Illustrative Inequality Adjustments

Illustrates how HPI rank of each country would change if within-country inequality in life expectancy and well-being are t

Inequality
Adjusted HPI
Rank

Sub-Region

Inequality Adjusted
Life Expectancy

Costa Rica
Vietnam
Jamaica
Belize
Indonesia
El Salvador
Colombia
Bangladesh
Panama
Cuba
Israel
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Thailand
Guatemala
Philippines
Albania
Argentina
Chile
Algeria

1a
6c
1a
1a
6c
1a
1b
5a
1a
1a
3b
1b
1a
6c
1a
6c
7b
1b
1b
3a

73.1
65.2
61.9
66.8
57.7
61.2
63.6
52.9
66.7
74.9
78.4
65.3
63.8
66.6
58.0
58.2
68.3
68.5
73.9
62.5

21

Pakistan

5a

44.2

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33

Norway
Honduras
New Zealand
Mexico
Jordan
Laos
Ecuador
Peru
Switzerland
Brazil
Palestine
Kyrgyzstan

2d
1a
2a
1a
3b
6c
1b
1b
2c
1b
3b
7a

78.1
60.5
76.5
68.7
63.8
52.8
64.9
63.1
79.0
63.0
63.4
54.3

India

5a

47.6

Sri Lanka
Moldova
Guyana
Iraq
United Kingdom

5a
7b
1a
3b
2c

67.8
61.6
54.7
55.0
76.3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

34
35
36
37
38
39

Country

40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89

Morocco
Tajikistan
Austria
Germany
Tunisia
Sweden
Madagascar
France
Japan
Turkey
Nepal
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Cyprus
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
Uzbekistan
Georgia
Canada
Finland
Korea
Paraguay
Spain
Myanmar
Syria
China
Armenia
Ireland
Poland
Australia
Malaysia
Malta
Haiti
Bolivia
Singapore
Slovakia
Lebanon
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Malawi
Iceland
Yemen
Serbia
Czech Republic
Romania
Slovenia
Namibia
Cambodia
Libya
Greece

3a
7a
2c
2c
3a
2d
4a
2c
6b
3b
5a
2e
3b
2e
1a
2c
7a
7a
2b
2d
6b
1b
2e
5a
3b
6a
7a
2c
7b
2a
6c
2e
1a
1b
6b
7b
3b
7b
7b
4a
2d
3b
7b
7b
7b
7b
4a
6c
3a
2e

60.1
49.1
77.5
77.2
65.1
78.7
49.6
78.1
80.5
64.5
55.4
78.7
65.5
76.3
61.6
77.2
51.7
62.6
77.0
76.9
77.2
59.5
78.0
48.7
68.3
63.6
63.1
77.2
71.7
78.1
69.3
75.5
42.9
49.8
78.7
71.1
62.8
68.5
72.4
32.5
79.3
49.0
68.3
74.6
67.0
76.1
49.3
44.9
67.6
76.1

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91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139

Belarus
Zambia
Ukraine
Denmark
Uruguay
Kenya
Belgium
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Iran
Mozambique
Azerbaijan
Hong Kong
Ethiopia
United States of America
Portugal
Hungary
Egypt
Turkmenistan
Mauritius
Rwanda
Cote d'Ivoire
Afghanistan
Estonia
Russia
Comoros
Sudan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Djibouti
United Arab Emirates
Liberia
Bulgaria
Congo
Cameroon
Senegal
Angola
Luxembourg
Nigeria
Trinidad and Tobago
Burundi
Uganda
Burkina Faso
Kuwait
Mauritania
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
South Africa
Tanzania
Benin

7c
4a
7c
2d
1c
4b
2c
4a
4c
3b
4a
7a
6b
4b
2b
2e
7b
3a
7a
4a
4b
4c
3b
7b
7c
4a
4b
7a
7b
7b
4b
3b
4c
7b
4a
4c
4c
4a
2c
4c
1a
4b
4b
4c
3b
4c
4a
4a
4b
4c

65.2
28.5
61.2
75.3
69.8
37.6
76.5
35.6
46.5
61.2
29.7
56.2
80.4
38.3
73.4
75.7
70.2
63.0
47.6
66.3
32.5
34.5
23.9
70.3
61.4
41.2
41.2
56.1
68.2
67.0
36.5
71.7
35.5
67.6
36.1
29.4
41.1
27.5
77.2
29.2
58.4
27.4
33.0
32.3
69.6
37.4
24.2
37.8
39.3
33.5

140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151

Sierra Leone
Guinea
Bahrain
Macedonia
Qatar
Togo
Mongolia
Central African Republic
Niger
Mali
Botswana
Chad

4c
4c
3b
7b
3b
4c
7a
4a
4c
4c
4a
4b

26.2
31.0
70.5
67.8
72.7
35.8
55.7
26.1
31.4
27.6
40.3
23.8

untry inequality in life expectancy and well-being are taken into account.

Inquality Adjusted
Well-being

Footprint
(gha/capita)

Inequality
adjusted HPI

Change in Rank
arising from
Inequality
adjustment

HPI Rank
(unadjusted)

6.9
5.5
5.9
6.0
5.2
6.3
5.7
4.6
7.0
4.9
7.1
7.0
5.0
6.0
5.7
4.4
4.9
6.0
6.2
4.9

2.5
1.4
1.7
2.1
1.1
2.0
1.8
0.7
3.0
1.9
4.0
3.0
1.6
2.4
1.8
1.0
1.8
2.7
3.2
1.6

48.2
46.0
42.4
42.2
42.2
41.8
41.4
41.2
40.1
39.6
39.5
38.8
38.6
38.4
37.9
37.4
37.2
37.0
36.7
36.0

0
0
3
0
9
-1
-4
3
-2
2
4
-3
-5
6
-5
9
1
-1
0
6

1
2
6
4
14
5
3
11
7
12
15
9
8
20
10
25
18
17
19
26

4.9

0.8

35.9

-5

16

7.4
5.1
7.0
6.3
5.3
4.9
5.5
5.2
7.3
6.3
4.3
4.7

4.8
1.7
4.3
3.3
2.1
1.3
2.4
2.0
5.0
2.9
1.4
1.3

35.9
35.7
35.4
34.6
34.6
34.4
34.4
34.4
34.3
34.3
34.3
34.2

7
-10
4
-3
1
10
-5
-5
4
-10
-2
5

29
13
28
22
27
37
23
24
34
21
30
38

4.6

0.9

34.0

-2

32

3.8
5.2
5.7
4.7
6.7

1.2
2.1
2.1
1.4
4.7

33.6
33.0
32.9
32.7
31.7

0
4
-6
-2
2

35
40
31
36
41

4.1
4.2
7.1
6.4
4.2
7.3
4.4
6.5
5.7
5.0
3.5
5.9
6.3
5.9
3.8
7.3
4.8
3.7
7.4
7.1
5.7
5.5
5.8
5.1
3.4
4.2
3.8
6.9
5.4
7.1
5.3
5.2
3.5
5.5
6.3
5.7
4.6
4.2
5.2
4.5
6.5
3.3
4.0
5.8
4.3
5.6
4.6
3.9
4.5
5.2

1.3
0.9
5.3
4.6
1.8
5.7
1.2
4.9
4.2
2.6
0.8
4.5
4.0
4.4
1.4
6.3
1.8
1.4
6.4
6.2
4.6
3.0
4.7
1.9
1.5
2.1
1.7
6.2
3.9
6.7
3.9
4.3
0.6
2.6
6.1
4.7
2.8
2.7
4.2
0.8
6.5
0.9
2.6
5.3
2.8
5.2
2.0
1.2
3.2
4.9

31.6
31.4
31.3
31.2
30.8
30.8
30.5
30.5
30.4
29.9
29.9
29.5
28.9
28.8
28.4
28.1
28.0
27.9
27.8
27.6
27.5
27.5
27.4
27.4
27.3
27.1
26.9
26.8
26.7
26.3
25.9
25.7
25.6
25.5
25.2
25.0
25.0
24.9
24.9
24.8
24.7
24.7
24.3
24.3
24.2
24.2
24.2
24.1
23.9
23.4

2
2
6
3
-5
7
3
3
-3
-5
8
0
4
6
-21
12
-2
-2
7
11
3
-4
0
-2
-17
-5
-13
6
3
7
14
-5
6
-9
16
14
-7
-3
4
-7
8
-13
-3
9
-9
2
10
-2
-7
-6

42
43
48
46
39
52
49
50
45
44
58
51
56
59
33
67
54
55
65
70
63
57
62
61
47
60
53
73
71
76
84
66
78
64
90
89
69
74
82
72
88
68
79
92
75
87
96
85
81
83

5.2
4.9
4.7
7.6
5.7
3.9
6.6
4.4
4.2
4.1
4.4
3.7
5.3
4.0
6.7
4.4
4.3
3.4
6.3
5.1
3.7
3.9
4.4
4.8
5.1
3.6
4.0
5.2
4.3
4.6
4.5
7.0
3.9
3.7
3.4
4.0
3.4
3.8
6.8
4.3
6.4
3.5
3.8
3.8
6.5
4.6
3.6
4.3
2.8
3.2

4.0
0.8
3.2
8.3
5.1
0.9
7.1
1.2
1.7
2.7
0.8
2.0
5.8
1.1
7.2
4.1
3.6
2.1
4.0
4.6
0.7
1.0
0.5
4.7
4.4
1.3
1.6
4.1
4.0
4.4
1.8
8.9
1.3
3.6
1.1
1.1
1.5
0.9
10.7
1.4
7.6
0.8
1.6
1.5
9.7
2.9
0.8
2.6
1.2
1.4

23.3
23.3
23.0
22.9
22.9
22.8
22.7
22.7
22.5
22.3
22.1
22.1
22.0
22.0
21.9
21.6
21.6
21.5
21.5
20.9
20.8
20.6
20.4
20.1
20.0
19.8
19.7
19.7
19.6
19.6
19.0
18.8
18.8
18.1
17.8
17.6
17.4
17.0
16.9
16.8
16.0
15.9
15.6
15.6
15.6
15.5
15.5
15.2
15.0
14.5

13
8
8
17
-1
3
11
18
-12
-22
14
-21
0
-9
1
-8
-2
-16
-13
2
-2
2
-3
4
8
-3
-15
2
0
1
-14
9
-6
0
-3
-1
0
0
10
-4
6
4
-1
-4
9
-7
-2
5
-5
-7

103
99
100
110
93
98
107
115
86
77
114
80
102
94
105
97
104
91
95
111
108
113
109
117
122
112
101
119
118
120
106
130
116
123
121
124
126
127
138
125
136
135
131
129
143
128
134
142
133
132

3.5
3.6
4.1
3.6
6.1
2.5
4.2
3.3
3.9
3.4
3.1
3.5

1.1
1.7
6.6
5.4
11.7
1.0
5.5
1.4
2.6
1.9
2.8
1.9

13.7
13.7
13.2
13.1
13.0
12.7
12.6
12.0
11.8
11.2
10.7
10.0

-1
-4
4
-3
5
-4
-1
1
-4
-2
1
-1

139
137
146
140
149
141
145
148
144
147
151
150

Data Sources
Inquality Adjusted Well-being
Inquality AdjustedLife Expectancy
Footprint

Geometric mean of individual responses to the Ladder of Life question in the Gallup W
2011 data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011.
2008 data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countries. nef estimates for

For further information about the inquality adjustments, data sources and calculation methodology, please see the Append

nses to the Ladder of Life question in the Gallup World Poll. Latest data for each country as at February 2012.
Development Report 2011.
int Network for 142 countries. nef estimates for 9 countries (see report appendix for further details).

d calculation methodology, please see the Appendix of the report.