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2007/2008 Human Development Report

08Inequalities in maternal and child health
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina ..
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile ..
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay ..
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica ..
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico ..
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago ..
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama ..
63 Malaysia ..
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 2
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 8
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
75 Colombia 3
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 7
79 Dominican Republic 2
80 Belize ..
81 China ..
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 8
84 Turkey 4
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 5
87 Peru 4
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines ..
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
95 Paraguay 3
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka ..
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador ..
104 Algeria ..
105 Viet Nam ..
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia ..
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan 17
110 Nicaragua 5
111 Moldova 6
112 Egypt 14
113 Uzbekistan 31
114 Mongolia ..
115 Honduras ..
116 Kyrgyzstan 14
117 Bolivia 5
118 Guatemala 8
119 Gabon 12
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa ..
122 Tajikistan 21
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana ..
125 Namibia 15
126 Morocco 10
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 27
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia 19
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 23
135 Ghana 7
136 Pakistan 33
137 Mauritania 23
138 Lesotho 25
139 Congo 20
140 Bangladesh 25
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 36
143 Madagascar 38
144 Cameroon 12
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 5
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 19
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 19
152 Togo 11
153 Yemen 35
154 Uganda 25
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal 6
157 Eritrea 18
158 Nigeria 18
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 23
160 Guinea 22
161 Rwanda 30
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 18
164 Malawi 23
165 Zambia 32
166 Côte d'Ivoire ..
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 35
170 Chad 32
171 Central African Republic 25
172 Mozambique 20
173 Mali 20
174 Niger 37
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 21
177 Sierra Leone 26


Sources :
Macro International. 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) website download or direct correspondence on DHS reports. [http://www.measuredhs.com/]. June 2007. Calverton, MD.


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