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Human Development Report 2009

I-1Human and income poverty
Children underweight for age (% under age 5)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2006 1
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 3
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Israel ..
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait 10 2
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar 6 2
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates 14 2
36 Czech Republic 1 2
37 Barbados 6 3 2
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain 9 2
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Hungary 2 3 2
44 Chile 1
45 Croatia 1 2
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda 10 3 2
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina 4
50 Uruguay 5
51 Cuba 4
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 5
54 Costa Rica 5 2
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5 2
56 Oman 18 2
57 Seychelles 6 3 2
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5
59 Saudi Arabia 14 2
60 Panama 7 2
61 Bulgaria ..
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 6
65 Montenegro 3
66 Malaysia 8
67 Serbia 2
68 Belarus 1
69 Saint Lucia 14 3 2
70 Albania 8
71 Russian Federation 3 2
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 6 2
73 Dominica 5 3 2
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 6 2
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
77 Colombia 7
78 Peru 8
79 Turkey 4
80 Ecuador 9
81 Mauritius 15 2
82 Kazakhstan 4
83 Lebanon 4
84 Armenia 4
85 Ukraine 1
86 Azerbaijan 7
87 Thailand 9
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11 2
89 Georgia 3 2
90 Dominican Republic 5
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 7
93 Belize 7
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives 30
96 Jordan 4
97 Suriname 13
98 Tunisia 4
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 4
101 Paraguay 5
102 Sri Lanka 29
103 Gabon 12
104 Algeria 4
105 Philippines 28
106 El Salvador 10
107 Syrian Arab Republic 10
108 Fiji 8 2
109 Turkmenistan 11
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 3
111 Indonesia 28
112 Honduras 11
113 Bolivia 8
114 Guyana 14
115 Mongolia 6
116 Viet Nam 25
117 Moldova 4
118 Equatorial Guinea 19
119 Uzbekistan 5
120 Kyrgyzstan 3
121 Cape Verde 14 2
122 Guatemala 23
123 Egypt 6
124 Nicaragua 10
125 Botswana 13
126 Vanuatu 20 3 2
127 Tajikistan 17
128 Namibia 24
129 South Africa 12 2
130 Morocco 10
131 Sao Tome and Principe 9
132 Bhutan 19 2
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40
134 India 46
135 Solomon Islands 21 3 2
136 Congo 14
137 Cambodia 36
138 Myanmar 32
139 Comoros 25
140 Yemen 46
141 Pakistan 38
142 Swaziland 10
143 Angola 31
144 Nepal 39
145 Madagascar 42
146 Bangladesh 48
147 Kenya 20
148 Papua New Guinea 35 3 2
149 Haiti 22
150 Sudan 41
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 22
152 Ghana 18
153 Cameroon 19
154 Mauritania 32
155 Djibouti 29
156 Lesotho 20
157 Uganda 20
158 Nigeria 29
159 Togo 26
160 Malawi 19
161 Benin 23
162 Timor-Leste 46
163 Côte d'Ivoire 20
164 Zambia 20
165 Eritrea 40
166 Senegal 17
167 Rwanda 23
168 Gambia 20
169 Liberia 26 2
170 Guinea 26
171 Ethiopia 38
172 Mozambique 24
173 Guinea-Bissau 19
174 Burundi 39
175 Chad 37
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 31
177 Burkina Faso 37
178 Mali 33
179 Central African Republic 29
180 Sierra Leone 30
181 Afghanistan 39
182 Niger 44
Other UN member states
Iraq 8
Kiribati 13 2
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 23
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) 15 2
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia 36
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe 17


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 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 - Data refer to an earlier year outside the range of years specified.
3 - UNICEF (2005b). The State of the World's Children 2006. New York: UNICEF.


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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