Table A.1: The DCI and its components

DCI rank	Country	Index	Challenges			Rank changes
DCI rank	Country	DCI	Quality-adjusted human development challenge index	Environmental sustainability challenge index	Governance challenge index	DCI rank–HDI rank	DCI rank–GNI per capita rank	DCI 2020 rank–DCI 2000 rank
Very high development challenges
1	Haiti	0.658	0.624	0.599	0.750	-15	-12	-13
2	Central African Republic	0.657	0.706	0.549	0.717	-1	0	-8
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.655	0.619	0.642	0.705	-9	-1	2
4	Yemen	0.636	0.599	0.456	0.852	-5	-5	-32
5	Chad	0.624	0.652	0.501	0.718	3	-3	-6
6	Burundi	0.620	0.602	0.553	0.704	2	5	0
7	Liberia	0.613	0.609	0.648	0.583	-4	0	3
8	Togo	0.612	0.564	0.660	0.611	-12	-3	0
9	Mozambique	0.604	0.641	0.604	0.565	1	3	-7
10	Zimbabwe	0.598	0.548	0.628	0.618	-25	-13	-13
11	Congo	0.596	0.549	0.561	0.679	-25	-13	-15
12	Turkmenistan	0.596	0.402	0.638	0.747	-55	-82	0
13	Lesotho	0.583	0.611	0.638	0.499	-9	-13	-11
14	Zambia	0.580	0.579	0.582	0.578	-25	-15	-5
15	Guinea	0.578	0.584	0.527	0.622	5	-6	2
16	Madagascar	0.577	0.575	0.555	0.601	-7	6	-29
17	Syrian Arab Republic	0.574	0.512	0.384	0.827	-17	-15	-26
18	Cameroon	0.571	0.555	0.529	0.629	-15	-13	-13
19	Mali	0.567	0.608	0.511	0.583	14	-1	-18
20	Sudan	0.567	0.560	0.501	0.639	3	-13	11
21	Afghanistan	0.565	0.577	0.438	0.679	3	2	18
22	Nigeria	0.563	0.562	0.577	0.549	-4	-18	2
23	Uganda	0.557	0.534	0.588	0.548	-6	9	-9
24	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	0.555	0.540	0.529	0.596	-20	-34	3
25	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.551	0.413	0.431	0.810	-41	-28	-46
High development challenges
26	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0.549	0.480	0.512	0.655	-20	-30	-7
27	Angola	0.548	0.548	0.472	0.623	-10	-23	12
28	Niger	0.548	0.636	0.528	0.478	27	23	-2
29	Pakistan	0.544	0.535	0.534	0.563	-3	-14	-6
30	Tajikistan	0.543	0.434	0.510	0.686	-26	-5	8
31	Ethiopia	0.541	0.555	0.540	0.528	17	13	24
32	Libya	0.539	0.375	0.475	0.767	-40	-64	-32
33	Sierra Leone	0.539	0.610	0.529	0.476	26	21	31
34	Mauritania	0.531	0.532	0.476	0.585	4	-11	-19
35	Papua New Guinea	0.527	0.549	0.462	0.570	4	-3	-16
36	Benin	0.525	0.561	0.536	0.479	8	9	-24
37	Djibouti	0.525	0.561	0.448	0.566	16	-12	9
38	Burkina Faso	0.522	0.589	0.505	0.472	32	23	-2
39	Iraq	0.520	0.419	0.471	0.671	-19	-31	14
40	Nicaragua	0.517	0.457	0.405	0.690	-13	-7	-35
41	Cambodia	0.517	0.461	0.463	0.628	1	4	14
42	Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.517	0.544	0.495	0.512	18	20	8
43	Guyana	0.516	0.484	0.580	0.484	-16	-22	4
44	Côte d’Ivoire	0.515	0.547	0.477	0.520	19	0	2
45	Malawi	0.512	0.599	0.467	0.471	32	42	7
46	Honduras	0.512	0.500	0.440	0.595	-3	-2	-15
47	Nepal	0.508	0.490	0.535	0.500	5	17	3
48	Gambia	0.508	0.566	0.459	0.500	33	31	7
49	Bangladesh	0.506	0.456	0.445	0.619	1	7	0
50	Guatemala	0.502	0.478	0.447	0.581	-4	-10	2
51	Egypt	0.500	0.462	0.426	0.611	-13	-24	-25
52	Uzbekistan	0.497	0.354	0.559	0.577	-19	-2	35
53	South Africa	0.495	0.534	0.562	0.388	-12	-23	-15
54	Rwanda	0.493	0.564	0.465	0.451	27	38	36
55	Bahrain	0.493	0.360	0.554	0.564	-70	-83	8
56	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.492	0.337	0.520	0.618	-43	-23	-16
57	Myanmar	0.490	0.471	0.458	0.543	19	16	52
58	Kenya	0.489	0.506	0.490	0.470	17	22	12
59	Gabon	0.479	0.406	0.519	0.513	-3	-27	-19
60	Mongolia	0.478	0.376	0.567	0.491	-17	-11	4
61	Namibia	0.477	0.539	0.485	0.406	11	-3	3
62	Vanuatu	0.476	0.520	0.462	0.448	19	37	-24
63	Azerbaijan	0.473	0.340	0.455	0.624	-22	-21	34
64	Senegal	0.472	0.549	0.481	0.387	45	36	2
65	Suriname	0.469	0.458	0.446	0.503	-13	-25	-28
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.468	0.343	0.469	0.592	-31	-27	-21
67	India	0.468	0.457	0.528	0.419	16	16	15
68	Sao Tome and Principe	0.465	0.462	0.444	0.490	21	34	-2
69	Ghana	0.465	0.519	0.464	0.411	24	23	0
70	Botswana	0.464	0.488	0.546	0.359	-6	-29	4
71	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.464	0.423	0.424	0.546	2	10	-2
72	Kyrgyzstan	0.463	0.378	0.479	0.534	11	33	17
73	Saudi Arabia	0.460	0.328	0.497	0.557	-53	-71	23
74	El Salvador	0.457	0.415	0.373	0.583	17	15	-3
Medium development challenges
75	Kuwait	0.448	0.301	0.570	0.473	-31	-79	-23
76	Bhutan	0.448	0.438	0.552	0.353	24	7	17
77	Kazakhstan	0.447	0.284	0.562	0.494	-41	-33	20
78	Oman	0.446	0.331	0.535	0.471	-32	-36	-17
79	China	0.445	0.354	0.500	0.482	-9	-19	25
80	Algeria	0.443	0.364	0.381	0.584	-3	7	6
81	Paraguay	0.442	0.431	0.372	0.523	8	4	-3
82	Lebanon	0.441	0.375	0.353	0.597	0	-10	-28
83	Belarus	0.437	0.252	0.386	0.672	-33	-22	20
84	Philippines	0.436	0.439	0.401	0.467	16	18	-6
85	Morocco	0.434	0.440	0.415	0.449	25	30	2
86	Brazil	0.433	0.413	0.379	0.507	-3	-3	-28
87	Russian Federation	0.433	0.269	0.483	0.546	-30	-28	22
88	Trinidad and Tobago	0.432	0.310	0.614	0.374	-14	-28	-12
89	Cuba	0.431	0.352	0.312	0.627	-11	27	-5
90	Mexico	0.427	0.372	0.363	0.547	-6	-16	-23
91	Cabo Verde	0.425	0.446	0.427	0.401	36	39	-15
92	Dominican Republic	0.424	0.421	0.386	0.466	6	-10	-5
93	Viet Nam	0.422	0.362	0.433	0.470	30	36	2
94	Thailand	0.421	0.342	0.403	0.518	1	-9	-10
95	Qatar	0.420	0.305	0.511	0.443	-27	-68	14
96	Moldova (Republic of)	0.418	0.339	0.391	0.523	12	13	14
97	Türkiye	0.414	0.291	0.355	0.595	-18	-22	-19
98	Ukraine	0.414	0.287	0.461	0.492	3	16	31
99	Ecuador	0.411	0.371	0.347	0.514	12	27	0
100	Indonesia	0.410	0.409	0.444	0.375	30	26	11
101	Fiji	0.408	0.399	0.394	0.432	20	20	-7
102	Maldives	0.406	0.381	0.358	0.480	22	1	6
103	Serbia	0.403	0.314	0.431	0.466	-2	3	11
104	Sri Lanka	0.401	0.355	0.338	0.509	6	24	-1
105	North Macedonia	0.397	0.347	0.394	0.451	14	8	26
106	Jamaica	0.387	0.410	0.387	0.363	31	43	-6
107	Bulgaria	0.387	0.307	0.409	0.444	-6	-5	-2
108	Peru	0.386	0.351	0.355	0.453	14	30	20
109	Colombia	0.385	0.378	0.303	0.476	19	21	7
110	Armenia	0.384	0.321	0.379	0.453	18	25	25
111	Montenegro	0.383	0.290	0.408	0.453	-9	2	-10
112	Panama	0.377	0.373	0.305	0.453	0	-10	-6
113	Tunisia	0.376	0.376	0.359	0.392	34	45	12
114	Romania	0.373	0.300	0.355	0.464	-5	-7	7
115	Albania	0.366	0.301	0.360	0.438	14	28	12
116	Jordan	0.364	0.357	0.313	0.423	42	49	-1
117	Malaysia	0.364	0.330	0.406	0.355	9	-1	-2
118	Argentina	0.363	0.313	0.319	0.458	-3	10	-2
119	Georgia	0.362	0.337	0.417	0.331	10	28	39
120	United Arab Emirates	0.360	0.218	0.524	0.337	-15	-38	9
121	Seychelles	0.354	0.341	0.384	0.338	18	4	6
122	Hungary	0.334	0.233	0.361	0.409	-5	-3	-9
123	Barbados	0.330	0.343	0.319	0.328	12	28	-12
124	Poland	0.321	0.190	0.377	0.395	-7	-2	-3
125	Croatia	0.313	0.239	0.314	0.385	2	5	1
126	Mauritius	0.310	0.306	0.306	0.319	22	13	0
127	Slovakia	0.307	0.219	0.370	0.332	-1	0	2
128	Uruguay	0.306	0.316	0.310	0.292	14	21	-4
Low development challenges
129	Costa Rica	0.296	0.345	0.265	0.280	22	25	-4
130	Chile	0.293	0.298	0.316	0.266	6	19	1
131	Latvia	0.290	0.233	0.345	0.290	1	7	9
132	Lithuania	0.280	0.226	0.349	0.266	0	3	9
133	Czechia	0.271	0.170	0.345	0.300	-6	1	3
134	Greece	0.268	0.227	0.245	0.331	0	11	0
135	United States	0.252	0.219	0.333	0.204	-13	-21	-6
136	Slovenia	0.249	0.147	0.314	0.286	-8	5	0
137	Estonia	0.249	0.175	0.387	0.184	1	7	9
138	Italy	0.245	0.222	0.196	0.317	1	-1	-7
139	Korea (Republic of)	0.242	0.168	0.330	0.228	-3	-2	2
140	Portugal	0.242	0.223	0.200	0.302	11	12	2
141	Iceland	0.236	0.140	0.386	0.181	-19	-9	-5
142	Israel	0.233	0.208	0.224	0.268	-4	7	0
143	Cyprus	0.230	0.184	0.238	0.268	10	10	4
144	Canada	0.223	0.159	0.333	0.177	-5	-3	0
145	Malta	0.220	0.202	0.169	0.289	7	11	2
146	Spain	0.218	0.199	0.201	0.256	5	9	-4
147	Australia	0.218	0.161	0.305	0.186	-9	2	-2
148	Singapore	0.210	0.147	0.294	0.190	-5	-14	8
Very low development challenges
149	Luxembourg	0.199	0.190	0.288	0.118	6	-12	2
150	Belgium	0.197	0.146	0.241	0.204	-1	2	-1
151	France	0.196	0.177	0.184	0.226	11	8	-3
152	Japan	0.192	0.156	0.218	0.201	7	12	4
153	New Zealand	0.192	0.166	0.232	0.176	3	17	0
154	Austria	0.185	0.166	0.223	0.164	7	2	-1
155	United Kingdom	0.174	0.164	0.164	0.193	3	13	-1
156	Netherlands	0.165	0.135	0.214	0.145	-1	3	-1
157	Germany	0.159	0.149	0.203	0.124	-2	6	-2
158	Finland	0.147	0.129	0.232	0.082	4	12	0
159	Ireland	0.147	0.135	0.142	0.165	-3	0	7
160	Sweden	0.146	0.136	0.174	0.129	2	11	-1
161	Norway	0.145	0.128	0.200	0.106	-2	4	1
162	Denmark	0.130	0.133	0.167	0.091	7	7	0
163	Switzerland	0.124	0.136	0.147	0.089	2	3	0
Other countries or territories
American Samoa		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda		..	..	0.344	..	..	..	..
Aruba		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahamas		..	..	0.352	..	..	..	..
Belize		..	0.439	0.436	..	..	..	..
Bermuda		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
British Virgin Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brunei Darussalam		..	..	0.365	..	..	..	..
Cayman Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Channel Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Comoros		..	0.580	..	0.646	..	..	..
Curacao		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Equatorial Guinea		..	..	..	0.742	..	..	..
Eritrea		..	..	0.524	0.827	..	..	..
Faroe Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
French Polynesia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gibraltar		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greenland		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau		..	0.623	..	0.629	..	..	..
Hong Kong, China (SAR)		..	..	..	0.309	..	..	..
Isle of Man		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kiribati		..	0.510	..	..	..	..	..
Korea (Democratic People’s Rep. of)		..	..	..	0.779	..	..	..
Kosovo*		..	..	..	0.512	..	..	..
Liechtenstein		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Macau, China (SAR)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Marshall Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Micronesia (Federated States of)		..	0.519	..	..	..	..	..
Monaco		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nauru		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Caledonia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Northern Mariana Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Palau		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
State of Palestine		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
State of Palestine/Gaza		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
State of Palestine/West Bank		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerto Rico		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saint Kitts and Nevis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Saint Lucia		..	0.386	..	..	..	..	..
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Samoa		..	..	0.395	..	..	..	..
San Marino		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Solomon Islands		..	0.549	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Sudan		..	0.634	..	0.827	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Taiwan Province of China		..	..	..	0.181	..	..	..
Timor-Leste		..	0.478	..	0.543	..	..	..
Tonga		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Virgin Islands (United States)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Regions
Arab region		0.495	0.439	0.441	0.604	..	..	..
East Asia and the Pacific		0.418	0.351	0.458	0.445	..	..	..
Europe and Central Asia		0.310	0.232	0.324	0.374	..	..	..
Latin America and the Caribbean		0.428	0.393	0.369	0.521	..	..	..
North America		0.249	0.213	0.333	0.202	..	..	..
South Asia		0.483	0.462	0.517	0.469	..	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa		0.553	0.566	0.548	0.545	..	..	..
World		0.437	0.396	0.455	0.459	..	..	..

Note: * All references to Kosovo are under United Nations Security Council resolution 1244.