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Table 07 (Comparison)
Human Development Index  (2006)
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Country Life Expectancy at Birth (years) ﴾2006﴿ Adult Literacy Rate (%) (1999-2006) Real GDP per Capita (PPP* US$) Life Expectancy Index GDP Index Education Index Human Development Index (HDI) HDI** Rank
High Human Development 76.2       - 25,100 0.85 0.93 0.92 0.900         -
Australia 79.6 99.0 35,523 0.91 0.96 0.98 0.951 4
Canada 80.4 99.0 36,687 0.92 0.99 0.99 0.967 3
Finland 79.1 99.0 32,903 0.90 0.99 0.97 0.954 12
France 80.4 99.0 31,980 0.92 0.98 0.96 0.955 11
Germany 79.3 99.0 31,766 0.90 0.95 0.96 0.940 23
Hong Kong 82.1 94.6 37,146 0.95 0.88 0.98 0.942 22
Iceland 81.6 99.0 35,814 0.94 0.98 0.98 0.968 1
Japan 82.4 99.0 31,951 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.956 8
Netherlands 79.4 99.0 36,099 0.91 0.99 0.98 0.958 6
New Zealand 80.0 99.0 25,260 0.92 0.99 0.92 0.944 20
Norway 79.9 99.0 57,682 0.92 0.99 1.00 0.968 2
Republic of Korea 78.2 99.0 22,985 0.88 0.99 0.91 0.928 25
Singapore 79.7 94.2 47,426 0.91 0.84 1.00 0.918 28
Spain 80.7 97.4 29,208 0.93 0.97 0.94 0.949 16
Sweden 80.7 99.0 34,056 0.93 0.97 0.97 0.958 7
United Arab Emirates 78.5 88.7 49,116 0.89 0.82 1.00 0.903 31
United Kingdom 79.2 99.0 32,654 0.90 0.96 0.97 0.942 21
USA 78.0 99.0 43,968 0.88 0.97 1.00 0.950 15
Medium Human Development 67.8 80.3 3,829 0.71 0.75 0.61 0.690         -
Algeria 72.0 74.6 7,426 0.78 0.74 0.72 0.748 100
Botswana 48.9 81.2 12,744 0.40 0.78 0.81 0.664 126
China 72.7 93.0 4,682 0.79 0.85 0.64 0.762 94
Egypt 71.0 71.4 4,953 0.77 0.73 0.65 0.716 116
Fiji 68.5 99.0 4,548 0.72 0.87 0.64 0.743 103
India 64.1 65.2 2,489 0.65 0.64 0.54 0.609 132
Indonesia 70.1 91.0 3,455 0.75 0.83 0.59 0.726 109
Lebanon 71.7          - 9,757 0.78 0.85 0.71 0.796 78
Lithuania 72.7 99.7 15,739 0.80 0.97 0.84 0.869 43
Malaysia 73.9 91.5 12,536 0.82 0.85 0.81 0.823 63
Maldives 67.6 97.0 5,006 0.71 0.88 0.65 0.749 99
Mexico 75.8 91.7 12,176 0.85 0.88 0.80 0.842 51
Myanmar 61.2 89.9 881 0.60 0.79 0.36 0.585 135
Oman 75.3 83.7 20,999 0.84 0.79 0.89 0.839 53
Pakistan 64.9 54.2 2,361 0.67 0.49 0.53 0.562 139
Papua New Guinea 57.0 57.3 1,950 0.53 0.52 0.50 0.516 149
Peru 71.0 88.7 7,088 0.77 0.89 0.77 0.788 79
Philippines 71.3 93.3 3,153 0.77 0.89 0.58 0.745 102
Romania 72.2 97.6 10,433 0.79 0.91 0.78 0.825 62
Saudi Arabia 72.4 84.3 22,053 0.79 0.82 0.90 0.835 55
Sri Lanka 71.9 90.8 3,896 0.78 0.83 0.61 0.742 104
Thailand 70.0 93.9 7,613 0.75 0.89 0.72 0.786 81
Turkey 71.6 88.1 11,535 0.78 0.82 0.79 0.798 76
Vietnam 74.0 90.3 2,363 0.82 0.81 0.53 0.718 114
Low Human Development 48.4 55.9 1,199 0.39 0.53 0.42 0.444         -
Angola 42.1 67.4 4,404 0.29 0.54 0.63 0.484 157
Bangladesh 63.5 52.5 1,151 0.64 0.52 0.41 0.524 147
Bhutan 65.2 54.3 4,010 0.67 0.55 0.62 0.613 131    
Ethiopia 52.2 35.9 700 0.45 0.39 0.33 0.389 169    
Nepal 63.0 55.2 999 0.63 0.57 0.38 0.530 145  
Nigeria 46.6 71.0 1,852 0.36 0.65 0.49 0.499 154
Uganda 50.5 72.6 888 0.42 0.69 0.37 0.493 156
Developing Countries 66.3 78.8 4,572 0.69 0.74 0.64 0.688         -
World 68.3 81.0 9,316 0.72 0.76 0.76 0.747         -
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key;      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
*: PPP; Purchasing Power Parity      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
**: HDI;  Human Development Index