Inequality-adjusted Human Development index (IHDI) -- where we rank.
"This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2013 and 2011 Human Development Reports. According to the 2010 Report, "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality)" and the unadjusted calculations for the HDI "can be viewed as an index of potential human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)".[1][2] The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. The HDI was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, is anchored in the Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s work on human capabilities, often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in their life,[1] and was published by the United Nations Development Programme.[2]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI
Rank Country IHDI
1 Norway 0.891
2 Australia 0.860
3 Netherlands 0.854
4 Switzerland 0.847
5 Germany 0.846
6 Iceland 0.843
7 Sweden 0.840
8 Denmark 0.838
9 Canada 0.833
10 Ireland 0.832
11 Finland 0.830
12 Slovenia 0.824
13 Austria 0.818
14 Luxembourg 0.814
15 Czech Republic 0.813
16 United Kingdom 0.812
17 Belgium 0.806
18 France 0.804
19 Japan 0.799
20 Israel 0.793
21 Slovakia 0.778
22 Spain 0.775
23 Italy 0.768
24 Estonia 0.767
25 Greece 0.762
26 Malta 0.760
27 Hungary 0.757
28 United States 0.755 <------------------- USA
29 Cyprus 0.752
30 Poland 0.751
31 Lithuania 0.746
32 Portugal 0.739
33 South Korea 0.736
34 Montenegro 0.733
35 Belarus 0.726
36 Latvia 0.725
37 Croatia 0.721
38 Romania 0.702
39 Bulgaria 0.692
40 Argentina 0.687
41 Russia 0.685
42 Bahamas 0.676
43 Ukraine 0.667
44 Kazakhstan 0.667
45 Serbia 0.663
46 Uruguay 0.662
47 Mauritius 0.662
48 Chile 0.661
49 Azerbaijan 0.659
50 Armenia 0.655
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.653
52 Trinidad and Tobago 0.649
53 Sri Lanka 0.643
54 Turkey 0.639
55 Georgia 0.636
56 Macedonia 0.633
57 Albania 0.620
58 Mongolia 0.618
59 Venezuela 0.613
60 Fiji 0.613
61 Costa Rica 0.611
62 Jordan 0.607
63 Lebanon 0.606
64 Palestine 0.606
65 Panama 0.596
66 Mexico 0.583
67 Moldova 0.582
68 Jamaica 0.579
69 Thailand 0.573
70 Peru 0.562
71 Uzbekistan 0.556
72 Indonesia 0.553
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We ranked surprisingly low when the Human Development Index was adjusted for inequality. The US was essentially down there with Belarus and other second-world nations. How surprising in some ways, but on reflection perhaps not so unexpected in light of the economic plight of the lower 40% of American workers. Throw in the continued effects of systemic racism and I guess its not really surprising at all. It is eye opening though.
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