Data for 2018

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2018

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2018
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2018, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2018 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.809; Qatar is lowest, at 0.351. The middle country reads 0.674. Against 2017, 147 values changed (112 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2018

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.809

LowestQatar

0.351

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

155countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.809
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.802
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.797
4	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.794
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.793
6	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.788
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.787
8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.780
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.778
=10	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.777
=10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.777
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.776
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.767
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.766
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.765
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.763
17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.760
18	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.759
=19	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.758
=19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.758
=19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.758
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.757
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.756
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.754
=25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.753
=25	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.753
27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.752
28	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.749
=29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.748
=29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.748
=29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.748
32	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.746
33	Peru`PER`South America	0.743
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.739
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.738
36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.734
=37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.732
=37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.732
=37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.732
=40	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
=40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.731
=42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.730
=42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.730
=44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.726
=44	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.726
=46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.725
=46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.725
=48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.724
=48	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.724
=48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.724
=51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.723
=51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.723
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.722
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.720
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.718
=56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.705
=56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.705
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.702
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.700
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.696
61	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.695
=62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.692
=62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.692
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.691
=65	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.688
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.688
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.687
68	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.686
=69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.684
=69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.684
=69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.684
72	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.683
73	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.679
74	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.677
=75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.675
=75	United States`USA`Northern America	0.675
=77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.674
=77	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.674
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.672
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.669
81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.668
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.667
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.665
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.663
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.658
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.655
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.652
=88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.648
=88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.648
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.641
=91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.640
=91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.640
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.638
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.636
95	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.629
96	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.627
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.623
=98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.619
=98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.619
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.617
=101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.613
=101	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.613
103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.607
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.602
105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.599
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.598
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.596
108	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.592
=109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.590
=109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.590
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.583
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.574
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.573
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.569
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.568
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.567
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.563
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.561
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.557
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.552
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.551
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.549
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.543
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.540
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.533
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.532
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.527
128	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.526
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.524
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.523
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.505
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.501
133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.497
=134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.494
=134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.494
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.493
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.491
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.490
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.489
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.481
=141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.467
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.467
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.466
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.461
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.454
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.446
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.444
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.443
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.429
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.411
151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.384
=152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.382
=152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.382
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.365
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.351

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.809
2Spain0.802
3Sweden0.797
4Malta0.794
5France0.793

Lowest

155Qatar0.351
154South Sudan0.365
152Chadshared0.382
152Nigershared0.382
151Central African Republic0.384

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.674. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 155 in both
112 · 35rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan0.287 → 0.365+0.078
Cyprus0.716 → 0.753+0.037
Central African Republic0.350 → 0.384+0.034
Oman0.586 → 0.607+0.021
Myanmar0.567 → 0.583+0.016

Fell most

Luxembourg0.628 → 0.602−0.026
Bahamas0.703 → 0.683−0.020
Iceland0.741 → 0.723−0.018
Mongolia0.608 → 0.590−0.018
Belgium0.690 → 0.677−0.013

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 2018.
125 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.758. 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 (2018). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2018

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