Data for 1995

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995

1995, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995 covers 135 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.745; Qatar is lowest, at 0.221. The middle country reads 0.591. Against 1994, 125 values changed (100 up, 25 down), 4 countries joined.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 1995

HighestSweden

0.745

LowestQatar

0.221

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

135countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
109distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.745
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.718
3	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.717
4	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.699
=5	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.696
=5	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.696
=7	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.693
=7	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.693
9	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.692
10	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.686
11	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.683
=12	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.682
=12	ChileCHLSouth America	0.682
14	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.681
=15	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.677
=15	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.677
=15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.677
=18	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.672
=18	UruguayURYSouth America	0.672
20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.669
21	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.667
22	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.665
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.664
24	PanamaPANCentral America	0.661
25	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.660
=26	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.659
=26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.659
=28	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.656
=28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.656
=30	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.655
=30	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.655
32	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.653
33	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.652
34	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.648
35	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.645
36	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.641
=37	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.637
=37	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.637
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.636
=40	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.630
=40	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.630
=40	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.630
=43	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.628
=43	PeruPERSouth America	0.628
=45	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.627
=45	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.627
47	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.626
48	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.623
49	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.622
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.620
51	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.619
52	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.618
=53	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.617
=53	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.617
=55	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.615
=55	BrazilBRASouth America	0.615
=57	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.611
=57	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.611
59	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.610
=60	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.606
=60	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.606
62	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.604
63	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.602
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.598
=65	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.596
=65	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.596
67	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.592
=68	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.591
=68	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.591
70	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.590
71	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.588
72	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.586
73	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.581
74	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.578
75	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.577
=76	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.576
=76	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.576
78	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.573
79	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.568
80	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.563
81	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.557
82	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.554
83	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.552
84	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.546
85	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.543
86	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.539
87	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.537
88	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.536
89	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.532
90	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.529
91	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.521
92	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.514
93	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.510
94	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.508
95	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.503
96	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.480
97	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.469
=98	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.467
=98	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.467
100	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.458
101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.447
102	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.432
=103	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.429
=103	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.429
=105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.425
=105	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.425
=105	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.425
108	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.419
109	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.415
110	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.407
111	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.406
112	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.405
113	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.397
114	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.394
115	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.390
116	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.386
117	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.381
118	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.378
=119	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.375
=119	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.375
121	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.369
122	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.365
123	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.362
124	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.349
125	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.325
126	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.320
127	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.311
128	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.310
129	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.307
130	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.291
131	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.290
132	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.269
133	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.253
134	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.233
135	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.221

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.745
2Norway0.718
3France0.717
4Japan0.699
5Spainshared0.696

Lowest

135Qatar0.221
134Niger0.233
133Mozambique0.253
132Mali0.269
131Burundi0.290

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.591. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 131 in both
100 · 25rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Malawi0.322 → 0.365+0.043
Estonia0.600 → 0.630+0.030
Luxembourg0.524 → 0.552+0.028
Afghanistan0.302 → 0.325+0.023
Saudi Arabia0.562 → 0.581+0.019

Fell most

Qatar0.249 → 0.221−0.028
Iceland0.684 → 0.660−0.024
Cyprus0.643 → 0.628−0.015
Kuwait0.433 → 0.419−0.014
Australia0.626 → 0.615−0.011

+ Azerbaijan

+ Djibouti

+ Croatia

+ Rwanda

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.

The site’s method

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 1995.
109 distinct values among 135
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.677. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UNDP Human Development Report Office publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 135 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (1995). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/1995

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