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Inequality-adjusted income index

The HDI income index adjusted for inequality in income distribution based on data from household surveys listed in Main data sources.

Source: Calculated based on data in column 9 and the unadjusted income index.

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 May 2011, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2010 2011
.. Very high human development .. 0.648
.. High human development .. 0.482
.. Medium human development .. 0.441
.. Low human development .. 0.300
1 Norway .. 0.789
2 Australia .. 0.698
3 Netherlands .. 0.739
4 United States .. 0.587
5 New Zealand .. ..
6 Canada .. 0.696
7 Ireland .. 0.701
8 Liechtenstein .. ..
9 Germany .. 0.717
10 Sweden .. 0.756
11 Switzerland .. 0.735
12 Japan .. ..
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. ..
14 Iceland .. 0.718
15 Korea (Republic of) .. 0.659
16 Denmark .. 0.751
17 Israel .. 0.607
18 Belgium .. 0.735
19 Austria .. 0.715
20 France .. 0.705
21 Slovenia .. 0.723
22 Finland .. 0.740
23 Spain .. 0.666
24 Italy .. 0.665
25 Luxembourg .. 0.771
26 Singapore .. ..
27 Czech Republic .. 0.695
28 United Kingdom .. 0.688
29 Greece .. 0.649
30 United Arab Emirates .. ..
31 Cyprus .. 0.704
32 Andorra .. ..
33 Brunei Darussalam .. ..
34 Estonia .. 0.627
35 Slovakia .. 0.686
36 Malta .. ..
37 Qatar .. ..
38 Hungary .. 0.650
39 Poland .. 0.619
40 Lithuania .. 0.601
41 Portugal .. 0.616
42 Bahrain .. ..
43 Latvia .. 0.561
44 Chile .. 0.462
45 Argentina .. 0.468
46 Croatia .. 0.523
47 Barbados .. ..
48 Uruguay .. 0.505
49 Palau .. ..
50 Romania .. 0.524
51 Cuba .. ..
52 Seychelles .. ..
53 Bahamas .. 0.588
54 Montenegro .. 0.589
55 Bulgaria .. 0.543
56 Saudi Arabia .. ..
57 Mexico .. 0.451
58 Panama .. 0.410
59 Serbia .. 0.595
60 Antigua and Barbuda .. ..
61 Malaysia .. ..
62 Trinidad and Tobago .. 0.610
63 Kuwait .. ..
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. ..
65 Belarus .. 0.617
66 Russian Federation .. 0.628
67 Grenada .. ..
68 Kazakhstan .. 0.576
69 Costa Rica .. 0.442
70 Albania .. 0.510
71 Lebanon .. 0.489
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. ..
73 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) .. 0.368
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. 0.502
75 Georgia .. 0.428
76 Ukraine .. 0.526
77 Mauritius .. 0.581
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .. 0.502
79 Jamaica .. 0.454
80 Peru .. 0.444
81 Dominica .. ..
82 Saint Lucia .. ..
83 Ecuador .. 0.379
84 Brazil .. 0.392
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. ..
86 Armenia .. 0.504
87 Colombia .. 0.292
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .. ..
89 Oman .. ..
90 Tonga .. ..
91 Azerbaijan .. 0.610
92 Turkey .. 0.506
93 Belize .. ..
94 Tunisia .. 0.480
95 Jordan .. 0.449
96 Algeria .. ..
97 Sri Lanka .. 0.442
98 Dominican Republic .. 0.417
99 Samoa .. ..
100 Fiji .. ..
101 China .. 0.436
102 Turkmenistan .. ..
103 Thailand .. 0.411
104 Suriname .. 0.403
105 El Salvador .. 0.403
106 Gabon .. 0.536
107 Paraguay .. 0.368
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) .. 0.280
109 Maldives .. 0.436
110 Mongolia .. 0.422
111 Moldova (Republic of) .. 0.397
112 Philippines .. 0.356
113 Egypt .. 0.487
114 Occupied Palestinian Territory .. ..
115 Uzbekistan .. 0.399
116 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. 0.179
117 Guyana .. 0.337
118 Botswana .. ..
119 Syrian Arab Republic .. 0.439
120 Namibia .. 0.187
121 Honduras .. 0.287
122 Kiribati .. ..
123 South Africa .. ..
124 Indonesia .. 0.426
125 Vanuatu .. ..
126 Kyrgyzstan .. 0.379
127 Tajikistan .. 0.360
128 Viet Nam .. 0.423
129 Nicaragua .. 0.303
130 Morocco .. 0.412
131 Guatemala .. 0.329
132 Iraq .. ..
133 Cape Verde .. ..
134 India .. 0.433
135 Ghana .. 0.288
136 Equatorial Guinea .. ..
137 Congo .. 0.342
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic .. 0.376
139 Cambodia .. 0.328
140 Swaziland .. 0.322
141 Bhutan .. ..
142 Solomon Islands .. ..
143 Kenya .. 0.248
144 Sao Tome and Principe .. 0.231
145 Pakistan .. 0.413
146 Bangladesh .. 0.321
147 Timor-Leste .. 0.401
148 Angola .. 0.278
149 Myanmar .. ..
150 Cameroon .. 0.345
151 Madagascar .. 0.193
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) .. 0.294
153 Papua New Guinea .. ..
154 Yemen .. 0.365
155 Senegal .. 0.309
156 Nigeria .. 0.309
157 Nepal .. 0.220
158 Haiti .. 0.180
159 Mauritania .. 0.329
160 Lesotho .. 0.213
161 Uganda .. 0.246
162 Togo .. 0.238
163 Comoros .. ..
164 Zambia .. 0.287
165 Djibouti .. 0.355
166 Rwanda .. 0.228
167 Benin .. 0.286
168 Gambia .. ..
169 Sudan* .. ..
170 Côte d'Ivoire .. 0.247
171 Malawi .. 0.232
172 Afghanistan .. ..
173 Zimbabwe .. 0.124
174 Ethiopia .. 0.258
175 Mali .. ..
176 Guinea-Bissau .. 0.222
177 Eritrea .. ..
178 Guinea .. 0.213
179 Central African Republic .. 0.201
180 Sierra Leone .. 0.197
181 Burkina Faso .. 0.260
182 Liberia .. 0.113
183 Chad .. 0.272
184 Mozambique .. 0.233
185 Burundi .. ..
186 Niger .. 0.218
187 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) .. 0.093
.. Tuvalu .. ..
.. Somalia .. ..
.. San Marino .. ..
.. Nauru .. ..
.. Monaco .. ..
.. Marshall Islands .. ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. ..

Footnotes
1. Inequality adjustment is based on data from household surveys, including the Luxembourg Income Study, Eurostat's European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions, the World Bank's International Income Distribution Database, UNICEF's Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey, USAID's Demographic and Health Survey, and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research's (UNU-WIDER) World Income Inequality Database.

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