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TABLE2Monitoringhuman development: enlarging people’s choices…Human development index trendsHDI rank 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005Human development indicatorsHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland 0.868 0.890 0.899 0.918 0.923 0.947 0.9682 Norway 0.870 0.889 0.900 0.913 0.938 0.958 0.9683 Australia 0.851 0.868 0.880 0.894 0.934 0.949 0.9624 Canada 0.873 0.888 0.911 0.931 0.936 0.946 0.9615 Ireland 0.823 0.835 0.851 0.875 0.898 0.931 0.9596 Sweden 0.872 0.882 0.893 0.904 0.935 0.952 0.9567 Switzerland 0.883 0.895 0.902 0.915 0.926 0.946 0.9558 Japan 0.861 0.886 0.899 0.916 0.929 0.941 0.9539 Netherlands 0.873 0.885 0.899 0.914 0.934 0.947 0.95310 France 0.856 0.872 0.884 0.907 0.925 0.938 0.95211 Finland 0.846 0.866 0.884 0.906 0.918 0.940 0.95212 United States 0.870 0.890 0.904 0.919 0.931 0.942 0.95113 Spain 0.846 0.863 0.877 0.896 0.914 0.932 0.94914 Denmark 0.875 0.883 0.890 0.898 0.916 0.935 0.94915 Austria 0.848 0.862 0.876 0.899 0.918 0.938 0.94816 United Kingdom 0.853 0.860 0.870 0.890 0.929 0.931 0.94617 Belgium 0.852 0.869 0.883 0.903 0.931 0.943 0.94618 Luxembourg 0.836 0.850 0.863 0.890 0.913 0.929 0.94419 New Zealand 0.854 0.860 0.871 0.880 0.908 0.927 0.94320 Italy 0.845 0.861 0.869 0.892 0.910 0.926 0.94121 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.763 0.803 0.830 0.865 0.886 0.919 0.93722 Germany .. 0.863 0.871 0.890 0.913 0.928 0.93523 Israel 0.805 0.830 0.850 0.869 0.891 0.918 0.93224 Greece 0.841 0.856 0.869 0.877 0.882 0.897 0.92625 Singapore 0.729 0.762 0.789 0.827 0.865 .. 0.92226 Korea (Republic of) 0.713 0.747 0.785 0.825 0.861 0.892 0.92127 Slovenia .. .. .. 0.851 0.857 0.891 0.91728 Cyprus .. 0.809 0.828 0.851 0.870 0.893 0.90329 Portugal 0.793 0.807 0.829 0.855 0.885 0.904 0.89730 Brunei Darussalam .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.89431 Barbados .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.89232 Czech Republic .. .. .. 0.845 0.854 0.866 0.89133 Kuwait 0.771 0.789 0.794 .. 0.826 0.855 0.89134 Malta 0.738 0.772 0.799 0.833 0.857 0.877 0.87835 Qatar .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.87536 Hungary 0.786 0.801 0.813 0.813 0.817 0.845 0.87437 Poland .. .. .. 0.806 0.822 0.852 0.87038 Argentina 0.790 0.804 0.811 0.813 0.836 0.862 0.86939 United Arab Emirates 0.734 0.769 0.790 0.816 0.825 0.837 0.86840 Chile 0.708 0.743 0.761 0.788 0.819 0.845 0.86741 Bahrain .. 0.747 0.783 0.808 0.834 0.846 0.86642 Slovakia .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.86343 Lithuania .. .. .. 0.827 0.791 0.831 0.86244 Estonia .. 0.811 0.820 0.813 0.792 0.829 0.86045 Latvia .. 0.797 0.810 0.804 0.771 0.817 0.85546 Uruguay 0.762 0.782 0.787 0.806 0.821 0.842 0.85247 Croatia .. .. .. 0.812 0.805 0.828 0.85048 Costa Rica 0.746 0.772 0.774 0.794 0.814 0.830 0.84649 Bahamas .. 0.809 0.822 0.831 0.820 0.825 0.84550 Seychelles .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.84351 Cuba .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.83852 Mexico 0.694 0.739 0.758 0.768 0.786 0.814 0.82953 Bulgaria .. 0.771 0.792 0.794 0.785 0.800 0.824234 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008