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Rankings of world's nations in human
development
June 29, 2000
Web posted at: 10:20 AM EDT (1420 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- The
annual U.N. Human Development
Report surveys 174 countries in an
effort to measure the lives of people
beyond economic statistics, such as
who goes to school or who has access
to water.
Following are the rankings, released on
Thursday, based on income, health care,
life expectancy and educational levels. Canada heads the
overall list, followed by
Norway and the United States:
1. Canada
2. Norway
3. United States
4. Australia
5. Iceland
6. Sweden
7. Belgium
8. Netherlands
9. Japan
10. Britain
11. Finland
12. France
13. Switzerland
14. Germany
15. Denmark
16. Austria
17. Luxembourg
18. Ireland
19. Italy
20. New Zealand
21. Spain
22. Cyprus
23. Israel
24. Singapore
25. Greece
26. Hong Kong
27. Malta
28. Portugal
29. Slovenia
30. Barbados
31. South Korea
32. Brunei
33. Bahamas
34. Czech Republic
35. Argentina
36. Kuwait
37. Antigua and Barbuda
38. Chile
39. Uruguay
40. Slovakia
41. Bahrain
42. Qatar
43. Hungary
44. Poland
45. United Arab Emirates
46. Estonia
47. St. Kitts and Nevis
48. Costa Rica
49. Croatia
50. Trinidad and Tobago
51. Dominica
52. Lithuania
53. Seychelles
54. Grenada
55. Mexico
56. Cuba
57. Belarus
58. Belize
59. Panama
60. Bulgaria
61. Malaysia
62. Russia
63. Latvia
64. Romania
65. Venezuela
66. Fiji
67. Suriname
68. Colombia
69. Macedonia
70. Georgia
71. Mauritius
72. Libya
73. Kazakhstan
74. Brazil
75. Saudi Arabia
76. Thailand
77. Philippines
78. Ukraine
79. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
80. Peru
81. Paraguay
82. Lebanon
83. Jamaica
84. Sri Lanka
85. Turkey
86. Oman
87. Dominican Republic
88. St. Lucia
89. Maldives
90. Azerbaijan
91. Ecuador
92. Jordan
93. Armenia
94. Albania
95. Western Samoa
96. Guyana
97. Iran
98. Kyrgyzstan
99. China
100. Turkmenistan
101. Tunisia
102. Moldova
103. South Africa
104. El Salvador
105. Cape Verde
106. Uzbekistan
107. Algeria
108. Vietnam
109. Indonesia
110. Tajikistan
111. Syria
112. Swaziland
113. Honduras
114. Bolivia
115. Namibia
116. Nicaragua
117. Mongolia
118. Vanuatu
119. Egypt
120. Guatemala
121. Solomon Islands
122. Botswana
123. Gabon
124. Morocco
125. Myanmar
126. Iraq
127. Lesotho
128. India
129. Ghana
130. Zimbabwe
131. Equatorial Guinea
132. Sao Tome and Principe
133. Papua New Guinea
134. Cameroon
135. Pakistan
136. Cambodia
137. Comoros
138. Kenya
139. Congo Republic
140. Laos
141. Madagascar
142. Bhutan
143. Sudan
144. Nepal
145. Togo
146. Bangladesh
147. Mauritania
148. Yemen
149. Djibouti
150. Haiti
151. Nigeria
152. Congo Democratic Republic
153. Zambia
154. Ivory Coast
155. Senegal
156. Tanzania
157. Benin
158. Uganda
159. Eritrea
160. Angola
161. Gambia
162. Guinea
163. Malawi
164. Rwanda
165. Mali
166. Central African Republic
167. Chad
168. Mozambique
169. Guinea-Bissau
170. Burundi
171. Ethiopia
172. Burkina Faso
173. Niger
174. Sierra Leone
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