Human development index

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	Human development index (HDI) value
HDI rank a	2005
70 Brazil	0.800
MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
71 Dominica	0.798
72 Saint Lucia	0.795
73 Kazakhstan	0.794
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.792
75 Colombia	0.791
76 Ukraine	0.788
77 Samoa	0.785
78 Thailand	0.781
79 Dominican Republic	0.779
80 Belize	0.778
81 China	0.777
82 Grenada	0.777
83 Armenia	0.775
84 Turkey	0.775
85 Suriname	0.774
86 Jordan	0.773
87 Peru	0.773
88 Lebanon	0.772
89 Ecuador	0.772
90 Philippines	0.771
91 Tunisia	0.766
92 Fiji	0.762
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.761
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.759
95 Paraguay	0.755
96 Georgia	0.754
97 Guyana	0.750
98 Azerbaijan	0.746
99 Sri Lanka	0.743
100 Maldives	0.741
101 Jamaica	0.736
102 Cape Verde	0.736
103 El Salvador	0.735
104 Algeria	0.733
105 Viet Nam	0.733
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories	0.731
107 Indonesia	0.728
108 Syrian Arab Republic	0.724
109 Turkmenistan	0.713
110 Nicaragua	0.710
111 Moldova	0.708
112 Egypt	0.708
113 Uzbekistan	0.702
114 Mongolia	0.700
115 Honduras	0.700
116 Kyrgyzstan	0.696
117 Bolivia	0.695
118 Guatemala	0.689
119 Gabon	0.677
120 Vanuatu	0.674
121 South Africa	0.674
122 Tajikistan	0.673
123 Sao Tome and Principe	0.654
124 Botswana	0.654
125 Namibia	0.650
126 Morocco	0.646
127 Equatorial Guinea	0.642
128 India	0.619
129 Solomon Islands	0.602
130 Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0.601
131 Cambodia	0.598
132 Myanmar	0.583
133 Bhutan	0.579
134 Comoros	0.561
135 Ghana	0.553
136 Pakistan	0.551
137 Mauritania	0.550
138 Lesotho	0.549
139 Congo	0.548
140 Bangladesh	0.547
141 Swaziland	0.547
142 Nepal	0.534
143 Madagascar	0.533
144 Cameroon	0.532
145 Papua New Guinea	0.530
146 Haiti	0.529
147 Sudan	0.526
148 Kenya	0.521
149 Djibouti	0.516
150 Timor-Leste	0.514
151 Zimbabwe	0.513
152 Togo	0.512
153 Yemen	0.508
154 Uganda	0.505
155 Gambia	0.502
LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
156 Senegal	0.499
157 Eritrea	0.483
158 Nigeria	0.470
159 Tanzania (United Republic of)	0.467
160 Guinea	0.456
161 Rwanda	0.452
162 Angola	0.446
163 Benin	0.437
164 Malawi	0.437
165 Zambia	0.434
166 Côte d’Ivoire	0.432
167 Burundi	0.413
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	0.411
169 Ethiopia	0.406
170 Chad	0.388
171 Central African Republic	0.384
172 Mozambique	0.384
173 Mali	0.380
174 Niger	0.374
175 Guinea-Bissau	0.374
176 Burkina Faso	0.370
177 Sierra Leone	0.336
Developing countries	0.691
Least developed countries	0.488
Arab States	0.699
East Asia and the Pacific	0.771
Latin America and the Caribbean	0.803
South Asia	0.611
Sub-Saharan Africa	0.493
Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS	0.808
OECD	0.916
High-income OECD	0.947
High human development	0.897
Medium human development	0.698
Low human development	0.436
High income	0.936
Middle income	0.776
Low income	0.570
World	0.743

Notes

a. The HDI rank is determined using HDI values to the sixth decimal point.

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