Jul 14, 2007

There is no way like the … way

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no way than the american way of living

Human Development Index
Top thirty countries (HDI range from 0.965 down to 0.885 - for more information about HDI)
Out of 30 countries, 21 are in Europe (6 in the top 10).

1. Norway 0.965
2. Iceland 0.960
3. Australia 0.957
4. Ireland 0.956
5. Sweden 0.951
6. Canada 0.950
7. Japan 0.949
8. United States 0.948
9. Switzerland 0.947
10. Netherlands 0.947
11. Finland 0.947
12. Luxembourg 0.945
13. Belgium 0.945
14. Austria 0.944
15. Denmark 0.943
16. France 0.942
17. Italy 0.940
18. United Kingdom 0.940
19. Spain 0.938
20. New Zealand 0.936
21. Germany 0.932
22. Hong Kong 0.927
23. Israel 0.927
24. Greece 0.921
25. Singapore 0.916
26. South Korea 0.912
27. Slovenia 0.910
28. Portugal 0.904
29. Cyprus 0.903
30. Czech Republic 0.885

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3 Comments to “There is no way like the … way”

  1. tanguy | July 17th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    Interested about USA immigration ?

  2. walter | July 18th, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Hmmm… seems like most of the countries with a high HDI are in the temperate to cold regions on the world. I think the hot tropical weather must have affected our standing in this index… hehe

  3. tanguy | July 18th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    I agree Walter :-)
    I am not taking this classification / index / methodology for granted - 25th position for singapore. Only 4 Asian countries in this top 30 (Japan - 7th / Hong-Kong 22nd / South Korea 26th). We are all “1st” in at least one indicator… if you have one for Sg, I would be more than interested…

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