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Human Development Report 2009

I-1Human and income poverty
Population not using an improved water source (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2006
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Netherlands ..
7 Sweden ..
8 France ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland ..
13 United States ..
14 Austria ..
15 Spain ..
16 Denmark ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Italy ..
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom ..
22 Germany ..
23 Singapore 0 1
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece ..
26 Korea (Republic of) 8 2
27 Israel 0
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 0
33 Qatar 0
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates 0
36 Czech Republic 0
37 Barbados 0
38 Malta 0
39 Bahrain 0 1
40 Estonia 0
41 Poland 0 1
42 Slovakia 0
43 Hungary 0
44 Chile 5
45 Croatia 1
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda 9 2
48 Latvia 1
49 Argentina 4
50 Uruguay 0
51 Cuba 9
52 Bahamas 3 2
53 Mexico 5
54 Costa Rica 2
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 29 2
56 Oman 18 2
57 Seychelles 13 2
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10 2
59 Saudi Arabia 10 2
60 Panama 8
61 Bulgaria 1
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
63 Romania 12
64 Trinidad and Tobago 6
65 Montenegro 2
66 Malaysia 1
67 Serbia 1
68 Belarus 0
69 Saint Lucia 2
70 Albania 3
71 Russian Federation 3
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0
73 Dominica 3 2
74 Grenada 6 2
75 Brazil 9
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
77 Colombia 7
78 Peru 16
79 Turkey 3
80 Ecuador 5
81 Mauritius 0
82 Kazakhstan 4
83 Lebanon 0
84 Armenia 2
85 Ukraine 3
86 Azerbaijan 22
87 Thailand 2
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6 2
89 Georgia 1
90 Dominican Republic 5
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 12
93 Belize 9 2
94 Samoa 12
95 Maldives 17
96 Jordan 2
97 Suriname 8
98 Tunisia 6
99 Tonga 0
100 Jamaica 7
101 Paraguay 23
102 Sri Lanka 18
103 Gabon 13
104 Algeria 15
105 Philippines 7
106 El Salvador 16
107 Syrian Arab Republic 11
108 Fiji 53
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 11
111 Indonesia 20
112 Honduras 16
113 Bolivia 14
114 Guyana 7
115 Mongolia 28
116 Viet Nam 8
117 Moldova 10
118 Equatorial Guinea 57
119 Uzbekistan 12
120 Kyrgyzstan 11
121 Cape Verde 20 2
122 Guatemala 4
123 Egypt 2
124 Nicaragua 21
125 Botswana 4
126 Vanuatu 41 2
127 Tajikistan 33
128 Namibia 7
129 South Africa 7
130 Morocco 17
131 Sao Tome and Principe 14
132 Bhutan 19
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40
134 India 11
135 Solomon Islands 30
136 Congo 29
137 Cambodia 35
138 Myanmar 20
139 Comoros 15
140 Yemen 34
141 Pakistan 10
142 Swaziland 40
143 Angola 49
144 Nepal 11
145 Madagascar 53
146 Bangladesh 20 3
147 Kenya 43
148 Papua New Guinea 60
149 Haiti 42
150 Sudan 30
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 45
152 Ghana 20
153 Cameroon 30
154 Mauritania 40
155 Djibouti 8
156 Lesotho 22
157 Uganda 36
158 Nigeria 53
159 Togo 41
160 Malawi 24
161 Benin 35
162 Timor-Leste 38
163 Côte d'Ivoire 19
164 Zambia 42
165 Eritrea 40
166 Senegal 23
167 Rwanda 35
168 Gambia 14
169 Liberia 36
170 Guinea 30
171 Ethiopia 58
172 Mozambique 58
173 Guinea-Bissau 43
174 Burundi 29
175 Chad 52
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 54
177 Burkina Faso 28
178 Mali 40
179 Central African Republic 34
180 Sierra Leone 47
181 Afghanistan 78
182 Niger 58
Other UN member states
Iraq 23
Kiribati 35
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 0
Marshall Islands 12 2
Micronesia (Federated States of) 6
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau 11
San Marino ..
Somalia 71
Tuvalu 7
Zimbabwe 19


Notes :
† Denotes indicators used to calcualte the human poverty index (HPI-1). For further details, see Technical note 1: www.hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/tn1
1 - Estimates cover urban areas only.
2 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.
3 - Estimates have been adjusted for arsenic contamination levels based on national surveys conducted and approved by the government.


Sources :
UN (2009a). "Millennium Development Goals Indicators Database." http://mdgs.un.org. Accessed June 2009 based on a joint effort by UNICEF and WHO.


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