2021-22 UN Human Development Report (inequality-adjusted)

2020 Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index Map

This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the

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in its 2022 Human Development Report. According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of

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development when

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is accounted for," whereas the

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itself, from which the IHDI is derived, is "an index of potential human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)."

Methodology

The index captures the HDI of the

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person in

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, which is less than the aggregate HDI when there is inequality in the distribution of

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, 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 (includes the world and other 150 specific 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 (

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) up to over 40% ( Comoros,

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). Overall loss takes into account all three dimensions.

List

The table below ranks countries according to their inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI). Data is based on 2021 estimates.

2021 inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) (2022 report)

Notes

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