Data for 2023

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2023

Name: Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2023
Creator: UNDP Human Development Report Office
License: https://hdr.undp.org/copyright-and-terms-use

2023, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2023 covers 156 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 0.827; Qatar is lowest, at 0.276. The middle country reads 0.678. Against 2022, 145 values changed (118 up, 27 down), 1 country joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2023

HighestUnited Kingdom

0.827

LowestQatar

0.276

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

156countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
131distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.827
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.818
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.810
=4	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.804
=4	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.804
6	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.803
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.801
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.799
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.797
=10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.792
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.792
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.791
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.787
=14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.785
=14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.785
16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.784
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.774
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.772
19	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.770
20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.764
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.763
22	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.761
=23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.757
=23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.757
=23	Peru`PER`South America	0.757
26	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.755
=27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.754
=27	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.754
=27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.754
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.752
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.751
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.749
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.748
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.745
=35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.740
=35	Colombia`COL`South America	0.740
=35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.740
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.739
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.738
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.737
=41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.735
=41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.735
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.732
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.731
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.729
=46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.726
=46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.726
=46	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.726
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.725
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.724
=51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.723
=51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.723
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.721
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.717
=55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.714
=55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.714
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.712
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.710
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.709
60	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.706
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.704
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.703
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.702
=63	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.702
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.701
66	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.700
=67	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.699
=67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.699
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.698
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.691
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.689
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.687
=73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.686
=73	United States`USA`Northern America	0.686
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.685
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.684
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.680
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.679
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.677
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.675
81	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.673
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.670
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.668
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.667
=85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.666
=85	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.666
=85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.666
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.665
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.656
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.653
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.652
=92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.644
=92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.644
=94	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.643
=94	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.643
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.638
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.632
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.631
99	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.629
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.626
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.620
102	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.618
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.611
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.610
=105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.604
=105	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.604
107	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.600
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.593
=108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.593
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.592
=111	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.585
=111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.585
=111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.585
114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.581
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.577
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.574
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.572
118	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.570
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.569
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.567
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.566
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.562
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.553
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.548
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.545
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.542
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.541
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.537
129	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.531
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.529
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.517
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.514
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.512
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.507
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.505
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.504
137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.498
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.496
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.492
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.488
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.487
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.486
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.481
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.480
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.479
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.465
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.459
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.453
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.435
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.411
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.410
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.407
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.397
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.396
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.383
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.276

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdom0.827
2Spain0.818
3Sweden0.810
4Franceshared0.804
4Uruguayshared0.804

Lowest

156Qatar0.276
155South Sudan0.383
154Somalia0.396
153Chad0.397
152Central African Republic0.407

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 155 in both
118 · 27rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Somalia0.377 → 0.396+0.019
Côte d’Ivoire0.521 → 0.537+0.016
Namibia0.596 → 0.611+0.015
Nepal0.577 → 0.592+0.015
Bulgaria0.727 → 0.740+0.013

Fell most

Palestine0.710 → 0.653−0.057
Qatar0.305 → 0.276−0.029
Libya0.648 → 0.629−0.019
Singapore0.626 → 0.618−0.008
Bahrain0.639 → 0.632−0.007

+ Central African Republic

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

Read before you use

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 2023.
131 distinct values among 156
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.757. 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 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNDP Human Development Report Office (2023). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2023

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07Questions