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This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP 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 inequality is accounted for," whereas the
Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, w ...
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% (
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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)


See also

* List of countries by Human Development Index * List of countries by planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index * List of countries by income equality * List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent *
Social Progress Index The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progre ...
*
Economic inequality There are wide varieties of economic inequality, most notably income inequality measured using the distribution of income (the amount of money people are paid) and wealth inequality measured using the distribution of wealth (the amount of ...
* Median income *
Per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...
* Poverty *
Social inequality Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons. It posses and creates gender c ...
* Welfare's effect on poverty * Human Development Report


Notes


References


External links


Human Development Reports

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