The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE1Human development indexHuman development indicatorsHDI 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 c54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.821 70.0 h,p 97.8 k 73.1 e 13,307 h 0.750 0.896 0.816 -455 Tonga 0.819 72.8 98.9 80.1 e 8,177 n 0.797 0.926 0.735 1556 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.818 73.4 84.2 l 94.1 e,h 10,335 h,m 0.806 0.875 0.774 457 Antigua and Barbuda 0.815 73.9 h,p 85.8 q .. r 12,500 h 0.815 0.824 0.806 -458 Oman 0.814 75.0 81.4 67.1 15,602 h 0.833 0.766 0.843 -1559 Trinidad and Tobago 0.814 69.2 98.4 l 64.9 e 14,603 0.737 0.872 0.832 -1460 Romania 0.813 71.9 97.3 76.8 9,060 0.782 0.905 0.752 361 Saudi Arabia 0.812 72.2 82.9 76.0 15,711 n 0.787 0.806 0.844 -1962 Panama 0.812 75.1 91.9 79.5 7,605 0.836 0.878 0.723 1563 Malaysia 0.811 73.7 88.7 74.3 h 10,882 0.811 0.839 0.783 -664 Belarus 0.804 68.7 99.6 d 88.7 7,918 0.728 0.956 0.730 865 Mauritius 0.804 72.4 84.3 75.3 e 12,715 0.790 0.813 0.809 -1366 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.803 74.5 96.7 69.0 h,s 7,032 h,t 0.825 0.874 0.710 1767 Russian Federation 0.802 65.0 99.4 d 88.9 e 10,845 0.667 0.956 0.782 -968 Albania 0.801 76.2 98.7 68.6 h 5,316 0.853 0.887 0.663 3069 Macedonia (TFYR) 0.801 73.8 96.1 70.1 7,200 0.814 0.875 0.714 1170 Brazil 0.800 71.7 88.6 87.5 h 8,402 0.779 0.883 0.740 -3MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica 0.798 75.6 h,q 88.0 q 81.0 e 6,393 h 0.844 0.857 0.694 1972 Saint Lucia 0.795 73.1 94.8 q 74.8 6,707 h 0.802 0.881 0.702 1573 Kazakhstan 0.794 65.9 99.5 d 93.8 7,857 0.682 0.973 0.728 174 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.792 73.2 93.0 75.5 e,h 6,632 0.804 0.872 0.700 1475 Colombia 0.791 72.3 92.8 75.1 7,304 n 0.788 0.869 0.716 476 Ukraine 0.788 67.7 99.4 d 86.5 6,848 0.711 0.948 0.705 977 Samoa 0.785 70.8 98.6 l 73.7 e 6,170 0.763 0.903 0.688 1478 Thailand 0.781 69.6 92.6 71.2 e 8,677 0.743 0.855 0.745 -1379 Dominican Republic 0.779 71.5 87.0 74.1 e,h 8,217 n 0.776 0.827 0.736 -1080 Belize 0.778 75.9 75.1 q 81.8 e 7,109 0.849 0.773 0.712 181 China 0.777 72.5 90.9 69.1 e 6,757 u 0.792 0.837 0.703 582 Grenada 0.777 68.2 96.0 q 73.1 e 7,843 h 0.720 0.884 0.728 -783 Armenia 0.775 71.7 99.4 d 70.8 4,945 0.779 0.896 0.651 2084 Turkey 0.775 71.4 87.4 68.7 e 8,407 0.773 0.812 0.740 -1885 Suriname 0.774 69.6 89.6 77.1 e 7,722 0.743 0.854 0.725 -986 Jordan 0.773 71.9 91.1 78.1 5,530 0.782 0.868 0.670 1187 Peru 0.773 70.7 87.9 85.8 e 6,039 0.761 0.872 0.684 688 Lebanon 0.772 71.5 .. j 84.6 5,584 0.775 0.871 0.671 889 Ecuador 0.772 74.7 91.0 .. r 4,341 0.828 0.858 0.629 2190 Philippines 0.771 71.0 92.6 81.1 5,137 0.767 0.888 0.657 1191 Tunisia 0.766 73.5 74.3 76.3 8,371 0.808 0.750 0.739 -2392 Fiji 0.762 68.3 .. j 74.8 e 6,049 0.722 0.879 0.685 093 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.761 71.1 88.1 q 68.9 6,568 0.768 0.817 0.698 -494 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.759 70.2 82.4 72.8 e 7,968 0.754 0.792 0.731 -2395 Paraguay 0.755 71.3 93.5 l 69.1 e,h 4,642 n 0.771 0.853 0.641 1096 Georgia 0.754 70.7 100.0 d,v 76.3 3,365 0.761 0.914 0.587 2497 Guyana 0.750 65.2 .. j 85.0 4,508 n 0.670 0.943 0.636 1298 Azerbaijan 0.746 67.1 98.8 67.1 5,016 0.702 0.882 0.653 499 Sri Lanka 0.743 71.6 90.7 w 62.7 e,h 4,595 0.776 0.814 0.639 7100 Maldives 0.741 67.0 96.3 65.8 e 5,261 h,m 0.701 0.862 0.661 -1101 Jamaica 0.736 72.2 79.9 77.9 e 4,291 0.787 0.792 0.627 11102 Cape Verde 0.736 71.0 81.2 l 66.4 5,803 n 0.766 0.763 0.678 -7103 El Salvador 0.735 71.3 80.6 l 70.4 5,255 n 0.772 0.772 0.661 -3104 Algeria 0.733 71.7 69.9 73.7 e 7,062 n 0.778 0.711 0.711 -22105 Viet Nam 0.733 73.7 90.3 63.9 3,071 0.812 0.815 0.572 18106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.731 72.9 92.4 82.4 e .. x 0.799 0.891 0.505 33230 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008