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Human Development Report 2009

I-1Human and income poverty
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2007
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 3.9
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Israel ..
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus ..
33 Qatar 5.0
34 Portugal ..
35 United Arab Emirates 7.7
36 Czech Republic 1.5
37 Barbados 2.6
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain 8.0
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Hungary 2.2
44 Chile 3.2
45 Croatia 1.9
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina 3.7
50 Uruguay 3.0
51 Cuba 4.6
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 5.9
54 Costa Rica 3.7
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 13.4
56 Oman 14.7
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.6
59 Saudi Arabia 12.1
60 Panama 6.7
61 Bulgaria ..
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 5.6
64 Trinidad and Tobago 6.4
65 Montenegro 3.1
66 Malaysia 6.1
67 Serbia 3.1
68 Belarus 4.3
69 Saint Lucia 6.3
70 Albania 4.0
71 Russian Federation 7.4
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 3.2
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 8.6
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8
77 Colombia 7.6
78 Peru 10.2
79 Turkey 8.3
80 Ecuador 7.9
81 Mauritius 9.5
82 Kazakhstan 7.9
83 Lebanon 7.6
84 Armenia 3.7
85 Ukraine 5.8
86 Azerbaijan 10.7
87 Thailand 8.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.8
89 Georgia 4.7
90 Dominican Republic 9.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 7.7
93 Belize 17.5
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives 16.5
96 Jordan 6.6
97 Suriname 10.1
98 Tunisia 15.6
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 10.9
101 Paraguay 10.5
102 Sri Lanka 16.8
103 Gabon 17.5
104 Algeria 17.5
105 Philippines 12.4
106 El Salvador 14.6
107 Syrian Arab Republic 12.6
108 Fiji 21.2
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 6.0
111 Indonesia 17.0
112 Honduras 13.7
113 Bolivia 11.6
114 Guyana 10.2
115 Mongolia 12.7
116 Viet Nam 12.4
117 Moldova 5.9
118 Equatorial Guinea 31.9
119 Uzbekistan 8.5
120 Kyrgyzstan 7.3
121 Cape Verde 14.5
122 Guatemala 19.7
123 Egypt 23.4
124 Nicaragua 17.0
125 Botswana 22.9
126 Vanuatu 23.6
127 Tajikistan 18.2
128 Namibia 17.1
129 South Africa 25.4
130 Morocco 31.1
131 Sao Tome and Principe 12.6
132 Bhutan 33.7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 30.7
134 India 28.0
135 Solomon Islands 21.8
136 Congo 24.3
137 Cambodia 27.7
138 Myanmar 20.4
139 Comoros 20.4
140 Yemen 35.7
141 Pakistan 33.4
142 Swaziland 35.1
143 Angola 37.2
144 Nepal 32.1
145 Madagascar 36.1
146 Bangladesh 36.1
147 Kenya 29.5
148 Papua New Guinea 39.6
149 Haiti 31.5
150 Sudan 34.0
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 30.0
152 Ghana 28.1
153 Cameroon 30.8
154 Mauritania 36.2
155 Djibouti 25.6
156 Lesotho 34.3
157 Uganda 28.8
158 Nigeria 36.2
159 Togo 36.6
160 Malawi 28.2
161 Benin 43.2
162 Timor-Leste 40.8
163 Côte d'Ivoire 37.4
164 Zambia 35.5
165 Eritrea 33.7
166 Senegal 41.6
167 Rwanda 32.9
168 Gambia 40.9
169 Liberia 35.2
170 Guinea 50.5
171 Ethiopia 50.9
172 Mozambique 46.8
173 Guinea-Bissau 34.9
174 Burundi 36.4
175 Chad 53.1
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 38.0
177 Burkina Faso 51.8
178 Mali 54.5
179 Central African Republic 42.4
180 Sierra Leone 47.7
181 Afghanistan 59.8
182 Niger 55.8
Other UN member states
Iraq 19.4
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe 34.0

Sources :
calculated on the basis of the component indicators.
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