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 _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------