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Human Development Report 2009

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HDI Rank Country 2007
1 Norway 82.7
2 Australia 83.7
3 Iceland 83.3
4 Canada 82.9
5 Ireland 82.0
6 Netherlands 81.9
7 Sweden 83.0
8 France 84.5
9 Switzerland 84.1
10 Japan 86.2
11 Luxembourg 82.0
12 Finland 82.8
13 United States 81.3
14 Austria 82.5
15 Spain 84.0
16 Denmark 80.5
17 Belgium 82.4
18 Italy 84.0
19 Liechtenstein .. 1
20 New Zealand 82.1
21 United Kingdom 81.5
22 Germany 82.3
23 Singapore 82.6
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 85.1
25 Greece 81.3
26 Korea (Republic of) 82.4
27 Israel 82.7
28 Andorra .. 1
29 Slovenia 81.7
30 Brunei Darussalam 79.6
31 Kuwait 79.8
32 Cyprus 81.9
33 Qatar 76.8
34 Portugal 81.8
35 United Arab Emirates 78.7
36 Czech Republic 79.4
37 Barbados 79.7
38 Malta 81.3
39 Bahrain 77.4
40 Estonia 78.3
41 Poland 79.7
42 Slovakia 78.5
43 Hungary 77.3
44 Chile 81.6
45 Croatia 79.4
46 Lithuania 77.7
47 Antigua and Barbuda .. 1
48 Latvia 77.1
49 Argentina 79.0
50 Uruguay 79.8
51 Cuba 80.6
52 Bahamas 76.0
53 Mexico 78.5
54 Costa Rica 81.3
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 76.8
56 Oman 77.3
57 Seychelles .. 1
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 76.7
59 Saudi Arabia 75.1
60 Panama 78.2
61 Bulgaria 76.7
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. 1
63 Romania 76.1
64 Trinidad and Tobago 72.8
65 Montenegro 76.5
66 Malaysia 76.6
67 Serbia 76.3
68 Belarus 75.2
69 Saint Lucia 75.5
70 Albania 79.8
71 Russian Federation 72.9
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 76.5
73 Dominica .. 1
74 Grenada 76.7
75 Brazil 75.9
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.7
77 Colombia 76.5
78 Peru 75.8
79 Turkey 74.2
80 Ecuador 78.0
81 Mauritius 75.7
82 Kazakhstan 71.2
83 Lebanon 74.1
84 Armenia 76.7
85 Ukraine 73.8
86 Azerbaijan 72.3
87 Thailand 72.1
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72.5
89 Georgia 75.0
90 Dominican Republic 75.2
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.6
92 China 74.7
93 Belize 78.0
94 Samoa 74.7
95 Maldives 72.7
96 Jordan 74.3
97 Suriname 72.5
98 Tunisia 76.0
99 Tonga 74.6
100 Jamaica 75.1
101 Paraguay 73.8
102 Sri Lanka 77.9
103 Gabon 61.5
104 Algeria 73.6
105 Philippines 73.9
106 El Salvador 75.9
107 Syrian Arab Republic 76.0
108 Fiji 71.0
109 Turkmenistan 68.8
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 74.9
111 Indonesia 72.5
112 Honduras 74.4
113 Bolivia 67.5
114 Guyana 69.6
115 Mongolia 69.6
116 Viet Nam 76.1
117 Moldova 72.1
118 Equatorial Guinea 51.1
119 Uzbekistan 70.9
120 Kyrgyzstan 71.4
121 Cape Verde 73.5
122 Guatemala 73.7
123 Egypt 71.7
124 Nicaragua 75.9
125 Botswana 53.3
126 Vanuatu 72.0
127 Tajikistan 69.3
128 Namibia 61.2
129 South Africa 53.2
130 Morocco 73.3
131 Sao Tome and Principe 67.3
132 Bhutan 67.6
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.9
134 India 64.9
135 Solomon Islands 66.7
136 Congo 54.4
137 Cambodia 62.3
138 Myanmar 63.4
139 Comoros 67.2
140 Yemen 64.1
141 Pakistan 66.5
142 Swaziland 44.8
143 Angola 48.5
144 Nepal 66.9
145 Madagascar 61.5
146 Bangladesh 66.7
147 Kenya 54.0
148 Papua New Guinea 63.0
149 Haiti 62.9
150 Sudan 59.4
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 55.8
152 Ghana 57.4
153 Cameroon 51.4
154 Mauritania 58.5
155 Djibouti 56.5
156 Lesotho 45.5
157 Uganda 52.4
158 Nigeria 48.2
159 Togo 63.9
160 Malawi 53.4
161 Benin 62.1
162 Timor-Leste 61.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire 58.3
164 Zambia 45.0
165 Eritrea 61.4
166 Senegal 56.9
167 Rwanda 51.4
168 Gambia 57.3
169 Liberia 59.3
170 Guinea 59.3
171 Ethiopia 56.2
172 Mozambique 48.7
173 Guinea-Bissau 49.1
174 Burundi 51.4
175 Chad 49.9
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 49.2
177 Burkina Faso 54.0
178 Mali 48.8
179 Central African Republic 48.2
180 Sierra Leone 48.5
181 Afghanistan 43.5
182 Niger 51.7
Other UN member states
Iraq 71.8
Kiribati .. 1
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 69.1
Marshall Islands .. 1
Micronesia (Federated States of) 69.2
Monaco .. 1
Nauru .. 1
Palau .. 1
San Marino .. 1
Somalia 51.2
Tuvalu .. 1
Zimbabwe 43.6

Notes :
1 - For the purposes of calculating the HDI unpublished estimates from UN (2009e). "World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision". New York: Department of Social and Economic Affairs were used: Andorra 84.3 (for females) and 77.5 (for males), Antigua and Barbuda 74.6 and 69.7, Dominica 80.3 and 73.7, Liechtenstein 82.4 and 76.0, Saint Kitts and Nevis 74.6 and 69.8 and the Seychelles 77.7 and 68.4.

Sources :
UN (2009e). "World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision". New York: Department of Social and Economic Affairs.
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