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The European Union at 50<br />

Map 10.3: ga<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> world human development ranks, 1995 - 2003<br />

ga<strong>in</strong>s world HDI ranks<br />

ga<strong>in</strong>s/losses world HDI ranks<br />

1995-2003<br />

4 bis 18 (35)<br />

1 bis 4 (34)<br />

0 bis 1 (15)<br />

-3 bis 0 (28)<br />

-34 bis -3 (33)<br />

Legend: “bis” shorthand for “rang<strong>in</strong>g from … to”. Nations marked <strong>in</strong> green color, like Greenland, Libya, Angola, Somalia and<br />

Iraq, have miss<strong>in</strong>g data. Dark shades <strong>in</strong>dicate a good performance.<br />

Both <strong>the</strong> United States as well as several “old European” nations lost (as well as<br />

many nations <strong>in</strong> Africa), while Ch<strong>in</strong>a, South-East Asia, several Middle Eastern and<br />

North African countries, as well as several Lat<strong>in</strong> American countries considerably<br />

improved <strong>the</strong>ir performance dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> period 1995 – 2003.<br />

Entelequia. Revista Interdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ar · CAEI Arno Tausch / 187

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