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by Scott Wu | October 5, 2009 at 11:52 am
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The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) released its 2009 Human Development Report, and ranked 182 countries in terms of the quality of life of their citizens, or the UN Human Development Index (HDI). The criteria included life expectancy, literacy rates, school enrollment, and the country's economy. Norway is ranked the first, followed by Australia and Iceland.
The data, however, were collected in 2007, before the global financial melt-down in 2008. Much has changed in countries such as Iceland, which experienced severe bank failure. However, Iceland's ranking is not expected to decline too much because of its high life expectancy and education standard.
Ranked the lowest were Niger, Afghanistan, and Sierra Leone.
Afghanistan was considered the second least desirable place to live in, with a life expectancy of 43.6 years, due to the war and civil unrest.
Here is the list of countries on the Human Development Report:
Top 30 on Human Development Index Ranking
- Norway
- Australia
- Iceland
- Canada
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- France
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Finland
- United States
- Austria
- Spain
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Singapore
- Hong Kong, China (SAR)
- Greece
- Korea (Republic of)
- Israel
- Andorra
- Slovenia
- Brunei Darussalam
Bottom 10
173. Guinea-Bissau
174. Burundi
175. Chad
176. Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
177. Burkina Faso
178. Mali
179. Central African Republic
180. Sierra Leone
181. Afghanistan
182. Niger
Here is the original Human Development Report 2009 from UNDP.
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at 15:27 on October 5th, 2009
It's such a tragedy thaa 9 of the bottom 10 are African countries, especially with the aid the west sends to many.
The world puts the USA down so often, but fails to realize that that nation is the biggest donor in aid when disasters happen.
at 19:03 on October 5th, 2009
If only that were true. On a per-capita basis, the US is not nearly as generous as other nations -- both for bilateral and multilateral aid. However, it can be said that the US is the world's most generous trading partner (on a per-capita basis) for developing countries -- and that generates considerably more wealth than aid.
at 19:03 on October 5th, 2009
jakesylvester, that is definitely not true on a per-capita basis. Take the 2004 tsunami, where countries such as Australia and Norway donated $66.38 and $57.95 per capita, respectively, while the US chipped in $9.81 per capita. So at least those countries have a right to put the US down based on your logic. The US is great at donating for domestic disasters (9/11, Katrina etc), but for disasters in the so-called "rest of world" the picture is a different one.
at 23:17 on October 5th, 2009
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE U.S. HAS TRANSFERRED IN WEALTH TO OTHER COUNTRIES. HOW MUCH HAS CHINA TRANSFERRED? INDIA? WE ARE WINDING DOWN ONE WAR, IN IRAQ. IN ABOUT 10 YEARS, THE PEOPLE THERE WE NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR AT MID-NIGHT, AND A MASS GRAVE, AND RELATIVES TO AFRAID TO ASK. I THINK YOU GET MY IDEA. PER CAPITAL. SIT ON YOUR HANDS. THROW IN A FEW TROOPS. LOOK AT GERMANY. NOW, THAT THEY HAVE "THEIRS", THEY ARE DAMN SELFISH GERMANS WHO DID NOT EVEN WANT TO RE-UNITE WITH EAST GERMANY, CAUSE IT MIGHT LOWER THEIR STANDARDS....CHRIST-SAKES. YOU CAN GET FIGURES TO SUPPORT ANY POINT OF VIEW. IN ABOUT 5 YEARS.....THE WORLD WILL BE LOOKING BACK AT THE U.S ERA HAS A "GOLDEN ERA". WHEN, THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE TO SELL THERE GOODS........HOPEFULY, THE U.S. WILL TAKE ON WHAT IS ONLY TRULY GOOD FOR THE U.S.......SCREW THE REST OF THE WORLD.......LET THE CHINESE HAND OUT THERE WEALTH............LET'S SEE WHO STEPS UP TO THE PLATE.
at 00:56 on October 6th, 2009
People who resort to caps lock are normally not listened to, it's rather immature.
at 16:30 on November 11th, 2009
@shindo Eh, your caps lock is on. And yes, i mind. But to put things a little in perspective here.. You have come to a point where you compare the USA to economicly up and coming countries like China and India. As a matter of fact they are poor countries for a large part. I dont find it necessary for a poor country to give away the biggest amount of money. Moreover investing it would be much better in order to get their countries straight.About the war in Iraq....Are you too blind to see that Oil was one of the most important issues on the bush administrations agenda?About Germany...you say they didnt want to lower their standards? America has its own east germany called 'ghetto'. You come back to complain as soon as those people get actual chances. e.g. Scholarships, health insurance. And indeed china will be back on the throne. thank god, because they have never troubled anyone. Did you know they reached africa with ships ten times the size of the biggest european ship. We are talking about the 15th century here. They werent greedy, the emperor thought China had everything, so why bothering taking over other places. BTW they even almost invented the steam engine back in those days. Poor chinamen just couldnt think of an appropriate way to use that piece of shit.And i am sure we will sell a lot less food and products as soon as the American empire dissapears in the form it is in today. Just because you use to much fucking energy, 3 times what the eu does. and im talking about average here. You eat too much food. An average american eats as much as 500 times the amount of food of an average african person in a lifetime. And sure africans dont get as old, but thats one of the things that makes it so shocking.But luckily new markets like china, india, brazil, and ever growing markets like EU and Japan will set up a whole new system, wherein america gets to have an even amount, fair like it should be.
at 19:22 on December 7th, 2009
Governor Palin? Is that you? I thought Facebook was where you usually posted?
at 06:35 on December 13th, 2009
America handing out wealth?In what S. F. book did you read that?usa does things only for it's own benefit.If usa is that good why is it the most hated country on the globe? For their democracy- communism worked only in usa.
at 06:29 on December 28th, 2009
when will you morons wake up to the fact that you government are the terrorists and the rest of the world has had enough of the George W's, the Runsfelds and Cheineys. 911 was a U.S. government plot to create a war on terror. You sad twats!! Take your troops out of afganistan and Iraq and stop the blood shed of innocent people and your own citizens. You are there for the OIL ,and to sell military hardware to keep the US economy alive
at 06:41 on December 13th, 2009
The ASS of the world is Africa
at 20:51 on December 31st, 2009
We cause a lot of what happens. Our CIA has been meddling in the affairs of others for years
at 19:56 on October 5th, 2009
Where does Haiti rank??
at 10:20 on October 7th, 2009
Haiti is ranked 149. You can find the complete list of HDI here.
at 06:03 on October 6th, 2009
Greece in 25??? It should be in top 5. Ireland is higher than Greece??? It;s a joke, right. We are happy to see the sun and sea every day and it's idiot to compare with miserable countries. UK, Ireland, Iceland....
at 10:48 on October 10th, 2009
Kostas, I don't think they were talking about the weather! Take a look at the report before you make silly comments. You sound uneducated!
at 14:35 on October 10th, 2009
how is ireland a miserable country? How is iceland a miserable country. Granted in 2009 maybe ireland's not economically sound in relation to other countries as it was, but judging by your argument you don't care that much about the economic sufficiency of a country. Yeah, the UK, Ireland and Iceland are all islands, so they've all got "sea". And lack of sun doesn't make a miserable country, it just brings down the skin cancer rate a bit. You'll have a lot more fun in these countries with people who know a good time than with fat slobs who lay around on beaches all day
at 10:59 on November 19th, 2009
It so happens that the weather - whether it is included in the aforementioned report or not - does play a very significant role in the well-being of humans; those who did not include the climate as a factor of a satisfying living are lacking basic knowledge of the human biology, as do those who agree with them. Among other things (like the production in the body of basic vitamins), it decreases the depression rate a lot (something people in less sunny places of the world suffer from in far greater numbers than people living under the sun for most of the year). As for the 'fat slobs', please, mendalesser, tell me that you are not from the UK, the country with the most swallow culture in Europe, where people get drunk to bear with their miserable living, where there is no such thing as a 'social state', where people die from cold each winter because they cannot afford adequate heating, and where a human fossil is getting richer year after year just because she wears a crown while people are living in the streets, good quality food is the luxury of the higher incomes, and the youth of the country has to pay to get educated.... Did I mention that in Greece education is FREE? From housing to books and meals, students don't pay a penny...ooops, sorry... I meant, a 'cent'.
at 11:06 on November 19th, 2009
P.S. And let us all remember that many of the 'fat slobs' laying all day in the Greek and other Mediterrannean beaches are Northern Europeans who crave for some sun.... Maybe because they need it? Salute.
at 06:39 on December 13th, 2009
It's a well deserved place for 3 months of the year, the rest Greece is miserable and barren.And i am not irish,english, etc. .
at 21:53 on October 6th, 2009
I am not surprised to see that the bottom ten are mainly African countries.Africans are the most brutal and corrupt individuals leaving a legacy on the planet.Advances in race science will elucidate key differences between Africans and other races which put them at a disadvantage in life.
at 05:23 on October 9th, 2009
Hum let me guess ... you are a stupid white moron right?
at 15:01 on October 11th, 2009
The book Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond accurately answers this. There is no such thing as "race science", and if there is it's a joke.
at 16:41 on November 11th, 2009
Africa has been the dirty ghetto red light district of the western world. And even then we(some russian/european/america criminals) dare to sell our weapons there.We bought their people from their people, to be slaves. We have colonized their countries and disturbed their tribe system. We let them kill themselves, e.g. Belgian king leopold ii, who is unworthy to be even little as dust.Do you really think its their fault?
at 11:19 on November 19th, 2009
@TriniIt is such a shame that we still have to put up with people like you, even if it just pertains to spending a nanosecond to read their idiotic, racist, and absolutely inhuman comments. The tragic mistakes (even crimes) of people against people cannot be justified by any of these fabricated pseudo-theories.
at 18:49 on December 3rd, 2009
@TriniIm white english and your point of view is NOT the point of view of most educated white people,i bet you grew up on a council estate and read too many of those BMP leaflets they gave you.If you realy believe that some biologicial reason is behind africas problems i feel sorry for you and your twisted empty minded uneducated racist friends.Try reading some real history books not the ones your racist friends hand out.
at 11:41 on October 7th, 2009
Trini
You could not be further from the truth, and I would recommend Jared Diamond's book Collapse for some enlightenment.
Here is an overview for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_(book)
at 05:10 on November 6th, 2009
CANADA ROCKS
at 16:26 on October 7th, 2009
I am so happy to see Norway on top. If you look at the political platform... Americans would probably call us comunists, however the so called "comunist-politic" is working, and the three partys did get renewed approval at the election this fall.
at 02:08 on October 10th, 2009
israel 27th, they bombed at least once a month. this lis is a joke
at 06:48 on October 10th, 2009
The United Nations and the developed nations should massively assist the nations in the medium and low levels of the list to rise.