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TABLE1Monitoringhuman development: enlarging people’s choices . . .Human development indexHDI rank aHumandevelopmentindex (HDI)valueLifeexpectancyat birth(years)Adultliteracy rate(% aged 15and above)Combined grossenrolment ratiofor primary,secondaryand tertiaryeducation(%)GDP percapita(PPP US$)2005 2005 1995-2005 b 2005 2005LifeexpectancyindexEducationindexGDP indexGDP percapita(PPP US$)rank minusHDI rank cHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland 0.968 81.5 .. d 95.4 e 36,510 0.941 0.978 0.985 42 Norway 0.968 79.8 .. d 99.2 41,420 f 0.913 0.991 1.000 13 Australia 0.962 80.9 .. d 113.0 g 31,794 0.931 0.993 0.962 134 Canada 0.961 80.3 .. d 99.2 e,h 33,375 0.921 0.991 0.970 65 Ireland 0.959 78.4 .. d 99.9 38,505 0.890 0.993 0.994 -16 Sweden 0.956 80.5 .. d 95.3 32,525 0.925 0.978 0.965 77 Switzerland 0.955 81.3 .. d 85.7 35,633 0.938 0.946 0.981 -18 Japan 0.953 82.3 .. d 85.9 31,267 0.954 0.946 0.959 99 Netherlands 0.953 79.2 .. d 98.4 32,684 0.904 0.988 0.966 310 France 0.952 80.2 .. d 96.5 30,386 0.919 0.982 0.954 811 Finland 0.952 78.9 .. d 101.0 g 32,153 0.898 0.993 0.964 312 United States 0.951 77.9 .. d 93.3 41,890 f 0.881 0.971 1.000 -1013 Spain 0.949 80.5 .. d 98.0 27,169 0.925 0.987 0.935 1114 Denmark 0.949 77.9 .. d 102.7 g 33,973 0.881 0.993 0.973 -615 Austria 0.948 79.4 .. d 91.9 33,700 0.907 0.966 0.971 -616 United Kingdom 0.946 79.0 .. d 93.0 e 33,238 0.900 0.970 0.969 -517 Belgium 0.946 78.8 .. d 95.1 32,119 0.897 0.977 0.963 -218 Luxembourg 0.944 78.4 .. d 84.7 i 60,228 f 0.891 0.942 1.000 -1719 New Zealand 0.943 79.8 .. d 108.4 g 24,996 0.913 0.993 0.922 920 Italy 0.941 80.3 98.4 90.6 28,529 0.922 0.958 0.944 121 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.937 81.9 .. j 76.3 34,833 0.949 0.885 0.977 -1422 Germany 0.935 79.1 .. d 88.0 e 29,461 0.902 0.953 0.949 -223 Israel 0.932 80.3 97.1 k 89.6 25,864 0.921 0.946 0.927 324 Greece 0.926 78.9 96.0 99.0 23,381 0.898 0.970 0.910 525 Singapore 0.922 79.4 92.5 87.3 h,k 29,663 0.907 0.908 0.950 -626 Korea (Republic of) 0.921 77.9 .. d 96.0 22,029 0.882 0.980 0.900 627 Slovenia 0.917 77.4 99.7 d,l 94.3 22,273 0.874 0.974 0.902 428 Cyprus 0.903 79.0 96.8 77.6 e 22,699 h 0.900 0.904 0.905 229 Portugal 0.897 77.7 93.8 l 89.8 20,410 0.879 0.925 0.888 630 Brunei Darussalam 0.894 76.7 92.7 77.7 28,161 h,m 0.862 0.877 0.941 -831 Barbados 0.892 76.6 .. d,j 88.9 h 17,297 h,m 0.861 0.956 0.860 832 Czech Republic 0.891 75.9 .. d 82.9 20,538 0.849 0.936 0.889 233 Kuwait 0.891 77.3 93.3 74.9 26,321 n 0.871 0.871 0.930 -834 Malta 0.878 79.1 87.9 80.9 19,189 0.901 0.856 0.877 235 Qatar 0.875 75.0 89.0 77.7 27,664 h,m 0.834 0.852 0.938 -1236 Hungary 0.874 72.9 .. d,j 89.3 17,887 0.799 0.958 0.866 237 Poland 0.870 75.2 .. d,j 87.2 13,847 0.836 0.951 0.823 1138 Argentina 0.869 74.8 97.2 89.7 h 14,280 0.831 0.947 0.828 939 United Arab Emirates 0.868 78.3 88.7 l 59.9 e,h 25,514 n 0.889 0.791 0.925 -1240 Chile 0.867 78.3 95.7 82.9 12,027 0.889 0.914 0.799 1541 Bahrain 0.866 75.2 86.5 86.1 21,482 0.837 0.864 0.896 -842 Slovakia 0.863 74.2 .. d 78.3 15,871 0.821 0.921 0.846 -143 Lithuania 0.862 72.5 99.6 d 91.4 14,494 0.792 0.965 0.831 344 Estonia 0.860 71.2 99.8 d 92.4 15,478 0.770 0.968 0.842 045 Latvia 0.855 72.0 99.7 d 90.2 13,646 0.784 0.961 0.821 446 Uruguay 0.852 75.9 96.8 88.9 e,h 9,962 0.848 0.942 0.768 1647 Croatia 0.850 75.3 98.1 73.5 h 13,042 0.839 0.899 0.813 448 Costa Rica 0.846 78.5 94.9 73.0 e 10,180 n 0.891 0.876 0.772 1349 Bahamas 0.845 72.3 .. j 70.8 18,380 h 0.789 0.875 0.870 -1250 Seychelles 0.843 72.7 h,k 91.8 82.2 e 16,106 0.795 0.886 0.848 -1051 Cuba 0.838 77.7 99.8 d 87.6 6,000 o 0.879 0.952 0.683 4352 Mexico 0.829 75.6 91.6 75.6 10,751 0.843 0.863 0.781 753 Bulgaria 0.824 72.7 98.2 81.5 9,032 0.795 0.926 0.752 11Human development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 229