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TABLE4Monitoring human development: enlarging people’s choices . . .Human and income poverty: OECD countries,Central and Eastern Europe and the CISProbabilityat birth ofnot survivingto age 60 b, †(% of cohort)2000–05Peoplelackingfunctionalliteracy Long-termskills c, †(% aged16–65)1994–2003 ePopulation below income poverty line(%)Human poverty index(HPI-2) aunemployment †(as % of labour50% ofmedianValueforce) income †HDI rankRank (%)2006 2000–04 e 1994–95 e 2000–04 eHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland .. .. 5.9 .. 0.2 .. .. .. ..2 Norway 2 6.8 7.9 f 7.9 0.5 6.4 4.3 .. -23 Australia 13 12.1 7.3 f 17.0 g 0.9 12.2 17.6 .. -14 Canada 8 10.9 8.1 14.6 0.5 11.4 7.4 .. -45 Ireland 18 16.0 8.7 22.6 g 1.5 16.2 .. .. 06 Sweden 1 6.3 6.7 7.5 g 1.1 6.5 6.3 .. -47 Switzerland 7 10.7 7.2 15.9 1.5 7.6 .. .. -18 Japan 12 11.7 6.9 .. h 1.3 11.8 i .. .. -19 Netherlands 3 8.1 8.3 10.5 g 1.8 7.3 j 7.1 .. -310 France 11 11.2 8.9 .. h 4.1 7.3 9.9 .. 511 Finland 4 8.1 9.4 f 10.4 g 1.8 5.4 4.8 .. 312 United States 17 15.4 11.6 20.0 0.5 17.0 13.6 .. -213 Spain 15 12.5 7.7 .. h 2.2 14.2 .. .. -214 Denmark 5 8.2 10.3 9.6 g 0.8 5.6 .. .. 315 Austria 10 11.1 8.8 .. h 1.3 7.7 .. .. 116 United Kingdom 16 14.8 8.7 21.8 g 1.2 12.5 j 15.7 .. 117 Belgium 14 12.4 9.3 18.4 f,g 4.6 8.0 .. .. 418 Luxembourg 9 11.1 9.2 .. h 1.2 k 6.0 0.3 .. 619 New Zealand .. .. 8.3 18.4 g 0.2 .. .. .. ..20 Italy 19 29.8 7.7 47.0 3.4 12.7 .. .. 322 Germany 6 10.3 8.6 14.4 g 5.8 8.4 7.3 .. -523 Israel .. .. 7.2 .. .. 15.6 .. .. ..24 Greece .. .. 8.2 .. 4.9 14.3 .. .. ..27 Slovenia .. .. 10.8 .. .. 8.2 j .. .. ..29 Portugal .. .. 9.5 .. 3.8 .. .. .. ..32 Czech Republic .. .. 11.6 .. 3.9 4.9 j .. 1.0 j ..34 Malta .. .. 7.6 .. .. .. .. .. ..36 Hungary .. .. 17.9 .. 3.4 6.7 j .. 15.9 ..37 Poland .. .. 14.5 .. 7.0 8.6 j .. 20.6 ..42 Slovakia .. .. 14.6 .. 9.7 7.0 j .. 11.4 j ..43 Lithuania .. .. 20.0 .. .. .. .. 36.0 ..44 Estonia .. .. 21.4 .. .. 12.4 .. 33.2 ..45 Latvia .. .. 19.8 .. .. .. .. 26.3 ..47 Croatia .. .. 12.7 .. .. .. .. 10.0 ..53 Bulgaria .. .. 15.9 .. .. .. .. 39.9 ..60 Romania .. .. 17.7 .. .. 8.1 j .. 54.8 ..64 Belarus .. .. 24.8 .. .. .. .. 15.9 ..66 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. 13.5 .. .. .. .. .. ..67 Russian Federation .. .. 32.4 .. .. 18.8 .. 45.3 ..68 Albania .. .. 11.3 .. .. .. .. 48.0 ..69 Macedonia (TFYR) .. .. 13.5 f .. .. .. .. 22.0 ..HPI-2 rankminusincomepovertyrank dHuman development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 241