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Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI

HDI discounted for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint.

38 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1GabonHigh0.7042BotswanaHigh0.6983South AfricaHigh0.6854Equatorial GuineaMedium0.6445CongoMedium0.6316NamibiaMedium0.6117KenyaMedium0.618AngolaMedium0.6049GhanaMedium0.60410ZambiaMedium0.58511ZimbabweMedium0.58512CameroonMedium0.57413UgandaMedium0.56914RwandaMedium0.56715TogoMedium0.56216NigeriaMedium0.54817MauritaniaMedium0.54218Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium0.54119Côte d'IvoireMedium0.53720Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low0.51721GambiaLow0.51422SenegalLow0.51223MalawiLow0.50724LiberiaLow0.50525BeninLow0.50426EritreaLow0.49627GuineaLow0.48828EthiopiaLow0.48729MozambiqueLow0.48630MadagascarLow0.48131Sierra LeoneLow0.45932Burkina FasoLow0.45333BurundiLow0.43534MaliLow0.41135NigerLow0.4136Central African RepublicLow0.40737ChadLow0.39738South SudanLow0.383