table

Human Development Index trends, 19802011

Human Development Index (HDI)

HDI rank

Value

HDI rank

Average annual
HDI growth

Changea

(%)

1980

1990

2000

2005

2009

2010

2011

20062011 20102011 19802011 19902011 20002011

VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

1 Norway
2 Australia
3 Netherlands
4 United States
5 New Zealand
6 Canada
7 Ireland
8 Liechtenstein
9 Germany
10 Sweden
11 Switzerland
12 Japan
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR)
14 Iceland
15 Korea, Republic of
16 Denmark
17 Israel
18 Belgium
19 Austria
20 France
21 Slovenia
22 Finland
23 Spain
24 Italy
25 Luxembourg
26 Singapore
27 Czech Republic
28 United Kingdom
29 Greece
30 United Arab Emirates
31 Cyprus
32 Andorra
33 Brunei Darussalam
34 Estonia
35 Slovakia
36 Malta
37 Qatar
38 Hungary
39 Poland
40 Lithuania
41 Portugal
42 Bahrain
43 Latvia
44 Chile
45 Argentina
46 Croatia
47 Barbados

0.796
0.850
0.792
0.837
0.800
0.817
0.735
..
0.730
0.785
0.810
0.778
0.708
0.762
0.634
0.783
0.763
0.757
0.740
0.722
..
0.759
0.691
0.717
0.728
..
..
0.744
0.720
0.629
..
..
0.750
..
..
0.703
0.703
0.700
..
..
0.639
0.651
..
0.630
0.669
..
..

0.844
0.873
0.835
0.870
0.828
0.857
0.782
..
0.795
0.816
0.833
0.827
0.786
0.807
0.742
0.809
0.802
0.811
0.790
0.777
..
0.794
0.749
0.764
0.788
..
..
0.778
0.766
0.690
0.747
..
0.784
0.717
0.747
0.753
0.743
0.706
..
..
0.708
0.721
0.693
0.698
0.697
..
..

0.913
0.906
0.882
0.897
0.878
0.879
0.869
..
0.864
0.894
0.873
0.868
0.824
0.863
0.830
0.861
0.856
0.876
0.839
0.846
0.805
0.837
0.839
0.825
0.854
0.801
0.816
0.833
0.802
0.753
0.800
..
0.818
0.776
0.779
0.799
0.784
0.775
0.770
0.749
0.778
0.773
0.732
0.749
0.749
0.748
..

0.938
0.918
0.890
0.902
0.899
0.892
0.898
..
0.895
0.896
0.890
0.886
0.850
0.893
0.866
0.885
0.874
0.873
0.860
0.869
0.848
0.875
0.857
0.861
0.865
0.835
0.854
0.855
0.856
0.807
0.809
..
0.830
0.821
0.810
0.825
0.818
0.803
0.791
0.793
0.789
0.795
0.784
0.779
0.765
0.780
0.787

0.941
0.926
0.905
0.906
0.906
0.903
0.905
..
0.900
0.898
0.899
0.895
0.888
0.897
0.889
0.891
0.884
0.883
0.879
0.880
0.876
0.877
0.874
0.870
0.863
0.856
0.863
0.860
0.863
0.841
0.837
..
0.835
0.828
0.829
0.827
0.818
0.811
0.807
0.802
0.805
0.805
0.798
0.798
0.788
0.793
0.790

0.941
0.927
0.909
0.908
0.908
0.907
0.907
0.904
0.903
0.901
0.901
0.899
0.894
0.896
0.894
0.893
0.886
0.885
0.883
0.883
0.882
0.880
0.876
0.873
0.865
0.864
0.863
0.862
0.862
0.845
0.839
0.838
0.837
0.832
0.832
0.830
0.825
0.814
0.811
0.805
0.808
0.805
0.802
0.802
0.794
0.794
0.791

0.943
0.929
0.910
0.910
0.908
0.908
0.908
0.905
0.905
0.904
0.903
0.901
0.898
0.898
0.897
0.895
0.888
0.886
0.885
0.884
0.884
0.882
0.878
0.874
0.867
0.866
0.865
0.863
0.861
0.846
0.840
0.838
0.838
0.835
0.834
0.832
0.831
0.816
0.813
0.810
0.809
0.806
0.805
0.805
0.797
0.796
0.793

0
0
5
1
0
3
3
..
2
2
1
1
14
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
4
7
0
3
3
3
1
0
5
3
5
..
2
2
0
3
1
0
2
0
2
3
1
3
3
0
2

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0

0.55
0.29
0.45
0.27
0.41
0.34
0.68
..
0.69
0.45
0.35
0.47
0.77
0.53
1.13
0.43
0.49
0.51
0.58
0.66
..
0.49
0.77
0.64
0.56
..
..
0.48
0.58
0.96
..
..
0.36
..
..
0.54
0.54
0.50
..
..
0.76
0.69
..
0.79
0.57
..
..

0.53
0.30
0.41
0.21
0.44
0.28
0.71
..
0.62
0.49
0.38
0.41
0.64
0.51
0.91
0.48
0.49
0.42
0.55
0.62
..
0.51
0.76
0.64
0.45
..
..
0.50
0.56
0.97
0.56
..
0.32
0.73
0.53
0.48
0.54
0.70
..
..
0.64
0.54
0.72
0.68
0.64
..
..

0.29
0.23
0.29
0.13
0.31
0.30
0.40
..
0.43
0.09
0.30
0.33
0.78
0.36
0.72
0.35
0.34
0.10
0.48
0.40
0.85
0.48
0.42
0.52
0.13
0.71
0.53
0.33
0.64
1.06
0.44
..
0.22
0.66
0.62
0.37
0.53
0.48
0.50
0.70
0.35
0.38
0.87
0.65
0.57
0.57
..

HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

48 Uruguay
49 Palau
50 Romania
51 Cuba
52 Seychelles
53 Bahamas
54 Montenegro
55 Bulgaria
56 Saudi Arabia
57 Mexico

0.658
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0.651
0.593

0.686
..
0.700
0.677
..
..
..
0.698
0.693
0.649

0.736
0.774
0.704
0.681
0.764
0.752
..
0.715
0.726
0.718

0.748
0.788
0.748
0.725
0.766
0.766
0.757
0.749
0.746
0.741

0.773
0.777
0.778
0.770
0.767
0.769
0.768
0.766
0.763
0.762

0.780
0.779
0.779
0.773
0.771
0.770
0.769
0.768
0.767
0.767

0.783
0.782
0.781
0.776
0.773
0.771
0.771
0.771
0.770
0.770

5
5
2
10
3
3
3
0
0
2

0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0

0.56
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0.55
0.85

0.63
..
0.52
0.65
..
..
..
0.48
0.50
0.82

0.56
0.09
0.95
1.19
0.11
0.23
..
0.68
0.55
0.64

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Human Development Index trends, 19802011

Human Development Index (HDI)
HDI rank

table

58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94

Panama
Serbia
Antigua and Barbuda
Malaysia
Trinidad and Tobago
Kuwait
Libya
Belarus
Russian Federation
Grenada
Kazakhstan
Costa Rica
Albania
Lebanon
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
Ukraine
Mauritius
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Jamaica
Peru
Dominica
Saint Lucia
Ecuador
Brazil
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Armenia
Colombia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Oman
Tonga
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Belize
Tunisia

MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

95 Jordan
96 Algeria
97 Sri Lanka
98 Dominican Republic
99 Samoa
100 Fiji
101 China
102 Turkmenistan
103 Thailand
104 Suriname
105 El Salvador
106 Gabon
107 Paraguay
108 Bolivia, Plurinational State of
109 Maldives
110 Mongolia
111 Moldova, Republic of
112 Philippines
113 Egypt
114 Occupied Palestinian Territory
115 Uzbekistan
116 Micronesia, Federated States of
117 Guyana
118 Botswana
119 Syrian Arab Republic
120 Namibia

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human development report 2011

Value

HDI rank

Average annual
HDI growth

Changea

(%)

1980

1990

2000

2005

2009

2010

2011

20062011 20102011 19802011 19902011 20002011

0.628
..
..
0.559
0.673
0.688
..
..
..
..
..
0.614
..
..
..
0.623
..
..
..
0.546
..
0.607
0.574
..
..
0.591
0.549
..
..
0.550
0.437
..
..
..
0.463
0.619
0.450

0.660
..
..
0.631
0.676
0.712
..
..
..
..
..
0.656
0.656
..
..
0.629
..
..
0.707
0.618
..
0.637
0.612
..
..
0.636
0.600
..
..
0.594
0.534
..
0.649
..
0.558
0.651
0.542

0.718
0.719
..
0.705
0.701
0.754
..
..
0.691
..
0.657
0.703
0.691
..
..
0.656
..
..
0.669
0.672
..
0.680
0.674
0.699
..
0.668
0.665
..
0.643
0.652
0.636
..
0.681
..
0.634
0.668
0.630

0.740
0.744
..
0.738
0.728
0.752
0.741
0.723
0.725
..
0.714
0.723
0.721
0.711
..
0.692
0.717
0.707
0.712
0.703
0.704
0.702
0.691
0.709
..
0.695
0.692
..
0.689
0.675
0.671
0.694
0.696
..
0.671
0.689
0.667

0.760
0.761
..
0.752
0.755
0.757
0.763
0.746
0.747
..
0.733
0.738
0.734
0.733
..
0.732
0.730
0.724
0.720
0.722
0.725
0.724
0.714
0.722
..
0.716
0.708
..
0.712
0.702
0.703
0.703
0.701
..
0.690
0.696
0.692

0.765
0.764
0.763
0.758
0.758
0.758
0.770
0.751
0.751
0.746
0.740
0.742
0.737
0.737
0.735
0.734
0.731
0.729
0.725
0.726
0.726
0.726
0.721
0.723
0.720
0.718
0.715
0.715
0.714
0.707
0.707
0.704
0.703
0.699
0.696
0.698
0.698

0.768
0.766
0.764
0.761
0.760
0.760
0.760
0.756
0.755
0.748
0.745
0.744
0.739
0.739
0.735
0.735
0.733
0.733
0.729
0.728
0.728
0.727
0.725
0.724
0.723
0.720
0.718
0.717
0.716
0.710
0.707
0.705
0.704
0.700
0.699
0.699
0.698

2
2
..
2
2
8
5
1
1
..
2
1
1
3
..
7
2
1
3
1
1
2
4
7
..
0
3
..
3
4
2
2
5
..
2
3
3

1
1
1
3
1
1
10
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
1
1

0.65
..
..
1.00
0.40
0.32
..
..
..
..
..
0.62
..
..
..
0.54
..
..
..
0.93
..
0.59
0.75
..
..
0.64
0.87
..
..
0.83
1.57
..
..
..
1.34
0.39
1.43

0.73
..
..
0.90
0.56
0.31
..
..
..
..
..
0.60
0.57
..
..
0.74
..
..
0.15
0.78
..
0.64
0.81
..
..
0.59
0.86
..
..
0.85
1.35
..
0.39
..
1.08
0.34
1.21

0.62
0.58
..
0.69
0.74
0.07
..
..
0.81
..
1.15
0.51
0.61
..
..
1.04
..
..
0.78
0.73
..
0.62
0.67
0.33
..
0.69
0.69
..
0.99
0.77
0.97
..
0.30
..
0.90
0.42
0.94

0.541
0.454
0.539
0.532
..
0.566
0.404
..
0.486
..
0.466
0.522
0.544
0.507
..
..
..
0.550
0.406
..
..
..
0.501
0.446
0.497
..

0.591
0.551
0.583
0.577
..
0.624
0.490
..
0.566
..
0.524
0.605
0.572
0.560
..
0.540
..
0.571
0.497
..
..
..
0.489
0.594
0.548
0.564

0.646
0.624
0.633
0.640
0.657
0.668
0.588
..
0.626
..
0.619
0.621
0.612
0.612
0.576
0.555
0.586
0.602
0.585
..
..
..
0.579
0.585
0.583
0.577

0.673
0.667
0.662
0.658
0.676
0.678
0.633
0.654
0.656
0.659
0.652
0.648
0.635
0.649
0.619
0.611
0.631
0.622
0.611
..
0.611
0.633
0.606
0.601
0.621
0.593

0.694
0.691
0.680
0.680
0.685
0.685
0.674
0.677
0.673
0.674
0.669
0.664
0.651
0.656
0.650
0.642
0.638
0.636
0.638
..
0.631
0.635
0.624
0.626
0.630
0.617

0.697
0.696
0.686
0.686
0.686
0.687
0.682
0.681
0.680
0.677
0.672
0.670
0.662
0.660
0.658
0.647
0.644
0.641
0.644
0.640
0.636
0.635
0.629
0.631
0.631
0.622

0.698
0.698
0.691
0.689
0.688
0.688
0.687
0.686
0.682
0.680
0.674
0.674
0.665
0.663
0.661
0.653
0.649
0.644
0.644
0.641
0.641
0.636
0.633
0.633
0.632
0.625

1
2
2
2
6
5
6
1
1
3
1
0
1
3
2
4
2
1
2
..
2
5
1
1
6
2

1
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1

0.83
1.40
0.80
0.83
..
0.63
1.73
..
1.10
..
1.20
0.83
0.65
0.87
..
..
..
0.51
1.50
..
..
..
0.76
1.14
0.78
..

0.80
1.13
0.81
0.84
..
0.47
1.62
..
0.89
..
1.21
0.52
0.71
0.81
..
0.91
..
0.58
1.24
..
..
..
1.23
0.30
0.68
0.49

0.70
1.03
0.80
0.67
0.43
0.27
1.43
..
0.78
..
0.79
0.75
0.76
0.73
1.27
1.49
0.92
0.62
0.88
..
..
..
0.81
0.71
0.73
0.72

Human Development Index trends, 19802011

Human Development Index (HDI)
HDI rank

121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141

Honduras
Kiribati
South Africa
Indonesia
Vanuatu
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Viet Nam
Nicaragua
Morocco
Guatemala
Iraq
Cape Verde
India
Ghana
Equatorial Guinea
Congo
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Cambodia
Swaziland
Bhutan

LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

142 Solomon Islands
143 Kenya
144 So Tom and Prncipe
145 Pakistan
146 Bangladesh
147 Timor-Leste
148 Angola
149 Myanmar
150 Cameroon
151 Madagascar
152 Tanzania, United Republic of
153 Papua New Guinea
154 Yemen
155 Senegal
156 Nigeria
157 Nepal
158 Haiti
159 Mauritania
160 Lesotho
161 Uganda
162 Togo
163 Comoros
164 Zambia
165 Djibouti
166 Rwanda
167 Benin
168 Gambia
169 Sudan
170 Cte d'Ivoire
171 Malawi
172 Afghanistan
173 Zimbabwe
174 Ethiopia
175 Mali
176 Guinea-Bissau
177 Eritrea
178 Guinea
179 Central African Republic
180 Sierra Leone
181 Burkina Faso
182 Liberia
183 Chad

Value

HDI rank

Average annual
HDI growth

Changea

(%)

1980

1990

2000

2005

2009

2010

2011

20062011 20102011 19802011 19902011 20002011

0.451
..
0.564
0.423
..
..
..
..
0.457
0.364
0.428
..
..
0.344
0.385
..
0.465
..
..
..
..

0.513
..
0.615
0.481
..
..
..
0.435
0.473
0.435
0.462
..
..
0.410
0.418
..
0.502
0.376
..
0.526
..

0.569
..
0.616
0.543
..
0.577
0.527
0.528
0.533
0.507
0.525
..
0.523
0.461
0.451
0.488
0.478
0.448
0.438
0.492
..

0.597
..
0.599
0.572
..
0.595
0.575
0.561
0.566
0.552
0.550
0.552
0.543
0.504
0.484
0.516
0.506
0.484
0.491
0.493
..

0.619
..
0.610
0.607
..
0.611
0.600
0.584
0.582
0.575
0.569
0.565
0.564
0.535
0.527
0.534
0.523
0.514
0.513
0.515
..

0.623
0.621
0.615
0.613
0.615
0.611
0.604
0.590
0.587
0.579
0.573
0.567
0.566
0.542
0.533
0.534
0.528
0.520
0.518
0.520
0.518

0.625
0.624
0.619
0.617
0.617
0.615
0.607
0.593
0.589
0.582
0.574
0.573
0.568
0.547
0.541
0.537
0.533
0.524
0.523
0.522
0.522

1
..
1
2
..
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
5
2
0
3
1
1
..

1
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
2
1

1.06
..
0.30
1.23
..
..
..
..
0.83
1.52
0.95
..
..
1.51
1.10
..
0.44
..
..
..
..

0.94
..
0.03
1.19
..
..
..
1.50
1.05
1.39
1.04
..
..
1.38
1.23
..
0.28
1.59
..
0.03
..

0.86
..
0.05
1.17
..
0.59
1.30
1.06
0.92
1.26
0.81
..
0.75
1.56
1.66
0.88
0.99
1.44
1.62
0.54
..

..
0.420
..
0.359
0.303
..
..
0.279
0.370
..
..
0.313
..
0.317
..
0.242
0.332
0.332
0.418
..
0.347
..
0.401
..
0.275
0.252
0.272
0.264
0.347
0.270
0.198
0.366
..
0.174
..
..
..
0.283
0.248
..
0.335
..

..
0.456
..
0.399
0.352
..
..
0.298
0.427
..
0.352
0.368
..
0.365
..
0.340
0.397
0.353
0.470
0.299
0.368
..
0.394
..
0.232
0.316
0.317
0.298
0.361
0.291
0.246
0.425
..
0.204
..
..
..
0.310
0.241
..
..
..

0.479
0.443
..
0.436
0.422
0.404
0.384
0.380
0.427
0.427
0.364
0.423
0.374
0.399
..
0.398
0.421
0.410
0.427
0.372
0.408
..
0.371
..
0.313
0.378
0.360
0.357
0.374
0.343
0.230
0.372
0.274
0.275
..
..
..
0.306
0.252
..
0.306
0.286

0.502
0.467
0.483
0.480
0.462
0.448
0.445
0.436
0.449
0.465
0.420
0.435
0.422
0.432
0.429
0.424
0.429
0.432
0.417
0.401
0.419
0.428
0.394
0.402
0.376
0.409
0.384
0.383
0.383
0.351
0.340
0.347
0.313
0.319
0.340
..
0.326
0.311
0.306
0.302
0.300
0.312

0.504
0.499
0.503
0.499
0.491
0.487
0.481
0.474
0.475
0.483
0.454
0.457
0.452
0.453
0.449
0.449
0.449
0.447
0.440
0.438
0.429
0.430
0.419
0.425
0.419
0.422
0.413
0.403
0.397
0.387
0.387
0.349
0.353
0.352
0.348
..
0.341
0.334
0.329
0.326
0.320
0.323

0.507
0.505
0.506
0.503
0.496
0.491
0.482
0.479
0.479
0.481
0.461
0.462
0.460
0.457
0.454
0.455
0.449
0.451
0.446
0.442
0.433
0.431
0.425
0.427
0.425
0.425
0.418
0.406
0.401
0.395
0.394
0.364
0.358
0.356
0.351
0.345
0.342
0.339
0.334
0.329
0.325
0.326

0.510
0.509
0.509
0.504
0.500
0.495
0.486
0.483
0.482
0.480
0.466
0.466
0.462
0.459
0.459
0.458
0.454
0.453
0.450
0.446
0.435
0.433
0.430
0.430
0.429
0.427
0.420
0.408
0.400
0.400
0.398
0.376
0.363
0.359
0.353
0.349
0.344
0.343
0.336
0.331
0.329
0.328

5
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
5
7
1
4
2
4
0
2
4
1
3
0
3
2
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
..
2
0
0
1
1
2

0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1

..
0.62
..
1.10
1.63
..
..
1.78
0.85
..
..
1.29
..
1.20
..
2.08
1.02
1.01
0.24
..
0.73
..
0.23
..
1.44
1.71
1.41
1.41
0.45
1.27
2.28
0.09
..
2.37
..
..
..
0.62
0.99
..
0.06
..

..
0.52
..
1.12
1.69
..
..
2.32
0.58
..
1.35
1.12
..
1.10
..
1.43
0.64
1.20
0.22
1.93
0.80
..
0.42
..
2.97
1.44
1.35
1.52
0.50
1.52
2.32
0.58
..
2.74
..
..
..
0.48
1.61
..
..
..

0.58
1.27
..
1.33
1.55
1.86
2.18
2.21
1.11
1.07
2.27
0.87
1.93
1.28
..
1.30
0.68
0.92
0.47
1.65
0.58
..
1.37
..
2.92
1.10
1.41
1.23
0.61
1.41
5.10
0.11
2.57
2.47
..
..
..
1.05
2.65
..
0.64
1.26

STATISTICAL tables

table

133

Human Development Index trends, 19802011

Human Development Index (HDI)
HDI rank

table

184
185
186
187

Mozambique
Burundi
Niger
Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Human Development Index groups

Very high human development
High human development
Medium human development
Low human development
Regions
Arab States
East Asia and the Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Least developed countries
Small island developing states
World

Value

Changea

(%)

1990

2000

2005

2009

2010

2011

..
0.200
0.177
0.282

0.200
0.250
0.193
0.289

0.245
0.245
0.229
0.224

0.285
0.267
0.265
0.260

0.312
0.308
0.285
0.277

0.317
0.313
0.293
0.282

0.322
0.316
0.295
0.286

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

..
1.49
1.67
0.05

2.28
1.12
2.05
0.04

2.49
2.33
2.33
2.25

0.766
0.614 b
0.420 b
0.316

0.810
0.648 b
0.480
0.347

0.858
0.687
0.548
0.383

0.876
0.716
0.587
0.422

0.885
0.734
0.618
0.448

0.888
0.739
0.625
0.453

0.889
0.741
0.630
0.456

0.48
0.61
1.31
1.19

0.44
0.64
1.30
1.31

0.33
0.70
1.28
1.59

0.444
0.428 b
0.644 b
0.582
0.356
0.365
0.288 b
0.529 b
0.558 b

0.516
0.498 b
0.680 b
0.624
0.418
0.383
0.320 b
0.565 b
0.594

0.578
0.581
0.695
0.680
0.468
0.401
0.363
0.596 b
0.634

0.609
0.622
0.728
0.703
0.510
0.431
0.401
0.616
0.660

0.634
0.658
0.744
0.722
0.538
0.456
0.431
0.635
0.676

0.639
0.666
0.748
0.728
0.545
0.460
0.435
0.638
0.679

0.641
0.671
0.751
0.731
0.548
0.463
0.439
0.640
0.682

1.19
1.46
0.50
0.73
1.40
0.77
1.37
0.62
0.65

1.04
1.43
0.47
0.76
1.31
0.90
1.51
0.59
0.66

0.94
1.31
0.71
0.66
1.45
1.31
1.73
0.65
0.66

DEFINITION
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite index measuring average achievement in three basic
dimensions of human developmenta long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living.
See Technical note 1 for details on how the HDI is calculated.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Columns 17: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2011), Barro and Lee (2010b), UNESCO
Institute for Statistics (2011), World Bank (2011a), UNSD (2011) and IMF (2011).
Columns 812: Calculated based on Human Development Index values in the relevant year.

human development report 2011

Average annual
HDI growth

1980

NOTES
a. A positive value indicates improvement in rank.
b. Based on less than half the countries in the group or region.

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HDI rank

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