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2007/2008 Human Development Report

03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-05 1
1 Iceland 1.4
2 Norway 2.3
3 Australia 2.3
4 Canada 2.3
5 Ireland 2.3
6 Sweden 1.6
7 Switzerland 2.2
8 Japan 1.7
9 Netherlands 2.1
10 France 2.4
11 Finland 2.3
12 United States 3.5
13 Spain 2.2
14 Denmark 2.4
15 Austria 2.1
16 United Kingdom 2.2
17 Belgium 2.4
18 Luxembourg 2.6
19 New Zealand 2.4
20 Italy 2.3
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 1.5 2
22 Germany 2.0
23 Israel 2.2
24 Greece 2.6
25 Singapore 1.8
26 Korea (Republic of) 2.5
27 Slovenia 2.6
28 Cyprus 2.4
29 Portugal 3.0
30 Brunei Darussalam 3.0
31 Barbados 3.7
32 Czech Republic 2.4
33 Kuwait 2.7
34 Malta 2.3
35 Qatar 3.7
36 Hungary 3.4
37 Poland 3.2
38 Argentina 4.9
39 United Arab Emirates 2.1
40 Chile 3.5
41 Bahrain 3.4
42 Slovakia 3.0
43 Lithuania 5.7
44 Estonia 5.7
45 Latvia 5.5
46 Uruguay 4.3
47 Croatia 2.9
48 Costa Rica 3.7
49 Bahamas 10.6
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 3.1
52 Mexico 5.8
53 Bulgaria 4.1
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 5.0
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 4.6
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 3.7
59 Trinidad and Tobago 9.1
60 Romania 5.0
61 Saudi Arabia 5.7
62 Panama 6.5
63 Malaysia 4.4
64 Belarus 6.7
65 Mauritius 5.1 2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.8
67 Russian Federation 10.7
68 Albania 5.2
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 3.8
70 Brazil 9.2
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 5.6
73 Kazakhstan 11.1
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.3
75 Colombia 9.2
76 Ukraine 8.1
77 Samoa 6.6
78 Thailand 12.1
79 Dominican Republic 10.5
80 Belize 5.4
81 China 6.8 2
82 Grenada 9.7
83 Armenia 6.3
84 Turkey 6.5
85 Suriname 9.8
86 Jordan 6.4
87 Peru 9.7
88 Lebanon 6.3
89 Ecuador 8.1
90 Philippines 7.0
91 Tunisia 4.6
92 Fiji 6.9
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.7
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.8
95 Paraguay 9.7
96 Georgia 7.9
97 Guyana 16.6
98 Azerbaijan 12.4
99 Sri Lanka 7.2
100 Maldives 12.1
101 Jamaica 8.3
102 Cape Verde 7.5
103 El Salvador 9.6
104 Algeria 7.7
105 Viet Nam 6.7
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 5.2
107 Indonesia 8.7
108 Syrian Arab Republic 4.6
109 Turkmenistan 16.2
110 Nicaragua 9.5
111 Moldova 6.5
112 Egypt 7.5
113 Uzbekistan 11.9
114 Mongolia 11.6
115 Honduras 12.9
116 Kyrgyzstan 11.7
117 Bolivia 15.5
118 Guatemala 12.5
119 Gabon 27.1
120 Vanuatu 8.8
121 South Africa 31.7
122 Tajikistan 13.1
123 Sao Tome and Principe 15.1
124 Botswana 44.0
125 Namibia 35.9
126 Morocco 8.2
127 Equatorial Guinea 35.6
128 India 16.8
129 Solomon Islands 16.1
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.6
131 Cambodia 24.1
132 Myanmar 21.0
133 Bhutan 16.8
134 Comoros 15.3 2
135 Ghana 23.8
136 Pakistan 15.4
137 Mauritania 14.6
138 Lesotho 47.8
139 Congo 30.1
140 Bangladesh 16.4
141 Swaziland 48.0
142 Nepal 17.4
143 Madagascar 24.4
144 Cameroon 35.7
145 Papua New Guinea 20.7
146 Haiti 21.4
147 Sudan 26.1
148 Kenya 35.1
149 Djibouti 28.6
150 Timor-Leste 21.2
151 Zimbabwe 57.4
152 Togo 24.1
153 Yemen 18.6
154 Uganda 38.5
155 Gambia 20.9
156 Senegal 17.1
157 Eritrea 24.1
158 Nigeria 39.0
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 36.2
160 Guinea 28.6
161 Rwanda 44.6
162 Angola 46.7
163 Benin 27.9
164 Malawi 44.4
165 Zambia 53.9
166 Côte d'Ivoire 38.6
167 Burundi 38.2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 41.1
169 Ethiopia 33.3
170 Chad 32.9
171 Central African Republic 46.2
172 Mozambique 45.0
173 Mali 30.4
174 Niger 28.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 40.5
176 Burkina Faso 26.5
177 Sierra Leone 45.6

Notes :
† Denotes indicators used to calculate the human poverty index (HPI-1). For further details, see Technical note 1.
1 - Data refer to the probability at birth of not surviving to age 40, multiplied by 100.
2 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.

Sources :
UN (United Nations). 2007e. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2006 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York. Accessed July 2007.
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