Data for 2017

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2017

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2017
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2017, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2017 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.810; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.287. The middle country reads 0.670. Against 2016, 140 values changed (105 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2017

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.810

LowestSouth Sudan

0.287

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

155countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.810
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.802
3	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.797
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.796
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.789
=6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.785
=6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.785
8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.778
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.776
=10	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.775
=10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.775
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.774
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.765
=14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.764
=14	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.764
16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.760
17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.757
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.756
=18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.756
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.756
=21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.755
=21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.755
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.754
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.752
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.751
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.749
27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.748
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.746
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.744
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.743
=31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.741
=31	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.741
=33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.739
=33	Peru`PER`South America	0.739
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.738
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.736
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.733
=38	Colombia`COL`South America	0.730
=38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.730
40	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.729
=41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.728
=41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.728
=41	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.728
=44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.727
=44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.727
=46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.726
=46	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.726
=48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.725
=48	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.725
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.723
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.720
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.719
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.717
=54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.716
=54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.716
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.706
57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.704
58	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.703
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.700
=60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.693
=60	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.693
62	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.690
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.689
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.688
65	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.687
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.686
=67	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.685
=67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.685
=69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.684
=69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.684
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.683
=72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.678
=72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.678
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.677
=75	United States`USA`Northern America	0.676
=75	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.676
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.674
78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.670
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.668
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.666
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.662
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.661
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.659
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.658
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.655
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.646
=87	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.645
=87	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.645
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.644
90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.639
91	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.637
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.634
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.632
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.631
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.628
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.625
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.623
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.622
=99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.617
=99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.617
=99	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.617
=102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.614
=102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.614
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.608
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.604
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.596
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.591
108	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.590
109	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.586
110	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.585
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.568
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.567
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.566
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.565
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.563
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.562
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.560
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.555
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.553
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.550
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.546
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.545
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.537
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.533
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.531
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.524
=127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.522
=127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.522
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.521
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.517
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.501
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.499
133	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.497
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.494
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.492
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.487
=137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.485
=137	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.485
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.484
=140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.470
=140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.470
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.461
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.454
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.453
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.452
146	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.448
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.437
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.431
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.430
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.407
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.378
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.376
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.350
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.342
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.287

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.810
2Spain0.802
3Malta0.797
4Sweden0.796
5France0.789

Lowest

155South Sudan0.287
154Qatar0.342
153Central African Republic0.350
152Niger0.376
151Chad0.378

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 155 in both
105 · 35rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Qatar0.275 → 0.342+0.067
United Arab Emirates0.535 → 0.590+0.055
Belgium0.671 → 0.690+0.019
Botswana0.650 → 0.668+0.018
Equatorial Guinea0.605 → 0.622+0.017

Fell most

Cyprus0.749 → 0.716−0.033
Brunei0.642 → 0.617−0.025
Central African Republic0.369 → 0.350−0.019
Singapore0.688 → 0.670−0.018
Iceland0.758 → 0.741−0.017

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 2017.
128 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.756. 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 (2017). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2017

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