	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.605
104	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.602
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.594
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.590
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.585
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.579
109	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.571
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.567
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.565
=112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.562
=112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.562
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.558
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.556
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.553
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.551
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.549
119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.546
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.543
=121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.540
=121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.540
123	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.535
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.530
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.526
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.521
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.519
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.518
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.515
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.508
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.501
=132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.498
=132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.498
134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.493
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.490
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.483
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.481
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.479
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.478
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.475
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.468
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.460
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.455
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.452
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.451
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.449
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.433
148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.432
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.422
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.403
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.377
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.372
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.369
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.291
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.275

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.803
2Malta0.799
3Sweden0.797
4Spain0.793
5France0.789

Lowest

155Qatar0.275
154South Sudan0.291
153Central African Republic0.369
152Niger0.372
151Chad0.377

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 155 in both
111 · 39rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Bahrain0.567 → 0.602+0.035
Luxembourg0.581 → 0.612+0.031
Venezuela0.673 → 0.703+0.030
Saudi Arabia0.603 → 0.631+0.028
Malta0.780 → 0.799+0.019

Fell most

Belgium0.710 → 0.671−0.039
Qatar0.308 → 0.275−0.033
Ireland0.753 → 0.727−0.026
Kuwait0.472 → 0.449−0.023
South Sudan0.309 → 0.291−0.018

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 2016.
128 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.725. 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 (2016). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2016

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