List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI

World map of all countries by the inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.

0.850–0.899   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   0.250–0.300   0.200–0.250   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)."^[1][2]

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, and is anchored in the Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on human capabilities. It is 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. The index does not take into account several factors, such as the net wealth per capita or the relative quality of goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking for some of the most advanced countries, such as the G7 members and others.^[3]

Methodology

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.^[4]

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 2017 estimates.

2017 inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) (2018 report)^[5]

Above average (0.582): Rank Country IHDI 1  Iceland 0.878 2  Japan 0.876 2  Norway 0.876 4   Switzerland 0.871 5  Finland 0.868 6  Sweden 0.864 7  Australia 0.861 7  Germany 0.861 9  Denmark 0.860 10  Netherlands 0.857 11  Ireland 0.854 12  Canada 0.852 13  New Zealand 0.846 14  Slovenia 0.846 15  Czech Republic 0.840 16  Belgium 0.836 17  Austria 0.835 18  United Kingdom 0.835 19  Singapore 0.816 20  Luxembourg 0.811 21  Hong Kong 0.809 22  France 0.808 23  Malta 0.805 24  Slovakia 0.797 25  United States 0.797 26  Estonia 0.794 27  Israel 0.787 28  Poland 0.787 29  South Korea 0.773 30  Hungary 0.772 31  Italy 0.771 32  Cyprus 0.769 33  Latvia 0.759 34  Lithuania 0.757 35  Croatia 0.756 36  Belarus 0.755 37  Spain 0.754 38  Greece 0.753 39  Montenegro 0.741 40  Russia 0.738 41  Kazakhstan 0.737 42  Portugal 0.732 43  Romania 0.717 44  Bulgaria 0.710 45  Chile 0.710 46  Argentina 0.707 47  Iran 0.707 48  Albania 0.706 49  Ukraine 0.701 50  Uruguay 0.689 51  Mauritius 0.683 52  Georgia 0.682 53  Azerbaijan 0.681 54  Armenia 0.680 55  Barbados 0.669 56  Turkey 0.669 57  Serbia 0.667 58  Sri Lanka 0.664 59  Rep. of Macedonia 0.661 60  Costa Rica 0.651 61  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.649 62  China 0.643 63  Mongolia 0.639 64  Venezuela 0.636 65  Thailand 0.636 66  Moldova 0.627 67  Panama 0.623 68  Saint Lucia 0.622 68  Jordan 0.617 70  Mexico 0.609 71  Jamaica 0.608 72  Kyrgyzstan 0.606 73  Peru 0.606 74  Ecuador 0.603 75  Algeria 0.598 76  Palestine 0.583

Below average: Rank Country IHDI 77  Dominican Republic 0.581 78  Brazil 0.578 79  Turkmenistan 0.575 80  Philippines 0.574 81  Vietnam 0.574 82  Tunisia 0.573 83  Colombia 0.571 84  Indonesia 0.563 85  Tajikistan 0.562 86  Suriname 0.557 87  Belize 0.550 88  Maldives 0.549 89  Iraq 0.546 90  Gabon 0.545 91  Guyana 0.532 92  El Salvador 0.524 93  Paraguay 0.522 94  Bolivia 0.514 95  Nicaragua 0.507 96  Vanuatu 0.499 97  Egypt 0.493 98  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.473 99  Cambodia 0.469 100  Rep. of the Congo 0.469 101  India 0.468 102  Guatemala 0.467 103  South Africa 0.467 104  Myanmar 0.466 105  Bangladesh 0.462 106  Honduras 0.459 107  Timor-Leste 0.452 108  Bhutan 0.446 109  Laos 0.445 110  Kenya 0.434 111    Nepal 0.427 112  Namibia 0.422 113  Ghana 0.420 114  Swaziland 0.414 115  Tanzania 0.404 116  Angola 0.393 117  Zambia 0.388 118  Pakistan 0.387 119  Madagascar 0.385 120  Uganda 0.370 121  Rwanda 0.367 122  Cameroon 0.366 123  Lesotho 0.359 124  Afghanistan 0.350 125  Mauritania 0.348 126  Nigeria 0.347 127  Togo 0.344 128  Senegal 0.340 129  Malawi 0.332 130  Ethiopia 0.331 131  Sudan 0.328 132  Benin 0.326 133  Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0.319 134  Côte d'Ivoire 0.311 135  Yemen 0.308 136  Djibouti 0.306 137  Guinea 0.306 138  Haiti 0.304 139  Liberia 0.298 140  Mozambique 0.294 141  Gambia 0.289 142  Burkina Faso 0.288 143  Mali 0.282 144  Burundi 0.278 145  Guinea-Bissau 0.276 146  Comoros 0.275 147  Sierra Leone 0.266 148  Niger 0.250 149  Chad 0.249 150  South Sudan 0.247 151  Central African Republic 0.212

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
• List of countries by income equality
• List of countries by Social Progress Index
• Welfare's effect on poverty

References

External links

• Human Development Reports

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