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2007/2008 Human Development Report

01Human development index
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HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland 0.985
2 Norway 1.000
3 Australia 0.962
4 Canada 0.970
5 Ireland 0.994
6 Sweden 0.965
7 Switzerland 0.981
8 Japan 0.959
9 Netherlands 0.966
10 France 0.954
11 Finland 0.964
12 United States 1.000
13 Spain 0.935
14 Denmark 0.973
15 Austria 0.971
16 United Kingdom 0.969
17 Belgium 0.963
18 Luxembourg 1.000
19 New Zealand 0.922
20 Italy 0.944
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.977
22 Germany 0.949
23 Israel 0.927
24 Greece 0.910
25 Singapore 0.950
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.900
27 Slovenia 0.902
28 Cyprus 0.905
29 Portugal 0.888
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.941
31 Barbados 0.860
32 Czech Republic 0.889
33 Kuwait 0.930
34 Malta 0.877
35 Qatar 0.938
36 Hungary 0.866
37 Poland 0.823
38 Argentina 0.828
39 United Arab Emirates 0.925
40 Chile 0.799
41 Bahrain 0.896
42 Slovakia 0.846
43 Lithuania 0.831
44 Estonia 0.842
45 Latvia 0.821
46 Uruguay 0.768
47 Croatia 0.813
48 Costa Rica 0.772
49 Bahamas 0.870
50 Seychelles 0.848
51 Cuba 0.683
52 Mexico 0.781
53 Bulgaria 0.752
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.816
55 Tonga 0.735
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.774
57 Antigua and Barbuda 0.806
58 Oman 0.843
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.832
60 Romania 0.752
61 Saudi Arabia 0.844
62 Panama 0.723
63 Malaysia 0.783
64 Belarus 0.730
65 Mauritius 0.809
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.710
67 Russian Federation 0.782
68 Albania 0.663
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0.714
70 Brazil 0.740
71 Dominica 0.694
72 Saint Lucia 0.702
73 Kazakhstan 0.728
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.700
75 Colombia 0.716
76 Ukraine 0.705
77 Samoa 0.688
78 Thailand 0.745
79 Dominican Republic 0.736
80 Belize 0.712
81 China 0.703
82 Grenada 0.728
83 Armenia 0.651
84 Turkey 0.740
85 Suriname 0.725
86 Jordan 0.670
87 Peru 0.684
88 Lebanon 0.671
89 Ecuador 0.629
90 Philippines 0.657
91 Tunisia 0.739
92 Fiji 0.685
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.698
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.731
95 Paraguay 0.641
96 Georgia 0.587
97 Guyana 0.636
98 Azerbaijan 0.653
99 Sri Lanka 0.639
100 Maldives 0.661
101 Jamaica 0.627
102 Cape Verde 0.678
103 El Salvador 0.661
104 Algeria 0.711
105 Viet Nam 0.572
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.505
107 Indonesia 0.609
108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.607
109 Turkmenistan 0.609
110 Nicaragua 0.601
111 Moldova 0.508
112 Egypt 0.629
113 Uzbekistan 0.505
114 Mongolia 0.509
115 Honduras 0.590
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.494
117 Bolivia 0.557
118 Guatemala 0.638
119 Gabon 0.708
120 Vanuatu 0.580
121 South Africa 0.786
122 Tajikistan 0.435
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0.514
124 Botswana 0.804
125 Namibia 0.723
126 Morocco 0.637
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.729
128 India 0.591
129 Solomon Islands 0.503
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.503
131 Cambodia 0.552
132 Myanmar 0.389
133 Bhutan 0.589
134 Comoros 0.499
135 Ghana 0.536
136 Pakistan 0.528
137 Mauritania 0.519
138 Lesotho 0.585
139 Congo 0.423
140 Bangladesh 0.504
141 Swaziland 0.647
142 Nepal 0.458
143 Madagascar 0.371
144 Cameroon 0.523
145 Papua New Guinea 0.541
146 Haiti 0.469
147 Sudan 0.507
148 Kenya 0.420
149 Djibouti 0.514
150 Timor-Leste 0.390
151 Zimbabwe 0.503
152 Togo 0.453
153 Yemen 0.372
154 Uganda 0.447
155 Gambia 0.493
156 Senegal 0.482
157 Eritrea 0.402
158 Nigeria 0.404
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.335
160 Guinea 0.524
161 Rwanda 0.416
162 Angola 0.526
163 Benin 0.406
164 Malawi 0.317
165 Zambia 0.388
166 Côte d'Ivoire 0.468
167 Burundi 0.325
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.328
169 Ethiopia 0.393
170 Chad 0.444
171 Central African Republic 0.418
172 Mozambique 0.421
173 Mali 0.390
174 Niger 0.343
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.353
176 Burkina Faso 0.417
177 Sierra Leone 0.348

Sources :
calculated on the basis of data in column 5.
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