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| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{ROC-TW}} || 0.943 || 25 || {{#tag:ref|The UN [[China and the United Nations|does not recognize]] [[Republic of China]] or [[Taiwan]] as a [[sovereign state]]. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures. See [[Political status of Taiwan]]). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of [[United States dollar|US$]]30,352.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/910616273671.pdf|format=PDF|title=National Statistics, Republic of China(Taiwan) |accessdate=2009-10-06|year=2007|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.|language=Chinese}}</ref>|group="nb"}}
| 2009 || 2007 ||align="left"| {{ROC-TW}} || 0.943 || 25 || {{#tag:ref|The UN [[China and the United Nations|does not recognize]] [[Republic of China]] or [[Taiwan]] as a [[sovereign state]]. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures (see [[Political status of Taiwan]]). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of [[United States dollar|US$]]30,352.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/910616273671.pdf|format=PDF|title=National Statistics, Republic of China(Taiwan) |accessdate=2009-10-06|year=2007|publisher=Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.|language=Chinese}}</ref>|group="nb"}}
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| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 0.942 || {{N/A}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://islands.unep.ch/CSV.htm|title=Puerto Rico (United States)|publisher=[[United Nations Environment Programme]]|date=2 March 1998|accessdate=26 March 2009}}. {{Reference necessary|Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report|date=April 2010}}.</ref>
| 1998 || {{N/A}} ||align="left"| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 0.942 || {{N/A}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://islands.unep.ch/CSV.htm|title=Puerto Rico (United States)|publisher=[[United Nations Environment Programme]]|date=2 March 1998|accessdate=26 March 2009}}. {{Reference necessary|Note: Appears to be simply the United States's HDI published on the 1997 report|date=April 2010}}.</ref>

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World map indicating the Human Development Index (based on 2010 data, published on November 4, 2010)[1]
  0.900 and over
  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849
  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  0.500–0.549
  0.450–0.499
  0.400–0.449
  0.350–0.399
  0.300–0.349
  under 0.300
  Data unavailable


This is a list of all countries by Human Development Index as included in a United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report released on 4 November 2010, compiled on the basis of estimates for 2010. It covers 168 UN member states (out of 192) and Hong Kong. Twenty four UN member states are not included due to lack of data. The average HDI of regions of the World and groups of countries are also included for comparison.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.[2]

Countries fall into four broad human development categories, each of which comprises 42 countries (except for the second category, comprising 43 countries)[3]. The divisions are:

Division comprising:
Very high 42 countries
High 43 countries
Medium 42 countries
Low 42 countries

Due to the new methodology adopted in 2010 HD Report, its HDI figures appear lower than the HDI figures in previous reports.

Starting in the report for 2007, the first category is referred to as developed countries, and the last three are all grouped in developing countries. The original "high human development" category has been split into two as above in the report for 2007.

Some older groupings (high/medium/low income countries) have been removed that were based on the gross national income (GNI) in purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, and have been replaced by another index based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in purchasing power parity per capita.

Complete list of countries

  • Increase = increase.
  • Steady = steady.
  • Decrease = decrease.
  • Similar HDI values in the current list do not lead to ranking ties, since the HDI rank is actually determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.
  • This revision of the index was released on 4 November 2010 and estimates the HDI of countries for 2010.
  • The number in brackets represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the revised estimates for 2007, released on 5 October 2009.

Very high human development (developed countries)

High human development (developing countries)

Medium human development (developing countries)

Low human development (developing countries)

List of countries by continent

Africa

Americas

Asia & Oceania

Europe

List of countries by non-continental region

Arab states

European Union

East Asia and the Pacific

Latin America

Middle East and North Africa

HDI by regions & groups

Countries missing from latest report

See also

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "History of the Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  3. ^ "2010 Human development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. p. 139. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "2010 Human development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. pp. 148–151. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "2010 Human development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. p. 151. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/
  7. ^ "The State of Human Development" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Human Development Report 2000" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2000. p. 163. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Human Development Report: Somalia 2001" (PDF). 2001. p. 198. Retrieved 26 March 2009. [dead link]
  10. ^ "National Statistics, Republic of China(Taiwan)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  11. ^ "Puerto Rico (United States)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. [citation needed].
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Les défis de la croissance calédonienne, on page 13" (PDF) (in French). CEROM - INSEE. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  13. ^ "Greenland (Denmark)". United Nations Environment Programme. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2009.. [citation needed].
  14. ^ The UN did not calculate the HDI of Macau. The government of Macau calculates its own HDI. If it were included in the UN's HDI figures as of 2007, Macau would rank 23rd or 24th (tying either Singapore or Hong Kong). "Macao in Figures 2010". Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR. 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  15. ^ "L'Indice de Développement Humain : Une Évaluation pour la réunion" (PDF) (in French). Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD) Université du Sud Toulon-Var. Retrieved 10 December 2008.[dead link]

References

  1. ^ See List of Russian federal subjects by HDI.
  2. ^ Somalia's last inclusion in the HDI ranking was in the 1996 report (1993 data).
  3. ^ The UN does not recognize Republic of China or Taiwan as a sovereign state. The HDI report includes Taiwan as part of China when calculating China's figures (see Political status of Taiwan). The ROC's government calculated its HDI as of 2007 to be 0.943 based on the following data: life expectancy of 78.4 years; adult literacy rate of 97.6%; combined gross enrollment rate of 101.9%; and GDP per capita (PPP) of US$30,352.[10]

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