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Human Development Report 2009

MEconomy and inequality
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HDI Rank Country 1992-2007 1
1 Norway 25.8
2 Australia 35.2
3 Iceland ..
4 Canada 32.6
5 Ireland 34.3
6 Netherlands 30.9
7 Sweden 25.0
8 France 32.7
9 Switzerland 33.7
10 Japan 24.9
11 Luxembourg 30.8
12 Finland 26.9
13 United States 40.8
14 Austria 29.1
15 Spain 34.7
16 Denmark 24.7
17 Belgium 33.0
18 Italy 36.0
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 36.2
21 United Kingdom 36.0
22 Germany 28.3
23 Singapore 42.5
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 43.4
25 Greece 34.3
26 Korea (Republic of) 31.6
27 Israel 39.2
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 31.2
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 38.5
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 25.8
37 Barbados ..
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain ..
40 Estonia 36.0
41 Poland 34.9
42 Slovakia 25.8
43 Hungary 30.0
44 Chile 52.0
45 Croatia 29.0
46 Lithuania 35.8
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia 35.7
49 Argentina 50.0
50 Uruguay 46.2
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 48.1
54 Costa Rica 47.2
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43.4
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 54.9
61 Bulgaria 29.2
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 31.5
64 Trinidad and Tobago 40.3
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 37.9
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus 27.9
69 Saint Lucia 42.6
70 Albania 33.0
71 Russian Federation 37.5
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 39.0
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 55.0
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.8
77 Colombia 58.5
78 Peru 49.6
79 Turkey 43.2
80 Ecuador 54.4
81 Mauritius ..
82 Kazakhstan 33.9
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 33.8
85 Ukraine 28.2
86 Azerbaijan 36.5
87 Thailand 42.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 38.3
89 Georgia 40.8
90 Dominican Republic 50.0
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 41.5
93 Belize ..
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan 37.7
97 Suriname 52.9
98 Tunisia 40.8
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 45.5
101 Paraguay 53.2
102 Sri Lanka 41.1
103 Gabon 41.5
104 Algeria 35.3
105 Philippines 44.0
106 El Salvador 49.7
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan 40.8
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 39.4
112 Honduras 55.3
113 Bolivia 58.2
114 Guyana 44.6
115 Mongolia 33.0
116 Viet Nam 37.8
117 Moldova 35.6
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan 36.7
120 Kyrgyzstan 32.9
121 Cape Verde 50.5
122 Guatemala 53.7
123 Egypt 32.1
124 Nicaragua 52.3
125 Botswana 61.0
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan 33.6
128 Namibia 74.3
129 South Africa 57.8
130 Morocco 40.9
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan 46.8
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.6
134 India 36.8
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 47.3
137 Cambodia 40.7
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros 64.3
140 Yemen 37.7
141 Pakistan 31.2
142 Swaziland 50.7
143 Angola 58.6
144 Nepal 47.3
145 Madagascar 47.2
146 Bangladesh 31.0
147 Kenya 47.7
148 Papua New Guinea 50.9
149 Haiti 59.5
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 34.6
152 Ghana 42.8
153 Cameroon 44.6
154 Mauritania 39.0
155 Djibouti 40.0
156 Lesotho 52.5
157 Uganda 42.6
158 Nigeria 42.9
159 Togo 34.4
160 Malawi 39.0
161 Benin 38.6
162 Timor-Leste 39.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire 48.4
164 Zambia 50.7
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 39.2
167 Rwanda 46.7
168 Gambia 47.3
169 Liberia 52.6
170 Guinea 43.3
171 Ethiopia 29.8
172 Mozambique 47.1
173 Guinea-Bissau 35.5
174 Burundi 33.3
175 Chad 39.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 44.4
177 Burkina Faso 39.6
178 Mali 39.0
179 Central African Republic 43.6
180 Sierra Leone 42.5
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 43.9
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 50.1

Notes :
1 - The Gini index lies between 0 and 100. A value of 0 represents absolute equality and 100 absolute inequality.

Sources :
World Bank (2009d). "World Development Indicators". Washington DC: World Bank.
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