122 FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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APPENDIX
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 1998

HDI Ranks 41. Bahrain

High Human Development 42. Qatar
1. Canada 43. Hungary
2. Norway 44. Poland
3. United States 45. United Arab Emirates
4. Australia 46. Estonia
5. Iceland Medium Human Development
6. Sweden 47. Saint Kitts and Nevis
7. Belgium 48. Costa Rica
8. Netherlands 49. Croatia
9. Japan 50. Trinidad and Tobago
10. United Kingdom 51. Dominica
11. Finland 52. Lithuania
12. France 53. Seychelles
13. Switzerland 54. Grenada
14. Germany 55. Mexico
15. Denmark 56. Cuba
16. Austria 57. Belarus
17. Luxembourg 58. Belize
18. Ireland 59. Panama
19. Italy 60. Bulgaria
20. New Zealand 61. Malaysia
21. Spain 62. Russian Federation
22. Cyprus 63. Latvia
23. Israel 64. Romania
24. Singapore 65. Venezuela
25. Greece 66. Fiji
26. Hong kong, China (SAR) 67. Suriname
27. Malta 68. Colombia
28. Portugal 69. Macedonia, TFYR
29. Slovenia 70. Georgia
30. Barbados 71. Mauritius
31. Korea, Rep. of 72. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
32. Brunei Darussalam 73. Kazakhstan
33. Bahamas 74. Brazil
34. Czech Republic 75. Saudi Arabia
35. Argentina 76. Thailand
36. Kuwait 77. Philippines
37. Antigua and Barbuda 78. Ukraine
38. Chile 79. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
39. Uruguay 80. Peru
40. Slovakia 81. Paraguay
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82. Lebanon 129. Ghana

83. Jamaica 130. Zimbabwe
84. Sri Lanka 131. Equatorial Guinea
85. Turkey 132. Sao Tome and Principe
86. Oman 133. Papua New Guinea
87. Dominican Republic 134. Cameroon
88. Saint Lucia 135. Pakistan
89. Maldives 136. Cambodia
90. Azerbaijan 137. Comoros
91. Ecuador 138. Kenya
92. Jordan 139. Congo, The Republic of the
93. Armenia Low Human Development
94. Albania 140. Lao People’s Dem. Rep.
95. Samoa (Western) 141. Madagascar
96. Guyana 142. Bhutan
97. Iran, Islamic Rep. of 143. Sudan
98. Kyrgyzstan 144. Nepal
99. China 145. Togo
100. Turkmenistan 146. Bangladesh
101. Tunisia 147. Mauritania
102. Moldova, Rep. of 148. Yemen
103. South Africa 149. Djibouti
104. El Salvador 150. Haiti
105. Cape Verde 151. Nigeria
106. Uzbekistan 152. Congo, Dem Rep. of the
107. Algeria 153. Zambia
108. Vietnam 154. Cote d’lvoire
109. Indonesia 155. Senegal
110. Tajikistan 156. Tanzania, U. Rep. of
111. Syrian Arab Republic 157. Benin
112. Swaziland 158. Uganda
113. Honduras 159. Eritrea
114. Bolivia 160. Angola
115. Namibia 161. Gambia
116. Nicaragua 162. Guinea
117. Mongolia 163. Malawi
118. Vanuatu 164. Rwanda
119. Egypt 165. Mali
120. Guatemala 166. Central African Republic
121. Solomon Islands 167. Chad
122. Botswana 168. Mozambique
123. Gabon 169. Guinea –Bissau
124. Morocco 170. Burundi
125. Myanmar 171. Ethiopia
126. Iraq 172. Burkina Faso
127. Lesotho 173. Niger
128. India 174. Sierra Leone

Source : Human Development Report, 2000, UNDP, Oxford University Press, Delhi