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2007/2008 Report

01Human development index
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rankExcel

HDI Rank Country 1
1 Iceland 4
2 Norway 1
3 Australia 13
4 Canada 6
5 Ireland - 1
6 Sweden 7
7 Switzerland - 1
8 Japan 9
9 Netherlands 3
10 France 8
11 Finland 3
12 United States - 10
13 Spain 11
14 Denmark - 6
15 Austria - 6
16 United Kingdom - 5
17 Belgium - 2
18 Luxembourg - 17
19 New Zealand 9
20 Italy 1
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) - 14
22 Germany - 2
23 Israel 3
24 Greece 5
25 Singapore - 6
26 Korea (Republic of) 6
27 Slovenia 4
28 Cyprus 2
29 Portugal 6
30 Brunei Darussalam - 8
31 Barbados 8
32 Czech Republic 2
33 Kuwait - 8
34 Malta 2
35 Qatar - 12
36 Hungary 2
37 Poland 11
38 Argentina 9
39 United Arab Emirates - 12
40 Chile 15
41 Bahrain - 8
42 Slovakia - 1
43 Lithuania 3
44 Estonia 0
45 Latvia 4
46 Uruguay 16
47 Croatia 4
48 Costa Rica 13
49 Bahamas - 12
50 Seychelles - 10
51 Cuba 43
52 Mexico 7
53 Bulgaria 11
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis - 4
55 Tonga 15
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 4
57 Antigua and Barbuda - 4
58 Oman - 15
59 Trinidad and Tobago - 14
60 Romania 3
61 Saudi Arabia - 19
62 Panama 15
63 Malaysia - 6
64 Belarus 8
65 Mauritius - 13
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17
67 Russian Federation - 9
68 Albania 30
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 11
70 Brazil - 3
71 Dominica 19
72 Saint Lucia 15
73 Kazakhstan 1
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14
75 Colombia 4
76 Ukraine 9
77 Samoa 14
78 Thailand - 13
79 Dominican Republic - 10
80 Belize 1
81 China 5
82 Grenada - 7
83 Armenia 20
84 Turkey - 18
85 Suriname - 9
86 Jordan 11
87 Peru 6
88 Lebanon 8
89 Ecuador 21
90 Philippines 11
91 Tunisia - 23
92 Fiji 0
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 4
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 23
95 Paraguay 10
96 Georgia 24
97 Guyana 12
98 Azerbaijan 4
99 Sri Lanka 7
100 Maldives - 1
101 Jamaica 11
102 Cape Verde - 7
103 El Salvador - 3
104 Algeria - 22
105 Viet Nam 18
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 33
107 Indonesia 6
108 Syrian Arab Republic 7
109 Turkmenistan 5
110 Nicaragua 6
111 Moldova 25
112 Egypt - 1
113 Uzbekistan 25
114 Mongolia 21
115 Honduras 3
116 Kyrgyzstan 29
117 Bolivia 7
118 Guatemala - 11
119 Gabon - 35
120 Vanuatu 2
121 South Africa - 65
122 Tajikistan 32
123 Sao Tome and Principe 10
124 Botswana - 70
125 Namibia - 47
126 Morocco - 18
127 Equatorial Guinea - 54
128 India - 11
129 Solomon Islands 14
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11
131 Cambodia - 6
132 Myanmar 35
133 Bhutan - 14
134 Comoros 10
135 Ghana - 8
136 Pakistan - 8
137 Mauritania - 5
138 Lesotho - 17
139 Congo 16
140 Bangladesh 0
141 Swaziland - 37
142 Nepal 8
143 Madagascar 27
144 Cameroon - 13
145 Papua New Guinea - 19
146 Haiti 2
147 Sudan - 10
148 Kenya 9
149 Djibouti - 15
150 Timor-Leste 16
151 Zimbabwe - 9
152 Togo - 1
153 Yemen 16
154 Uganda - 2
155 Gambia - 9
156 Senegal - 9
157 Eritrea 6
158 Nigeria 4
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 15
160 Guinea - 30
161 Rwanda - 1
162 Angola - 33
163 Benin - 2
164 Malawi 13
165 Zambia 3
166 Côte d'Ivoire - 17
167 Burundi 9
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 7
169 Ethiopia - 5
170 Chad - 17
171 Central African Republic - 13
172 Mozambique - 16
173 Mali - 8
174 Niger - 1
175 Guinea-Bissau - 4
176 Burkina Faso - 17
177 Sierra Leone - 5

Notes :
1 - A positive figure indicates that the HDI rank is higher than the GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank, a negative the opposite.

Source :
calculated on the basis of data in columns 1 and 5.