Data for 2015

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015

2015, as UNDP Human Development Report Office’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015 covers 155 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.796; Qatar is lowest, at 0.308. The middle country reads 0.665. Against 2014, 151 values changed (121 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI · Data for 2015

Highest2 countries share it

0.796

LowestQatar

0.308

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

155countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
129distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
derived
=1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.796
=1	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.796
=3	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.785
=3	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.785
5	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.782
=6	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.780
=6	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.780
8	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.774
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.772
10	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.771
11	ChileCHLSouth America	0.770
12	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.768
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.766
14	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.763
15	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.762
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.761
=17	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.758
=17	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.758
19	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.757
=20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.756
=20	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.756
=22	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.755
=22	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.755
24	UruguayURYSouth America	0.754
=25	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.753
=25	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.753
27	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.747
28	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.744
29	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.743
30	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.741
31	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.738
=32	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.737
=32	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.737
=34	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.736
=34	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.736
36	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.735
37	PanamaPANCentral America	0.734
38	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.732
39	PeruPERSouth America	0.730
=40	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.729
=40	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.729
42	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.728
43	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.727
44	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.725
45	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.724
46	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.723
47	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.722
48	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.720
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.719
50	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.718
51	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.717
52	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.716
53	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.715
54	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.712
55	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.710
56	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.707
57	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.706
58	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.704
59	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.702
60	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.701
=61	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.695
=61	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.695
63	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.685
64	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.684
65	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.681
66	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.680
67	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.679
=68	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.677
=68	BrazilBRASouth America	0.677
=70	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.676
=70	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.676
72	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.674
=73	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.673
=73	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.673
=73	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.673
76	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.670
77	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.667
=78	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.665
=78	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.665
80	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.661
81	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.659
82	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.658
83	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.654
84	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.652
85	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.646
=86	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.638
=86	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.638
88	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.635
89	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.632
90	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.631
=91	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.626
=91	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.626
93	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.623
=94	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.620
=94	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.620
96	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.618
=97	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.611
=97	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.611
99	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.609
=100	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.603
=100	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.603
102	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.593
103	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.588
104	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.585
105	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.581
106	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.576
107	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.568
108	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.567
=109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.564
=109	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.564
111	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.561
112	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.558
113	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.553
=114	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.552
=114	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.552
116	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.551
117	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.548
118	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.546
119	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.543
120	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.542
121	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.536
122	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.535
=123	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.533
=123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.533
=125	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.517
=125	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.517
127	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.515
128	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.514
129	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.508
130	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.503
131	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.497
132	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.496
133	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.495
134	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.493
135	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.491
136	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.481
=137	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.474
=137	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.474
139	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.472
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.471
141	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.469
142	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.467
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.452
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.449
145	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.448
146	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.439
147	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.428
148	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.424
149	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.413
150	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.406
151	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.378
152	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.370
153	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.366
154	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.309
155	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.308

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Kingdomshared0.796
1Swedenshared0.796
3Spainshared0.785
3Franceshared0.785
5Italy0.782

Lowest

155Qatar0.308
154South Sudan0.309
153Niger0.366
152Central African Republic0.370
151Chad0.378

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.665. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 155 in both
121 · 30rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Qatar0.198 → 0.308+0.110
Central African Republic0.313 → 0.370+0.057
Libya0.586 → 0.620+0.034
Angola0.552 → 0.576+0.024
Belgium0.688 → 0.710+0.022

Fell most

Kuwait0.508 → 0.472−0.036
South Sudan0.334 → 0.309−0.025
Yemen0.490 → 0.467−0.023
United Arab Emirates0.566 → 0.546−0.020
Venezuela0.691 → 0.673−0.018

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

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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 2015.
129 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.673. 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 155 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNDP Human Development Report Office (2015). Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/planetary-pressures-hdi/2015

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