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HDI Rank | Country | 1991 | 1 | 2002-05 | 1 2 |
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1 | Iceland | .. | 40 | ||
2 | Norway | 38 | 28 | ||
3 | Australia | .. | 34 | ||
4 | Canada | .. | 3 | .. | |
5 | Ireland | 37 | 33 | ||
6 | Sweden | 48 | 34 | ||
7 | Switzerland | 50 | 33 | ||
8 | Japan | .. | 38 | 4 5 | |
9 | Netherlands | 23 | 33 | ||
10 | France | 26 | 31 | ||
11 | Finland | 30 | 26 | ||
12 | United States | .. | .. | ||
13 | Spain | 29 | 39 | ||
14 | Denmark | .. | 31 | ||
15 | Austria | 24 | 26 | ||
16 | United Kingdom | 30 | .. | ||
17 | Belgium | 24 | 33 | ||
18 | Luxembourg | .. | .. | ||
19 | New Zealand | 31 | 29 | ||
20 | Italy | 35 | 35 | ||
21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | .. | 26 | ||
22 | Germany | .. | 22 | ||
23 | Israel | 41 | 47 | ||
24 | Greece | 34 | 30 | 4 | |
25 | Singapore | .. | 23 | 5 | |
26 | Korea (Republic of) | 45 | 35 | ||
27 | Slovenia | 43 | 28 | 4 | |
28 | Cyprus | 39 | 35 | ||
29 | Portugal | 43 | 39 | ||
30 | Brunei Darussalam | 22 | .. | ||
31 | Barbados | .. | 35 | 4 | |
32 | Czech Republic | .. | 24 | ||
33 | Kuwait | .. | 31 | ||
34 | Malta | 23 | 32 | ||
35 | Qatar | .. | .. | ||
36 | Hungary | 55 | 34 | ||
37 | Poland | .. | 42 | ||
38 | Argentina | .. | 45 | ||
39 | United Arab Emirates | .. | .. | ||
40 | Chile | .. | 47 | ||
41 | Bahrain | .. | .. | ||
42 | Slovakia | .. | 23 | ||
43 | Lithuania | .. | 28 | ||
44 | Estonia | .. | 31 | ||
45 | Latvia | .. | .. | ||
46 | Uruguay | 36 | 42 | 4 5 | |
47 | Croatia | .. | 29 | 4 | |
48 | Costa Rica | 38 | 66 | ||
49 | Bahamas | .. | .. | ||
50 | Seychelles | .. | 40 | 4 | |
51 | Cuba | 27 | 41 | ||
52 | Mexico | 39 | 50 | ||
53 | Bulgaria | 70 | 36 | ||
54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43 | 42 | ||
55 | Tonga | .. | 59 | ||
56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | .. | 12 | 4 5 | |
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | 32 | ||
58 | Oman | 52 | 50 | ||
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | .. | 42 | 5 | |
60 | Romania | .. | 25 | 4 | |
61 | Saudi Arabia | .. | .. | ||
62 | Panama | 36 | .. | ||
63 | Malaysia | 34 | 30 | ||
64 | Belarus | .. | 27 | 4 | |
65 | Mauritius | 38 | 32 | ||
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | .. | ||
67 | Russian Federation | .. | .. | ||
68 | Albania | .. | .. | ||
69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | .. | .. | ||
70 | Brazil | .. | 41 | ||
71 | Dominica | .. | .. | ||
72 | Saint Lucia | .. | 40 | ||
73 | Kazakhstan | .. | .. | ||
74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | .. | .. | ||
75 | Colombia | .. | 51 | ||
76 | Ukraine | .. | .. | ||
77 | Samoa | .. | 34 | 4 5 | |
78 | Thailand | 56 | 44 | 4 5 | |
79 | Dominican Republic | .. | 66 | 4 | |
80 | Belize | .. | 48 | ||
81 | China | .. | 36 | 4 5 | |
82 | Grenada | .. | 41 | 4 | |
83 | Armenia | .. | 16 | 4 5 | |
84 | Turkey | 59 | 40 | 4 5 | |
85 | Suriname | 59 | .. | ||
86 | Jordan | .. | .. | ||
87 | Peru | .. | 51 | ||
88 | Lebanon | .. | 33 | 4 | |
89 | Ecuador | .. | .. | ||
90 | Philippines | .. | 55 | ||
91 | Tunisia | .. | 35 | 4 | |
92 | Fiji | .. | 40 | ||
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 50 | ||
94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | .. | 24 | ||
95 | Paraguay | .. | 54 | ||
96 | Georgia | .. | .. | ||
97 | Guyana | .. | 44 | ||
98 | Azerbaijan | .. | 25 | 4 | |
99 | Sri Lanka | .. | .. | ||
100 | Maldives | .. | 54 | 4 | |
101 | Jamaica | 37 | 37 | 4 | |
102 | Cape Verde | .. | 54 | ||
103 | El Salvador | .. | 60 | 4 | |
104 | Algeria | 95 | .. | ||
105 | Viet Nam | .. | .. | ||
106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | .. | ||
107 | Indonesia | .. | 39 | 4 | |
108 | Syrian Arab Republic | .. | .. | ||
109 | Turkmenistan | .. | .. | ||
110 | Nicaragua | .. | .. | ||
111 | Moldova | .. | 36 | 4 | |
112 | Egypt | .. | .. | ||
113 | Uzbekistan | .. | .. | ||
114 | Mongolia | .. | 43 | ||
115 | Honduras | .. | .. | ||
116 | Kyrgyzstan | .. | 23 | 4 | |
117 | Bolivia | .. | 49 | ||
118 | Guatemala | .. | .. | ||
119 | Gabon | .. | .. | ||
120 | Vanuatu | .. | 44 | 5 | |
121 | South Africa | 76 | 43 | ||
122 | Tajikistan | .. | 31 | 4 | |
123 | Sao Tome and Principe | .. | .. | ||
124 | Botswana | .. | 25 | ||
125 | Namibia | .. | 60 | 4 5 | |
126 | Morocco | 35 | 45 | ||
127 | Equatorial Guinea | .. | 35 | 4 5 | |
128 | India | .. | 31 | 4 5 | |
129 | Solomon Islands | 57 | .. | ||
130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | .. | 49 | ||
131 | Cambodia | .. | 74 | 5 | |
132 | Myanmar | .. | .. | ||
133 | Bhutan | .. | 27 | 4 5 | |
134 | Comoros | .. | .. | ||
135 | Ghana | .. | 39 | ||
136 | Pakistan | .. | .. | ||
137 | Mauritania | .. | 62 | 4 | |
138 | Lesotho | .. | 39 | 4 | |
139 | Congo | .. | 30 | ||
140 | Bangladesh | .. | 38 | 4 | |
141 | Swaziland | .. | 38 | 4 | |
142 | Nepal | .. | 53 | 4 | |
143 | Madagascar | .. | 47 | ||
144 | Cameroon | .. | 68 | 4 | |
145 | Papua New Guinea | .. | .. | ||
146 | Haiti | 53 | .. | ||
147 | Sudan | .. | .. | ||
148 | Kenya | .. | 64 | ||
149 | Djibouti | 53 | 44 | ||
150 | Timor-Leste | .. | .. | ||
151 | Zimbabwe | 54 | .. | ||
152 | Togo | .. | 45 | 4 5 | |
153 | Yemen | .. | .. | ||
154 | Uganda | .. | 62 | 4 | |
155 | Gambia | 42 | .. | ||
156 | Senegal | .. | 48 | 4 | |
157 | Eritrea | .. | 25 | ||
158 | Nigeria | .. | .. | ||
159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | .. | .. | ||
160 | Guinea | .. | .. | ||
161 | Rwanda | .. | 55 | ||
162 | Angola | .. | .. | ||
163 | Benin | .. | 50 | ||
164 | Malawi | .. | 63 | ||
165 | Zambia | .. | 59 | ||
166 | Côte d'Ivoire | .. | 43 | 5 | |
167 | Burundi | 43 | 52 | ||
168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | .. | .. | ||
169 | Ethiopia | 54 | 51 | 6 | |
170 | Chad | 47 | 48 | ||
171 | Central African Republic | 55 | .. | ||
172 | Mozambique | .. | 70 | ||
173 | Mali | .. | 50 | 4 5 | |
174 | Niger | .. | .. | ||
175 | Guinea-Bissau | .. | .. | ||
176 | Burkina Faso | .. | 71 | ||
177 | Sierra Leone | .. | 52 | 4 |
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2 - | Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified. |
3 - | Expenditure included in secondary category. |
4 - | National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate. |
5 - | Data refer to an earlier year than that specified (in the period 1999 to 2001). |
6 - | Data refer to 2006. |
.. | Data not available |
(.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
< | Less than |
- | Not applicable |
T | Total |