In order to know the living standards of people in different countries, you can use the gross domestic product per person in the first approximation. GDP per capita takes into account the value of manufactured products and services during the year and the number of inhabitants.

A somewhat more accurate indicator of the wealth of society is national income per capita, as, apart from GDP per capita, the balance of money transferred to and from that country is taken into account.

These financial indicators describe the country’s capabilities but do not describe how these opportunities are used for the development of the population.

The UN has developed the Human Development Index so that in addition to GNI per person take into account country prices, life expectancy and years spent in school. 0 is the worst possible HDI rating, and 1 is the best.

GDP per capita, GNI per capita, GNI-PPP per capita, and HDI refer to the national average. However, in some countries there are above average disparities in the different aspects of the development of different social groups. Large disproportions mean that the HDI is inflated by better paid groups and does not show the actual poverty scale. The larger the disproportions, the new development indicator is lowered compared to the HDI by creating the Inequality-Adjusted Human Developing Index.

IHDI is, of course, dependent on national income per capita on purchasing power parity.

It can be seen that in many countries, IHDI is significantly lower than in other countries with similar income per capita, indicating that the country’s financial capacity is not adequately utilized for the social development of its citizens. Countries that can afford more include Botswana, Chad, Angola, Nigeria, Swaziland, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa, Central African Republic.

In turn, some countries have managed to achieve social development to a higher degree than in others with similar income per capita. Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Armenia, Vanuatu, Palestine are particularly good, taking into account their capabilities.

IHDI (estimates for 2017)

IHDI rank	Country	Inequality-adjusted Human Developing Index	IHDI is better than arising from the national income per person of:
199	Central African Republic	0.197	-27%
198	Chad	0.245	-32%
197	Guinea-Bissau	0.260	-17%
196	Niger	0.262	-12%
195	Sierra Leone	0.269	-17%
194	Somalia	0.274	0%
193	Burkina Faso	0.274	-17%
192	Comoros	0.274	-11%
191	Guinea	0.278	-7%
190	Burundi	0.281	-2%
189	Mozambique	0.286	-5%
188	Liberia	0.290	2%
187	Cote d'Ivoire	0.302	-28%
186	Haiti	0.304	-11%
185	Mali	0.304	-18%
184	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.308	7%
183	Benin	0.312	-13%
182	Eritrea	0.316	0%
181	Djibouti	0.316	-24%
180	Yemen	0.317	-12%
179	The Gambia	0.327	0%
178	Lesotho	0.328	-23%
177	Afghanistan	0.334	-5%
176	Nigeria	0.335	-31%
175	Malawi	0.337	12%
174	Togo	0.341	11%
173	Ethiopia	0.341	5%
172	Senegal	0.342	-8%
171	South Sudan	0.342	0%
170	Uganda	0.346	0%
169	Angola	0.346	-32%
168	Rwanda	0.349	2%
167	Mauritania	0.354	-18%
166	Cameroon	0.357	-11%
165	North Korea	0.360	0%
164	Swaziland	0.365	-30%
163	Madagascar	0.376	24%
162	Zambia	0.383	-11%
161	Pakistan	0.387	-16%
160	Syrian Arab Republic	0.389	13%
159	Zimbabwe	0.389	12%
158	Papua New Guinea	0.391	0%
157	Kiribati	0.395	4%
156	Solomon Islands	0.398	20%
155	Ghana	0.398	-9%
154	Kenya	0.398	0%
153	Tanzania	0.406	6%
152	Federated States of Micronesia	0.412	0%
151	East Timor	0.416	-11%
150	Nepal	0.416	11%
149	Bangladesh	0.422	-2%
148	Namibia	0.423	-24%
147	Botswana	0.438	-33%
146	Bhutan	0.438	-15%
145	Marshall Islands	0.439	0%
144	Sao Tome and Principe	0.441	9%
143	Lao	0.441	-6%
142	Sudan	0.441	0%
141	South Africa	0.443	-28%
140	Cambodia	0.446	9%
139	Honduras	0.447	1%
138	Myanmar	0.453	0%
137	Republic of Congo	0.457	-7%
136	Guatemala	0.459	-10%
135	Tonga	0.461	0%
134	Morocco	0.466	-10%
133	India	0.467	-6%
132	Samoa	0.472	0%
131	Tuvalu	0.478	0%
130	Bolivia	0.485	-3%
129	Nicaragua	0.487	9%
128	Vanuatu	0.496	28%
127	Egypt	0.497	-12%
126	Iraq	0.505	-16%
125	Cuba	0.515	0%
124	Guyana	0.523	4%
123	Cape Verde	0.523	6%
122	Iran	0.526	-23%
121	Paraguay	0.530	0%
120	El Salvador	0.533	1%
119	Tajikistan	0.539	40%
118	Maldives	0.541	-9%
117	Gabon	0.541	-23%
116	Belize	0.548	6%
115	Colombia	0.556	-11%
114	Kosovo	0.557	0%
113	Suriname	0.557	-17%
112	Philippines	0.560	3%
111	Dominica	0.565	0%
110	Tunisia	0.565	-1%
109	Brazil	0.570	-12%
108	Dominican Republic	0.571	-8%
107	VietNam	0.572	22%
106	Indonesia	0.572	2%
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.579	0%
104	Peru	0.586	-2%
103	Palestine	0.586	27%
102	Mexico	0.592	-12%
101	Thailand	0.593	-9%
100	Kyrgyzstan	0.593	45%
99	Ecuador	0.597	0%
98	Grenada	0.599	0%
97	Uzbekistan	0.603	22%
96	Lebanon	0.605	-3%
95	Nauru	0.608	0%
94	Jamaica	0.612	14%
93	Saint Lucia	0.619	13%
92	Jordan	0.621	9%
91	Venezuela	0.622	-6%
90	Panama	0.623	-12%
89	Macedonia	0.627	2%
88	Libya	0.628	0%
87	Algeria	0.633	0%
86	Fiji	0.633	17%
85	Palau	0.635	0%
84	Costa Rica	0.636	-1%
83	China	0.636	0%
82	Moldova	0.638	41%
81	Turkmenistan	0.646	0%
80	Mongolia	0.651	10%
79	Turkey	0.655	-6%
78	Barbados	0.656	0%
77	Trinidad and Tobago	0.663	-13%
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.664	16%
75	Azerbaijan	0.665	-3%
74	Albania	0.670	15%
73	Uruguay	0.675	-3%
72	Armenia	0.679	28%
71	Mauritius	0.681	-2%
70	Georgia	0.682	24%
69	Sri Lanka	0.686	15%
68	Ukraine	0.693	35%
67	Serbia	0.696	13%
66	Chile	0.701	-3%
65	Argentina	0.702	-1%
64	Antigua and Barbuda	0.703	0%
63	The Bahamas	0.712	0%
62	Equatorial Guinea	0.714	0%
61	Romania	0.716	3%
60	Bulgaria	0.716	6%
59	Kazakhstan	0.724	0%
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.730	0%
57	Russian Federation	0.732	0%
56	Montenegro	0.742	12%
55	Malaysia	0.745	0%
54	Seychelles	0.748	0%
53	Belarus	0.748	13%
52	Latvia	0.749	3%
51	Netherlands Antilles	0.755	0%
50	South Korea	0.759	-5%
49	Croatia	0.759	8%
48	Greece	0.760	2%
47	Portugal	0.764	0%
46	Cyprus	0.765	-2%
45	Lithuania	0.767	1%
44	Hungary	0.777	6%
43	Puerto Rico	0.781	0%
42	Israel	0.783	0%
41	Poland	0.784	5%
40	Italy	0.789	-1%
39	New Zealan	0.792	0%
38	Oman	0.793	0%
37	Malta	0.797	1%
36	Spain	0.797	1%
35	Japan	0.798	-2%
34	Estonia	0.798	4%
33	United States	0.799	-7%
32	Slovakia	0.799	5%
31	Bahrain	0.807	0%
30	France	0.819	0%
29	Austria	0.820	-2%
28	Belgium	0.825	0%
27	Taiwan	0.828	0%
26	Luxembourg	0.829	-5%
25	Czech Republic	0.836	9%
24	United Kingdom	0.839	3%
23	Slovenia	0.844	9%
22	Canada	0.845	2%
21	Finland	0.849	3%
20	Ireland	0.855	2%
19	Sweden	0.855	1%
18	Switzerland	0.862	-1%
17	San Marino	0.863	0%
16	Denmark	0.863	2%
15	Germany	0.864	2%
14	Australia	0.865	4%
13	Netherlands	0.866	2%
12	Andorra	0.866	0%
11	Hongkong	0.870	0%
10	Saudi Arabia	0.874	0%
9	Iceland	0.878	9%
8	United Arab Emirates	0.879	0%
7	Liechtenstein	0.884	0%
6	Brunei Darussalam	0.886	0%
5	Kuwait	0.888	0%
4	Singapore	0.893	0%
3	Norway	0.902	3%
2	Qatar	0.903	0%
1	Monaco	0.905	0%
	Word	0.564	-14%

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[Based on: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.]