The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE28.. . and achieving equality for all women and menGender-related development indexHuman development indicatorsHDI rankGender-relateddevelopmentindex (GDI)Life expectancy at birth(years)2005Adult literacy rate a(% aged 15 and older)1995–2005Combined grossenrolment ratio forprimary, secondary andtertiary education b(%)2005Estimated earnedincome c(PPP US$)2005Rank Value Female Male Female Male Female Male Female MaleHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland 1 0.962 83.1 79.9 .. e .. e 101 f 90 f 28,637 f 40,000 f 02 Norway 3 0.957 82.2 77.3 .. e .. e 103 f 95 f 30,749 f 40,000 f -13 Australia 2 0.960 83.3 78.5 .. e .. e 114 f 112 f 26,311 37,414 14 Canada 4 0.956 82.6 77.9 .. e .. e 101 f,g 98 f,g 25,448 f,h 40,000 f,h 05 Ireland 15 0.940 80.9 76.0 .. e .. e 102 f 98 f 21,076 f 40,000 f -106 Sweden 5 0.955 82.7 78.3 .. e .. e 100 f 91 f 29,044 36,059 17 Switzerland 9 0.946 83.7 78.5 .. e .. e 83 88 25,056 f 40,000 f -28 Japan 13 0.942 85.7 78.7 .. e .. e 85 87 17,802 f 40,000 f -59 Netherlands 6 0.951 81.4 76.9 .. e .. e 98 99 25,625 39,845 310 France 7 0.950 83.7 76.6 .. e .. e 99 94 23,945 37,169 311 Finland 8 0.947 82.0 75.6 .. e .. e 105 f 98 f 26,795 37,739 312 United States 16 0.937 80.4 75.2 .. e .. e 98 89 25,005 f,h 40,000 f,h -413 Spain 12 0.944 83.8 77.2 .. e .. e 101 f 95 f 18,335 h 36,324 h 114 Denmark 11 0.944 80.1 75.5 .. e .. e 107 f 99 f 28,766 39,288 315 Austria 19 0.934 82.2 76.5 .. e .. e 93 91 18,397 f 40,000 f -416 United Kingdom 10 0.944 81.2 76.7 .. e .. e 96 90 26,242 f 40,000 f 617 Belgium 14 0.940 81.8 75.8 .. e .. e 97 94 22,182 f 40,000 f 318 Luxembourg 23 0.924 81.4 75.4 .. e .. e 85 i 84 i 20,446 f 40,000 f -519 New Zealand 18 0.935 81.8 77.7 .. e .. e 115 f 102 f 20,666 29,479 120 Italy 17 0.936 83.2 77.2 98.0 98.8 93 88 18,501 h 39,163 h 321 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 22 0.926 84.9 79.1 97.3 j 97.3 j 73 79 22,433 f 40,000 f -122 Germany 20 0.931 81.8 76.2 .. e .. e 87 88 21,823 37,461 223 Israel 21 0.927 82.3 78.1 97.7 j 97.7 j 92 87 20,497 h 31,345 h 224 Greece 24 0.922 80.9 76.7 94.2 97.8 101 f 97 f 16,738 30,184 025 Singapore .. .. 81.4 77.5 88.6 96.6 .. .. 20,044 39,150 ..26 Korea (Republic of) 26 0.910 81.5 74.3 .. e .. e 89 f 102 f 12,531 31,476 -127 Slovenia 25 0.914 81.1 73.6 99.6 f,k 99.7 f,k 99 90 17,022 h 27,779 h 128 Cyprus 27 0.899 81.5 76.6 95.1 98.6 78 77 16,805 l 27,808 l 029 Portugal 28 0.895 80.9 74.5 92.0 k 95.8 k 93 87 15,294 25,881 030 Brunei Darussalam 31 0.886 79.3 74.6 90.2 95.2 79 76 15,658 h,m 37,506 h,m -231 Barbados 30 0.887 79.3 73.6 99.7 f,j 99.7 f,j 94 g 84 g 12,868 h,m 20,309 h,m 032 Czech Republic 29 0.887 79.1 72.7 .. e .. e 84 82 13,992 27,440 233 Kuwait 32 0.884 79.6 75.7 91.0 94.4 79 71 12,623 h 36,403 h 034 Malta 33 0.873 81.1 76.8 89.2 86.4 81 81 12,834 25,623 035 Qatar 37 0.863 75.8 74.6 88.6 89.1 85 71 9,211 h,m 37,774 h,m -336 Hungary 34 0.872 77.0 68.8 .. e .. e 93 86 14,058 22,098 137 Poland 35 0.867 79.4 71.0 .. e .. e 91 84 10,414 h 17,493 h 138 Argentina 36 0.865 78.6 71.1 97.2 97.2 94 g 86 g 10,063 h 18,686 h 139 United Arab Emirates 43 0.855 81.0 76.8 87.8 k 89.0 k 68 g 54 g 8,329 h 33,555 h -540 Chile 40 0.859 81.3 75.3 95.6 95.8 82 84 6,871 h 17,293 h -141 Bahrain 42 0.857 77.0 73.9 83.6 88.6 90 82 10,496 29,796 -242 Slovakia 39 0.860 78.2 70.3 .. e .. e 80 77 11,777 h 20,218 h 243 Lithuania 38 0.861 78.0 66.9 99.6 f 99.6 f 97 87 12,000 17,349 444 Estonia 41 0.858 76.8 65.5 99.8 f 99.8 f 99 86 12,112 h 19,430 h 245 Latvia 44 0.853 77.3 66.5 99.7 f 99.8 f 97 83 10,951 16,842 046 Uruguay 45 0.849 79.4 72.2 97.3 96.2 95 g 83 g 7,203 h 12,890 h 047 Croatia 46 0.848 78.8 71.8 97.1 f 99.3 f 75 g 72 g 10,587 15,687 048 Costa Rica 47 0.842 80.9 76.2 95.1 94.7 74 72 6,983 13,271 049 Bahamas 48 0.841 75.0 69.6 95.0 j 95.0 j 71 71 14,656 h,l 20,803 h,l 050 Seychelles .. .. .. .. 92.3 91.4 84 81 .. h .. h ..51 Cuba 49 0.839 79.8 75.8 99.8 f 99.8 f 92 83 4,268 h,m 9,489 h,m 052 Mexico 51 0.820 78.0 73.1 90.2 93.2 76 75 6,039 15,680 -153 Bulgaria 50 0.823 76.4 69.2 97.7 98.7 81 82 7,176 11,010 1HDI rankminus GDIrank d326 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008