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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

Name: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index by country, 2023
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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169 countries · 2023

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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	South Sudan	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Chad	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Central African Republic	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Niger	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Burkina Faso	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Mali	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Sierra Leone	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Burundi	0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Mozambique	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Guinea	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Benin	0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Madagascar	0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Afghanistan	0.32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
15	Yemen, Rep.	0.33	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
16	Ethiopia	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Liberia	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Sudan	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Gambia, The	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Guinea-Bissau	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Haiti	0.34	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
22	Senegal	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Djibouti	0.34	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
24	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Cote d'Ivoire	0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Comoros	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Lesotho	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Angola	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Cameroon	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Zambia	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Togo	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Pakistan	0.36	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
33	Malawi	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Mauritania	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Nigeria	0.38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Tanzania	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Rwanda	0.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Ghana	0.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Uganda	0.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Zimbabwe	0.41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Papua New Guinea	0.42	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
42	Congo, Rep.	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Eswatini	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Nepal	0.44	South Asia	Lower middle income
45	Namibia	0.44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Cambodia	0.44	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Timor-Leste	0.45	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
48	Kenya	0.46	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Lao PDR	0.46	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	India	0.48	South Asia	Lower middle income
51	South Africa	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
52	Myanmar	0.48	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
53	Bhutan	0.48	South Asia	Lower middle income
54	Sao Tome and Principe	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Cabo Verde	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
56	Guatemala	0.48	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Bangladesh	0.48	South Asia	Lower middle income
58	Solomon Islands	0.48	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
59	Honduras	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
60	Botswana	0.51	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
61	Morocco	0.52	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
62	Vanuatu	0.52	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
63	St. Lucia	0.52	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Iraq	0.53	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
65	Nicaragua	0.54	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Kiribati	0.54	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	West Bank and Gaza	0.54	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
68	El Salvador	0.56	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Gabon	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Tuvalu	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Bolivia	0.58	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.58	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Jamaica	0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Colombia	0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Tajikistan	0.59	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
76	Brazil	0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Tunisia	0.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
78	Philippines	0.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Paraguay	0.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Naoero	0.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
81	Algeria	0.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
82	Maldives	0.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
83	Venezuela, RB	0.61	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Indonesia	0.61	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Samoa	0.61	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
86	Palau	0.62	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Barbados	0.62	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
88	Marshall Islands	0.63	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Fiji	0.63	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Sri Lanka	0.63	South Asia	Upper middle income
91	Peru	0.63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Dominican Republic	0.63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Jordan	0.64	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
94	Ecuador	0.64	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Viet Nam	0.64	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
96	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.64	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
97	Mexico	0.65	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
98	Mongolia	0.65	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Kyrgyz Republic	0.65	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
100	Panama	0.66	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
101	Mauritius	0.67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
102	Bahamas, The	0.67	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	China	0.67	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Thailand	0.68	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Costa Rica	0.68	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
106	Tonga	0.68	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.69	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Albania	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Malaysia	0.71	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Turkiye	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
111	Ukraine	0.72	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Moldova	0.72	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Chile	0.72	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	North Macedonia	0.72	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Azerbaijan	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
116	Armenia	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Uruguay	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
118	Bulgaria	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Oman	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
120	Georgia	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Seychelles	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
122	Brunei Darussalam	0.76	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Romania	0.76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Russian Federation	0.76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Argentina	0.76	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
126	Kazakhstan	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Montenegro	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Belarus	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Serbia	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
130	Portugal	0.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Latvia	0.81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Lithuania	0.81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Israel	0.81	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
134	Italy	0.82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Poland	0.82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Spain	0.82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Hungary	0.82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Singapore	0.82	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	Greece	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Croatia	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	United States	0.83	North America	High income
142	Slovak Republic	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	France	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Andorra	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Luxembourg	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.84	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Estonia	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Cyprus	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Malta	0.84	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
150	Japan	0.85	East Asia & Pacific	High income
151	New Zealand	0.85	East Asia & Pacific	High income
152	Korea, Rep.	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	Austria	0.86	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	United Arab Emirates	0.87	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Czechia	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Canada	0.87	North America	High income
157	United Kingdom	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Australia	0.87	East Asia & Pacific	High income
159	Slovenia	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Ireland	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Sweden	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Germany	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Finland	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Belgium	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Netherlands	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Switzerland	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Norway	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Denmark	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Iceland	0.92	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index