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Human Development Report 2009

I-2Human and income poverty: OECD countries
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Norway 6.6
2 Australia 12.0
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada 11.2
5 Ireland 15.9
6 Netherlands 7.4
7 Sweden 6.0
8 France 11.0
9 Switzerland 10.6
10 Japan 11.6
11 Luxembourg 11.2
12 Finland 7.9
13 United States 15.2
14 Austria 11.0
15 Spain 12.4
16 Denmark 7.7
17 Belgium 12.2
18 Italy 29.8
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand ..
21 United Kingdom 14.6
22 Germany 10.1
23 Singapore ..
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 12.5
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Israel ..
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 11.2
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland 12.8
42 Slovakia 12.4
43 Hungary 13.2
44 Chile ..
45 Croatia ..
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina ..
50 Uruguay ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 28.1
54 Costa Rica ..
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama ..
61 Bulgaria ..
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania ..
64 Trinidad and Tobago ..
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia ..
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania ..
71 Russian Federation ..
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) ..
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil ..
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia ..
78 Peru ..
79 Turkey ..
80 Ecuador ..
81 Mauritius ..
82 Kazakhstan ..
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia ..
85 Ukraine ..
86 Azerbaijan ..
87 Thailand ..
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
89 Georgia ..
90 Dominican Republic ..
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China ..
93 Belize ..
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname ..
98 Tunisia ..
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica ..
101 Paraguay ..
102 Sri Lanka ..
103 Gabon ..
104 Algeria ..
105 Philippines ..
106 El Salvador ..
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia ..
112 Honduras ..
113 Bolivia ..
114 Guyana ..
115 Mongolia ..
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova ..
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan ..
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala ..
123 Egypt ..
124 Nicaragua ..
125 Botswana ..
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan ..
128 Namibia ..
129 South Africa ..
130 Morocco ..
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India ..
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo ..
137 Cambodia ..
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen ..
141 Pakistan ..
142 Swaziland ..
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal ..
145 Madagascar ..
146 Bangladesh ..
147 Kenya ..
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti ..
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) ..
152 Ghana ..
153 Cameroon ..
154 Mauritania ..
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho ..
157 Uganda ..
158 Nigeria ..
159 Togo ..
160 Malawi ..
161 Benin ..
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia ..
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal ..
167 Rwanda ..
168 Gambia ..
169 Liberia ..
170 Guinea ..
171 Ethiopia ..
172 Mozambique ..
173 Guinea-Bissau ..
174 Burundi ..
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso ..
178 Mali ..
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone ..
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger ..
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..

Sources :
calculated based on data on the component indicators.
Symbols :
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(.) Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points
< Less than
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