By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
naruball said:
As with any list, you can't make everyone happy, but it seems to me that it is deeply flawed. For example America and Britain are way too low and Israel way high


This might be a bit better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index#2011_report

UN Human Development Index 2011 Report

  1.  Norway 0.943 ()
  2.  Australia 0.929 ()
  3.  Netherlands 0.910 ()
  4.  United States 0.910 ()
  5.  New Zealand 0.908 ()
  6.  Canada 0.908 ()
  7.  Ireland 0.908 ()
  8.  Liechtenstein 0.905 ()
  9.  Germany 0.905 ()
  10.  Sweden 0.904 ()
  11.  Switzerland 0.903 ()
  12.  Japan 0.901 ()
  13.  Hong Kong 0.898 ( 1)
  14.  Iceland 0.898 ( 1)
  15.  South Korea 0.897 ()
  16.  Denmark 0.895 ()
  1.  Israel 0.888 ()
  2.  Belgium 0.886 ()
  3.  Austria 0.885 ()
  4.  France 0.884 ()
  5.  Slovenia 0.884 ()
  6.  Finland 0.882 ()
  7.  Spain 0.878 ()
  8.  Italy 0.874 ()
  9.  Luxembourg 0.867 ()
  10.  Singapore 0.866 ()
  11.  Czech Republic 0.865 ()
  12.  United Kingdom 0.863 ()
  13.  Greece 0.861 ()
  14.  United Arab Emirates 0.846 ()
  15.  Cyprus 0.840 ()
  16.  Andorra 0.838 ()
  1.  Brunei 0.838 ()
  2.  Estonia 0.835 ()
  3.  Slovakia 0.834 ()
  4.  Malta 0.832 ()
  5.  Qatar 0.831 ()
  6.  Hungary 0.816 ()
  7.  Poland 0.813 ()
  8.  Lithuania 0.810 ( 1)
  9.  Portugal 0.809 ( 1)
  10.  Bahrain 0.806 ()
  11.  Latvia 0.805 ()
  12.  Chile 0.805 ()
  13.  Argentina 0.797 ( 1)
  14.  Croatia 0.796 ( 1)
  15.  Barbados 0.793 ()