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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Norway: 0.963 
#2   Iceland: 0.956 
#3   Australia: 0.955 
#4   Canada: 0.949 
#5   Luxembourg: 0.949 
#6   Sweden: 0.949 
#7   Switzerland: 0.947 
#8   Ireland: 0.946 
#9   Belgium: 0.945 
#10   United States: 0.944 
#11   Netherlands: 0.943 
#12   Japan: 0.943 
#13   Denmark: 0.941 
#14   Finland: 0.941 
#15   United Kingdom: 0.939 
#16   France: 0.938 
#17   Austria: 0.936 
#18   Italy: 0.934 
#19   New Zealand: 0.933 
#20   Germany: 0.93 
#21   Spain: 0.928 
#22   Hong Kong: 0.916 
#23   Israel: 0.915 
#24   Greece: 0.912 
#25   Singapore: 0.907 
#26   Portugal: 0.904 
#27   Slovenia: 0.904 
#28   Korea, South: 0.901 
#29   Cyprus: 0.891 
#30   Barbados: 0.878 
#31   Czech Republic: 0.874 
#32   Malta: 0.867 
#33   Brunei: 0.866 
#34   Argentina: 0.863 
#35   Hungary: 0.862 
#36   Poland: 0.858 
#37   Chile: 0.854 
#38   Estonia: 0.853 
#39   Lithuania: 0.852 
#40   Slovakia: 0.849 
#41   Qatar: 0.849 
#42   United Arab Emirates: 0.849 
#43   Bahrain: 0.846 
#44   Kuwait: 0.844 
#45   Croatia: 0.841 
#46   Uruguay: 0.84 
#47   Costa Rica: 0.838 
#48   Latvia: 0.836 
#49   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0.834 
#50   Bahamas, The: 0.832 
#51   Seychelles: 0.821 
#52   Cuba: 0.817 
#53   Mexico: 0.814 
#54   Tonga: 0.81 
#55   Bulgaria: 0.808 
#56   Panama: 0.804 
#57   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.801 
#58   Libya: 0.799 
#59   Macedonia, Republic of: 0.797 
#60   Antigua and Barbuda: 0.797 
#61   Malaysia: 0.796 
#62   Russia: 0.795 
#63   Brazil: 0.792 
#64   Romania: 0.792 
#65   Mauritius: 0.791 
#66   Grenada: 0.787 
#67   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.786 
#68   Belarus: 0.786 
#69   Colombia: 0.785 
#70   Dominica: 0.783 
#71   Oman: 0.781 
#72   Albania: 0.78 
#73   Thailand: 0.778 
#74   Samoa: 0.776 
#75   Venezuela: 0.772 
#76   Saudi Arabia: 0.772 
#77   Saint Lucia: 0.772 
#78   Ukraine: 0.766 
#79   Peru: 0.762 
#80   Kazakhstan: 0.761 
#81   Armenia: 0.759 
#82   Ecuador: 0.759 
#83   Lebanon: 0.759 
#84   Philippines: 0.758 
#85   Suriname: 0.755 
#86   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.755 
#87   Paraguay: 0.755 
#88   China: 0.755 
#89   Tunisia: 0.753 
#90   Jordan: 0.753 
#91   Belize: 0.753 
#92   Fiji: 0.752 
#93   Sri Lanka: 0.751 
#94   Turkey: 0.75 
#95   Dominican Republic: 0.749 
#96   Maldives: 0.745 
#97   Turkmenistan: 0.738 
#98   Jamaica: 0.738 
#99   Iran: 0.736 
#100   Georgia: 0.732 
#101   Azerbaijan: 0.729 
#102   West Bank: 0.729 
#103   Gaza Strip: 0.729 
#104   Algeria: 0.722 
#105   El Salvador: 0.722 
#106   Cape Verde: 0.721 
#107   Syria: 0.721 
#108   Guyana: 0.72 
#109   Vietnam: 0.704 
#110   Kyrgyzstan: 0.702 
#111   Indonesia: 0.697 
#112   Uzbekistan: 0.694 
#113   Nicaragua: 0.69 
#114   Bolivia: 0.687 
#115   Mongolia: 0.679 
#116   Moldova: 0.671 
#117   Honduras: 0.667 
#118   Guatemala: 0.663 
#119   Egypt: 0.659 
#120   Vanuatu: 0.659 
#121   South Africa: 0.658 
#122   Equatorial Guinea: 0.655 
#123   Tajikistan: 0.652 
#124   Gabon: 0.635 
#125   Morocco: 0.631 
#126   Namibia: 0.627 
#127   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.604 
#128   India: 0.602 
#129   Solomon Islands: 0.594 
#130   Burma: 0.578 
#131   Cambodia: 0.571 
#132   Botswana: 0.565 
#133   Comoros: 0.547 
#134   Laos: 0.545 
#135   Bhutan: 0.536 
#136   Pakistan: 0.527 
#137   Nepal: 0.526 
#138   Papua New Guinea: 0.523 
#139   Bangladesh: 0.52 
#140   Ghana: 0.52 
#141   East Timor: 0.513 
#142   Togo: 0.512 
#143   Congo, Republic of the: 0.512 
#144   Sudan: 0.512 
#145   Uganda: 0.508 
#146   Zimbabwe: 0.505 
#147   Madagascar: 0.499 
#148   Swaziland: 0.498 
#149   Cameroon: 0.497 
#150   Lesotho: 0.497 
#151   Djibouti: 0.495 
#152   Yemen: 0.489 
#153   Mauritania: 0.477 
#154   Haiti: 0.475 
#155   Kenya: 0.474 
#156   Gambia, The: 0.47 
#157   Guinea: 0.466 
#158   Senegal: 0.458 
#159   Nigeria: 0.453 
#160   Rwanda: 0.45 
#161   Angola: 0.445 
#162   Eritrea: 0.444 
#163   Benin: 0.431 
#164   Côte d'Ivoire: 0.42 
#165   Tanzania: 0.418 
#166   Malawi: 0.404 
#167   Zambia: 0.394 
#168   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.385 
#169   Mozambique: 0.379 
#170   Burundi: 0.378 
#171   Ethiopia: 0.367 
#172   Central African Republic: 0.355 
#173   Guinea-Bissau: 0.348 
#174   Chad: 0.341 
#175   Mali: 0.333 
#176   Burkina Faso: 0.317 
#177   Sierra Leone: 0.298 
#178   Niger: 0.281 
Weighted average: 0.7  


DEFINITION: The human development index values in this table were calculated using a consistent methodology and consistent data series. They are not strictly comparable with those in earlier Human Development Reports.

SOURCE: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme

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