This is a list of countries by planetary pressures–adjusted human development index (PHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2020 Human Development Report.^[1] The index captures the HDI of a country adjusted for ecological and environmental factors like carbon dioxide emissions per person and material footprint. According to the PHDI, "The PHDI discounts the HDI for pressures on the planet to reflect a concern for intergenerational inequality, similar to the inequality-adjusted HDI adjustment which is motivated by a concern for intragenerational inequality."^[2]

The 2021/2022 report published 2023 reveals significant changes in performance, and positioning, of some countries (for example: Iceland and Ireland), with no formal documentation to explain or analyze these results.^[3] Unlike other indices, media coverage for these results was not available.

The index captures the HDI of a country, after adjusting for its carbon dioxide emissions per person and material footprint per person.^[4][5] Without any carbon emissions and material footprint, the HDI and PHDI would be equal; the greater these factors are, the greater the difference between the two.

The table below ranks countries according to their planetary pressures–adjusted human development index (PHDI). Data is based on 2019 estimates.

2021/2022 and 2019 planetary pressures–adjusted HDI (PHDI) (2020, 2021/2022 reports)

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Rank 2019	Rank 2021/ 2022	Country	2021/2022 Report			2019 estimates (2020 report)[6]
			HDI	PHDI	Overall loss (%)	PHDI	HDI	Overall loss (%)
Very high human development
1	65	Ireland	0.945	0.682	27.8	0.833	0.955	12.8
2	8	Switzerland	0.962	0.796	17.3	0.825	0.955	13.6
2	1	United Kingdom	0.929	0.819	11.8	0.825	0.932	11.5
4	5	Denmark	0.948	0.803	15.3	0.824	0.940	12.3
5	5	Sweden	0.947	0.803	15.2	0.817	0.945	13.5
6	4	Germany	0.942	0.804	14.6	0.814	0.947	14.0
7	18	New Zealand	0.937	0.756	19.3	0.808	0.931	13.2
8	7	France	0.903	0.803	11.1	0.801	0.901	11.1
9	29	Belgium	0.937	0.742	20.8	0.800	0.931	14.1
9	13	Slovenia	0.918	0.769	16.2	0.800	0.917	12.8
High human development
11	28	Israel	0.919	0.744	19.0	0.797	0.919	13.3
12	27	Netherlands	0.941	0.745	20.8	0.794	0.944	15.9
12	43	Malta	0.918	0.720	21.6	0.794	0.895	11.3
14	3	Italy	0.895	0.813	9.2	0.792	0.892	11.2
15	1	Spain	0.905	0.819	9.5	0.783	0.904	12.1
16	22	Belarus	0.808	0.751	7.1	0.781	0.823	5.1
16	36	Norway	0.961	0.734	23.6	0.781	0.957	18.4
16	9	Japan	0.925	0.792	14.4	0.781	0.919	15.0
16	19	Hungary	0.846	0.755	10.8	0.781	0.854	8.5
20	9	Portugal	0.866	0.792	8.5	0.780	0.850	9.7
21	15	Croatia	0.858	0.764	11.0	0.779	0.851	8.5
21	26	Costa Rica	0.809	0.746	7.8	0.779	0.810	3.8
23	17	Argentina	0.842	0.759	9.9	0.778	0.845	7.9
23	31	Panama	0.805	0.740	8.1	0.778	0.815	4.5
25	45	Latvia	0.863	0.716	17.0	0.777	0.866	10.3
26	12	Chile	0.855	0.775	9.4	0.774	0.851	9.0
27	23	Georgia	0.802	0.749	6.6	0.772	0.812	4.9
28	14	Austria	0.916	0.766	16.4	0.771	0.922	16.4
29	38	Finland	0.940	0.731	22.2	0.770	0.938	17.9
30	94	Iceland	0.959	0.633	34.0	0.768	0.949	19.1
30	24	Czech Republic	0.889	0.748	15.9	0.768	0.900	14.7
30	9	Greece	0.887	0.792	10.7	0.768	0.888	13.5
33	49	Cyprus	0.896	0.708	21.0	0.767	0.887	13.5
34	16	Sri Lanka	0.782	0.761	2.7	0.765	0.782	2.2
35	33	Romania	0.821	0.738	10.1	0.760	0.828	8.2
36		Barbados				0.758	0.814	6.9
37	32	Albania	0.796	0.739	7.2	0.756	0.795	4.9
38	20	Poland	0.876	0.753	14.0	0.752	0.880	14.5
39	40	Cuba	0.764	0.721	5.6	0.749	0.783	4.3
40	21	South Korea	0.925	0.752	18.7	0.746	0.916	18.6
40	67	Lithuania	0.875	0.679	22.4	0.746	0.882	15.4
40	30	Turkey	0.838	0.741	11.6	0.746	0.820	9.0
43	49	Bulgaria	0.795	0.708	10.9	0.745	0.816	8.7
43	39	Armenia	0.759	0.727	4.2	0.745	0.776	4.0
45	40	Peru	0.762	0.721	5.4	0.743	0.777	4.4
46		Montenegro				0.738	0.829	11.0
47	24	Moldova	0.767	0.748	2.5	0.734	0.750	2.1
48	93	Bahamas	0.812	0.634	21.9	0.733	0.814	10.0
48	52	Mexico	0.758	0.704	7.1	0.733	0.779	5.9
50	46	Serbia	0.802	0.715	10.8	0.732	0.806	9.2
51	47	Colombia	0.752	0.711	5.5	0.729	0.767	5.0
52	40	Russia	0.822	0.721	12.3	0.728	0.824	11.7
53		Mauritius				0.727	0.804	9.6
53	44	Dominican Republic	0.767	0.719	6.3	0.727	0.756	3.8
55	60	Canada	0.936	0.687	26.6	0.721	0.929	22.4
55	60	Algeria	0.745	0.687	7.8	0.721	0.748	3.6
57	33	Slovakia	0.848	0.738	13.0	0.720	0.860	16.3
57	54	Ukraine	0.773	0.703	9.1	0.720	0.779	7.6
57	51	North Macedonia	0.770	0.707	8.2	0.720	0.774	7.0
57	58	Azerbaijan	0.745	0.688	7.7	0.720	0.756	4.8
61	55	United States	0.921	0.698	24.2	0.718	0.926	22.5
61	57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.780	0.691	11.4	0.718	0.780	7.9
61	52	Ecuador	0.740	0.704	4.9	0.718	0.759	5.4
64	35	Thailand	0.800	0.735	8.1	0.716	0.777	7.9
65		Antigua and Barbuda				0.713	0.778	8.4
65		Fiji				0.713	0.743	4.0
67	63	Estonia	0.890	0.684	23.1	0.711	0.882	20.3
68	60	Tunisia	0.731	0.687	6.0	0.710	0.740	4.1
68	69	Brazil	0.754	0.731	10.3	0.710	0.765	7.2
70	90	Saudi Arabia	0.875	0.638	27.1	0.707	0.854	17.2
71	48	Oman	0.816	0.710	13.0	0.704	0.813	13.4
71	37	Uruguay	0.809	0.733	9.4	0.704	0.817	13.8
73	73	Philippines	0.699	0.664	5.0	0.701	0.718	2.4
74	64	Jordan	0.720	0.683	5.1	0.700	0.729	4.0
74	74	Jamaica	0.709	0.663	6.5	0.700	0.734	4.6
Medium human development
76	66	Malaysia	0.803	0.681	15.2	0.699	0.810	13.7
76		Seychelles				0.699	0.796	12.2
78	68	Iran	0.774	0.677	12.5	0.698	0.783	10.9
79	91	Australia	0.951	0.637	33.0	0.696	0.944	26.3
80	84	Bolivia	0.692	0.647	6.5	0.695	0.718	3.2
81	84	Bahrain	0.875	0.647	26.1	0.691	0.852	18.9
81	70	Indonesia	0.705	0.672	4.7	0.691	0.718	3.8
81	58	Uzbekistan	0.727	0.688	5.4	0.691	0.720	4.0
84		Samoa				0.690	0.715	3.5
84	91	Belize	0.683	0.637	6.7	0.690	0.716	3.6
86		Maldives				0.689	0.740	6.9
87	87	Lebanon	0.706	0.646	8.5	0.688	0.744	7.5
88		Suriname				0.687	0.738	6.9
89	81	Paraguay	0.717	0.648	9.6	0.686	0.728	5.8
90	56	Egypt	0.731	0.692	5.3	0.684	0.707	3.3
–		World	0.732	0.667	8.9	0.683	0.731	7.3
92	71	Gabon	0.706	0.666	5.7	0.680	0.703	3.3
93	97	Libya	0.718	0.626	12.8	0.673	0.724	7.0
94	103	Kazakhstan	0.811	0.590	27.3	0.672	0.825	18.5
94	155	Brunei	0.829	0.358	56.8	0.672	0.838	19.8
96	81	China	0.768	0.648	15.6	0.671	0.761	11.8
97	88	Venezuela	0.691	0.645	6.7	0.670	0.711	5.8
98	77	Kyrgyzstan	0.692	0.658	4.9	0.669	0.697	4.0
99	78	Morocco	0.683	0.652	4.5	0.668	0.686	2.6
100	75	Vietnam	0.709	0.663	6.5	0.664	0.704	5.7
101	115	Mongolia	0.739	0.557	24.6	0.657	0.737	10.9
101	75	Tajikistan	0.685	0.662	3.4	0.657	0.668	1.6
103	72	Singapore	0.939	0.665	29.2	0.656	0.938	30.1
104	78	El Salvador	0.675	0.652	3.4	0.654	0.673	2.8
105	101	Guatemala	0.627	0.601	4.1	0.650	0.663	2.0
106	81	South Africa	0.713	0.648	9.1	0.648	0.709	8.6
107	84	Nicaragua	0.667	0.647	3.0	0.647	0.660	2.0
108	98	Iraq	0.686	0.622	9.3	0.642	0.674	4.7
109		Cape Verde				0.641	0.665	3.6
110	94	Botswana	0.693	0.633	8.7	0.637	0.735	13.3
111	100	India	0.633	0.609	3.8	0.626	0.645	2.9
112	80	Bangladesh	0.661	0.649	1.8	0.625	0.632	1.1
113	117	Bhutan	0.666	0.553	17.0	0.624	0.654	4.6
114	102	Honduras	0.621	0.599	3.5	0.621	0.634	2.1
114	108	Namibia	0.615	0.574	6.7	0.621	0.646	3.9
116		São Tomé and Príncipe				0.610	0.625	2.4
117	129	United Arab Emirates	0.911	0.518	43.1	0.609	0.890	31.6
118		Trinidad and Tobago				0.603	0.796	24.2
119	99	Ghana	0.632	0.618	2.2	0.601	0.611	1.6
120	96	Turkmenistan	0.745	0.632	15.2	0.595	0.715	16.8
120	105	Nepal	0.602	0.584	3.0	0.595	0.602	1.2
122	113	Kenya	0.575	0.561	2.4	0.594	0.601	1.2
123		Vanuatu				0.592	0.609	2.8
124		Eswatini				0.587	0.611	3.9
125	114	Laos	0.607	0.559	7.9	0.586	0.613	4.4
126	109	Cambodia	0.593	0.573	3.4	0.584	0.594	1.7
127	135	Qatar	0.855	0.491	42.6	0.581	0.848	31.5
128	106	Myanmar	0.585	0.577	1.4	0.578	0.583	0.9
129	115	Zambia	0.565	0.557	1.4		0.584	1.4
130	106	Angola	0.586	0.577	1.5	0.570	0.581	1.9
131	112	Rep. of the Congo	0.571	0.564	1.2	0.567	0.574	1.2
132	104	Zimbabwe	0.593	0.587	1.0	0.562	0.571	1.6
133	110	Cameroon	0.576	0.569	1.2	0.558	0.563	0.9
134	111	Syria	0.577	0.565	2.1	0.554	0.567	2.3
Low human development
135	145	Kuwait	0.831	0.452	45.6	0.547	0.806	32.1
135	119	Papua New Guinea	0.558	0.541	3.0	0.547	0.555	1.4
135	122	Pakistan	0.544	0.531	2.4	0.547	0.557	1.8
138	127	Uganda	0.525	0.520	1.0	0.539	0.544	0.9
138	121	Mauritania	0.556	0.533	4.1	0.539	0.546	1.3
140	123	Rwanda	0.534	0.529	0.9	0.537	0.543	1.1
141	120	Côte d'Ivoire	0.550	0.540	1.8	0.535	0.538	0.6
141	130	Benin	0.525	0.515	1.9	0.535	0.520	1.8
143	126	Nigeria	0.535	0.524	2.1	0.532	0.539	1.3
144	118	Tanzania	0.549	0.544	0.9	0.526	0.528	0.6
145	133	Madagascar	0.501	0.497	0.8	0.526	0.528	0.4
146	143	Djibouti	0.509	0.470	7.7	0.518	0.524	1.1
147	124	Togo	0.539	0.528	2.0	0.509	0.515	1.2
148	139	Afghanistan	0.478	0.474	0.8	0.508	0.511	0.6
149	124	Haiti	0.535	0.528	1.3	0.507	0.510	0.6
150	132	Senegal	0.511	0.499	2.3	0.505	0.512	1.4
151		Lesotho				0.503	0.527	4.6
152	138	Sudan	0.508	0.480	5.5	0.500	0.510	2.0
153	88	Luxembourg	0.930	0.645	30.6	0.495	0.916	46.0
154	136	Gambia	0.500	0.490	2.0	0.491	0.496	1.0
155	134	Ethiopia	0.498	0.496	0.4	0.483	0.485	0.4
156	131	Malawi	0.512	0.508	0.8	0.481	0.483	0.4
157	141	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	0.479	0.473	1.3	0.477	0.480	0.6
158	139	Liberia	0.481	0.474	1.5	0.476	0.480	0.8
159	144	Guinea	0.465	0.454	2.4	0.473	0.477	0.8
160	146	Yemen	0.455	0.448	1.5	0.467	0.470	0.6
161	148	Mozambique	0.446	0.441	1.1	0.456	0.452	0.9
162	137	Eritrea	0.492	0.483	1.8	0.449	0.459	2.2
163	147	Burkina Faso	0.449	0.442	1.6	0.446	0.452	1.3
164	142	Sierra Leone	0.477	0.472	1.0	0.442	0.452	2.2
165	149	Burundi	0.426	0.422	0.9	0.431	0.433	0.5
166	154	South Sudan	0.385	0.376	2.3	0.430	0.433	0.7
167	150	Mali	0.428	0.418	2.3	0.427	0.434	1.6
168	153	Chad	0.394	0.379	3.8	0.396	0.398	0.5
169	151	Central African Republic	0.404	0.401	0.7	0.393	0.397	1.0
170	152	Niger	0.400	0.392	2.0	0.390	0.394	1.0

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