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HDI Rank | Country | 1975-2005 | |
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1 | Iceland | 36,510 | |
2 | Norway | 41,420 | |
3 | Australia | 31,794 | |
4 | Canada | 33,375 | |
5 | Ireland | 38,505 | |
6 | Sweden | 32,525 | |
7 | Switzerland | 35,633 | |
8 | Japan | 31,267 | |
9 | Netherlands | 32,684 | |
10 | France | 30,386 | |
11 | Finland | 32,153 | |
12 | United States | 41,890 | |
13 | Spain | 27,169 | |
14 | Denmark | 33,973 | |
15 | Austria | 33,700 | |
16 | United Kingdom | 33,238 | |
17 | Belgium | 32,119 | |
18 | Luxembourg | 60,228 | |
19 | New Zealand | 24,996 | |
20 | Italy | 28,944 | |
21 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 34,833 | |
22 | Germany | 29,461 | |
23 | Israel | 25,864 | |
24 | Greece | 23,381 | |
25 | Singapore | 29,663 | |
26 | Korea (Republic of) | 22,029 | |
27 | Slovenia | 22,273 | 1 |
28 | Cyprus | 22,699 | 1 |
29 | Portugal | 20,679 | |
30 | Brunei Darussalam | .. | |
31 | Barbados | .. | |
32 | Czech Republic | 20,538 | 1 |
33 | Kuwait | 34,680 | 1 |
34 | Malta | 19,862 | |
35 | Qatar | .. | |
36 | Hungary | 17,887 | |
37 | Poland | 13,847 | 1 |
38 | Argentina | 14,489 | |
39 | United Arab Emirates | 50,405 | |
40 | Chile | 12,027 | |
41 | Bahrain | 21,482 | 1 |
42 | Slovakia | 15,871 | 1 |
43 | Lithuania | 14,494 | 1 |
44 | Estonia | 15,478 | 1 |
45 | Latvia | 13,646 | |
46 | Uruguay | 10,459 | |
47 | Croatia | 13,042 | 1 |
48 | Costa Rica | 10,180 | |
49 | Bahamas | 19,162 | 1 |
50 | Seychelles | 18,872 | |
51 | Cuba | .. | |
52 | Mexico | 10,751 | |
53 | Bulgaria | 9,032 | 1 |
54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13,307 | 1 |
55 | Tonga | 8,177 | 1 |
56 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | .. | |
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12,500 | 1 |
58 | Oman | 15,602 | 1 |
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14,603 | |
60 | Romania | 9,060 | 1 |
61 | Saudi Arabia | 27,686 | |
62 | Panama | 7,605 | |
63 | Malaysia | 10,882 | |
64 | Belarus | 7,918 | 1 |
65 | Mauritius | 12,715 | 1 |
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | .. | |
67 | Russian Federation | 11,947 | 1 |
68 | Albania | 5,316 | 1 |
69 | Macedonia (TFYR) | 7,850 | 1 |
70 | Brazil | 8,402 | |
71 | Dominica | 6,393 | 1 |
72 | Saint Lucia | 6,707 | 1 |
73 | Kazakhstan | 7,857 | 1 |
74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8,756 | |
75 | Colombia | 7,304 | |
76 | Ukraine | 10,587 | 1 |
77 | Samoa | 6,170 | 1 |
78 | Thailand | 8,677 | |
79 | Dominican Republic | 8,217 | |
80 | Belize | 7,120 | |
81 | China | 6,757 | |
82 | Grenada | 8,264 | 1 |
83 | Armenia | 4,945 | 1 |
84 | Turkey | 8,407 | |
85 | Suriname | 8,634 | |
86 | Jordan | 5,613 | |
87 | Peru | 6,097 | |
88 | Lebanon | 5,586 | 1 |
89 | Ecuador | 4,341 | |
90 | Philippines | 5,137 | |
91 | Tunisia | 8,371 | |
92 | Fiji | 6,056 | 1 |
93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,568 | |
94 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9,311 | |
95 | Paraguay | 5,430 | |
96 | Georgia | 6,884 | |
97 | Guyana | 4,618 | |
98 | Azerbaijan | 5,310 | 1 |
99 | Sri Lanka | 4,595 | |
100 | Maldives | .. | |
101 | Jamaica | 4,291 | |
102 | Cape Verde | 5,803 | 1 |
103 | El Salvador | 5,745 | |
104 | Algeria | 7,062 | |
105 | Viet Nam | 3,071 | 1 |
106 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | .. | |
107 | Indonesia | 3,843 | |
108 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,808 | |
109 | Turkmenistan | 6,752 | 1 |
110 | Nicaragua | 7,187 | |
111 | Moldova | 4,168 | 1 |
112 | Egypt | 4,337 | |
113 | Uzbekistan | 2,080 | 1 |
114 | Mongolia | 2,107 | 1 |
115 | Honduras | 3,430 | |
116 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,806 | 1 |
117 | Bolivia | 3,025 | |
118 | Guatemala | 4,568 | |
119 | Gabon | 13,812 | |
120 | Vanuatu | 3,833 | 1 |
121 | South Africa | 11,617 | |
122 | Tajikistan | 3,150 | 1 |
123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,178 | 1 |
124 | Botswana | 12,387 | |
125 | Namibia | 7,586 | 1 |
126 | Morocco | 4,555 | |
127 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,874 | 1 |
128 | India | 3,452 | |
129 | Solomon Islands | 2,804 | |
130 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,039 | 1 |
131 | Cambodia | 2,727 | 1 |
132 | Myanmar | .. | |
133 | Bhutan | .. | |
134 | Comoros | 2,272 | 1 |
135 | Ghana | 2,480 | |
136 | Pakistan | 2,370 | |
137 | Mauritania | 2,338 | |
138 | Lesotho | 3,335 | |
139 | Congo | 1,758 | |
140 | Bangladesh | 2,053 | |
141 | Swaziland | 4,824 | |
142 | Nepal | 1,550 | |
143 | Madagascar | 1,450 | |
144 | Cameroon | 3,175 | |
145 | Papua New Guinea | 2,986 | |
146 | Haiti | 3,151 | |
147 | Sudan | 2,083 | |
148 | Kenya | 1,263 | |
149 | Djibouti | 3,200 | 1 |
150 | Timor-Leste | .. | |
151 | Zimbabwe | 3,228 | |
152 | Togo | 2,133 | |
153 | Yemen | 943 | 1 |
154 | Uganda | 1,454 | 1 |
155 | Gambia | 1,932 | |
156 | Senegal | 1,792 | |
157 | Eritrea | 1,435 | 1 |
158 | Nigeria | 1,177 | |
159 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 744 | 1 |
160 | Guinea | 2,316 | 1 |
161 | Rwanda | 1,358 | |
162 | Angola | 2,335 | 1 |
163 | Benin | 1,141 | |
164 | Malawi | 719 | |
165 | Zambia | 1,559 | |
166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,195 | |
167 | Burundi | 1,047 | |
168 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 2,488 | |
169 | Ethiopia | 1,055 | 1 |
170 | Chad | 1,427 | |
171 | Central African Republic | 1,935 | |
172 | Mozambique | 1,242 | 1 |
173 | Mali | 1,033 | |
174 | Niger | 1,293 | |
175 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,264 | |
176 | Burkina Faso | 1,213 | |
177 | Sierra Leone | 1,111 |
1 - | Data refer to a period shorter than that specified. |
.. | Data not available |
(.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
< | Less than |
- | Not applicable |
T | Total |