Data for 2019

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2019

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2019
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2019, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2019 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.816; Central African Republic is lowest, at 0.274. The middle country reads 0.675. Against 2018, 143 values changed (110 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2019

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.816

LowestCentral African Republic

0.274

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

155countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
121distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.816
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.813
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.805
=4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.796
=4	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.796
6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.795
7	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.790
=8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.784
=8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.784
=10	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.783
=10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.783
=12	Chile`CHL`South America	0.777
=12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.777
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.768
15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.766
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.765
=17	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.764
=17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.764
=19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.763
=19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.763
=21	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.758
=21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.758
23	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.757
=24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.756
=24	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.756
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.754
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.752
=28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.750
=28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.750
=28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.750
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.748
32	Peru`PER`South America	0.747
33	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.744
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.743
=35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.742
=35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.742
=37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.736
=37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.736
=37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.736
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.733
=41	Colombia`COL`South America	0.731
=41	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.731
=43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.729
=43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.729
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.728
46	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.727
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.726
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.724
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.723
=50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.722
=50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.722
=50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.722
53	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.719
54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.717
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.711
=56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.709
=56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.709
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.706
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.703
=60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.699
=60	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.699
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.698
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.695
=64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.693
=64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.693
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.692
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.690
68	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.686
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.684
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.683
=71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.682
=71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.682
=71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.682
74	United States`USA`Northern America	0.680
75	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.679
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.678
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.677
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.675
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.674
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.672
=81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.671
=81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.671
=83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.670
=83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.670
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.663
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.658
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.657
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.656
89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.651
90	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.650
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.642
=92	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.638
=92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.638
=92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.638
95	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.636
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.630
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.626
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.619
=99	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.614
=99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.614
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.611
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.608
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.601
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.599
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.598
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.597
=107	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.593
=107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.593
=107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.593
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.589
111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.581
=112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.576
=112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.576
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.573
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.567
=116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.566
=116	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.566
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.565
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.563
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.557
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.556
122	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.555
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.552
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.545
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.541
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.540
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.534
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.531
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.530
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.525
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.504
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.503
=133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.501
=133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.501
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.498
=136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.495
=136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.495
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.491
139	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.489
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.484
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.473
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.472
=143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.467
=143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.467
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.465
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.452
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.448
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.446
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.431
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.415
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.392
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.391
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.386
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.325
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.274

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.816
2Spain0.813
3Sweden0.805
4Franceshared0.796
4Maltashared0.796

Lowest

155Central African Republic0.274
154Qatar0.325
153Chad0.386
152Niger0.391
151South Sudan0.392

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 155 in both
110 · 33rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Estonia0.687 → 0.717+0.030
South Sudan0.365 → 0.392+0.027
Iceland0.723 → 0.748+0.025
Kazakhstan0.641 → 0.663+0.022
Bhutan0.568 → 0.589+0.021

Fell most

Central African Republic0.384 → 0.274−0.110
Ireland0.748 → 0.699−0.049
Luxembourg0.602 → 0.566−0.036
Libya0.627 → 0.598−0.029
Qatar0.351 → 0.325−0.026

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 2019.
121 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.750. 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 (2019). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2019

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