App. 2-34  Human Development Index (2005)
Source:UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008.             
Country or Area HDI Rank Human
Development
Index(HDI)
Life Expectancy
at Birth
(years)
Adult literacy Rate
(% age 15 and above)
1995-2005
Combined
Primary,Secondary
and Tertiary Gross
Enrolment Ratio
    GDP per Capita
(PPP,USD)
Life
Expectancy
Index
Education
Index
GDP
Index
GDP per Capita
(PPP,USD)Rank
Minus HDI Rank
   
2005 2004    
   
   
   
   
   
 
 World 0.743 68.1 78.6 67.8 9543 0.72 0.75 0.76
 High Income 0.936 79.2 92.3 33082 0.90 0.94 0.97
 Middle Income 0.776 70.9 89.9 73.3 7416 0.76 0.84 0.72
 Low Income 0.570 60.0 60.2 56.3 2531 0.58 0.59 0.54
 Iceland 1 2 0.968 81.5 95.4 36510 0.94 0.98 0.99 4
 Norway 2 1 0.968 79.8 99.2 41420 0.91 0.99 1.00 1
 Australia 3 3 0.962 80.9 113.0 31794 0.93 0.99 0.96 13
 Canada 4 6 0.961 80.3 99.2 33375 0.92 0.99 0.97 6
 Ireland 5 4 0.959 78.4 99.9 38505 0.89 0.99 0.99 -1
 Sweden 6 5 0.956 80.5 95.3 32525 0.93 0.98 0.97 7
 Switzerland 7 9 0.955 81.3 85.7 35633 0.94 0.95 0.98 -1
 Japan 8 7 0.953 82.3 85.9 31267 0.95 0.95 0.96 9
 Netherlands 9 10 0.953 79.2 98.4 32684 0.90 0.99 0.97 3
 France 10 16 0.952 80.2 96.5 30386 0.92 0.98 0.95 8
 Finland 11 11 0.952 78.9 101.0 32153 0.90 0.99 0.96 3
 United States 12 8 0.951 77.9 93.3 41890 0.88 0.97 1.00 -10
 Spain 13 19 0.949 80.5 98.0 27169 0.93 0.99 0.94 11
 Denmark 14 15 0.949 77.9 102.7 33973 0.88 0.99 0.97 -6
 Austria 15 14 0.948 79.4 91.9 33700 0.91 0.97 0.97 -6
 United Kingdom 16 18 0.946 79.0 93.0 33238 0.90 0.97 0.97 -5
 Belgium 17 13 0.946 78.8 95.1 32119 0.90 0.98 0.96 -2
 Luxembourg 18 12 0.944 78.4 84.7 60228 0.89 0.94 1.00 -17
 New Zealand 19 20 0.943 79.8 108.4 24996 0.91 0.99 0.92 9
 Italy 20 17 0.941 80.3 98.4 90.6 28529 0.92 0.96 0.94 1
 Hong Kong, China  21 22 0.937 81.9 76.3 34833 0.95 0.89 0.98 -14
 Germany 22 21 0.935 79.1 88.0 29461 0.90 0.95 0.95 -2
 Israel 23 23 0.932 80.3 97.1 89.6 25864 0.92 0.95 0.93 3
 Greece 24 24 0.926 78.9 96.0 99.0 23381 0.90 0.97 0.91 5
 Singapore 25 25 0.922 79.4 92.5 87.3 29663 0.91 0.91 0.95 -6
 Korea Rep 26 26 0.921 77.9 96.0 22029 0.88 0.98 0.90 6
 Slovenia 27 27 0.917 77.4 99.7 94.3 22273 0.87 0.97 0.90 4
 Cyprus 28 29 0.903 79.0 96.8 77.6 22699 0.90 0.90 0.91 2
 Portugal 29 28 0.897 77.7 93.8 89.8 20410 0.88 0.93 0.89 6
 Brunei Darussalam 30 34 0.894 76.7 92.7 77.7 28161 0.86 0.88 0.94 -8
 Barbados 31 31 0.892 76.6 88.9 17297 0.86 0.96 0.86 8
 Czech Republic 32 30 0.891 75.9 82.9 20538 0.85 0.94 0.89 2
 Kuwait 33 33 0.891 77.3 93.3 74.9 26321 0.87 0.87 0.93 -8
 Malta 34 32 0.878 79.1 87.9 80.9 19189 0.90 0.86 0.88 2
 Qatar 35 46 0.875 75.0 89.0 77.7 27664 0.83 0.85 0.94 -12
 Hungary 36 35 0.874 72.9 89.3 17887 0.80 0.96 0.87 2
 Poland 37 37 0.870 75.2 87.2 13847 0.84 0.95 0.82 11
 Argentina 38 36 0.869 74.8 97.2 89.7 14280 0.83 0.95 0.83 9
 United Arab Emirates 39 49 0.868 78.3 88.7 59.9 25514 0.89 0.79 0.93 -12
 Chile 40 38 0.867 78.3 95.7 82.9 12027 0.89 0.91 0.80 15
Bahrain 41 39 0.866 75.2 86.5 86.1 21482 0.84 0.86 0.90 -8
Slovakia 42 42 0.863 74.2 78.3 15871 0.82 0.92 0.85 -1
Lithuania 43 41 0.862 72.5 99.6 91.4 14494 0.79 0.97 0.83 3
Estonia 44 40 0.860 71.2 99.8 92.4 15478 0.77 0.97 0.84 0
Latvia 45 45 0.855 72.0 99.7 90.2 13646 0.78 0.96 0.82 4
Uruguay 46 43 0.852 75.9 96.8 88.9 9962 0.85 0.94 0.77 16
Croatia 47 44 0.850 75.3 98.1 73.5 13042 0.84 0.90 0.81 4
Costa Rica 48 48 0.846 78.5 94.9 73.0 10180 0.89 0.88 0.77 13
Bahamas 49 52 0.845 72.3 70.8 18380 0.79 0.88 0.87 -12
Seychelles 50 47 0.843 72.7 91.8 82.2 16106 0.80 0.89 0.85 -10
Cuba 51 50 0.838 77.7 99.8 87.6 6000 0.88 0.95 0.68 43
Mexico 52 53 0.829 75.6 91.6 75.6 10751 0.84 0.86 0.78 7
Bulgaria 53 54 0.824 72.7 98.2 81.5 9032 0.80 0.93 0.75 11
Saint Kitts and Nevis 54 51 0.821 70.0 97.8 73.1 13307 0.75 0.90 0.82 -4
Tonga 55 55 0.819 72.8 98.9 80.1 8177 0.80 0.93 0.74 15