The Happy Planet Index: 2012 Report

A global index of sustainable well-being

Contents
Rank Order - Countries in HPI rank order
By region - Countries grouped by region, in HPI rank order
Top 7 Bottom 3 - Top 7 and bottom 3 countries for the HPI and each component indicator

Complete HPI data - Includes each HPI component, Happy Life Years, HPI score and other contextua
population, governance ranking) for ranking and plotting
Inequality adjustments - Illustrates how HPI rankings might change if within-country inequality in life e
are taken into acccount.
Please cite as follows: Abdallah S, Michaelson J, Shah S, Stoll L, Marks N (2012) The Happy Planet Index:
Report. A global index of sustainable well-being (nef: London)
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PI score and other contextual variables (GDP,

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Countries by Rank Order

(countries can also be sorted on HPI colour using collumn C which is hidden)

HPI
Rank

Country

SubLife
Region Expectancy

Well-being
(0-10)

1 Costa Rica

1a

79.3

7.3

2 Vietnam
3 Colombia

6c
1b

75.2
73.7

5.8
6.4

4 Belize

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

76.1
72.2
73.1
76.1
74.0
74.4
71.2
68.9
79.1
73.1
69.4
81.6
65.4
75.9
76.9
79.1
74.1
73.5

6.5
6.7
6.2
7.3
5.7
7.5
6.3
5.0
5.4
5.9
5.5
7.4
5.3
6.4
5.3
6.6
6.2
6.8

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

77.0
75.6
74.0
68.7
73.1
73.4
80.7
81.1
72.8
69.9

6.8
5.8
5.6
4.9
5.2
5.7
7.2
7.6
4.8
6.0

5a
1a
2c

65.4
73.4
82.3

5.0
4.7
7.5

5a
3b

74.9
69.0

4.2
5.0

5 El Salvador
6 Jamaica
7 Panama
8 Nicaragua
9 Venezuela
10 Guatemala
11 Bangladesh
12 Cuba
13 Honduras
14 Indonesia
15 Israel
16 Pakistan
17 Argentina
18 Albania
19 Chile
20 Thailand
21 Brazil
22 Mexico
23 Ecuador
24 Peru
25 Philippines
26 Algeria
27 Jordan
28 New Zealand
29 Norway
30 Palestine
31 Guyana
32 India
33 Dominican Republic
34 Switzerland
35 Sri Lanka
36 Iraq

65 Canada

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

67.5
67.7
74.5
69.3
80.2
72.2
67.5
74.0
83.4
80.4
75.9
80.9
66.7
81.5
81.9
81.4
74.2
68.3
73.7
73.9
72.5
68.8
79.6
73.5
65.2
81.4
80.6
66.6
81.0

5.0
5.0
4.7
5.6
7.0
4.4
4.4
5.5
6.1
6.7
4.1
7.3
4.6
6.8
6.4
7.5
4.4
5.1
4.1
6.7
5.8
3.8
6.4
4.7
5.3
6.2
6.1
5.8
7.7

66 Malta

2e

79.6

5.8

67 Netherlands
68 Yemen

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

80.7
65.5
72.6
80.0
76.1
54.2
80.6
75.7
74.0
81.9
73.0
62.1
74.5
70.7
74.8
76.6

7.5
3.9
5.2
7.4
5.8
5.1
7.3
4.7
4.9
7.4
4.8
3.8
4.5
4.2
4.9
5.6

37 Laos
38 Kyrgyzstan
39 Tunisia
40 Moldova
41 United Kingdom
42 Morocco
43 Tajikistan
44 Turkey
45 Japan
46 Germany
47 Syria
48 Austria
49 Madagascar
50 France
51 Italy
52 Sweden
53 Armenia
54 Uzbekistan
55 Georgia
56 Saudi Arabia
57 Paraguay
58 Nepal
59 Cyprus
60 China
61 Myanmar
62 Spain
63 Korea
64 Bolivia

69 Lebanon
70 Finland
71 Poland
72 Malawi
73 Ireland
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina
75 Romania
76 Australia
77 Iran
78 Haiti
79 Serbia
80 Azerbaijan
81 Libya
82 Croatia

83 Greece
84 Malaysia
85 Cambodia
86 Ghana
87 Slovenia
88 Iceland
89 Slovakia
90 Singapore
91 Egypt
92 Czech Republic
93 Uruguay
94 Ethiopia
95 Turkmenistan
96 Namibia
97 Portugal
98 Kenya
99 Zambia
100 Ukraine
101 Sudan
102 Hong Kong
103 Belarus
104 Hungary
105 United States of America
106 Djibouti
107 Belgium
108 Rwanda
109 Afghanistan
110 Denmark
111 Mauritius
112 Comoros
113 Cote d'Ivoire
114 Mozambique
115 Zimbabwe
116 Liberia
117 Estonia
118 Latvia
119 Kazakhstan
120 Lithuania
121 Congo
122 Russia
123 Bulgaria
124 Cameroon
125 Nigeria
126 Senegal
127 Angola
128 Mauritania

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

79.9
74.2
63.1
64.2
79.3
81.8
75.4
81.1
73.2
77.7
77.0
59.3
65.0
62.5
79.5
57.1
49.0
68.5
61.5
82.8
70.3
74.4
78.5
57.9
80.0
55.4
48.7
78.8
73.4
61.1
55.4
50.2
51.4
56.8
74.8
73.3
67.0
72.2
57.4
68.8
73.4
51.6
51.9
59.3
51.1
58.6

5.8
5.6
4.2
4.6
6.1
6.9
6.1
6.5
3.9
6.2
6.1
4.4
6.6
4.9
4.9
4.3
5.3
5.1
4.4
5.6
5.5
4.7
7.2
5.0
6.9
4.0
4.8
7.8
5.5
3.9
4.2
4.7
4.8
4.2
5.1
4.7
5.5
5.1
3.8
5.5
4.2
4.4
4.8
3.8
4.2
5.0

129 Burkina Faso

130 United Arab Emirates
131 Uganda
132 Benin
133 Tanzania
134 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
135 Burundi
136 Trinidad and Tobago
137 Guinea
138 Luxembourg
139 Sierra Leone
140 Macedonia
141 Togo
142 South Africa
143 Kuwait
144 Niger
145 Mongolia
146 Bahrain
147 Mali
148 Central African Republic
149 Qatar
150 Chad
151 Botswana

4c
3b
4b
4c
4b
4a
4b
1a
4c
2c
4c
7b
4c
4a
3b
4c
7a
3b
4c
4a
3b
4b
4a

55.4
76.5
54.1
56.1
58.2
48.4
50.4
70.1
54.1
80.0
47.8
74.8
57.1
52.8
74.6
54.7
68.5
75.1
51.4
48.4
78.4
49.6
53.2

4.0
7.2
4.2
3.7
3.2
4.0
3.8
6.7
4.0
7.1
4.1
4.2
2.8
4.7
6.6
4.1
4.6
4.5
3.8
3.6
6.6
3.7
3.6

Footprint
(gha/capita)

Happy Planet
Index

2.5

64.0

1.4
1.8

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=

60.4
59.8

2.1
2.0
1.7
3.0
1.6
3.0
1.8
0.7
1.9
1.7
1.1
4.0
0.8
2.7
1.8
3.2
2.4
2.9

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59.3

3.3
2.4
2.0
1.0
1.6
2.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
2.1

=
=
=
=
=
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52.9

0.9
1.4
5.0

=
=
=

50.9

1.2
1.4

=
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49.4

58.9
58.5
57.8
57.1

Colour Key for HPI and

Component Colour Codes
Experienced Well-being
Good
More than 6.2
Middling
Between 4.8 and 6.2
Poor
Less than 4.8

56.9
56.9
56.3
56.2
56.0

Life expectancy
Good
Middling
Poor

More than 75
Between 60 and 75
Less than 60

55.5
55.2
54.1
54.1
54.1
53.9

Ecological Footprint
Good
Less than 1.78 (equal t
Middling
Between 1.78 and 3.56
Poor
Between 3.56 and 7.12
Deep red
More than 7.12

53.5
52.9

HPI Colour Codes

All three components g

Two components good
One component good,
Three components mid
Any with one compone
Two poor components

52.5
52.4
52.4
52.2
51.7
51.6
51.4
51.2
51.2

Geographic Key

50.7
50.3
49.2

Regional Codes
1

Latin America

1.3
1.3
1.8
2.1
4.7
1.3
0.9
2.6
4.2
4.6
1.5
5.3
1.2
4.9
4.5
5.7
1.7
1.8
1.4
4.0
3.0
0.8
4.4
2.1
1.9
4.7
4.6
2.6
6.4

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49.1

4.3

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43.1

6.3
0.9
2.8
6.2
3.9
0.8
6.2
2.7
2.8
6.7
2.7
0.6
2.6
2.0
3.2
4.2

49.1
48.3
48.0
47.9
47.9

2
3
4
5
6
7

Western World
Middle East and North
Sub Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Transition States

47.8
47.6

Sub-Regional Codes

47.5
47.2
47.1
47.1
46.8
46.5
46.4
46.2
46.0
46.0
46.0
46.0
45.8
45.6
45.5
44.7
44.2
44.1
43.8
43.6

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

Central America, Mexic

South America
Australia and NZ
North America
Western Europe
Nordic Europe
Southern Europe
North Africa
Middle East / South We
Southern and Central A
East Africa
West Africa
South Asia
China
Wealthy East Asia
South East Asia
Central Asia and Causc
Central and Eastern Eu
Russia, Ukraine and Be

43.6

43.1
43.0

Data Sources

42.9

Well-being
Life Expectancy
Footprint

42.7
42.6
42.5
42.4
42.4
42.2
42.0
41.7
41.3
41.3
40.9
40.8
40.6

Ladder of Life question

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4.9
3.9
1.2
1.7
5.2
6.5
4.7
6.1
2.1
5.3
5.1
1.1
4.0
2.0
4.1
0.9
0.8
3.2
1.6
5.8
4.0
3.6
7.2
1.8
7.1
0.7
0.5
8.3
4.6
1.3
1.0
0.8
1.2
1.3
4.7
4.0
4.1
4.4
1.1
4.4
3.6
1.1
1.4
1.5
0.9
2.9

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40.5
40.5
40.3
40.3
40.2
40.2
40.1
39.8
39.6
39.4
39.3
39.2
39.1
38.9
38.7
38.0
37.7
37.6
37.6
37.5
37.4
37.4
37.3
37.2
37.1
36.9
36.8
36.6
36.6
36.5
35.9
35.7
35.3
35.2
34.9
34.9
34.7
34.6
34.5
34.5
34.1
33.7
33.6
33.3
33.2
32.3

1.5
8.9
1.6
1.4
1.2
0.8
0.8
7.6
1.7
10.7
1.1
5.4
1.0
2.6
9.7
2.6
5.5
6.6
1.9
1.4
11.7
1.9
2.8

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31.8
31.8
31.5
31.1
30.7
30.5
30.5
30.3
30.0
29.0
28.8
28.3
28.2
28.2
27.1
26.8
26.8
26.6
26.0
25.3
25.2
24.7
22.6

or HPI and HPI Components

ur Codes

e than 6.2
ween 4.8 and 6.2
s than 4.8

e than 75
ween 60 and 75

s than 1.78 (equal to the world's biocapacity)

ween 1.78 and 3.56
ween 3.56 and 7.12
e than 7.12

hree components good

components good, one middling
e component good, and two middling
ee components middling
with one component poor
poor components poor, or "blood red" footprint

Key

n America

stern World
dle East and North Africa
Saharan Africa

nsition States

tral America, Mexico, Carribean

th America
tralia and NZ
th America
stern Europe
rdic Europe
thern Europe

dle East / South West Asia

thern and Central Africa

althy East Asia

th East Asia
tral Asia and Causcuses
tral and Eastern Europe
sia, Ukraine and Belarus

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1 data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011
8 data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countries. nef estimates for 9 countries (see report app

about the data sources and calculation methodology, please see the Appendix of the report.

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countries (see report appendix for further details).

e report.

Countries by Region
HPI
Rank

Country

SubLife
Region Expectancy

Well-being
(0-10)

Latin America and Carribean

1 Costa Rica

1a

79.3

7.3

3 Colombia

1b
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1b
1a
1a
1a
1b
1b
1b
1a
1b
1b
1a
1a

73.7
76.1
72.2
73.1
76.1
74.0
74.4
71.2
79.1
73.1
75.9
79.1
73.5
77.0
75.6
74.0
69.9
73.4

6.4
6.5
6.7
6.2
7.3
5.7
7.5
6.3
5.4
5.9
6.4
6.6
6.8
6.8
5.8
5.6
6.0
4.7

1b
1b
1a
1b
1a

72.5
66.6
62.1
77.0
70.1

5.8
5.8
3.8
6.1
6.7

2a
2d
2c

80.7
81.1
82.3

7.2
7.6
7.5

2c
2c
2c

80.2
80.4
80.9

7.0
6.7
7.3

2c
2e
2d
2e

81.5
81.9
81.4
79.6

6.8
6.4
7.5
6.4

4 Belize
5 El Salvador
6 Jamaica
7 Panama
8 Nicaragua
9 Venezuela
10 Guatemala
12 Cuba
13 Honduras
17 Argentina
19 Chile
21 Brazil
22 Mexico
23 Ecuador
24 Peru
31 Guyana
33 Dominican Republic
57 Paraguay
64 Bolivia
78 Haiti
93 Uruguay
136 Trinidad and Tobago

Western Nations
28 New Zealand
29 Norway
34 Switzerland
41 United Kingdom
46 Germany
48 Austria
50 France
51 Italy
52 Sweden
59 Cyprus

81.4
81.0
79.6
80.7
80.0
80.6
81.9
79.9
81.8
79.5
78.5
80.0
78.8
80.0

6.2
7.7
5.8
7.5
7.4
7.3
7.4
5.8
6.9
4.9
7.2
6.9
7.8
7.1

68 Yemen

3b
3a
3b
3b
3b
3a
3a
3b
3b
3b
3b

81.6
73.1
73.4
72.8
69.0
74.5
72.2
74.0
75.9
73.9
65.5

7.4
5.2
5.7
4.8
5.0
4.7
4.4
5.5
4.1
6.7
3.9

69 Lebanon

3b

72.6

5.2

77 Iran
81 Libya

3b
3a
3a
3b
3b
3b
3b
3b

73.0
74.8
73.2
48.7
76.5
74.6
75.1
78.4

4.8
4.9
3.9
4.8
7.2
6.6
4.5
6.6

4a
4a
4c
4b
4a
4b
4a
4b

66.7
54.2
64.2
59.3
62.5
57.1
49.0
61.5

4.6
5.1
4.6
4.4
4.9
4.3
5.3
4.4

62 Spain
65 Canada
66 Malta
67 Netherlands
70 Finland
73 Ireland
76 Australia
83 Greece
88 Iceland
97 Portugal
105 United States of America
107 Belgium
110 Denmark
138 Luxembourg

2e
2b
2e
2c
2d
2c
2a
2e
2d
2e
2b
2c
2d
2c

Middle East and North Africa

15 Israel
26 Algeria
27 Jordan
30 Palestine
36 Iraq
39 Tunisia
42 Morocco
44 Turkey
47 Syria
56 Saudi Arabia

91 Egypt
109 Afghanistan
130 United Arab Emirates
143 Kuwait
146 Bahrain
149 Qatar

Sub-Saharan Africa
49 Madagascar
72 Malawi
86 Ghana
94 Ethiopia
96 Namibia
98 Kenya
99 Zambia
101 Sudan

106 Djibouti
108 Rwanda
111 Mauritius
112 Comoros
113 Cote d'Ivoire
114 Mozambique
115 Zimbabwe
116 Liberia
121 Congo
124 Cameroon
125 Nigeria
126 Senegal
127 Angola
128 Mauritania
129 Burkina Faso
131 Uganda
132 Benin
133 Tanzania
134 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
135 Burundi
137 Guinea
139 Sierra Leone
141 Togo
142 South Africa
144 Niger
147 Mali
148 Central African Republic
150 Chad
151 Botswana

4b
4b
4a
4a
4c
4a
4a
4c
4a
4c
4c
4c
4a
4c
4c
4b
4c
4b
4a
4b
4c
4c
4c
4a
4c
4c
4a
4b
4a

57.9
55.4
73.4
61.1
55.4
50.2
51.4
56.8
57.4
51.6
51.9
59.3
51.1
58.6
55.4
54.1
56.1
58.2
48.4
50.4
54.1
47.8
57.1
52.8
54.7
51.4
48.4
49.6
53.2

5.0
4.0
5.5
3.9
4.2
4.7
4.8
4.2
3.8
4.4
4.8
3.8
4.2
5.0
4.0
4.2
3.7
3.2
4.0
3.8
4.0
4.1
2.8
4.7
4.1
3.8
3.6
3.7
3.6

5a
5a
5a
5a
5a
5a

68.9
65.4
65.4
74.9
68.8
65.2

5.0
5.3
5.0
4.2
3.8
5.3

6c
6c
6c
6c
6c
6b
6a

75.2
69.4
74.1
68.7
67.5
83.4
73.5

5.8
5.5
6.2
4.9
5.0
6.1
4.7

South Asia
11 Bangladesh
16 Pakistan
32 India
35 Sri Lanka
58 Nepal
61 Myanmar

East Asia
2 Vietnam
14 Indonesia
20 Thailand
25 Philippines
37 Laos
45 Japan
60 China

63 Korea
84 Malaysia
85 Cambodia
90 Singapore
102 Hong Kong

6b
6c
6c
6b
6b

80.6
74.2
63.1
81.1
82.8

6.1
5.6
4.2
6.5
5.6

76.9
67.7
69.3
67.5
74.2
68.3
73.7
76.1
75.7
74.0
74.5
70.7
76.6
79.3
75.4
77.7
65.0
68.5
70.3
74.4
74.8
73.3
67.0
72.2
68.8
73.4
74.8
68.5

5.3
5.0
5.6
4.4
4.4
5.1
4.1
5.8
4.7
4.9
4.5
4.2
5.6
6.1
6.1
6.2
6.6
5.1
5.5
4.7
5.1
4.7
5.5
5.1
5.5
4.2
4.2
4.6

Latin America and Carribean

18 Albania
38 Kyrgyzstan
40 Moldova
43 Tajikistan
53 Armenia
54 Uzbekistan
55 Georgia
71 Poland
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina
75 Romania
79 Serbia
80 Azerbaijan
82 Croatia
87 Slovenia
89 Slovakia
92 Czech Republic
95 Turkmenistan
100 Ukraine
103 Belarus
104 Hungary
117 Estonia
118 Latvia
119 Kazakhstan
120 Lithuania
122 Russia
123 Bulgaria
140 Macedonia
145 Mongolia

7b
7a
7b
7a
7a
7a
7a
7b
7b
7b
7b
7a
7b
7b
7b
7b
7a
7c
7c
7b
7b
7b
7a
7b
7c
7b
7b
7a

Footprint
(gha/capita)

Happy Planet
Index

Colour Key for HPI and

2.5

64.0

1.8
2.1
2.0
1.7
3.0
1.6
3.0
1.8
1.9
1.7
2.7
3.2
2.9
3.3
2.4
2.0
2.1
1.4

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

59.8

3.0
2.6
0.6
5.1
7.6

=
=
=
=
=

45.8

4.3
4.8
5.0

51.6

4.7
4.6
5.3

=
=
=
=
=
=

4.9
4.5
5.7
4.4

=
=
=
=

46.5

59.3
58.9
58.5
57.8

Component Colour Codes

Experienced Well-being
Good
More than 6.2
Middling
Between 4.8 and 6.2
Poor
Less than 6.2

57.1
56.9
56.9
56.2
56.0

Life expectancy
Good
Middling
Poor

More than 75
Between 60 and 75
Less than 60

54.1
53.9
52.9
52.9
52.5
52.4

Ecological Footprint
Good
Less than 1.78 (equal t
Middling
Between 1.78 and 3.56
Poor
Between 3.56 and 7.12
Deep red
More than 7.12

51.2
50.7

HPI Colour Codes

All three components g

Two components good
One component good,
Three components mid
Any with one compone
Two poor components

43.6
41.3
39.3
30.3

51.4
50.3
47.9

Geographic Key

47.2
47.1
46.4
46.2
45.5

Regional Codes
1
2
3

Latin America
Western World
Middle East and North

4.7
6.4
4.3
6.3
6.2
6.2
6.7
4.9
6.5
4.1
7.2
7.1
8.3
10.7

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

44.1

4.0
1.6
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.8
1.3
2.6
1.5
4.0
0.9

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

55.2

2.8

42.9

2.7
3.2
2.1
0.5
8.9
9.7
6.6
11.7

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

1.2
0.8
1.7
1.1
2.0
0.9
0.8
1.6

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

46.8

43.6
43.1
43.1

4
5
6
7

Sub Saharan Africa

South Asia
East Asia
Transition States

42.7
42.4

Sub-Regional Codes

42.0
40.5
40.2
38.7
37.3
37.1
36.6
29.0

52.2
51.7
51.2
49.2
48.3
47.9
47.6
47.1
46.0

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

Central America, Mexic

South America
Australia and NZ
North America
Western Europe
Nordic Europe
Southern Europe
North Africa
Middle East / South We
Southern and Central A
East Africa
West Africa
South Asia
China
Wealthy East Asia
South East Asia
Central Asia and Causc
Central and Eastern Eu
Russia, Ukraine and Be

43.0

41.7
40.8

Data Sources

39.6

Well-being
Life Expectancy
Footprint

36.8
31.8
27.1
26.6
25.2

42.5
40.3
39.2
38.9
38.0
37.7
37.6

Arithmetic mean of ind

2011 data taken from
2008 data taken from

For further information about the data sou

1.8
0.7
4.6
1.3
1.0
0.8
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.5
0.9
2.9
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.2
0.8
0.8
1.7
1.1
1.0
2.6
2.6
1.9
1.4
1.9
2.8

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=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
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=
=
=
=
=
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37.2

0.7
0.8
0.9
1.2
0.8
1.9

=
=
=
=
=
=

56.3

1.4
1.1
2.4
1.0
1.3
4.2
2.1

=
=
=
=
=
=
=

60.4

36.9
36.6
36.5
35.9
35.7
35.3
35.2
34.5
33.7
33.6
33.3
33.2
32.3
31.8
31.5
31.1
30.7
30.5
30.5
30.0
28.8
28.2
28.2
26.8
26.0
25.3
24.7
22.6

54.1
50.9
49.4
45.6
44.2

55.5
53.5
52.4
49.1
47.5
44.7

4.6
3.9
1.2
6.1
5.8

=
=
=
=
=

43.8

1.8
1.3
2.1
0.9
1.7
1.8
1.4
3.9
2.7
2.8
2.6
2.0
4.2
5.2
4.7
5.3
4.0
3.2
4.0
3.6
4.7
4.0
4.1
4.4
4.4
3.6
5.4
5.5

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54.1

40.5
40.3
39.8
37.5

49.1
48.0
47.8
46.0
46.0
46.0
42.6
42.4
42.2
41.3
40.9
40.6
40.2
40.1
39.4
39.1
37.6
37.4
37.4
34.9
34.9
34.7
34.6
34.5
34.1
28.3
26.8

or HPI and HPI Components

ur Codes

e than 6.2
ween 4.8 and 6.2
s than 6.2

e than 75
ween 60 and 75

s than 1.78 (equal to the world's biocapacity)

ween 1.78 and 3.56
ween 3.56 and 7.12
e than 7.12

hree components good

components good, one middling
e component good, and two middling
ee components middling
with one component poor
poor components poor, or "blood red" footprint

Key

n America
stern World
dle East and North Africa

Saharan Africa

nsition States

tral America, Mexico, Carribean

th America
tralia and NZ
th America
stern Europe
rdic Europe
thern Europe

dle East / South West Asia

thern and Central Africa

althy East Asia

th East Asia
tral Asia and Causcuses
tral and Eastern Europe
sia, Ukraine and Belarus

hmetic mean of individual responses to the Ladder of Life question in the Gallup World Poll. Latest data for e
1 data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011
8 data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countries. nef estimates for 9 countries (see report app

about the data sources and calculation methodology, please see the Appendix of the report.

rld Poll. Latest data for each country as at February 2012.

countries (see report appendix for further details).

e report.

Top 7 and Bottom 3 countries for the HPI and each

Rank Experienced well-being
1
Denmark
7.77
2
Canada
7.65
3
Norway
7.63
4
Switzerland
7.52
5
Netherlands
7.50
6
Sweden
7.50
7
Venezuela
7.48
149
150
151

World Average

5.28

Botswana
Tanzania

3.55
3.23

Togo

2.81

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Life expectancy
Japan
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Australia
Italy
Iceland
Israel
World Average

149
150
151

Congo, Dem. Rep. of the

Central African Republic
Sierra Leone

PI and each component indicator

ctancy
83.4
82.8
82.3
81.9
81.9
81.8
81.6

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

69.9

Ecological Footprint per capita (gHa)

Qatar
Luxembourg
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Denmark
Trinidad and Tobago

11.7
10.7
9.7
8.9
8.3
7.6

United States of America

7.2

World Average Footprint

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

2.70

48.4
48.4

World Average Biocapacity

149
Bangladesh

1.78
0.66

47.8

150
151

Haiti

0.60

Afghanistan

0.54

World Average

149
150
151

Happy Planet Index Score

Costa Rica
Vietnam
Colombia
Belize
El Salvador
Jamaica

64.0
60.4
59.8
59.3
58.9
58.5

Panama

57.8

World Average

42.5

Qatar
Chad

25.2
24.7

Botswana

22.6

Complete dataset
(for ranking or plotting)

HPI
Rank

Country

SubLife
Region Expectancy

Well-being
(0-10)

109 Afghanistan

3b

48.7

4.8

18 Albania
26 Algeria
127 Angola
17 Argentina
53 Armenia
76 Australia
48 Austria
80 Azerbaijan
146 Bahrain
11 Bangladesh

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

76.9
73.1
51.1
75.9
74.2
81.9
80.9
70.7
75.1
68.9

5.3
5.2
4.2
6.4
4.4
7.4
7.3
4.2
4.5
5.0

70.3
80.0
76.1
56.1
66.6
75.7
53.2
73.5
73.4
55.4
50.4
63.1
51.6
81.0
48.4
49.6
79.1
73.5
73.7
61.1
57.4
48.4
79.3
55.4
76.6
79.1
79.6
77.7

5.5
6.9
6.5
3.7
5.8
4.7
3.6
6.8
4.2
4.0
3.8
4.2
4.4
7.7
3.6
3.7
6.6
4.7
6.4
3.9
3.8
4.0
7.3
4.2
5.6
5.4
6.4
6.2

103 Belarus
107 Belgium
4 Belize
132 Benin
64 Bolivia
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina
151 Botswana
21 Brazil
123 Bulgaria
129 Burkina Faso
135 Burundi
85 Cambodia
124 Cameroon
65 Canada
148 Central African Republic
150 Chad
19 Chile
60 China
3 Colombia
112 Comoros
121 Congo
134 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
1 Costa Rica
113 Cote d'Ivoire
82 Croatia
12 Cuba
59 Cyprus
92 Czech Republic

110 Denmark
106 Djibouti
33 Dominican Republic
23 Ecuador
91 Egypt
5 El Salvador
117 Estonia
94 Ethiopia
70 Finland
50 France
55 Georgia
46 Germany
86 Ghana
83 Greece
10 Guatemala
137 Guinea
31 Guyana
78 Haiti
13 Honduras
102 Hong Kong
104 Hungary
88 Iceland
32 India
14 Indonesia
77 Iran
36 Iraq
73 Ireland
15 Israel
51 Italy
6 Jamaica
45 Japan
27 Jordan
119 Kazakhstan
98 Kenya
63 Korea
143 Kuwait
38 Kyrgyzstan
37 Laos
118 Latvia
69 Lebanon
116 Liberia
81 Libya
120 Lithuania
138 Luxembourg
140 Macedonia
49 Madagascar
72 Malawi
84 Malaysia

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

78.8
57.9
73.4
75.6
73.2
72.2
74.8
59.3
80.0
81.5
73.7
80.4
64.2
79.9
71.2
54.1
69.9
62.1
73.1
82.8
74.4
81.8
65.4
69.4
73.0
69.0
80.6
81.6
81.9
73.1
83.4
73.4
67.0
57.1
80.6
74.6
67.7
67.5
73.3
72.6
56.8
74.8
72.2
80.0
74.8
66.7
54.2
74.2

7.8
5.0
4.7
5.8
3.9
6.7
5.1
4.4
7.4
6.8
4.1
6.7
4.6
5.8
6.3
4.0
6.0
3.8
5.9
5.6
4.7
6.9
5.0
5.5
4.8
5.0
7.3
7.4
6.4
6.2
6.1
5.7
5.5
4.3
6.1
6.6
5.0
5.0
4.7
5.2
4.2
4.9
5.1
7.1
4.2
4.6
5.1
5.6

147 Mali
66 Malta
128 Mauritania
111 Mauritius
22 Mexico
40 Moldova
145 Mongolia
42 Morocco
114 Mozambique
61 Myanmar
96 Namibia
58 Nepal
67 Netherlands
28 New Zealand
8 Nicaragua
144 Niger
125 Nigeria
29 Norway
16 Pakistan
30 Palestine
7 Panama
57 Paraguay
24 Peru
25 Philippines
71 Poland
97 Portugal
149 Qatar
75 Romania
122 Russia
108 Rwanda
56 Saudi Arabia
126 Senegal
79 Serbia
139 Sierra Leone
90 Singapore
89 Slovakia
87 Slovenia
142 South Africa
62 Spain
35 Sri Lanka
101 Sudan
52 Sweden
34 Switzerland
47 Syria
43 Tajikistan
133 Tanzania
20 Thailand
141 Togo

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

51.4
79.6
58.6
73.4
77.0
69.3
68.5
72.2
50.2
65.2
62.5
68.8
80.7
80.7
74.0
54.7
51.9
81.1
65.4
72.8
76.1
72.5
74.0
68.7
76.1
79.5
78.4
74.0
68.8
55.4
73.9
59.3
74.5
47.8
81.1
75.4
79.3
52.8
81.4
74.9
61.5
81.4
82.3
75.9
67.5
58.2
74.1
57.1

3.8
5.8
5.0
5.5
6.8
5.6
4.6
4.4
4.7
5.3
4.9
3.8
7.5
7.2
5.7
4.1
4.8
7.6
5.3
4.8
7.3
5.8
5.6
4.9
5.8
4.9
6.6
4.9
5.5
4.0
6.7
3.8
4.5
4.1
6.5
6.1
6.1
4.7
6.2
4.2
4.4
7.5
7.5
4.1
4.4
3.2
6.2
2.8

136 Trinidad and Tobago

39 Tunisia
44 Turkey
95 Turkmenistan
131 Uganda
100 Ukraine
130 United Arab Emirates
41 United Kingdom
105 United States of America
93 Uruguay
54 Uzbekistan
9 Venezuela
2 Vietnam
68 Yemen
99 Zambia
115 Zimbabwe

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

70.1
74.5
74.0
65.0
54.1
68.5
76.5
80.2
78.5
77.0
68.3
74.4
75.2
65.5
49.0

6.7
4.7
5.5
6.6
4.2
5.1
7.2
7.0
7.2
6.1
5.1
7.5
5.8
3.9
5.3

51.4

4.8

Happy Life
Years

Footprint
(gha/capita)

Happy Planet
Index

Population

GDP/capita
($PPP)

29.0

0.54

36.8

34,385,000

1,207

48.8
46.2
28.2
55.0
41.9
65.5
64.3
39.1
43.5
42.2

1.81
1.65
0.89
2.71
1.73
6.68
5.29
1.97
6.65
0.66

54.1
52.2
33.2
54.1
46.0
42.0
47.1
40.9
26.6
56.3

46.0
60.5
55.2
28.6
44.9
44.5
26.7
55.5
40.6
29.9
26.2
34.6
29.4
66.3
24.3
25.6
58.5
43.1
53.2
32.4
30.0
25.9
62.6
30.5
50.5
51.1
57.4
54.6

3.99
7.11
2.11
1.36
2.61
2.74
2.84
2.93
3.56
1.53
0.85
1.19
1.09
6.43
1.36
1.89
3.24
2.13
1.80
1.30
1.08
0.76
2.52
0.99
4.19
1.90
4.44
5.27

37.4
37.1
59.3
31.1
43.6
42.4
22.6
52.9
34.1
31.8
30.5
40.3
33.7
43.6
25.3
24.7
53.9
44.7
59.8
36.5
34.5
30.5
64.0
35.9
40.6
56.2
45.5
39.4

3,205,000
35,468,000
19,082,000
40,412,000
3,092,000
22,299,000
8,390,000
9,054,000
1,262,000
148,692,000
9,490,000
10,896,000
345,000
8,850,000
9,929,000
3,760,000
2,007,000
194,946,000
7,534,000
16,468,000
8,382,000
14,139,000
19,599,000
34,126,000
4,401,000
11,227,000
17,113,688
1,338,300,000
46,295,000
735,000
4,043,000
65,965,000
4,659,000
19,738,000
4,418,000
11,258,000
1,103,000
10,520,000

8,592
8,433
6,186
16,012
5,463
38,160
40,006
9,936
25,799
1,659
13,929
37,631
6,670
1,587
4,849
8,690
13,893
11,210
13,931
1,256
409
2,194
2,294
39,050
789
1,370
15,779
7,599
9,453
1,096
4,245
347
11,569
1,899
19,543
5,253
31,092
24,518

65.2
35.5
43.5
51.3
38.5
54.0
46.7
33.5
63.9
61.3
40.1
60.0
37.4
54.2
50.8
29.2
48.2
32.2
49.7
54.9
44.1
62.1
40.1
45.0
43.5
42.4
63.5
64.9
58.8
51.7
58.0
49.0
43.8
31.7
56.4
54.9
41.5
41.6
43.1
45.6
31.3
45.4
44.7
62.0
41.1
39.1
33.9
48.8

8.25
1.85
1.42
2.37
2.06
1.99
4.73
1.13
6.21
4.91
1.43
4.57
1.74
4.92
1.78
1.72
2.08
0.60
1.73
5.81
3.59
6.54
0.87
1.13
2.66
1.42
6.22
3.96
4.52
1.72
4.17
2.13
4.14
0.95
4.62
9.72
1.29
1.30
3.95
2.85
1.28
3.19
4.38
10.72
5.36
1.16
0.78
3.90

36.6
37.2
50.7
52.5
39.6
58.9
34.9
39.2
42.7
46.5
46.0
47.2
40.3
40.5
56.9
30.0
51.2
41.3
56.0
37.5
37.4
40.2
50.9
55.5
41.7
49.2
42.4
55.2
46.4
58.5
47.5
51.7
34.7
38.0
43.8
27.1
49.1
49.1
34.9
42.9
35.2
40.8
34.6
29.0
28.3
46.8
42.5
40.5

5,547,000
889,000
9,927,000
14,465,000
81,121,000
6,193,000
1,340,000
82,950,000
5,364,000
64,895,000
4,452,000
81,777,000
24,392,000
11,316,000
14,389,000
9,982,000
755,000
9,993,000
7,600,000
7,068,000
10,000,000
318,000
1,224,615,000
239,870,000
73,973,000
32,031,000
4,475,000
7,624,000
60,483,000
2,702,000
127,451,000
6,047,000
16,323,000
40,513,000
48,875,000
2,736,000
5,448,000
6,201,000
2,239,000
4,227,000
3,994,000
6,355,000
3,287,000
507,000
2,060,000
20,714,000
14,901,000
28,401,000

40,163
2,308
9,350
8,028
6,180
6,668
20,663
1,041
36,473
34,123
5,074
37,402
1,644
28,408
4,785
1,091
3,432
1,111
3,923
46,502
20,545
35,642
3,425
4,325
11,570
3,562
40,464
28,573
31,954
7,673
33,733
5,749
12,169
1,651
29,101
46,428
2,239
2,551
16,340
14,069
419
16,987
18,370
86,124
11,162
969
882
14,731

26.6
53.6
35.8
47.7
58.0
45.7
39.8
40.8
29.4
41.6
37.8
35.9
65.1
63.4
49.3
29.8
30.9
66.3
41.5
43.8
60.3
49.2
48.9
41.8
51.3
48.0
57.7
44.9
44.7
29.8
55.2
31.0
42.6
26.1
59.4
52.4
55.3
31.0
57.4
41.2
34.8
65.6
66.5
41.1
38.2
27.7
52.4
25.3

1.86
4.26
2.86
4.55
3.30
2.10
5.53
1.32
0.78
1.94
2.03
0.76
6.34
4.31
1.56
2.59
1.44
4.77
0.75
1.40
2.97
2.99
2.03
0.98
3.94
4.12
11.68
2.84
4.40
0.71
3.99
1.53
2.57
1.13
6.10
4.66
5.21
2.59
4.74
1.21
1.63
5.71
5.01
1.45
0.90
1.19
2.41
1.03

26.0
43.1
32.3
36.6
52.9
48.0
26.8
47.9
35.7
44.2
38.9
45.6
43.1
51.6
57.1
26.8
33.6
51.4
54.1
51.2
57.8
45.8
52.4
52.4
42.6
38.7
25.2
42.2
34.5
36.9
46.0
33.3
41.3
28.8
39.8
40.1
40.2
28.2
44.1
49.4
37.6
46.2
50.3
47.1
47.8
30.7
53.5
28.2

15,370,000
416,000
3,460,000
1,281,000
113,423,000
3,562,000
2,756,000
31,951,000
23,390,000
47,963,000
2,283,000
29,959,000
16,616,000
4,368,000
5,789,000
15,512,000
158,423,000
4,889,000
173,593,000
3,780,000
2,620,000
6,454,000
29,076,000
93,261,000
38,184,000
10,638,000
1,759,000
21,438,000
141,750,000
10,624,000
27,448,000
12,434,000
7,291,000
5,867,000
5,077,000
5,430,000
2,049,000
49,991,000
46,071,000
20,860,000
43,552,000
9,378,000
7,826,000
20,447,000
6,879,000
44,841,000
69,122,000
6,028,000

1,065
26,445
2,456
13,697
14,564
3,110
4,036
4,712
942
1,950
6,475
1,199
42,165
29,535
2,913
728
2,399
57,231
2,688
2,613
13,608
5,181
9,538
3,969
19,885
25,416
80,944
14,524
19,891
1,163
22,713
1,935
11,349
827
57,932
23,303
26,925
10,565
32,230
5,078
2,256
39,024
46,384
5,285
2,163
1,434
8,554
998

52.2
43.9
48.2
47.8
29.8
42.3
59.9
61.8
61.3
53.6
42.4
59.9
50.6
34.7
31.0

7.56
1.76
2.55
3.98
1.57
3.19
8.88
4.71
7.19
5.08
1.82
3.02
1.39
0.87
0.84

30.3
48.3
47.6
39.1
31.5
37.6
31.8
47.9
37.3
39.3
46.0
56.9
60.4
43.0
37.7

30.9

1.17

35.3

1,341,000
10,549,000
72,752,000
5,042,000
33,424,000
45,871,000
7,512,000
62,232,000
309,349,000
3,357,000
28,228,000
28,834,000
86,928,000
24,053,000
12,927,000
12,571,000

25,739
9,550
15,687
8,274
1,272
6,721
47,213
35,686
47,153
14,108
3,106
12,233
3,205
2,653
1,562
376

Governance Rank
(1 = highest gov.)
150
65
118
129
73
77
10
11
114
52
117
126
18
63
76
95
86
39
53
49
75
134
115
119
9
141
143
23
99
80
127
128
148
40
137
44
93
24
27

Data Sources
Well-being
Life Expectancy
Footprint
Population
Governance
GDP per capita

Arithmetic mean of individ

2011 data taken from UND
2008 data taken from Glo
2010 data sourced from W
Rank of the simple averag
Taken from World Bank Wo
Zimbabwe 2010 data wer

For further information about the data sources and c

2
101
88
113
98
61
25
124
1
19
59
15
55
45
102
139
84
133
103
14
33
16
78
91
136
145
13
41
42
58
22
60
92
107
36
51
116
125
37
104
112
130
35
5
62
110
72
46

90
20
122
34
67
87
70
79
71
149
47
121
8
4
108
109
135
7
132
n/a
56
105
68
97
31
26
38
50
111
69
74
89
64
106
12
32
28
48
29
85
147
3
6
123
131
81
82
120

54
66
57
144
100
96
43
17
21
30
142
140
94
138
83
146

Arithmetic mean of individual responses to the Ladder of Life question in the Gallup World Poll. Latest data
2011 data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011
2008 data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countries. nef estimates for 9 countries (see repor
2010 data sourced from World Bank World Development Indicators
Rank of the simple average of all six World Governance Indicators countries based on latest data available
Taken from World Bank World Development Indicators 2010 ($PPP Current prices). For Bahrain, Iran, Libya,
Zimbabwe 2010 data were not available, so the most upto date WDI data available were used.

bout the data sources and calculation methodology, please see the Appendix of the report.

World Poll. Latest data for each country as at February 2012.

9 countries (see report appendix for further details).

latest data available for each on 02 June 2012.

r Bahrain, Iran, Libya, Djibouti and Qatar, Cuba, Kuwait and
ere used.

Illustrative Inequality Adjustments

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

Inequality
Adjusted HPI
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37

Country

Costa Rica
Vietnam
Jamaica
Belize
Indonesia
El Salvador
Colombia
Bangladesh
Panama
Cuba
Israel
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Thailand
Guatemala
Philippines
Albania
Argentina
Chile
Algeria
Pakistan
Norway
Honduras
New Zealand
Mexico
Jordan
Laos
Ecuador
Peru
Switzerland
Brazil
Palestine
Kyrgyzstan
India
Sri Lanka
Moldova
Guyana

Sub-Region

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

38
39
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

Iraq
United Kingdom
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

3b
2c
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

86
87
88
89
90
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

Namibia
Cambodia
Libya
Greece
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

4a
6c
3a
2e
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

134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150

Kuwait
Mauritania
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
South Africa
Tanzania
Benin
Sierra Leone
Guinea
Bahrain
Macedonia
Qatar
Togo
Mongolia
Central African Republic
Niger
Mali
Botswana

151

Chad

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

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

Inequality
Adjusted Life
Expectancy

Inquality Adjusted
Well-being

Footprint
(gha/capita)

Inequality
adjusted HPI

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
44.2
78.1
60.5
76.5
68.7
63.8
52.8
64.9
63.1
79.0
63.0
63.4
54.3
47.6
67.8
61.6
54.7

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
4.9
7.4
5.1
7.0
6.3
5.3
4.9
5.5
5.2
7.3
6.3
4.3
4.7
4.6
3.8
5.2
5.7

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
0.8
4.8
1.7
4.3
3.3
2.1
1.3
2.4
2.0
5.0
2.9
1.4
1.3
0.9
1.2
2.1
2.1

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
35.9
35.9
35.7
35.4
34.6
34.6
34.4
34.4
34.4
34.3
34.3
34.3
34.2
34.0
33.6
33.0
32.9

55.0
76.3
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

4.7
6.7
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

1.4
4.7
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

32.7
31.7
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

49.3
44.9
67.6
76.1
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

4.6
3.9
4.5
5.2
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

2.0
1.2
3.2
4.9
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

24.2
24.1
23.9
23.4
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

69.6
37.4
24.2
37.8
39.3
33.5
26.2
31.0
70.5
67.8
72.7
35.8
55.7
26.1
31.4
27.6
40.3
23.8

6.5
4.6
3.6
4.3
2.8
3.2
3.5
3.6
4.1
3.6
6.1
2.5
4.2
3.3
3.9
3.4
3.1

9.7
2.9
0.8
2.6
1.2
1.4
1.1
1.7
6.6
5.4
11.7
1.0
5.5
1.4
2.6
1.9
2.8

15.6
15.5
15.5
15.2
15.0
14.5
13.7
13.7
13.2
13.1
13.0
12.7
12.6
12.0
11.8
11.2
10.7

3.5

1.9

10.0

Change in Rank
arising from
Inequality
adjustment

HPI Rank
(unadjusted)

0
0
3
0
9
-1
-4
3
-2
2
4
-3
-5
6
-5
9
1
-1
0
6
-5
7
-10
4
-3
1
10
-5
-5
4
-10
-2
5
-2
0
4
-6

1
2
6
4
14
5
3
11
7
12
15
9
8
20
10
25
18
17
19
26
16
29
13
28
22
27
37
23
24
34
21
30
38
32
35
40
31

-2
2
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

36
41
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

10
-2
-7
-6
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

96
85
81
83
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

9
-7
-2
5
-5
-7
-1
-4
4
-3
5
-4
-1
1
-4
-2
1
-1

143
128
134
142
133
132
139
137
146
140
149
141
145
148
144
147
151
150

Data Sources

Inquality Adjusted Well-being

Geometric mean of individual responses to the Ladder of Life
Inquality AdjustedLife Expectanc2011 data taken from UNDP Human Development Report 2011
Footprint
2008 data taken from Global Footprint Network for 142 countr

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

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

lation methodology, please see the Appendix of the report.

t February 2012.