Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index by country
The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living, adjusted for inequalities in these dimensions. Higher values indicate higher and more equal human development.
Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.923
Iceland
Lowest
0.226
South Sudan
Median
0.6085
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,131
What the numbers show
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.923 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.226 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6085, and the mean is 0.602.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 35.3%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 20.8%).
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.923 | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 0.909 | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 2 | Norway | 0.909 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0.894 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0.892 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Belgium | 0.891 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 0.891 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 0.89 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 0.886 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 0.886 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Slovenia | 0.885 | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 0.873 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0.869 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 14 | Canada | 0.867 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 14 | Czechia | 0.867 | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 0.866 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 0.861 | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | South Korea | 0.857 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.853 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 0.845 | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 21 | Malta | 0.843 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 22 | Cyprus | 0.841 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 0.841 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 0.839 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 0.838 | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Andorra | 0.837 | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 27 | France | 0.836 | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.833 | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 29 | United States | 0.832 | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 30 | Croatia | 0.828 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 0.825 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Singapore | 0.823 | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 33 | Spain | 0.819 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 0.819 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 0.817 | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 35 | Poland | 0.817 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 37 | Israel | 0.813 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Lithuania | 0.812 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 0.812 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 0.795 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.772 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 42 | Belarus | 0.771 | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 42 | Montenegro | 0.771 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 0.766 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 0.761 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 46 | Romania | 0.758 | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 46 | Russia | 0.758 | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 48 | Brunei | 0.756 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Seychelles | 0.755 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 50 | Georgia | 0.754 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 0.75 | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 0.748 | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 53 | Uruguay | 0.747 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 54 | Armenia | 0.743 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 0.735 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 0.723 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0.723 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 58 | Moldova | 0.719 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 0.715 | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 60 | Turkey | 0.708 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 61 | Malaysia | 0.707 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 0.705 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.689 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 64 | Tonga | 0.682 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 0.678 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 66 | Thailand | 0.677 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 67 | Bahamas | 0.67 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 67 | China | 0.67 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritius | 0.669 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 0.664 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.649 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.647 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 73 | Mexico | 0.646 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 74 | Iran | 0.643 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 75 | Vietnam | 0.641 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 0.64 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 77 | Jordan | 0.637 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 0.634 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 0.633 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 0.63 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 81 | Barbados | 0.62 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 82 | Palau | 0.616 | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 83 | Samoa | 0.609 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 84 | Indonesia | 0.608 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 85 | Venezuela | 0.605 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 86 | Maldives | 0.602 | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 87 | Algeria | 0.601 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 0.599 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 89 | Philippines | 0.597 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 0.595 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 91 | Brazil | 0.594 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 0.594 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.593 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 94 | Jamaica | 0.59 | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 95 | Egypt | 0.582 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia | 0.578 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 0.578 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 98 | Gabon | 0.558 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 0.555 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 100 | Palestine | 0.538 | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 101 | Kiribati | 0.535 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.535 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.534 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 0.523 | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 0.521 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 0.517 | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 107 | Botswana | 0.509 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 0.496 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 0.483 | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 0.482 | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.479 | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 112 | Bhutan | 0.478 | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 0.478 | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.478 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 115 | Myanmar | 0.477 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | South Africa | 0.476 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 117 | India | 0.475 | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 118 | Laos | 0.462 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.456 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 120 | East Timor | 0.451 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 121 | Cambodia | 0.444 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 0.438 | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 123 | Nepal | 0.437 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 124 | Eswatini | 0.431 | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 125 | Congo | 0.426 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 0.423 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 127 | Syria | 0.419 | 2015 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 0.406 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 129 | Uganda | 0.4 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 130 | Ghana | 0.399 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 0.399 | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 132 | Tanzania | 0.391 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 133 | Nigeria | 0.379 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritania | 0.374 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Malawi | 0.365 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.364 | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 137 | Togo | 0.363 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 0.361 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 138 | Zambia | 0.361 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 140 | Angola | 0.36 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 141 | Lesotho | 0.357 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 0.356 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.35 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 144 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.341 | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 144 | Djibouti | 0.341 | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 0.34 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 147 | Haiti | 0.337 | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.331 | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 0.329 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 150 | Sudan | 0.328 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 0.326 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 0.326 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 153 | Yemen | 0.325 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 0.321 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.319 | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 156 | Benin | 0.316 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 157 | Guinea | 0.302 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 158 | Mozambique | 0.297 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 159 | Burundi | 0.286 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 160 | Mali | 0.281 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.281 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 0.273 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 163 | Niger | 0.265 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 0.253 | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 165 | Chad | 0.252 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 166 | South Sudan | 0.226 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
About this data
The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, a good education, and a decent standard of living, adjusted for inequalities in these dimensions. Higher values indicate higher and more equal human development.