Warrior
Sep 17th, 2004, 07:43 PM
HIGH DEVELOPMENTMEDIUM DEVELOPMENTLOW DEVELOPMENT1 Norway
2 Sweden
3 Australia
4 Canada
5 Netherlands
6 Belgium
7 Iceland
8 United States
9 Japan
10 Ireland
11 Switzerland
12 United Kingdom
13 Finland
14 Austria
15 Luxembourg
16 France
17 Denmark
18 New Zealand
19 Germany
20 Spain
21 Italy
22 Israel
23 Hong Kong,China (SAR)
24 Greece
25 Singapore
26 Portugal
27 Slovenia
28 Korea,Rep. of
29 Barbados
30 Cyprus
31 Malta
32 Czech Republic
33 Brunei Darussalam
34 Argentina
35 Seychelles
36 Estonia
37 Poland
38 Hungary
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis
40 Bahrain
41 Lithuania
42 Slovakia
43 Chile
44 Kuwait
45 Costa Rica
46 Uruguay
47 Qatar
48 Croatia
49 United Arab Emirates
50 Latvia
51 Bahamas
52 Cuba
53 Mexico
54 Trinidad and Tobago
55 Antigua and Barbuda
56 Bulgaria
57 Russian Federation
58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
59 Malaysia
60 Macedonia,TFYR
61 Panama
62 Belarus
63 Tonga
64 Mauritius
65 Albania
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina
67 Suriname
68 Venezuela
69 Romania
70 Ukraine
71 Saint Lucia
72 Brazil
73 Colombia
74 Oman
75 Samoa (Western)
76 Thailand
77 Saudi Arabia
78 Kazakhstan
79 Jamaica
80 Lebanon
81 Fiji
82 Armenia
83 Philippines
84 Maldives
85 Peru
86 Turkmenistan
87 St.Vincent & the Grenadines
88 Turkey
89 Paraguay
90 Jordan
91 Azerbaijan
92 Tunisia
93 Grenada
94 China
95 Dominica
96 Sri Lanka
97 Georgia
98 Dominican Republic
99 Belize
100 Ecuador
101 Iran, Islamic Rep. of
102 Occupied Palestinian Territories
103 El Salvador
104 Guyana
105 Cape Verde
106 Syrian Arab Republic
107 Uzbekistan
108 Algeria
109 Equatorial Guinea
110 Kyrgyzstan
111 Indonesia
112 Viet Nam
113 Moldova,Rep. of
114 Bolivia
115 Honduras
116 Tajikistan
117 Mongolia
118 Nicaragua
119 South Africa
120 Egypt
121 Guatemala
122 Gabon
123 São Tomé and Principe
124 Solomon Islands
125 Morocco
126 Namibia
127 India
128 Botswana
129 Vanuatu
130 Cambodia
131 Ghana
132 Myanmar
133 Papua New Guinea
134 Bhutan
135 Lao People’s Dem.Rep.
136 Comoros
137 Swaziland
138 Bangladesh
139 Sudan
140 Nepal
141 Cameroon
142 Pakistan
143 Togo
144 Congo
145 Lesotho
146 Uganda
147 Zimbabwe
148 Kenya
149 Yemen
150 Madagascar
151 Nigeria
152 Mauritania
153 Haiti
154 Djibouti
155 Gambia
156 Eritrea
157 Senegal
158 Timor-Leste
159 Rwanda
160 Guinea
161 Benin
162 Tanzania, U.Rep. of
163 Côte d’Ivoire
164 Zambia
165 Malawi
166 Angola
167 Chad
168 Congo,Dem.Rep. of the
169 Central African Republic
170 Ethiopia
171 Mozambique
172 Guinea-Bissau
173 Burundi
174 Mali
175 Burkina Faso
176 Niger
177 Sierra Leone
http://www.finfacts.com/comment/unhumandevelopmentreportirelandcomment18.htm
The human development index (HDI) is a composite index that measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools; and a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) US dollars. The index is constructed using indicators that are currently available globally, and a methodology that is simple and transparent. While the concept of human development is much broader than any single composite index can measure, the HDI offers a powerful alternative to income as a summary measure of human well-being. It provides a useful entry point into the rich information contained in the subsequent indicator tables on different aspects of human development.
The HDI in the United Nation's Report is constructed to compare country achievements across all levels of human development. The indicators currently used in the HDI yield very small differences among the top HDI countries, and thus the top of the HDI rankings often reflects only the very small differences in these underlying indicators. For these high-income countries an alternative index—the human poverty index. The state of human development)—can better reflect the extent of human deprivation that still exists among these populations and help direct the focus of public policies.
The human poverty index ranking for selected 17 OECD countries, reflects deprivations in four dimensions:
A long and healthy life—vulnerability to death at a relatively early age, as measured by the probability at birth of not surviving to age 60.
Knowledge—exclusion from the world of reading and communications, as measured by the percentage of adults (aged 16–65) lacking functional literacy skills.
A decent standard of living—as measured by the percentage of people living below the income poverty line (50% of the median adjusted household disposable income).
Social exclusion—as measured by the rate of long-term unemployment (12 months or more).
2 Sweden
3 Australia
4 Canada
5 Netherlands
6 Belgium
7 Iceland
8 United States
9 Japan
10 Ireland
11 Switzerland
12 United Kingdom
13 Finland
14 Austria
15 Luxembourg
16 France
17 Denmark
18 New Zealand
19 Germany
20 Spain
21 Italy
22 Israel
23 Hong Kong,China (SAR)
24 Greece
25 Singapore
26 Portugal
27 Slovenia
28 Korea,Rep. of
29 Barbados
30 Cyprus
31 Malta
32 Czech Republic
33 Brunei Darussalam
34 Argentina
35 Seychelles
36 Estonia
37 Poland
38 Hungary
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis
40 Bahrain
41 Lithuania
42 Slovakia
43 Chile
44 Kuwait
45 Costa Rica
46 Uruguay
47 Qatar
48 Croatia
49 United Arab Emirates
50 Latvia
51 Bahamas
52 Cuba
53 Mexico
54 Trinidad and Tobago
55 Antigua and Barbuda
56 Bulgaria
57 Russian Federation
58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
59 Malaysia
60 Macedonia,TFYR
61 Panama
62 Belarus
63 Tonga
64 Mauritius
65 Albania
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina
67 Suriname
68 Venezuela
69 Romania
70 Ukraine
71 Saint Lucia
72 Brazil
73 Colombia
74 Oman
75 Samoa (Western)
76 Thailand
77 Saudi Arabia
78 Kazakhstan
79 Jamaica
80 Lebanon
81 Fiji
82 Armenia
83 Philippines
84 Maldives
85 Peru
86 Turkmenistan
87 St.Vincent & the Grenadines
88 Turkey
89 Paraguay
90 Jordan
91 Azerbaijan
92 Tunisia
93 Grenada
94 China
95 Dominica
96 Sri Lanka
97 Georgia
98 Dominican Republic
99 Belize
100 Ecuador
101 Iran, Islamic Rep. of
102 Occupied Palestinian Territories
103 El Salvador
104 Guyana
105 Cape Verde
106 Syrian Arab Republic
107 Uzbekistan
108 Algeria
109 Equatorial Guinea
110 Kyrgyzstan
111 Indonesia
112 Viet Nam
113 Moldova,Rep. of
114 Bolivia
115 Honduras
116 Tajikistan
117 Mongolia
118 Nicaragua
119 South Africa
120 Egypt
121 Guatemala
122 Gabon
123 São Tomé and Principe
124 Solomon Islands
125 Morocco
126 Namibia
127 India
128 Botswana
129 Vanuatu
130 Cambodia
131 Ghana
132 Myanmar
133 Papua New Guinea
134 Bhutan
135 Lao People’s Dem.Rep.
136 Comoros
137 Swaziland
138 Bangladesh
139 Sudan
140 Nepal
141 Cameroon
142 Pakistan
143 Togo
144 Congo
145 Lesotho
146 Uganda
147 Zimbabwe
148 Kenya
149 Yemen
150 Madagascar
151 Nigeria
152 Mauritania
153 Haiti
154 Djibouti
155 Gambia
156 Eritrea
157 Senegal
158 Timor-Leste
159 Rwanda
160 Guinea
161 Benin
162 Tanzania, U.Rep. of
163 Côte d’Ivoire
164 Zambia
165 Malawi
166 Angola
167 Chad
168 Congo,Dem.Rep. of the
169 Central African Republic
170 Ethiopia
171 Mozambique
172 Guinea-Bissau
173 Burundi
174 Mali
175 Burkina Faso
176 Niger
177 Sierra Leone
http://www.finfacts.com/comment/unhumandevelopmentreportirelandcomment18.htm
The human development index (HDI) is a composite index that measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth; knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools; and a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) US dollars. The index is constructed using indicators that are currently available globally, and a methodology that is simple and transparent. While the concept of human development is much broader than any single composite index can measure, the HDI offers a powerful alternative to income as a summary measure of human well-being. It provides a useful entry point into the rich information contained in the subsequent indicator tables on different aspects of human development.
The HDI in the United Nation's Report is constructed to compare country achievements across all levels of human development. The indicators currently used in the HDI yield very small differences among the top HDI countries, and thus the top of the HDI rankings often reflects only the very small differences in these underlying indicators. For these high-income countries an alternative index—the human poverty index. The state of human development)—can better reflect the extent of human deprivation that still exists among these populations and help direct the focus of public policies.
The human poverty index ranking for selected 17 OECD countries, reflects deprivations in four dimensions:
A long and healthy life—vulnerability to death at a relatively early age, as measured by the probability at birth of not surviving to age 60.
Knowledge—exclusion from the world of reading and communications, as measured by the percentage of adults (aged 16–65) lacking functional literacy skills.
A decent standard of living—as measured by the percentage of people living below the income poverty line (50% of the median adjusted household disposable income).
Social exclusion—as measured by the rate of long-term unemployment (12 months or more).