Cambodia’s HDI for 2012 is 0.543. However, when the value is discounted for inequality, the HDI falls to 0.402, a loss of 25.9 percent due to inequality in the distribution of the dimension indices. Lao People's Democratic Republic shows losses due to inequality of 24.7 percent. The average loss due to inequality for medium HDI countries is 24.2 percent and for East Asia and the Pacific it is 21.3 percent.