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2007/2008 Human Development Report

01Human development index
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HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 36,510
2 Norway 41,420 1
3 Australia 31,794
4 Canada 33,375
5 Ireland 38,505
6 Sweden 32,525
7 Switzerland 35,633
8 Japan 31,267
9 Netherlands 32,684
10 France 30,386
11 Finland 32,153
12 United States 41,890 1
13 Spain 27,169
14 Denmark 33,973
15 Austria 33,700
16 United Kingdom 33,238
17 Belgium 32,119
18 Luxembourg 60,228 1
19 New Zealand 24,996
20 Italy 28,529
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 34,833
22 Germany 29,461
23 Israel 25,864
24 Greece 23,381
25 Singapore 29,663
26 Korea (Republic of) 22,029
27 Slovenia 22,273
28 Cyprus 22,699 2
29 Portugal 20,410
30 Brunei Darussalam 28,161 2 3
31 Barbados 17,297 2 3
32 Czech Republic 20,538
33 Kuwait 26,321 4
34 Malta 19,189
35 Qatar 27,664 2 3
36 Hungary 17,887
37 Poland 13,847
38 Argentina 14,280
39 United Arab Emirates 25,514 4
40 Chile 12,027
41 Bahrain 21,482
42 Slovakia 15,871
43 Lithuania 14,494
44 Estonia 15,478
45 Latvia 13,646
46 Uruguay 9,962
47 Croatia 13,042
48 Costa Rica 10,180 4
49 Bahamas 18,380 2
50 Seychelles 16,106
51 Cuba 6,000 5
52 Mexico 10,751
53 Bulgaria 9,032
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13,307 2
55 Tonga 8,177 4
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 10,335 2 3
57 Antigua and Barbuda 12,500 2
58 Oman 15,602 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 14,603
60 Romania 9,060
61 Saudi Arabia 15,711 4
62 Panama 7,605
63 Malaysia 10,882
64 Belarus 7,918
65 Mauritius 12,715
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,032 2 6
67 Russian Federation 10,845
68 Albania 5,316
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 7,200
70 Brazil 8,402
71 Dominica 6,393 2
72 Saint Lucia 6,707 2
73 Kazakhstan 7,857
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,632
75 Colombia 7,304 4
76 Ukraine 6,848
77 Samoa 6,170
78 Thailand 8,677
79 Dominican Republic 8,217 4
80 Belize 7,109
81 China 6,757 7
82 Grenada 7,843 2
83 Armenia 4,945
84 Turkey 8,407
85 Suriname 7,722
86 Jordan 5,530
87 Peru 6,039
88 Lebanon 5,584
89 Ecuador 4,341
90 Philippines 5,137
91 Tunisia 8,371
92 Fiji 6,049
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,568
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,968
95 Paraguay 4,642 4
96 Georgia 3,365
97 Guyana 4,508 4
98 Azerbaijan 5,016
99 Sri Lanka 4,595
100 Maldives 5,261 2 3
101 Jamaica 4,291
102 Cape Verde 5,803 4
103 El Salvador 5,255 4
104 Algeria 7,062 4
105 Viet Nam 3,071
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 8
107 Indonesia 3,843
108 Syrian Arab Republic 3,808
109 Turkmenistan 3,838 2
110 Nicaragua 3,674 4
111 Moldova 2,100
112 Egypt 4,337
113 Uzbekistan 2,063
114 Mongolia 2,107
115 Honduras 3,430 4
116 Kyrgyzstan 1,927
117 Bolivia 2,819
118 Guatemala 4,568 4
119 Gabon 6,954
120 Vanuatu 3,225 4
121 South Africa 11,110 4
122 Tajikistan 1,356
123 Sao Tome and Principe 2,178
124 Botswana 12,387
125 Namibia 7,586 4
126 Morocco 4,555
127 Equatorial Guinea 7,874 2 4
128 India 3,452 4
129 Solomon Islands 2,031 4
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,039
131 Cambodia 2,727 4
132 Myanmar 1,027 2 9
133 Bhutan .. 2 10
134 Comoros 1,993 4
135 Ghana 2,480 4
136 Pakistan 2,370
137 Mauritania 2,234 4
138 Lesotho 3,335 4
139 Congo 1,262
140 Bangladesh 2,053
141 Swaziland 4,824
142 Nepal 1,550
143 Madagascar 923
144 Cameroon 2,299
145 Papua New Guinea 2,563 4
146 Haiti 1,663 4
147 Sudan 2,083 4
148 Kenya 1,240
149 Djibouti 2,178 4
150 Timor-Leste .. 2 11
151 Zimbabwe 2,038
152 Togo 1,506 4
153 Yemen 930
154 Uganda 1,454 4
155 Gambia 1,921 4
156 Senegal 1,792
157 Eritrea 1,109 4
158 Nigeria 1,128
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 744
160 Guinea 2,316
161 Rwanda 1,206 4
162 Angola 2,335 4
163 Benin 1,141
164 Malawi 667
165 Zambia 1,023
166 Côte d'Ivoire 1,648
167 Burundi 699 4
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 714 4
169 Ethiopia 1,055 4
170 Chad 1,427 4
171 Central African Republic 1,224 4
172 Mozambique 1,242 4
173 Mali 1,033
174 Niger 781 4
175 Guinea-Bissau 827 4
176 Burkina Faso 1,213 4
177 Sierra Leone 806

Notes :
1 - For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 40,000 (PPP US$) was applied.
2 - Data refer to a year other than that specified.
3 - Heston, Alan, Robert Summers, and Bettina Aten. 2006. “Penn World Table Version 6.2.” University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, Philadelphia. [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/]. Accessed June 2007. Data differ from the standard definition.
4 - World Bank estimate based on regression.
5 - Efforts to produce a more accurate estimate are ongoing (see Readers guide and notes to tables for details). A preliminary estimate of 6,000 (PPP US$) was used.
6 - World Bank. 2006. World Development Indicators 2006. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C.
7 - World Bank estimate based on a bilateral comparison between China and the United States (Ruoen, Ren, and Chen Kai. 1995. “China’s GDP in U.S. Dollars Based on Purchasing Power Parity.” Policy Research Working Paper 1415. World Bank, Washington, D.C).
8 - In the absence of an estimate of GDP per capita (PPP US$), an HDRO estimate of 2,056 (PPP US$) was used, derived from the value of GDP in US$ and the weighted average ratio of PPP US$ to US$ in the Arab States.
9 - Heston, Alan, Robert Summers, and Bettina Aten. 2001. Correspondence on data from the Penn World Table Version 6.0. University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices. [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/]. March. Philadelphia. Data differ from the standard definition.
10 - In the absence of an estimate of GDP per capita (PPP US$), an HDRO estimate of 3,413 (PPP US$) was used, derived from the value of GDP per capita in PPP US$ estimated by Heston, Alan, Robert Summers, and Bettina Aten. 2006. “Penn World Table Version 6.2.” University of Pennsylvania, Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, Philadelphia. [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/]. Accessed June 2007 adjusted to reflect the latest population estimates from 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.
11 - For the purposes of calculating the HDI, a national estimate of 1,033 (PPP US$) was used.

Sources :
World Bank. 2007b. World Development Indicators 2007. CD-ROM. Washington, D.C., unless otherwise specified; aggregates calculated for HDRO by the World Bank.
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