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Table 08 (Comparison)
Human Development Index   (1990-2006)
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Year,  Rank          Country	HDI  (Human Development Index)						Rank
	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2006
High Human Development
Australia	0.880	0.919	0.936	0.957	0.962	0.965	4
Canada	0.924	0.929	0.940	0.950	0.961	0.967	3
Cuba	-	-	0.795	0.826	0.838	0.855	48
Finland	0.893	0.905	0.925	0.947	0.952	0.954	12
France	0.896	0.913	0.928	0.942	0.952	0.955	11
Germany	0.892	0.905	0.921	0.932	0.935	0.940	23
Hong Kong	0.859	0.875	0.880	0.927	0.937	0.942	22
Iceland	0.915	0.920	0.945	0.962	0.967	0.968	1
Italy	0.892	0.910	0.926	0.940	0.941	0.945	19
Japan	0.906	0.918	0.926	0.949	0.953	0.956	8
Korea, Republic of	0.804	0.835	0.876	0.912	0.921	0.928	25
Lithuania	0.780	0.752	0.803	0.857	0.862	0.869	43
Malaysia	0.718	0.755	0.774	0.805	0.811	0.823	63
Mexico	0.773	0.786	0.790	0.821	0.829	0.842	51
Netherlands	0.896	0.917	0.931	0.947	0.953	0.958	6
New Zealand	0.872	0.898	0.913	0.936	0.943	0.944	20
Norway	0.891	0.916	0.942	0.965	0.968	0.968	2
Oman	-	-	0.747	0.810	0.814	0.839	53
Romania	0.745	0.740	0.772	0.805	0.813	0.825	62
Russian Federation	0.815	0.779	0.782	0.797	0.802	0.806	73
Saudi Arabia	0.707	0.733	0.754	0.777	0.812	0.835	55
Singapore	0.834	0.873	0.875	0.916	0.922	0.918	28
Spain	0.871	0.889	0.908	0.938	0.949	0.949	16
Sweden	0.888	0.917	0.936	0.951	0.956	0.958	7
Switzerland	0.915	0.926	0.946	0.947	0.955	0.955	10
United Arab Emirates	0.803	0.804	0.809	0.839	0.868	0.903	31
United Kingdom	0.875	0.913	0.923	0.940	0.946	0.942	21
USA	0.911	0.923	0.934	0.948	0.951	0.950	15
Medium Human Development
Algeria	0.637	0.655	0.693	0.729	0.733	0.748	100
Bangladesh	0.400	0.427	0.470	0.530	0.547	0.524	147
Bhutan	-	-	0.477	0.538	0.579	0.613	131
Botswana	0.670	0.632	0.577	0.570	0.654	0.664	126
Cambodia	0.501	0.540	0.547	0.583	0.598	0.575	136
China	0.624	0.680	0.718	0.768	0.777	0.762	94
Egypt	0.573	0.603	0.635	0.702	0.708	0.716	116
Fiji	0.735	0.757	0.757	0.758	0.762	0.743	103
India	0.494	0.517	0.571	0.611	0.619	0.609	132
Indonesia	0.630	0.665	0.677	0.711	0.728	0.726	109
Lebanon	-	-	0.758	0.774	0.772	0.796	78
Maldives	-	0.683	0.739	0.739	0.741	0.749	99
Myanmar	0.485	0.507	0.551	0.581	0.583	0.585	135
Nepal	0.411	0.447	0.480	0.527	0.534	0.530	145
Pakistan	0.455	0.495	0.498	0.539	0.551	0.562	139
Papua New Guinea	-	-	0.534	0.523	0.530	0.516	149
Peru	0.703	0.731	0.743	0.767	0.773	0.788	79
Philippines	0.711	0.728	0.749	0.763	0.771	0.745	102
South Africa	0.731	0.745	0.707	0.673	0.674	0.670	125
Sri Lanka	0.694	0.714	0.735	0.755	0.743	0.742	104
Thailand	0.717	0.746	0.757	0.784	0.781	0.786	81
Turkey	0.607	0.655	0.735	0.757	0.775	0.798	76
Uganda	0.364	0.386	0.435	0.502	0.505	0.493	156
Venezuela (Bolibarian Republic of)	0.762	0.770	0.776	0.784	0.792	0.826	61
Vietnam	0.620	0.672	0.711	0.709	0.733	0.718	114
Low Human Development
Angola	-	-	0.422	0.439	0.446	0.484	157
Ethiopia	0.281	0.237	0.321	0.371	0.406	0.389	169
Nigeria	0.419	0.446	0.455	0.448	0.470	0.499	154
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)			Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d)			Chief Editor:
Source:			Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka			The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
			University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka