Well as we post it every year, its only fitting to see where we all stand this year on the Human Development Index bu country.
“The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. ”
The increase or decrease does not reflect our position compared to last year, but the actual change in the index. Both Canada and the US fell a spot form last year.
1 Norway 0.971 ▲ +0.001
2 Australia 0.970 ▲ +0.002
3 Iceland 0.969 ▲ +0.002
4 Canada 0.966 ▲ +0.001
5 Ireland 0.965 ▲ +0.001
6 Netherlands 0.964 ▲ +0.003
7 Sweden 0.963 ▲ +0.002
8 France 0.961 ▲ +0.003
9 Switzerland 0.960 ▲ +0.001
10 Japan 0.960 ▲ +0.002
11 Luxembourg 0.960 ▲ +0.001
12 Finland 0.959 ▲ +0.004
13 United States 0.956 ▲ +0.001
14 Austria 0.955 ▲ +0.003
15 Spain 0.955 ▲ +0.003
16 Denmark 0.955 ▲ +0.002
17 Belgium 0.953 ▲ +0.002
18 Italy 0.951 ▲ +0.001
19 Liechtenstein 0.951 ▲ +0.001
Rank Country HDI
2007 data Change compared to 2006 data
20 New Zealand 0.950 ▲ +0.002
21 United Kingdom 0.947 ▲ +0.002
22 Germany 0.947 ▲ +0.002
23 Singapore 0.944 ▲ +0.002
24 Hong Kong 0.944 ▲ +0.001
25 Greece 0.942 ▼ -0.004
26 South Korea 0.937 ▲ +0.004
27 Israel 0.935 ▲ +0.003
28 Andorra 0.934 ▲ +0.001
29 Slovenia 0.929 ▲ +0.005
30 Brunei 0.920 ▲ +0.001
31 Kuwait 0.916 ▲ +0.004
32 Cyprus 0.914 ▲ +0.003
33 Qatar 0.910 ▲ +0.005
34 Portugal 0.909 ▲ +0.002
35 United Arab Emirates 0.903 ▲ +0.007
36 Czech Republic 0.903 ▲ +0.004
37 Barbados 0.903 ▲ +0.004
38 Malta 0.902 ▲ +0.003