Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities by country
Percentage difference between the IHDI value and the HDI value.
Countries reporting
163
Highest
41.8%
South Sudan
Lowest
4.9%
Slovenia
Median
18.3%
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,131
What the numbers show
Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 41.8% in South Sudan; the lowest is 4.9% in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.3%, and the mean is 20.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 13.2%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 44.8%).
Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 41.8% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 2 | Angola | 41.6% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 3 | Comoros | 41.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 40.5% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 39.9% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 39.8% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 39.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Guinea | 39.6% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 39.4% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 10 | Zambia | 39.3% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Haiti | 39.2% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 38.9% | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 38.6% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 14 | Cameroon | 38.6% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Eswatini | 38.0% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 16 | Gambia | 37.2% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 17 | Niger | 36.8% | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 18 | Ghana | 36.5% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 19 | Togo | 36.4% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 20 | Liberia | 36.1% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 21 | Senegal | 35.8% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 35.8% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 35.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.6% | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 35.3% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Lesotho | 35.1% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 27 | Burundi | 34.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.7% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 34.5% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 34.4% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 34.4% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 32 | Namibia | 34.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritania | 33.6% | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 34 | Djibouti | 33.5% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 35 | Pakistan | 33.1% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 32.9% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 32.3% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 32.1% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 39 | Bhutan | 31.5% | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 40 | Uganda | 31.3% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 41 | Rwanda | 31.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 42 | Yemen | 30.9% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 43 | India | 30.7% | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 44 | Botswana | 30.4% | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Lucia | 30.1% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 29.7% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 29.6% | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 48 | Tanzania | 29.5% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 49 | Malawi | 29.4% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | East Timor | 28.9% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 28.4% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 52 | Guatemala | 27.6% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 53 | Kenya | 27.4% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 27.2% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 26.7% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 26.6% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 57 | Laos | 25.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.0% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 59 | Colombia | 24.7% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 60 | Brazil | 24.4% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 24.2% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Gabon | 23.9% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 63 | Syria | 23.7% | 2015 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 23.6% | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 65 | Iraq | 23.2% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 23.1% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 67 | Egypt | 22.8% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | 21.7% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 69 | Palau | 21.6% | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 70 | Maldives | 21.4% | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 21.2% | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 72 | Bolivia | 21.1% | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 73 | Panama | 20.9% | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 74 | Paraguay | 20.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 75 | Peru | 20.3% | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 76 | Tunisia | 20.2% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 77 | Palestine | 20.2% | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 78 | Iran | 19.5% | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 18.8% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 18.6% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 18.3% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 18.3% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 83 | El Salvador | 18.1% | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 18.1% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 85 | Jamaica | 18.1% | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 86 | Chile | 17.7% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 87 | Ecuador | 17.6% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 17.3% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 17.1% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 90 | Turkey | 17.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritius | 17.0% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 92 | Kiribati | 16.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 93 | Indonesia | 16.5% | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 94 | Vietnam | 16.3% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 16.1% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 16.1% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 97 | China | 15.9% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 15.5% | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 99 | Thailand | 15.2% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 100 | Venezuela | 14.7% | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.3% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 14.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 103 | Samoa | 14.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 104 | Malaysia | 13.7% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 13.4% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 106 | Uruguay | 13.3% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 107 | Singapore | 13.0% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 108 | Albania | 13.0% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Oman | 12.6% | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 110 | Hong Kong | 12.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 111 | Argentina | 12.0% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 112 | Israel | 11.5% | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 11.5% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 114 | Tonga | 11.3% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 115 | United States | 11.3% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 11.3% | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 117 | Seychelles | 11.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 118 | Spain | 10.8% | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 119 | Italy | 10.7% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 120 | Portugal | 10.7% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 121 | Georgia | 10.7% | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 122 | Montenegro | 10.6% | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 123 | Romania | 10.3% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.9% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 125 | Poland | 9.8% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 126 | Brunei | 9.7% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 127 | Lithuania | 9.3% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 128 | Greece | 9.1% | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 129 | France | 9.1% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 131 | New Zealand | 9.1% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 132 | Russia | 8.9% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 133 | Australia | 8.9% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 135 | Latvia | 8.7% | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 136 | Japan | 8.6% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 137 | South Korea | 8.5% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 8.5% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 8.4% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 8.4% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 141 | Andorra | 8.3% | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 142 | Ukraine | 8.2% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 8.1% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 144 | Cyprus | 7.9% | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 7.9% | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 146 | Switzerland | 7.8% | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 147 | Canada | 7.7% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 148 | Sweden | 7.6% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 149 | Austria | 7.4% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 150 | Serbia | 7.3% | 2023 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 151 | Germany | 7.2% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 152 | Estonia | 7.1% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 153 | Croatia | 6.9% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 6.8% | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 156 | Netherlands | 6.6% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 157 | Belarus | 6.4% | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 158 | Belgium | 6.3% | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 159 | Norway | 6.3% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 160 | Finland | 6.0% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 161 | Hungary | 5.9% | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 162 | Denmark | 5.5% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 163 | Slovakia | 5.3% | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 164 | Czechia | 5.2% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 165 | Iceland | 5.0% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 166 | Slovenia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
About this data
Percentage difference between the IHDI value and the HDI value.