Data for 2021

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2021

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2021
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
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2021, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2021 covers 155 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.822; Qatar is lowest, at 0.326. The middle country reads 0.663. Against 2020, 146 values changed (57 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2021

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.822

LowestQatar

0.326

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

155countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
122distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.822
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.814
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.805
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.798
5	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.796
=6	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.794
=6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.794
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.790
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.786
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.784
=11	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.783
=11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.783
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.778
=14	Chile`CHL`South America	0.772
=14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.772
=16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.763
=16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.763
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.755
=19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.753
=19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.753
=21	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.751
=21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.751
=21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.751
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.750
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.748
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.747
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.745
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.744
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.742
=30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.740
=30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.740
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.736
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.735
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.734
=35	Peru`PER`South America	0.729
=35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.729
37	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.728
=38	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.727
=38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.727
=40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.724
=40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.724
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.723
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.719
44	Colombia`COL`South America	0.718
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.716
=46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.715
=46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.715
=46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.715
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.714
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.712
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.710
=52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.708
=52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.708
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.705
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.702
=56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.699
=56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.699
=56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.699
59	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.695
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.694
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.693
=62	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.692
=62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.692
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.690
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.687
=65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.687
=65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.687
68	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.686
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.681
=70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.672
=70	United States`USA`Northern America	0.672
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.669
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.668
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.667
=75	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.666
=75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.666
=75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.666
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.663
=79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.661
=79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.661
81	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.659
=82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.658
=82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.658
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.656
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.654
86	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.653
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.646
=88	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.645
=88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.645
90	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.643
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.642
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.641
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.639
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.637
=95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.634
=95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.634
=97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.626
=97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.626
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.625
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.622
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.605
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.604
103	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.597
104	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.596
105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.593
106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.591
=107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.589
=107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.589
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.578
110	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.577
111	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.573
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.569
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.568
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.566
=115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.564
=115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.564
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.562
=118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.560
=118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.560
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.559
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.557
=122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.551
=122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.551
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.542
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.540
126	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.534
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.531
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.524
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.521
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.514
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.504
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.503
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.502
=134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.498
=134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.498
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.497
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.494
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.489
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.482
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.478
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.477
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.475
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.471
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.469
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.453
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.450
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.449
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.448
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.431
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.406
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.404
=152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.387
=152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.387
154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.333
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.326

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.822
2Spain0.814
3Sweden0.805
4France0.798
5Malta0.796

Lowest

155Qatar0.326
154Central African Republic0.333
152Chadshared0.387
152South Sudanshared0.387
151Niger0.404

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.663. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 155 in both
57 · 89rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Ireland0.722 → 0.750+0.028
Armenia0.713 → 0.740+0.027
Libya0.610 → 0.634+0.024
Bahrain0.612 → 0.626+0.014
Algeria0.687 → 0.699+0.012

Fell most

Luxembourg0.616 → 0.449−0.167
Panama0.762 → 0.637−0.125
Central African Republic0.379 → 0.333−0.046
United Arab Emirates0.605 → 0.573−0.032
Belgium0.696 → 0.666−0.030

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 2021.
122 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.751. 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 (2021). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2021

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07Questions