Data for 2020

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2020

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2020
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2020, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2020 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.818; Qatar is lowest, at 0.321. The middle country reads 0.671. Against 2019, 148 values changed (71 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2020

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.818

LowestQatar

0.321

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

155countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
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1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.818
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.809
=3	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.801
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.801
5	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.799
6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.798
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.795
8	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.792
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.791
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.787
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.785
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.782
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.777
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.773
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.772
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.768
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.766
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.765
=19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.762
=19	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.762
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.760
=22	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.758
=22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.758
=22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.758
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.757
=26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.753
=26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.753
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.752
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.749
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.743
=31	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.741
=31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.741
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.739
=34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.737
=34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.737
=36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.735
=36	Peru`PER`South America	0.735
=38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.731
=38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.731
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.730
41	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.728
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.726
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.725
=44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.724
=44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.724
=44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.724
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.723
=48	Colombia`COL`South America	0.722
=48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.722
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.718
=51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.713
=51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.713
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.710
=54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.706
=54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.706
=56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.705
=56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.705
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.704
=59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.700
=59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.700
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.696
=61	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.696
=61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.696
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.694
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.690
66	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.689
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.688
=68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.687
=68	United States`USA`Northern America	0.687
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.686
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.684
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.683
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.681
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.679
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.678
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.677
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.674
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.671
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.669
=80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.667
=80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.667
=82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.665
=82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.665
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.663
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.655
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.654
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.648
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.646
=89	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.645
=89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.645
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.644
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.643
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.642
94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.634
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.630
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.629
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.628
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.625
99	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.616
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.614
101	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.612
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.610
103	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.608
104	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.605
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.603
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.602
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.596
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.594
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.592
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.591
=111	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.589
=111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.589
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.582
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.572
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.571
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.569
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.568
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.566
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.565
=120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.557
=120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.557
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.556
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.547
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.546
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.545
126	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.541
=127	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.533
=127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.533
=127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.533
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.531
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.521
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.504
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.502
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.501
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.500
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.498
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.496
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.493
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.491
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.485
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.477
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.476
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.474
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.470
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.461
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.454
=147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.447
=147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.447
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.431
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.405
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.393
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.387
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.382
154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.379
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.321

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.818
2Spain0.809
3Greeceshared0.801
3Swedenshared0.801
5France0.799

Lowest

155Qatar0.321
154Central African Republic0.379
153South Sudan0.382
152Chad0.387
151Niger0.393

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.671. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 155 in both
71 · 77rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.274 → 0.379+0.105
Kuwait0.467 → 0.533+0.066
Luxembourg0.566 → 0.616+0.050
Bahamas0.686 → 0.713+0.027
Ireland0.699 → 0.722+0.023

Fell most

Armenia0.750 → 0.713−0.037
Russia0.722 → 0.696−0.026
Bolivia0.670 → 0.646−0.024
Lebanon0.706 → 0.683−0.023
Azerbaijan0.726 → 0.705−0.021

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 2020.
128 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 (2020). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2020

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