List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI

World map indicating the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index in 2015 (2016 report).

0.850 and over   0.800–0.849   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749   0.650–0.699

0.600–0.649   0.550–0.599   0.500–0.549   0.450–0.499   0.400–0.449

0.350–0.399   0.300–0.349   0.250–0.299   0.200–0.249   0.150–0.199   Data unavailable

This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2016 Human Development Report. According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of human development when inequality is accounted for," whereas the Human Development Index itself is "an index of potential human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)."

The HDI, from which the IHDI derives, is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. The HDI was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, is anchored in the Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on human capabilities, often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in their life, and was published by the United Nations Development Programme.

Methodology

Main article: Human Development Index

See also: List of countries by Human Development Index

The index captures the HDI of the average person in society, which is less than the aggregate HDI when there is inequality in the distribution of health, education and income. Under perfect equality, the HDI and IHDI are equal; the greater the difference between the two, the greater the inequality.

The IHDI, estimated for 151 countries, captures the losses in human development due to inequality in health, education and income. Losses in all three dimensions vary across countries, ranging from just a few percent (Czech Republic, Slovenia) up to over 40% (Comoros, Central African Republic). Overall loss takes into account all three dimensions.

List

The table below ranks countries according to their inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI) and compares it to their HDI. Data is based on 2015 estimates.

2015 Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) (2016 report)

Rank Country IHDI 1 Norway 0.898 2 Iceland 0.868 3 Australia 0.861 3 Netherlands 0.861 5 Switzerland 0.859 6 Germany 0.859 7 Denmark 0.858 8 Sweden 0.851 9 Ireland 0.850 10 Finland 0.843 11 Canada 0.839 12 Slovenia 0.838 13 United Kingdom 0.836 14 Czech Republic 0.830 15 Luxembourg 0.827 16 Belgium 0.821 17 Austria 0.815 18 France 0.813 19 United States 0.796 20 Slovakia 0.793 21 Japan 0.791 22 Spain 0.791 23 Estonia 0.788 24 Malta 0.786 25 Italy 0.784 26 Israel 0.778 27 Poland 0.774 28 Hungary 0.771 29 Cyprus 0.762 30 Lithuania 0.759 31 Greece 0.758 32 Portugal 0.755 33 Korea, South !South Korea 0.753 34 Croatia 0.752 35 Belarus 0.745 36 Latvia 0.742 37 Montenegro 0.736 38 Russia 0.725 39 Kazakhstan 0.714 40 Romania 0.714 41 Bulgaria 0.709 42 Argentina 0.698 43 Chile 0.692 44 Ukraine 0.690 45 Serbia 0.689 46 Sri Lanka 0.678 47 Armenia 0.674 48 Georgia 0.672 49 Uruguay 0.670 50 Mauritius 0.669 51 Albania 0.661 52 Trinidad and Tobago 0.661 53 Azerbaijan 0.659 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.650 55 Turkey 0.645 56 Mongolia 0.639 57 Costa Rica 0.628 58 Moldova 0.628 59 Fiji 0.624 60 Macedonia, Republic of !Rep. of Macedonia 0.623 61 Jordan 0.619 62 Saint Lucia 0.618 63 Venezuela 0.618 64 Panama 0.614 65 Jamaica 0.609 66 Lebanon 0.603 67 Uzbekistan 0.590 68 Ecuador 0.587 68 Mexico 0.587 70 Thailand 0.586 71 Kyrgyzstan 0.582 72 Palestine 0.581 73 Peru 0.580 74 Dominican Republic 0.565 75 Indonesia 0.563 76 Tunisia 0.562

Rank Country IHDI 77 Vietnam 0.562 78 Brazil 0.561 79 Philippines 0.556 80 Suriname 0.551 81 Colombia 0.548 82 Belize 0.546 83 Tajikistan 0.532 84 Gabon 0.531 85 El Salvador 0.529 86 Maldives 0.529 87 Paraguay 0.524 88 Cape Verde 0.518 89 Guyana 0.518 90 Iran 0.518 91 Iraq 0.505 92 Vanuatu 0.494 93 Egypt 0.491 94 Nicaragua 0.479 95 Bolivia 0.478 96 Morocco 0.456 97 India 0.454 98 Guatemala 0.450 99 Congo, Republic of the !Rep. of the Congo 0.446 100 Honduras 0.443 101 Cambodia 0.436 102 South Africa 0.435 103 Botswana 0.433 104 Sao Tome and Principe !São Tomé and Príncipe 0.432 105 Bhutan 0.428 106 Laos 0.427 107 Syria 0.419 108 Timor-Leste 0.416 109 Namibia 0.415 110 Bangladesh 0.412 111 Nepal 0.407 112 Tanzania 0.396 113 Kiribati 0.394 114 Solomon Islands 0.392 115 Ghana 0.391 115 Kenya 0.391 117 Pakistan 0.380 118 Madagascar 0.374 119 Zambia 0.373 120 Zimbabwe 0.369 121 Swaziland 0.361 122 Cameroon 0.348 123 Mauritania 0.347 124 Uganda 0.341 125 Rwanda 0.339 126 Angola 0.336 127 Togo 0.332 128 Senegal 0.331 129 Ethiopia 0.330 130 Malawi 0.328 131 Nigeria 0.328 132 Afghanistan 0.327 133 Lesotho 0.320 134 Yemen 0.320 135 Djibouti 0.310 136 Benin 0.304 137 Haiti 0.298 138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the !Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.297 139 Cote d'Ivoire !Côte d'Ivoire 0.294 140 Mali 0.293 141 Liberia 0.284 142 Mozambique 0.280 143 Burundi 0.276 144 Comoros 0.270 145 Guinea 0.270 146 Burkina Faso 0.267 147 Sierra Leone 0.262 148 Guinea-Bissau 0.257 149 Niger 0.253 150 Chad 0.238 151 Central African Republic 0.199

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by income equality
• List of countries by Social Progress Index

External links

• Human Development Reports