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08Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 8Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina ..
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile ..
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay ..
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica ..
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico ..
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago ..
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama ..
63 Malaysia ..
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 1996
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 1999
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
75 Colombia 2005
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 2005-06
79 Dominican Republic 1996
80 Belize ..
81 China ..
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 2005
84 Turkey 1998
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 1997
87 Peru 2004-05
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines 2003
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
95 Paraguay 1990
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka ..
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador ..
104 Algeria ..
105 Viet Nam 2002
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 1997
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan 2000
110 Nicaragua 2001
111 Moldova 2005
112 Egypt 2005
113 Uzbekistan 1996
114 Mongolia ..
115 Honduras ..
116 Kyrgyzstan 1997
117 Bolivia 2003
118 Guatemala 1998-99
119 Gabon 2000
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 1998
122 Tajikistan 2006
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana ..
125 Namibia 2000
126 Morocco 2003-04
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 1998-99
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia 2005
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 1996
135 Ghana 2006
136 Pakistan 1990
137 Mauritania 2000-01
138 Lesotho 2004
139 Congo 2005
140 Bangladesh 2004
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 2001
143 Madagascar 2003-04
144 Cameroon 2004
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 2005-06
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 2003
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 1999
152 Togo 1998
153 Yemen 1997
154 Uganda 2000-01
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal 2005
157 Eritrea 2002
158 Nigeria 2003
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 1999
160 Guinea 2005
161 Rwanda 2005
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 2001
164 Malawi 2000
165 Zambia 2001-02
166 Côte d'Ivoire 2005
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 2005
170 Chad 2004
171 Central African Republic 1994-95
172 Mozambique 2003
173 Mali 2001
174 Niger 2006
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 2003
177 Sierra Leone 2005

Source :
Macro International. 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) website download or direct correspondence on DHS reports. [http://www.measuredhs.com/]. June 2007. Calverton, MD.