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2007/2008 Human Development Report

07Water, sanitation and nutritional status
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HDI Rank Country 1996-2005 1
1 Iceland .. 2
2 Norway .. 2
3 Australia .. 2
4 Canada .. 2
5 Ireland .. 2
6 Sweden .. 2
7 Switzerland .. 2
8 Japan .. 2
9 Netherlands .. 2
10 France .. 2
11 Finland .. 2
12 United States 3 2
13 Spain .. 2
14 Denmark .. 2
15 Austria .. 2
16 United Kingdom .. 2
17 Belgium .. 2
18 Luxembourg .. 2
19 New Zealand .. 2
20 Italy .. 2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 2
22 Germany .. 2
23 Israel .. 2
24 Greece .. 2
25 Singapore 4 2
26 Korea (Republic of) .. 2
27 Slovenia .. 2
28 Cyprus .. 2
29 Portugal .. 2
30 Brunei Darussalam .. 2
31 Barbados .. 2
32 Czech Republic 3 2
33 Kuwait 7 2
34 Malta .. 2
35 Qatar .. 2
36 Hungary .. 2
37 Poland .. 2
38 Argentina 8 2
39 United Arab Emirates .. 2
40 Chile 3 2
41 Bahrain .. 2
42 Slovakia .. 2
43 Lithuania .. 2
44 Estonia .. 2
45 Latvia .. 2
46 Uruguay 14 2
47 Croatia .. 2
48 Costa Rica .. 2
49 Bahamas .. 2
50 Seychelles .. 2
51 Cuba 10 2
52 Mexico 16 2
53 Bulgaria 9 2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. 2
55 Tonga .. 2
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya .. 2
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 2
58 Oman 16 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 5 2
60 Romania 13 2
61 Saudi Arabia .. 2
62 Panama 22 2
63 Malaysia 20 2
64 Belarus .. 2
65 Mauritius .. 2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 2
67 Russian Federation .. 2
68 Albania 39 2
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 1 2
70 Brazil .. 2
71 Dominica .. 2
72 Saint Lucia .. 2
73 Kazakhstan 14 2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17 2
75 Colombia 16 2
76 Ukraine 6 2
77 Samoa 9 2
78 Thailand 16 2
79 Dominican Republic 12 2
80 Belize .. 2
81 China 19 2
82 Grenada .. 2
83 Armenia 18 2
84 Turkey 19 2
85 Suriname 15 2
86 Jordan 12 2
87 Peru 31 2
88 Lebanon 6 2
89 Ecuador 29 2
90 Philippines 34 2
91 Tunisia 16 2
92 Fiji .. 2
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. 2
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20 2
95 Paraguay .. 2
96 Georgia 15 2
97 Guyana 14 2
98 Azerbaijan 24 2
99 Sri Lanka 18 2
100 Maldives 32 2
101 Jamaica 5 2
102 Cape Verde .. 2
103 El Salvador 25 2
104 Algeria 22 2
105 Viet Nam 43 2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 2
107 Indonesia 29 2
108 Syrian Arab Republic 24 2
109 Turkmenistan 28 2
110 Nicaragua 25 2
111 Moldova 11 2
112 Egypt 24 2
113 Uzbekistan 26 2
114 Mongolia 24 2
115 Honduras 30 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 33 2
117 Bolivia 33 2
118 Guatemala 54 2
119 Gabon 26 2
120 Vanuatu .. 2
121 South Africa 31 2
122 Tajikistan 42 2
123 Sao Tome and Principe 35 2
124 Botswana 29 2
125 Namibia 30 2
126 Morocco 23 2
127 Equatorial Guinea 43 2
128 India 51 2
129 Solomon Islands .. 2
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48 2
131 Cambodia 49 2
132 Myanmar 41 2
133 Bhutan 48 2
134 Comoros 47 2
135 Ghana 36 2
136 Pakistan 42 2
137 Mauritania 40 2
138 Lesotho 53 2
139 Congo 31 2
140 Bangladesh 51 2
141 Swaziland 37 2
142 Nepal 57 2
143 Madagascar 53 2
144 Cameroon 35 2
145 Papua New Guinea 44 2
146 Haiti 28 2
147 Sudan 48 2
148 Kenya 36 2
149 Djibouti 29 2
150 Timor-Leste 56 2
151 Zimbabwe 34 2
152 Togo 30 2
153 Yemen 60 2
154 Uganda 45 2
155 Gambia 24 2
156 Senegal 20 2
157 Eritrea 44 2
158 Nigeria 43 2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 44 2
160 Guinea 39 2
161 Rwanda 48 2
162 Angola 51 2
163 Benin 39 2
164 Malawi 53 2
165 Zambia 53 2
166 Côte d'Ivoire 32 2
167 Burundi 63 2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 44 2
169 Ethiopia 51 2
170 Chad 45 2
171 Central African Republic 45 2
172 Mozambique 47 2
173 Mali 43 2
174 Niger 54 2
175 Guinea-Bissau 36 2
176 Burkina Faso 43 2
177 Sierra Leone 38 2


Notes :
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 -


Sources :
WHO (World Health Organization). 2007a. Core Health Indicators 2007 Database. Geneva. [http://www.who.int/whosis/database/]. Accessed July 2007.


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