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2007/2008 Human Development Report

01Human development index
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HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland 0.978
2 Norway 0.991
3 Australia 0.993
4 Canada 0.991
5 Ireland 0.993
6 Sweden 0.978
7 Switzerland 0.946
8 Japan 0.946
9 Netherlands 0.988
10 France 0.982
11 Finland 0.993
12 United States 0.971
13 Spain 0.987
14 Denmark 0.993
15 Austria 0.966
16 United Kingdom 0.970
17 Belgium 0.977
18 Luxembourg 0.942
19 New Zealand 0.993
20 Italy 0.958
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.885
22 Germany 0.953
23 Israel 0.946
24 Greece 0.970
25 Singapore 0.908
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.980
27 Slovenia 0.974
28 Cyprus 0.904
29 Portugal 0.925
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.877
31 Barbados 0.956
32 Czech Republic 0.936
33 Kuwait 0.871
34 Malta 0.856
35 Qatar 0.852
36 Hungary 0.958
37 Poland 0.951
38 Argentina 0.947
39 United Arab Emirates 0.791
40 Chile 0.914
41 Bahrain 0.864
42 Slovakia 0.921
43 Lithuania 0.965
44 Estonia 0.968
45 Latvia 0.961
46 Uruguay 0.942
47 Croatia 0.899
48 Costa Rica 0.876
49 Bahamas 0.875
50 Seychelles 0.886
51 Cuba 0.952
52 Mexico 0.863
53 Bulgaria 0.926
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.896
55 Tonga 0.926
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.875
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.824
58 Oman 0.766
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.872
60 Romania 0.905
61 Saudi Arabia 0.806
62 Panama 0.878
63 Malaysia 0.839
64 Belarus 0.956
65 Mauritius 0.813
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.874
67 Russian Federation 0.956
68 Albania 0.887
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0.875
70 Brazil 0.883
71 Dominica 0.857
72 Saint Lucia 0.881
73 Kazakhstan 0.973
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.872
75 Colombia 0.869
76 Ukraine 0.948
77 Samoa 0.903
78 Thailand 0.855
79 Dominican Republic 0.827
80 Belize 0.773
81 China 0.837
82 Grenada 0.884
83 Armenia 0.896
84 Turkey 0.812
85 Suriname 0.854
86 Jordan 0.868
87 Peru 0.872
88 Lebanon 0.871
89 Ecuador 0.858
90 Philippines 0.888
91 Tunisia 0.750
92 Fiji 0.879
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.817
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.792
95 Paraguay 0.853
96 Georgia 0.914
97 Guyana 0.943
98 Azerbaijan 0.882
99 Sri Lanka 0.814
100 Maldives 0.862
101 Jamaica 0.792
102 Cape Verde 0.763
103 El Salvador 0.772
104 Algeria 0.711
105 Viet Nam 0.815
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.891
107 Indonesia 0.830
108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.755
109 Turkmenistan 0.903
110 Nicaragua 0.747
111 Moldova 0.892
112 Egypt 0.732
113 Uzbekistan 0.906
114 Mongolia 0.910
115 Honduras 0.771
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.917
117 Bolivia 0.865
118 Guatemala 0.685
119 Gabon 0.801
120 Vanuatu 0.705
121 South Africa 0.806
122 Tajikistan 0.896
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.783
124 Botswana 0.773
125 Namibia 0.783
126 Morocco 0.544
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.773
128 India 0.620
129 Solomon Islands 0.669
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.663
131 Cambodia 0.691
132 Myanmar 0.764
133 Bhutan 0.485
134 Comoros 0.533
135 Ghana 0.555
136 Pakistan 0.466
137 Mauritania 0.493
138 Lesotho 0.768
139 Congo 0.736
140 Bangladesh 0.503
141 Swaziland 0.730
142 Nepal 0.518
143 Madagascar 0.670
144 Cameroon 0.660
145 Papua New Guinea 0.518
146 Haiti 0.542
147 Sudan 0.531
148 Kenya 0.693
149 Djibouti 0.553
150 Timor-Leste 0.574
151 Zimbabwe 0.770
152 Togo 0.538
153 Yemen 0.545
154 Uganda 0.655
155 Gambia 0.450
156 Senegal 0.394
157 Eritrea 0.521
158 Nigeria 0.648
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.631
160 Guinea 0.347
161 Rwanda 0.602
162 Angola 0.535
163 Benin 0.400
164 Malawi 0.638
165 Zambia 0.655
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.457
167 Burundi 0.522
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.560
169 Ethiopia 0.380
170 Chad 0.296
171 Central African Republic 0.423
172 Mozambique 0.435
173 Mali 0.282
174 Niger 0.267
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.421
176 Burkina Faso 0.255
177 Sierra Leone 0.381

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calculated on the basis of data in columns 3 and 4.
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