UNDP-HDI

It's Niger this time, folks!  The poorest country in the world is Niger (index 177).  Next is Sierra Leone (176) and then Burkina Faso (175). Mali (174) and Chad (173) complete the last 5 poorest. For High Dev 5:  Norway (index 1), Iceland (2), Australia (3), Luxemburg (4) and Canada (5) . The complete and updated Human Development Report and Index is pasted below or visit the UNDP site. http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/presskit/HDR05_PR4E.pdf 

HDI or HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX measures a country’s achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment and adjusted real income. After Niger, Sierra Leone is now second poorest of the poor countries. As it is, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia & Liberia are not in the list. Notice that Yemen is still the poorest country in the Middle East. In Asia, Timor-Leste ranked last, followed by Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan & Bhutan. With Niger, most of the sub-saharan African countries are trailing behind as still most needy.  http://hdr.undp.org

HDI Rank:  High Human Development 

1 Norway

2 Iceland

3 Australia

4 Luxembourg

5 Canada

6 Sweden

7 Switzerland

8 Ireland

9 Belgium

10 United States

11 Japan

12 Netherlands

13 Finland

14 Denmark

15 United Kingdom

16 France

17 Austria

18 Italy

19 New Zealand

20 Germany

21 Spain

22 Hong Kong, China (SAR)

23 Israel

24 Greece

25 Singapore

26 Slovenia

27 Portugal

28 Korea, Rep. of

29 Cyprus

30 Barbados

31 Czech Republic

32 Malta

33 Brunei Darussalam

34 Argentina

35 Hungary

36 Poland

37 Chile

38 Estonia

39 Lithuania

40 Qatar

41 United Arab Emirates

42 Slovakia

43 Bahrain

44 Kuwait

45 Croatia

46 Uruguay

47 Costa Rica

48 Latvia

49 Saint Kitts and Nevis

50 Bahamas

51 Seychelles

52 Cuba

53 Mexico

54 Tonga

55 Bulgaria

56 Panama

57 Trinidad and Tobago

 

HDI Rank:  Medium Human Development

58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

59 Macedonia, TFYR

60 Antigua and Barbuda

61 Malaysia

62 Russian Federation

63 Brazil

64 Romania

65 Mauritius

66 Grenada

67 Belarus

68 Bosnia and Herzegovina

69 Colombia

70 Dominica

71 Oman

72 Albania

73 Thailand

74 Samoa (Western)

75 Venezuela

76 Saint Lucia

77 Saudi Arabia

78 Ukraine

79 Peru

80 Kazakhstan

81 Lebanon

82 Ecuador

83 Armenia

84 Philippines

85 China

86 Suriname

87 Saint Vincent &

the Grenadines

88 Paraguay

89 Tunisia

90 Jordan

91 Belize

92 Fiji

93 Sri Lanka

94 Turkey

95 Dominican Republic

96 Maldives

97 Turkmenistan

98 Jamaica

99 Iran, Islamic Rep. of

100 Georgia

101 Azerbaijan

102 Occupied Palestinian

Territories

103 Algeria

104 El Salvador

105 Cape Verde

106 Syrian Arab Republic

107 Guyana

108 Viet Nam

109 Kyrgyzstan

110 Indonesia

111 Uzbekistan

112 Nicaragua

113 Bolivia

114 Mongolia

115 Moldova, Rep. of

116 Honduras

117 Guatemala

118 Vanuatu

119 Egypt

120 South Africa

121 Equatorial Guinea

122 Tajikistan

123 Gabon

124 Morocco

125 Namibia

126 São Tomé and Principe

127 India

128 Solomon Islands

129 Myanmar

130 Cambodia

131 Botswana

132 Comoros

133 Lao People’s Dem. Rep.

134 Bhutan

135 Pakistan

136 Nepal

137 Papua New Guinea

138 Ghana

139 Bangladesh

140 Timor-Leste

141 Sudan

142 Congo

143 Togo

144 Uganda

145 Zimbabwe

HDI rank: Low human development

146 Madagascar

147 Swaziland

148 Cameroon

149 Lesotho

150 Djibouti

151 Yemen

152 Mauritania

153 Haiti

154 Kenya

155 Gambia

156 Guinea

157 Senegal

158 Nigeria

159 Rwanda

160 Angola

161 Eritrea

162 Benin

163 Côte d’Ivoire

164 Tanzania, U. Rep. of

165 Malawi

166 Zambia

167 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the

168 Mozambique

169 Burundi

170 Ethiopia

171 Central African Republic

172 Guinea-Bissau

173 Chad

174 Mali

175 Burkina Faso

176 Sierra Leone

177 Niger

1999 United Nations Development Program Human Development Report: HDI

Low Human Development-

(174) Sierra Leone, Niger, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Mali, Central African Rep, Rwanda, Gambia, Chad, Guinea, Angola, Malawi, Uganda, Djibouti, Tanzania, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Haiti, Zambia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Yemen, Madagascar, Nigeria, Bhutan, Nepal, Togo, Sudan, Congo Dem Rep, Laos (140)


Medium Human Development-

(139) Comoros, Pakistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, India, E. Guinea, Zimbabwe, PNG, Myanmar, Lesotho, Morocco, Iraq, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe, Botswana, Nicaragua, Egypt, Mongolia, Solomon I., Guatemala, Vanuatu, Namibia, Honduras, Swaziland, Bolivia, Syria, Vietnam, Algeria, Tajikstan, El Salvador, Cape Verde, Indonesia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, South Africa, Albania, Guyana, China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Jordan, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Oman, Dominican Rep., Armenia, Turkey, Georgia, Paraguay, Belize, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Peru, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Latvia, Macedonia, Ecuador, Russia, W. Samoa, Lebanon, Romania, Thailand, Seychelles, Libya, Suriname, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Fiji, Belarus, Mauritius, Cuba, Colombia, Malaysia, Croatia, Estonia, Dominica, Grenada, StKitts & Nevis, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago (46)


High Human Development-

(45) Costa Rica, Poland, UAE, Slovakia, Qatar, Uruguay, Argentina, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Czech Rep., Kuwait, Chile, Slovenia, Malta, Bahamas, Korea, Barbados, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Brunei, HK-China, Israel, Singapore, Spain, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Luxemburg, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, France, UK, Iceland, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Belgium, Japan, USA, Norway, Canada (1)


Sierra Leone is poorest, ranked last in the 174-country Human Development Index that takes into account income, education, life expectancy, and health care. The bottom 24 countries are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Of the Middle Eastern countries, Yemen was bottom at 148th. And ranked at 146th, Bangladesh is poorest in Asia.

The Associated Press said dragged down by the AIDS epidemic and wars, Africa remained in its monopoly on the bottom places in a quality-of-life rating released on June 29th by the United Nations.

The Index below is from lowest to highest development. This means that the poorest country today is Sierra Leone (West Africa) and richest is Canada.

(Some countries may have been excluded in the report for some reasons. For details, visit: www.undp.org.)

 

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