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2007/2008 Report

01Human development index
Life expectancy indexExcel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland 0.941
2 Norway 0.913
3 Australia 0.931
4 Canada 0.921
5 Ireland 0.890
6 Sweden 0.925
7 Switzerland 0.938
8 Japan 0.954
9 Netherlands 0.904
10 France 0.919
11 Finland 0.898
12 United States 0.881
13 Spain 0.925
14 Denmark 0.881
15 Austria 0.907
16 United Kingdom 0.900
17 Belgium 0.897
18 Luxembourg 0.891
19 New Zealand 0.913
20 Italy 0.922
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.949
22 Germany 0.902
23 Israel 0.921
24 Greece 0.898
25 Singapore 0.907
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.882
27 Slovenia 0.874
28 Cyprus 0.900
29 Portugal 0.879
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.862
31 Barbados 0.861
32 Czech Republic 0.849
33 Kuwait 0.871
34 Malta 0.901
35 Qatar 0.834
36 Hungary 0.799
37 Poland 0.836
38 Argentina 0.831
39 United Arab Emirates 0.889
40 Chile 0.889
41 Bahrain 0.837
42 Slovakia 0.821
43 Lithuania 0.792
44 Estonia 0.770
45 Latvia 0.784
46 Uruguay 0.848
47 Croatia 0.839
48 Costa Rica 0.891
49 Bahamas 0.789
50 Seychelles 0.795
51 Cuba 0.879
52 Mexico 0.843
53 Bulgaria 0.795
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.750
55 Tonga 0.797
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.806
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.815
58 Oman 0.833
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.737
60 Romania 0.782
61 Saudi Arabia 0.787
62 Panama 0.836
63 Malaysia 0.811
64 Belarus 0.728
65 Mauritius 0.790
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.825
67 Russian Federation 0.667
68 Albania 0.853
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0.814
70 Brazil 0.779
71 Dominica 0.844
72 Saint Lucia 0.802
73 Kazakhstan 0.682
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.804
75 Colombia 0.788
76 Ukraine 0.711
77 Samoa 0.763
78 Thailand 0.743
79 Dominican Republic 0.776
80 Belize 0.849
81 China 0.792
82 Grenada 0.720
83 Armenia 0.779
84 Turkey 0.773
85 Suriname 0.743
86 Jordan 0.782
87 Peru 0.761
88 Lebanon 0.775
89 Ecuador 0.828
90 Philippines 0.767
91 Tunisia 0.808
92 Fiji 0.722
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.768
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.754
95 Paraguay 0.771
96 Georgia 0.761
97 Guyana 0.670
98 Azerbaijan 0.702
99 Sri Lanka 0.776
100 Maldives 0.701
101 Jamaica 0.787
102 Cape Verde 0.766
103 El Salvador 0.772
104 Algeria 0.778
105 Viet Nam 0.812
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.799
107 Indonesia 0.745
108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.811
109 Turkmenistan 0.627
110 Nicaragua 0.782
111 Moldova 0.724
112 Egypt 0.761
113 Uzbekistan 0.696
114 Mongolia 0.682
115 Honduras 0.739
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.676
117 Bolivia 0.662
118 Guatemala 0.746
119 Gabon 0.521
120 Vanuatu 0.738
121 South Africa 0.430
122 Tajikistan 0.689
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.665
124 Botswana 0.385
125 Namibia 0.444
126 Morocco 0.757
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.423
128 India 0.645
129 Solomon Islands 0.633
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.637
131 Cambodia 0.550
132 Myanmar 0.596
133 Bhutan 0.662
134 Comoros 0.651
135 Ghana 0.568
136 Pakistan 0.659
137 Mauritania 0.637
138 Lesotho 0.293
139 Congo 0.484
140 Bangladesh 0.635
141 Swaziland 0.265
142 Nepal 0.626
143 Madagascar 0.557
144 Cameroon 0.414
145 Papua New Guinea 0.532
146 Haiti 0.575
147 Sudan 0.540
148 Kenya 0.451
149 Djibouti 0.482
150 Timor-Leste 0.578
151 Zimbabwe 0.265
152 Togo 0.547
153 Yemen 0.608
154 Uganda 0.412
155 Gambia 0.563
156 Senegal 0.622
157 Eritrea 0.527
158 Nigeria 0.359
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.434
160 Guinea 0.497
161 Rwanda 0.337
162 Angola 0.279
163 Benin 0.506
164 Malawi 0.355
165 Zambia 0.259
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.373
167 Burundi 0.391
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.346
169 Ethiopia 0.446
170 Chad 0.423
171 Central African Republic 0.311
172 Mozambique 0.296
173 Mali 0.469
174 Niger 0.513
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.347
176 Burkina Faso 0.440
177 Sierra Leone 0.280

Source :
calculated on the basis of data in column 2.