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Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
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MJ 7th October 2012 |
Must admit this is actually an interesting, but not wholly comprehensive index of statistics. But there's not much point in Mr. Sri Lanka or Mr. India in trying to claim one being better than the other as it changes based on what OTHER countries do. As well as interesting questions like "How can it be possible that some countries rank higher than the USA?" http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/human_development.htm I'd say it's because of the wealth gap between rich and poor. You'll see that on the HDI list, my country (New Zealand) is (somehow!) fifth, right behind the USA's 4th, yet include income gaps, and USA falls to 23rd/30 tracked countries, and NZ doesn't even make it onto the list!! For my way of thinking, this means that the wage gap in both countries is rather poor indeed. Norway, Australia and the Netherlands must surely take some credit for making top 5 spots in both lists. |
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John 16th September 2011 |
I noticed that some countries are not there, thats is Serbia or Montenegro. Why aren't they there? |
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hannibal the hermit 9th September 2011 |
I cant find Bhutan anywhere. |
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manish kumar 24th May 2011 |
I am really proud to be indian.Now it is developing but I really belief that India will be at the top of the list.All The Best other countries because the day is not far. |
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Kylie 23rd April 2011 |
Who determines the HDI? Foxes in charge of chicken Viva Africa |
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LIL.GADO 20th April 2011 |
I 'm wandering with ethiopia's HDI fastest growth rate of 2.79%. "I feel proud of bieng ethiopian!"................ |
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BBC 15th April 2011 |
To Answer Abbas question What makes Sri Lanka a better place to live compared to India? First of all you are right in that There are a lot of human rights(HR) abuses in Sri Lanka and that lots of civilians/children were killed during the last stages of the war. However you have to look at the overall picture. The HDI takes into account factors GDP per capita (PPP), life expectancy,literacy, years of education etc.. Despite the disastrous war standards of living in Sri Lanka are relatively higher compared to INDIA. Literacy in Sri Lanka stands at 90%(2011) much higher than India's literacy of 74%(2011). Life expectancy in SL is at 74.4 yr s(2011) much higher than the Indian life expectancy of 65.5(2011).GDP per capita is relatively higher is SL than it is in India. Second of all what about HR abuses in India. They aren't exactly the beacon of Human rights. For example Dalits and Adivasis In India are at the bottom of the Economic ladder of India, many are landless Labourers and are treated almost as badly as slaves by Upper caste Hindus. They are routinely abused, lynched, harrased, massacred by upper caste Hindus and the authorities(who are upper castes). Adivasis are often kicked of their lands by large companies who are after resources in their areas and authorities are complicit in this. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE HR SITUATION IN INDIA IS ANY BETTER THAN IN SRI LANKA. Thirdly you talk about children in SR being slaughtered and rightfully so, but what about all the children India who die of malnutrition(1/2 of all malnutiritioned children in the world come from India), isn't that just as bad because they are dying of Govt. negligence. You have to remember that parts of India are as poor as Sub Saharan Africa. Fourthly Former Yugoslav countries such as Bosnia, Serbia,Croatia committed the same HR abuses that SR is committing now. E.g Slobadan Melosovic and Bosnian death camps where 1000's or more Bosnian women and children were slaughtered. However a lot of these Yugoslav countries have much better standards of living than many 3rd world countries including your India. |
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ABCD 15th April 2011 |
To Answer Abbas question What makes Sri Lanka a better place to live compared to India? First of all you are right in that There are a lot of human rights(HR) abuses in Sri Lanka and that lots of civilians/children were killed during the last stages of the war. However you have to look at the overall picture. The HDI takes into account factors GDP per capita (PPP), life expectancy,literacy, years of education etc.. Despite the disastrous war standards of living in Sri Lanka are relatively higher compared to INDIA. Literacy in Sri Lanka stands at 90%(2011) much higher than India's literacy of 74%(2011). Life expectancy in SL is at 74.4 yr s(2011) much higher than the Indian life expectancy of 65.5(2011).GDP per capita is relatively higher is SL than it is in India. Second of all what about HR abuses in India. They aren't exactly the beacon of Human rights. For example Dalits and Adivasis In India are at the bottom of the Economic ladder of India, many are landless Labourers and are treated almost as badly as slaves by Upper caste Hindus. They are routinely abused, lynched, harrased, massacred by upper caste Hindus and the authorities(who are upper castes). Adivasis are often kicked of their lands by large companies who are after resources in their areas and authorities are complicit in this. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE HR SITUATION IN INDIA IS ANY BETTER THAN IN SRI LANKA. Thirdly you talk about children in SR being slaughtered and rightfully so, but what about all the children India who die of malnutrition(1/2 of all malnutiritioned children in the world come from India), isn't that just as bad because they are dying of Govt. negligence. You have to remember that parts of India are as poor as Sub Saharan Africa. Fourthly Former Yugoslav countries such as Bosnia, Serbia,Croatia committed the same HR abuses that SR is committing now. E.g Slobadan Melosovic and Bosnian death camps where 1000's or more Bosnian women and children were slaughtered. However a lot of these Yugoslav countries have much better standards of living than many 3rd world countries including your India. |
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ABCD 15th April 2011 |
To Answer Abbas question What makes Sri Lanka a better place to live compared to India? First of all you are correct in that There are a lot of human rights(HR) abuses in Sri Lanka and that lots of civilians/children were killed during the last stages of the war. However you have to look at the overall picture. The HDI takes into account factors GDP per capita (PPP), life expectancy,literacy, years of education etc.. Despite the disastrous war standards of living in Sri Lanka are relatively higher compared to INDIA. Literacy in Sri Lanka stands at 90%(2011) much higher than India's literacy of 74%(2011). Life expectancy in SL is at 74.4 yr s(2011) much higher than the Indian life expectancy of 65.5(2011).GDP per capita is relatively higher is SL than it is in India. Second of all what about HR abuses in India. They aren't exactly the beacon of Human rights. For example Dalits and Adivasis In India are at the bottom of the Economic ladder of India, many are landless Labourers and are treated almost as badly as slaves by Upper caste Hindus. They are routinely abused, lynched, harrased, massacred by upper caste Hindus and the authorities(who are upper castes). Adivasis are often kicked of their lands by large companies who are after resources in their areas and authorities are complicit in this. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE HR SITUATION IN INDIA IS ANY BETTER THAN IN SRI LANKA. Thirdly you talk about children in SR being slaughtered and rightfully so, but what about all the children India who die of malnutrition(1/2 of all malnutiritioned children in the world come from India), isn't that just as bad because they are dying of Govt. negligence. You have to remember that parts of India are as poor as Sub Saharan Africa. Fourthly Former Yugoslav countries such as Bosnia, Serbia,Croatia committed the same HR abuses that SR is committing now. E.g Slobadan Melosovic and Bosnian death camps where 1000's or more Bosnian women and children were slaughtered. However a lot of these Yugoslav countries have much better standards of living than many 3rd world countries including your India. |
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Tokoyo 15th April 2011 |
To Answer Abbas question What makes Sri Lanka a better place to live compared to India? First of all you are correct in that There are a lot of human rights(HR) abuses in Sri Lanka and that lots of civilians/children were killed during the last stages of the war. However you have to look at the overall picture. The HDI takes into account factors GDP per capita (PPP), life expectancy,literacy, years of education etc.. Despite the disastrous war standards of living in Sri Lanka are relatively higher compared to INDIA. Literacy is Sri Lanka stands at 90%(2011) much higher than India's literacy of 74%(2011). Life expectancy in SL is at 74.4 yr s(2011) much higher than the Indian life expectancy of 65.5(2011).GDP per capita is relatively higher is SL than it is in India. Second of all what about HR abuses in India. They aren't exactly the beacon of Human rights. For example Dalits and Adivasis In India are at the bottom of the Economic ladder of India, many are landless Labourers and are treated almost as badly as slaves by Upper caste Hindus. They are routinely abused, lynched, harrased, massacred by upper caste Hindus and the authorities(who are upper castes). Adivasis are often kicked of their lands by large companies who are after resources in their areas and authorities are complicit in this. SO PLEASE DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE HR SITUATION IN INDIA IS ANY BETTER THAN IN SRI LANKA. Thirdly you talk about children in SR being slaughtered and rightfully so, but what about all the children India who die of malnutrition(1/2 of all malnutiritioned children in the world come from India), isn't that just as bad because they are dying of Govt. negligence. You have to remember that parts of India are as poor as Sub Saharan Africa. Fourthly Former Yugoslav countries such as Bosnia, Serbia,Croatia committed the same HR abuses that SR is committing now. E.g Slobadan Melosovic and Bosnian death camps where 1000's or more Bosnian women and children were slaughtered. However a lot of these Yugoslav countries have much better standards of living than many 3rd world countries including your India. |
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Syver 13th April 2011 |
Nice, we're at the top. Oh, how sweet it is to be Norwegian. |
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Amy 31st March 2011 |
HDI takes into account a country's life expectancy at birth, adult literacy levels and educational attainment, and real GDP per capita income in US dollars. It measures the quality of life of every country in the world. Stop treating it as anything else. |
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Rosie 26th February 2011 |
Marie , The HDI of a country is based on different factors. the main reason for the uk being 15th is probably to do with the literacy rate being higher than chinas and also the number of people that are able to read and write to a certain standard before a certain age. Hope this helps |
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Marie 22nd February 2011 |
Hey, I was wondering if anyone could tell me why China is 85th while the UK is 15th? What does the UK do which is better than China? Thanks. |
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Rohan 14th December 2010 |
I think United Kingdom goes down. Becuase they support terrorist organisations such as L.T.T.E. We thought that UK is so democratic and secure. They even couldnt give good security to conduct a lecture at the Oxford University by the Sri Lankan president Mr Mahinda rajapakse. They are poor in every aspect. They have taken pounds from tamil terrorists diaspora. So weak country. |
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Rohan 14th December 2010 |
Some of the figures are incorrect in Sri Lanka's point of view. Population below poverty is around 12 percent. But in here it 22%. Also tourists arrivals upto December 12 is 600000. Otherwise Sri Lanka's rank will go up |
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BillD 11th November 2010 |
@ Belanger: Your comment is clear and informative, but are you sure about the veracity of your last sentence? "If a country wants political and financial power they have no choice but to sacrifice the social well being of its citizens." By comparing the GINI index and the GPD per capita (both available on this site) it appears that a great many of the countries that invest heavily in social equality are also very wealthy. The US is unusual in being wealthy *despite* great inequality. |
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BillD 11th November 2010 |
@ Belanger: You give a very clear and informative explanation of the HDI, but are you sure about your last sentence? "If a country wants political and financial power they have no choice but to sacrifice the social well being of its citizens." By comparing the GINI index and the GPD per capita (both available on this site) it appears that a great many of the countries that invest heavily in social equality are also very wealthy. The US is unusual in being wealthy *despite* great inequality. |
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dayo economist leade city university 7th November 2010 |
i find the site very useful and valuable |
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Rock 5th November 2010 |
Think Human Development Index should see how Bhutan is carrying out happiness index. Much better. Education and wealth makes people suffer more...more we know more get confused and more desire. Basic necessities is enough. |
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E H J 2nd November 2010 |
we are doing a school project-this was sooooooooooooooo helpfukl. thanks! |
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Ly 24th October 2010 |
@Josh Any comment that starts with a 'no offence' usually is...- speaking as an australian too (though it has nothing to do with what I'm saying) |
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Belanger 15th October 2010 |
There are many comments on here that show a lack of understanding of what the HDI is about. It is published by the United Nations Development Program annually and it looks at far more than economics. It takes into account life expectancy, gender equality, health care, literacy levels, education, child well being, etc. It is not rigged or fixed. It is a comprehensive report based on facts from each country. Norway is at the top because it is a country that promotes social programs and values the social welfare of it's citizens. Investing is social programs equals higher quality of life all around. The USA, while powerful on a political and economic level is not advanced in its social programs. This is not a put down on the United States. It's just a fact. If you look at the social investment made by all the countries ranked above the USA you will understand this. If a country wants political and financial power they have no choice but to sacrifice the social well being of its citizens. |
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Belanger 15th October 2010 |
There are many comments on here that show a lack of understanding of what the HDI is about. It is published by the United nations Development Program annually and it looks at far more than economics. It takes into account life expectancy, gender equality, health care, literacy levels, education, child well being, etc. This is why the USA is where they are. It is not rigged or fixed. It is a comprehensive report based on facts from each country. Norway is at the top because it is a country that promotes social programs and values the social welfare of it's citizens. investing is social programs equals higher quality of life all around. The USA, while powerful on a political and economic level (although it owes trillions of dollars to other countries including China) is not advanced in its social programs. This is not a put down on the United States. It's just a fact. If you look at the social investment made by all the countries ranked above the USA you will understand this. If a country wants political and financial power they have no choice but to sacrifice the social well being of it's citizens. |
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DANNIE 9th October 2010 |
I FIND IT USEFUL INDEED AS ECONOMICS IS CONCERNED. THE IDEA USA,USA,...BEING ON TOP BECOMES COMPLEX AS EACH COUNTRY DOESNT LIKE TO BE BELOW THE OTHER. |
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avens 1st October 2010 |
I think that this list has been made by some of those who want usa or japan down in the list. I think this should be considered seriously |
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scott 29th September 2010 |
How can it be possible that some countries rank higher than the USA? (this fact seems hard to swallow for some americans, based on the comments here) |
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Mainuddin 29th September 2010 |
In what extent is it logical to compare the maximum and minimum values of the three categories of the world's rich or poor countries with the actual value of the particular country that's index is being calculated,where the values may be affected by different events like natural disasters,or super benefits gained from the nature or because of geographical position????????? |
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Kaye anne Limeta 2nd August 2010 |
I need a record which has the total percent of Life Expectancy birth, Adult Literacy rate, and Gross Domestic Product..... so i didn't really enjoy your site..... Peace |
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Josh 28th June 2010 |
@ Kat - No offense Kat but do you even know what the HDI is? Compared to most developed countries the USA quality of life for the average person is very low (relatively) - I'm speaking as an Australian... |
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Bjorn 11th May 2010 |
If Norway's position is that surprising, I suggest you need to do something about your geography skills as well... |
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Kat 11th May 2010 |
I think that the USA should be higher on this list!!! It doesn't even compare to Norway, yet, Norway is higher on the list than the USA. WEIRD! |
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Rajni 2nd May 2010 |
No statistics available for latest years ie 2009 onwards. Can you tell me where can I download statistics for countries economic data? |
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Hamza 16th February 2010 |
What's the difference between Human development Index and Human developer report. HDI HDR |
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Zona Munawar 7th February 2010 |
HDI is Human development index which shows how developed a country is. In different stages it could about crops or birth rate |
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Something interesting 7th February 2010 |
The US is #13 on the latest report. Of the top 10 countries on the most recent report, all of them have a smaller wealth gap than the United States and some form of universal healthcare. The wealth gap, although not black and white in terms of correlation, is statistically significant. |
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Jennifer from CNPS 28th January 2010 |
Awesome site! |
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aiana katrina mendoza 25th January 2010 |
Countries high on the Human Development Index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1 percent or less, high urban population percentages (65 percent and up) and balanced percentages of people under 15 and over 65 years of age. Those low on the index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1.5 percent or higher, less than 35 percent of the population in urban areas, and an under-15 population that greatly outnumbers those above 65 years (in most cases, more than 10 times as many.) |
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alexwisdom 9th January 2010 |
It is impossible for countries with a low HDI to move higher in the index without getting a stable government as there is an obvious correlation between poorer countries and those with wars and corrupt governments. No aid should be given to these countries either as (like in Zimbabwe's case) the money given to them goes straight into the burgeoning pockets of those in the government. |
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Manoj 27th November 2009 |
HDI is all bakwas.... |
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Gemechis 12th November 2009 |
The HDI is an index that shows the greed of the western world that has kept the rest of the world poor and miserable. There will never be hope for improvement unless the westen corporatocracy stop to think that there is always a limit for everything and that material wealth of any magnitude can not guarantee perpetual life. |
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Yohannes 4th November 2009 |
When do developing countries like Ethiopia move to the top. |
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Solomon Wakjira 26th October 2009 |
I do not know why developed countries like to see and continue to see developed countries like Ethiopia remaining on the bottom of HDI. What I think is that they must give their support-support that can really help them move out from that rampant poverty and the over 83 million people can see something different. But with that fire fighting like support that is just for daily consumption, I do not think the HDI will be different in the coming decade even! |
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John S Kamara 19th October 2009 |
Can you please enlighten us about the way forward?,as the level of countries like Sierra Leone seems ridiculous. |
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mario 19th October 2009 |
What is the importance of HDI? > Very important, one of the best indicators of the world. |
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Abbas 5th October 2009 |
What makes Shri Lanka a better place to live compared to India? Place where human are slautered children are abducted UN officials are kicked out. Chinese finance ! This list has no validity in eyes of many. |
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Esther Peni 31st August 2009 |
What is the importance of HDI? |
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Taha 23rd August 2009 |
Did you get the Human Development Index by calculating the average of a sample? If so, how to mearsure deviations from the average. |
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Alka Desai 26th June 2009 |
I'm doing a project on the Human Development Index and was wondering: Who developed it and why? Thanks |
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Hildegard 30th May 2009 |
The human Development index does not use the median for its calculations what do you have to say about the inequitable distribution of wealth and the poverty found among the rich countries? |
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Ellie,sash,nd rose !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11th May 2009 |
Ithink this website is a load of bull !!! |
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Cmpe Dinagwe (South Africa KZN) 26th August 2007 |
I would like to know measurements of Human Development Index.i wish to know the list of question tha i suppose to direct it to the community to research wherether they are developed as am i a young reseacher |
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Ian Graham Staff Editor 22nd February 2005 |
The Human Development Index is calculated using various indicators for quality of life, such as health indicators and access to healthcare services, life expectancy at birth, nutrition levels, education and literacy levels, access to basic needs such as water and sanitation, and so on. It also takes into account GDP per capita in terms of Purchasing Power Parity and percentage of the population living below the poverty line. Countries high on the Human Development Index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1 percent or less, high urban population percentages (65 percent and up) and balanced percentages of people under 15 and over 65 years of age. Those low on the index tend to have annual population growth rates of 1.5 percent or higher, less than 35 percent of the population in urban areas, and an under-15 population that greatly outnumbers those above 65 years (in most cases, more than 10 times as many.) |
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