UNDP-HDI

Niger remains the poorest country in the world, folks!  Niger used to be at 177 in the UNDP HDI index. NOW, it's gone down to 186! Meaning it's gotten even worse.

 [pls wait for the upgrade figures...]

Next is the Congo (186) and then Mozambique (185), Chad (184), Burkina Faso (183) and Mali (182), completing the last 6 poorest.

For Very High Dev 5:  Norway (index 1), Australia (2), USA (3), Netherlands (4), Germany (5) and New Zealand (6). The complete and updated Human Development Report and Index is pasted below or visit the UNDP site. 

http:http://hdr.undp.org//hdr.undp.org

HDI or HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX measures a country’s achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment and adjusted real income. After Niger, the Congo is now second poorest of the poor countries. As it is, South Sudan is not yet on the list like back a few years ago, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia & Liberia were not in the list for some reasons. Most likely due to the war and violence. Notice that Yemen is still the poorest country in the Middle East.

In Asia, Afghanistan [175] ranked last, followed by Nepal [157], Pakistan [146] and Bangladesh [146]. Myanmar (Southeast Asia). With Niger, most of the sub-saharan African countries are trailing behind as still most needy.  http://hdr.undp.org

 

HDI Rank:  Very High Human Development 

1 Norway

2 Australia

3 United States

4 Netherlands

5 Germany

6 New Zealand

7 Ireland

8 Sweden

9 Switzerland

10 Japan

11 Canada

12 Korea. South

13 Hong Kong

14 Iceland

15 Denmark

16 Israel

17 Belgium

18 Austria

19 Singapore

20 France

21 Finland

22 Slovenia

23 Spain

24 Liechstenstein

25 Italy

26 Luxembourg

26 United Kingdom

28 Czech Republic

29 Greece

30 Brunei

31 Cyprus

32 Malta

33 Andorra

33 Estonia

35 Slovakia

36 Qatar

37 Hungary

38 Barbados

39 Poland

40 Chile

41 Lithuania

41 United Arab Emirates

43 Portugal

44 latvia

45 Argentina

46 Seychelles

47 Croatia

 

HDI Rank: High Human Development 

48 Bahrain

49 Bahamas

50 Belarus

51 Uruguay

52 Montenegro

52 Palau

54 Kuwait

55 Russia

56 Romania

57 Bulgaria

59 Cuba

59 Panama

61 Mexico

62 Costa Rica

63 Grenada

64 Libya

64 Malaysia

64 Serbia

67 Antigua and Barbuda

67 Trinidad and Tobago

69 Kazakhstan

70 Albania

71 Venezuela

72 Dominica

72 Georgia

72 Lebanon

72 Saint Kitts and Nevis

76 Iran

77 Peru

78 Macedonia

78 Ukraine

80 Mauritius

81 Bosnia

82 Azerbaijan

83 Saint Vincent and Grenadines

84 Oman

85 Brazil

85 Jamaica

87 Armenia

88 Saint Lucia

89 Ecuador

90 Turkey

91 Colombia

92 Sri Lanka

93 Algeria

94 Tunisia 

 

 

HDI Rank:  Medium Human Development

95 Tonga

96 Belize

96 Dominican Republic

96 Fiji

96 Samoa

100 Jordan

101 China

102 Turkmenistan

103 Thailand

104 Maldives

105 Suriname

106 Gabon

107 El Salvador

108 Bolivia

108 Mongolia

110 Palestine, State of

111 Paraguay

112 Egypt

113 Moldova

114 Philippines

114 Uzbekistan

116 Syria

117 Micronesia

118 Guyana

119 Botswana

120 Honduras

121 Indonesia

121 Kiribati

121 South Africa

124 Vanuatu

125 Kyrgyztan

125 Tajikistan

127 Vietnam

128 Namibia

129 Nicaragua

130 Morocco

131 Iraq

132 Cape Verde

133 Guatemala

134 Timor-Leste

135 Ghana

136 Equatorial Guinea

136 India

138 Cambodia

138 Laos

140 Bhutan

141 Swaziland

 

  

HDI rank: Low human development

142 Congo

143 Solomon Island Togo

144 Sao Tome and Principe

145 Kenya

146 Bangladesh

146 Pakistan

148 Angola

149 Myanmar

150 Cameroon

151 Madagascar

152 Tanzania

153 Nigeria

154 Senegal

155 Mauritania

156 Papua New Guinea

157 Nepal

158 Lesotho

159 Togo

160 Yemen

161 Haiti

161 Uganda

163 Zambia

164 Djibouti

165 Gambia

166 Benin

167 Rwanda

168 Côte d’Ivoire

169 Comoros

170 Malawi

171 Sudan

172 Zimbabwe

173 Ethiopia

174 Liberia

175 Afghanistan

176 Guinea-Bissau

177 Sierra Leone

178 Burundi

179 Guinea

180 Central Afrivan Republic

181 Eritrea

182 Mali

183 Burkina Faso

184 Chad

185 Mozambique

186 Congo, Democratic republic of the

186. Niger

 

NOTICE THAT SOUTH SUDAN is not included yet in this report....as had been the other new countries in the past when the report was done before those countries were confirmed established.

1999 United Nations Development Program Human Development Report: HDI

Low Human Development-

(174) Sierra Leone, Niger, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Mali, Central African Rep, Rwanda, Gambia, Chad, Guinea, Angola, Malawi, Uganda, Djibouti, Tanzania, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Haiti, Zambia, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Yemen, Madagascar, Nigeria, Bhutan, Nepal, Togo, Sudan, Congo Dem Rep, Laos (140)


Medium Human Development-

(139) Comoros, Pakistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, India, E. Guinea, Zimbabwe, PNG, Myanmar, Lesotho, Morocco, Iraq, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe, Botswana, Nicaragua, Egypt, Mongolia, Solomon I., Guatemala, Vanuatu, Namibia, Honduras, Swaziland, Bolivia, Syria, Vietnam, Algeria, Tajikstan, El Salvador, Cape Verde, Indonesia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, South Africa, Albania, Guyana, China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Jordan, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Oman, Dominican Rep., Armenia, Turkey, Georgia, Paraguay, Belize, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Peru, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Kazakhstan, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Latvia, Macedonia, Ecuador, Russia, W. Samoa, Lebanon, Romania, Thailand, Seychelles, Libya, Suriname, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Fiji, Belarus, Mauritius, Cuba, Colombia, Malaysia, Croatia, Estonia, Dominica, Grenada, StKitts & Nevis, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago (46)


High Human Development-

(45) Costa Rica, Poland, UAE, Slovakia, Qatar, Uruguay, Argentina, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Czech Rep., Kuwait, Chile, Slovenia, Malta, Bahamas, Korea, Barbados, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Brunei, HK-China, Israel, Singapore, Spain, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Luxemburg, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, France, UK, Iceland, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Belgium, Japan, USA, Norway, Canada (1)


Sierra Leone is poorest, ranked last in the 174-country Human Development Index that takes into account income, education, life expectancy, and health care. The bottom 24 countries are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Of the Middle Eastern countries, Yemen was bottom at 148th. And ranked at 146th, Bangladesh is poorest in Asia.

The Associated Press said dragged down by the AIDS epidemic and wars, Africa remained in its monopoly on the bottom places in a quality-of-life rating released on June 29th by the United Nations.

The Index below is from lowest to highest development. This means that the poorest country today is Sierra Leone (West Africa) and richest is Canada.

(Some countries may have been excluded in the report for some reasons. For details, visit: www.undp.org.)

 

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