All text is quoted from the Human Development Report 2011.
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Data sources:
Human Development Report 2011
Global Footprint Network Glossary
United Nations World Population Projection

Individual background image sources:
about, greenhouse, footprint, education, pollution, life/death, future, sources

  •   HDI

  • 0.943
  • 0.929
  • 0.910
  • 0.910
  • 0.908
  • 0.908
  • 0.908
  • 0.905
  • 0.905
  • 0.904
  • 0.903
  • 0.901
  • 0.898
  • 0.898
  • 0.897
  • 0.895
  • 0.888
  • 0.886
  • 0.885
  • 0.884
  • 0.884
  • 0.882
  • 0.878
  • 0.874
  • 0.867
  • 0.866
  • 0.865
  • 0.863
  • 0.861
  • 0.846
  • 0.840
  • 0.838
  • 0.838
  • 0.835
  • 0.834
  • 0.832
  • 0.831
  • 0.816
  • 0.813
  • 0.810
  • 0.809
  • 0.806
  • 0.805
  • 0.805
  • 0.797
  • 0.796
  • 0.793
  • Very high

  • Norway
  • Australia
  • Netherlands
  • United States
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • Ireland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Germany
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong, China (SAR)
  • Iceland
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Denmark
  • Israel
  • Belgium
  • Austria
  • France
  • Slovenia
  • Finland
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Singapore
  • Czech Republic
  • United Kingdom
  • Greece
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Cyprus
  • Andorra
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Estonia
  • Slovakia
  • Malta
  • Qatar
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Lithunia
  • Portugal
  • Bahrain
  • Latvia
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • Croatia
  • Barbados
  •   HDI

  • 0.783
  • 0.782
  • 0.781
  • 0.776
  • 0.773
  • 0.771
  • 0.771
  • 0.771
  • 0.770
  • 0.770
  • 0.768
  • 0.766
  • 0.764
  • 0.761
  • 0.760
  • 0.760
  • 0.760
  • 0.756
  • 0.755
  • 0.748
  • 0.745
  • 0.744
  • 0.739
  • 0.739
  • 0.735
  • 0.735
  • 0.733
  • 0.733
  • 0.729
  • 0.728
  • 0.728
  • 0.727
  • 0.725
  • 0.724
  • 0.723
  • 0.720
  • 0.718
  • 0.717
  • 0.716
  • 0.710
  • 0.707
  • 0.705
  • 0.704
  • 0.700
  • 0.699
  • 0.699
  • 0.698
  • High

  • Uruguay
  • Palau
  • Romania
  • Cuba
  • Seychelles
  • Bahamas
  • Montenegro
  • Bulgaria
  • Saudia Arabia
  • Mexico
  • Panama
  • Serbia
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Malaysia
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Belarus
  • Russian Federation
  • Grenada
  • Khazakhstan
  • Costa Rica
  • Albania
  • Lebanon
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Venezuela
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Georgia
  • Ukraine
  • Mauritius
  • Macedonia
  • Jamaica
  • Peru
  • Dominica
  • Saint Lucia
  • Ecuador
  • Brazil
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • Armenia
  • Colombia
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Oman
  • Tonga
  • Azerbaijan
  • Turkey
  • Belize
  • Tunisia
  •   HDI

  • 0.698
  • 0.698
  • 0.691
  • 0.689
  • 0.688
  • 0.688
  • 0.687
  • 0.686
  • 0.682
  • 0.680
  • 0.674
  • 0.674
  • 0.665
  • 0.663
  • 0.661
  • 0.653
  • 0.649
  • 0.644
  • 0.644
  • 0.641
  • 0.641
  • 0.636
  • 0.633
  • 0.633
  • 0.632
  • 0.625
  • 0.625
  • 0.624
  • 0.619
  • 0.617
  • 0.617
  • 0.615
  • 0.607
  • 0.593
  • 0.589
  • 0.582
  • 0.574
  • 0.573
  • 0.568
  • 0.547
  • 0.541
  • 0.537
  • 0.533
  • 0.524
  • 0.523
  • 0.522
  • 0.522
  • Medium

  • Jordan
  • Algeria
  • Sri Lanka
  • Dominican Republic
  • Samoa
  • Fiji
  • China
  • Turkmenistan
  • Thailand
  • Suriname
  • El Salvador
  • Gabon
  • Paraguay
  • Bolivia, Plurinational St. of
  • Maldives
  • Mongolia
  • Moldova, Republic of
  • Philippines
  • Egypt
  • Occupied Palestinian Terr.
  • Uzbekistan
  • Micronesia, Fed. States of
  • Guyana
  • Botswana
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Namibia
  • Honduras
  • Kiribati
  • South Africa
  • Indonesia
  • Vanuatu
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Viet Nam
  • Nicaragua
  • Morocco
  • Guatemala
  • Iraq
  • Cape Verde
  • India
  • Ghana
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Congo
  • Lao People's Dem. Rep.
  • Cambodia
  • Swaziland
  • Bhutan
  •   HDI

  • 0.510
  • 0.509
  • 0.509
  • 0.504
  • 0.500
  • 0.495
  • 0.486
  • 0.483
  • 0.482
  • 0.480
  • 0.466
  • 0.466
  • 0.462
  • 0.459
  • 0.459
  • 0.458
  • 0.454
  • 0.453
  • 0.450
  • 0.446
  • 0.435
  • 0.433
  • 0.430
  • 0.430
  • 0.429
  • 0.427
  • 0.420
  • 0.408
  • 0.400
  • 0.400
  • 0.398
  • 0.376
  • 0.363
  • 0.359
  • 0.353
  • 0.349
  • 0.344
  • 0.343
  • 0.336
  • 0.331
  • 0.329
  • 0.328
  • 0.322
  • 0.316
  • 0.295
  • 0.286
  • Low

  • Solomon Islands
  • Kenya
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Timor-Leste
  • Angola
  • Myanmar
  • Cameroon
  • Madagascar
  • Tanzania, United Rep. of
  • Papau New Guinea
  • Yemen
  • Senegal
  • Nigeria
  • Nepal
  • Haiti
  • Mauritania
  • Lesotho
  • Uganda
  • Togo
  • Comoros
  • Zambia
  • Djibouti
  • Rwanda
  • Benin
  • Gambia
  • Sudan
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Malawi
  • Afghanistan
  • Zimbabwe
  • Ethiopia
  • Mali
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Eritrea
  • Guinea
  • Central African Republic
  • Sierra Leone
  • Burkina Faso
  • Liberia
  • Chad
  • Mozambique
  • Burundi
  • Niger
  • Congo, Dem. Rep. of the