Human Development Index 2008

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Human Development Index 2008 — 188 rows. Column headings sort the table.
Global Rank	Country	ISO Code	HDI Score	Life Expectancy at Birth (years)	Expected Years of Schooling	Mean Years of Schooling	GNI per Capita (2021 PPP $)
1	Norway	NOR	0.943	80.677	17.3786	12.480000	88,712.3
2	Iceland	ISL	0.935	81.244	18.0052	12.740000	49,949.2
3	Switzerland	CHE	0.934	81.971	15.4864	12.806566	72,847.8
4	Germany	DEU	0.933	79.816	16.7366	13.760000	55,364.1
5	Australia	AUS	0.924	81.427	22.0960	11.940000	47,441.5
5	Singapore	SGP	0.924	81.099	17.6109	10.490000	85,756.6
7	Denmark	DNK	0.922	78.714	16.7155	12.880000	61,439.6
8	Finland	FIN	0.921	79.695	17.1040	12.330000	57,576.0
9	Netherlands	NLD	0.920	80.387	16.8030	11.910000	61,132.4
9	New Zealand	NZL	0.920	80.246	19.3154	13.348000	35,979.2
11	Belgium	BEL	0.917	79.579	19.1373	11.180000	58,684.4
12	Canada	CAN	0.916	80.730	15.2364	13.416000	52,210.8
13	United States	USA	0.914	78.127	16.2809	12.990000	58,996.1
14	Sweden	SWE	0.913	81.137	15.7974	12.070000	58,257.3
15	Liechtenstein	LIE	0.912	81.855	14.8429	11.514997	158,634.9
16	United Kingdom	GBR	0.910	79.655	16.0538	12.810012	50,365.0
17	Austria	AUT	0.907	80.363	15.8611	11.470000	64,043.8
17	Hong Kong, China (SAR)	HKG	0.907	82.340	15.7062	11.210000	57,524.7
17	Ireland	IRL	0.907	79.788	17.2619	11.423333	51,527.3
20	Japan	JPN	0.905	82.633	15.2387	12.441000	43,158.3
21	San Marino	SMR	0.900	82.894	15.4317	9.758358	97,014.1
22	Luxembourg	LUX	0.896	80.107	13.3386	12.220000	97,787.3
23	Slovenia	SVN	0.894	78.595	17.0560	11.910000	41,196.0
24	Italy	ITA	0.885	81.645	16.3522	9.650000	51,316.7
25	France	FRA	0.884	81.039	15.2978	10.650000	51,950.3
26	Israel	ISR	0.878	81.283	14.5684	12.420000	33,328.6
26	Korea (Republic of)	KOR	0.878	79.996	16.6917	10.962500	34,677.1
28	Czechia	CZE	0.873	77.172	15.6799	12.190000	38,209.2
29	Greece	GRC	0.871	80.105	16.2845	10.100000	40,264.6
30	Spain	ESP	0.865	81.278	15.8737	9.190000	43,660.1
31	Andorra	AND	0.864	83.855	11.8860	10.470000	60,691.4
31	Estonia	EST	0.864	74.279	16.2976	13.250000	30,143.7
33	Cyprus	CYP	0.862	79.906	13.6666	11.280000	44,434.2
34	Lithuania	LTU	0.849	71.696	17.0985	12.300000	31,776.9
35	Malta	MLT	0.848	79.690	14.8957	10.010000	36,156.2
36	Slovakia	SVK	0.842	74.864	15.1470	11.828000	31,359.0
37	Poland	POL	0.841	75.583	15.3814	12.170000	25,342.4
38	Qatar	QAT	0.839	78.262	12.2256	9.590000	110,630.2
39	Latvia	LVA	0.837	71.999	16.3224	12.350000	27,310.4
40	Argentina	ARG	0.833	75.428	16.3818	10.410000	27,101.6
40	Hungary	HUN	0.833	73.957	15.4488	11.565000	28,389.9
42	United Arab Emirates	ARE	0.831	81.591	10.3720	9.494545	80,459.4
43	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	0.830	76.075	15.5651	10.265939	28,872.5
44	Croatia	HRV	0.827	76.001	14.4947	10.777000	30,115.8
45	Portugal	PRT	0.826	79.603	15.7375	7.780000	34,669.2
46	Brunei Darussalam	BRN	0.824	74.814	13.5386	8.654000	90,079.4
47	Chile	CHL	0.820	78.752	14.8571	10.110000	22,040.6
48	Romania	ROU	0.815	73.216	15.4186	10.670000	26,626.3
49	Russian Federation	RUS	0.807	67.862	14.3445	12.300000	34,838.1
50	Montenegro	MNE	0.806	75.001	14.4827	10.965000	20,842.9
51	Kuwait	KWT	0.805	76.889	13.7273	6.430000	85,987.5
52	Bahrain	BHR	0.804	77.457	12.8982	8.098889	48,703.5
53	Bahamas	BHS	0.801	73.445	11.6024	11.696000	33,709.7
54	Belarus	BLR	0.796	70.349	15.4284	11.097346	21,938.9
55	Barbados	BRB	0.794	75.300	15.6943	9.599000	17,454.4
56	Saudi Arabia	SAU	0.792	75.301	12.7622	8.471111	43,636.3
57	Bulgaria	BGR	0.791	73.338	14.1834	10.590000	21,086.2
58	Cuba	CUB	0.788	77.589	17.5238	10.968000	7,320.0
59	Uruguay	URY	0.783	76.275	14.5390	8.370000	21,590.6
60	Oman	OMN	0.782	76.124	12.1246	7.990000	44,125.8
60	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0.782	71.117	12.4034	10.300000	34,530.7
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	0.776	71.479	14.5864	9.168628	24,278.1
62	Ukraine	UKR	0.776	68.262	15.0397	11.439487	18,264.9
64	Palau	PLW	0.773	67.562	14.4926	12.529405	16,384.0
64	Serbia	SRB	0.773	73.904	13.7944	10.240000	16,247.6
66	Grenada	GRD	0.771	74.374	16.2379	8.904956	12,722.2
66	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0.771	66.759	14.5696	11.265000	22,263.7
68	Costa Rica	CRI	0.769	79.180	13.1537	8.290000	17,122.9
69	Panama	PAN	0.767	75.937	12.8961	9.000000	19,687.9
70	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	IRN	0.765	73.683	13.0679	9.390000	20,176.0
70	Malaysia	MYS	0.765	75.151	12.3672	9.067500	22,251.6
72	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	VEN	0.759	72.578	14.0653	8.140000	22,169.6
73	Georgia	GEO	0.757	70.949	13.4420	12.268000	10,758.7
74	Libya	LBY	0.754	71.936	15.0038	6.962000	23,998.0
75	North Macedonia	MKD	0.753	74.436	13.3241	8.832032	16,060.7
76	Mexico	MEX	0.750	73.695	13.1924	7.950000	21,126.8
77	Albania	ALB	0.749	78.248	12.6278	9.280000	11,094.0
77	Saint Lucia	LCA	0.749	72.963	13.4464	8.188947	19,617.6
79	Dominica	DMA	0.745	71.945	14.4337	8.581281	14,644.9
80	Armenia	ARM	0.743	72.519	11.6970	10.980000	12,864.9
81	Mauritius	MUS	0.742	73.124	13.4484	7.914546	18,096.9
82	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	0.741	70.611	13.5707	10.047643	12,954.8
83	Brazil	BRA	0.739	73.111	15.0044	6.670000	16,499.6
84	Lebanon	LBN	0.734	76.956	11.4758	8.251818	15,286.1
85	Jordan	JOR	0.733	73.563	12.8811	9.520000	10,755.5
86	Azerbaijan	AZE	0.731	69.355	11.6371	10.590000	15,459.3
86	Colombia	COL	0.731	74.206	13.9930	7.320000	13,350.1
88	Sri Lanka	LKA	0.730	72.556	13.0950	10.410000	8,852.5
89	Ecuador	ECU	0.729	74.709	13.9560	7.730000	11,221.6
90	Moldova (Republic of)	MDA	0.728	69.000	12.6241	11.380000	10,406.9
91	Thailand	THA	0.723	74.221	12.7240	7.290000	15,338.7
92	Türkiye	TUR	0.721	74.380	12.5403	6.400000	19,789.4
93	Belize	BLZ	0.720	70.665	12.8324	9.506000	11,149.4
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0.719	76.300	12.8328	6.900815	12,612.5
95	Tonga	TON	0.717	71.041	15.1408	10.410000	5,762.4
96	Peru	PER	0.714	72.743	13.2157	8.190000	10,428.6
97	Algeria	DZA	0.711	73.618	13.4346	6.290000	14,208.6
97	Jamaica	JAM	0.711	71.502	13.6874	8.189500	9,884.0
99	Tunisia	TUN	0.709	74.192	13.9759	6.310000	11,234.0
100	Mongolia	MNG	0.707	67.086	13.7496	9.840000	9,543.2
101	Dominican Republic	DOM	0.704	71.331	12.8126	7.193333	13,444.4
102	Samoa	WSM	0.702	71.531	11.9404	11.452000	5,767.2
103	Suriname	SUR	0.701	68.873	11.1113	7.901728	20,112.7
104	Paraguay	PRY	0.700	72.047	12.8046	7.390000	11,136.1
105	Fiji	FJI	0.690	66.320	12.7194	9.379000	9,755.6
106	China	CHN	0.689	74.833	12.5195	6.872000	8,620.7
107	Turkmenistan	TKM	0.683	67.584	9.5677	10.868444	9,788.9
108	Maldives	MDV	0.681	75.999	12.0662	4.334529	15,812.7
109	Palestine, State of	PSE	0.679	72.204	13.4327	8.010000	5,678.5
110	Gabon	GAB	0.675	64.011	11.8668	7.310000	18,863.0
111	Viet Nam	VNM	0.672	73.455	12.2894	7.329862	6,459.6
112	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	BOL	0.668	65.299	15.3045	7.200000	7,003.1
113	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0.666	66.616	12.2317	10.803000	4,899.3
114	Egypt	EGY	0.665	68.761	11.0065	6.898182	12,796.8
115	Uzbekistan	UZB	0.663	69.035	11.4575	10.788934	4,384.1
116	Philippines	PHL	0.662	68.643	11.5578	8.710000	6,670.2
117	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0.660	73.368	11.6119	6.190000	8,029.9
118	El Salvador	SLV	0.653	70.138	12.1669	6.030000	8,447.9
118	Indonesia	IDN	0.653	68.085	11.9752	7.070000	7,957.3
120	Nicaragua	NIC	0.646	71.404	10.8846	7.799699	5,518.5
121	Botswana	BWA	0.645	57.661	11.7297	8.634000	14,958.2
122	Cabo Verde	CPV	0.643	71.888	12.0166	5.598614	6,880.5
122	South Africa	ZAF	0.643	55.982	12.4759	9.220000	12,894.9
124	Tuvalu	TUV	0.636	64.516	11.2305	9.233469	5,530.1
125	Iraq	IRQ	0.634	66.465	10.3541	6.246252	11,747.4
125	Tajikistan	TJK	0.634	67.924	10.9967	11.091765	2,951.6
125	Timor-Leste	TLS	0.634	62.858	12.5684	4.989198	14,258.9
128	Guyana	GUY	0.632	65.721	11.0310	6.980696	8,201.6
129	Nauru	NRU	0.614	59.675	11.1956	7.801365	8,141.0
130	Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	0.613	57.384	8.5322	7.157140	26,021.2
131	Guatemala	GTM	0.609	69.493	10.5770	4.033333	9,832.8
132	Micronesia (Federated States of)	FSM	0.600	64.849	11.0151	7.574641	4,109.2
133	Kiribati	KIR	0.596	65.746	10.5071	8.196083	3,394.3
134	Morocco	MAR	0.593	70.051	10.3626	4.060000	6,882.7
135	Honduras	HND	0.592	69.657	10.1114	5.107500	5,402.8
136	Congo	COG	0.591	60.790	9.6414	7.542981	6,588.4
137	Namibia	NAM	0.581	54.740	11.4632	6.287620	10,069.4
138	Vanuatu	VUT	0.578	69.302	10.4276	5.856717	3,224.5
139	India	IND	0.574	66.247	10.8686	4.849096	4,434.0
140	Sao Tome and Principe	STP	0.557	63.448	10.0681	5.112732	4,461.2
141	Solomon Islands	SLB	0.556	68.336	11.1459	5.411983	2,256.5
142	Kenya	KEN	0.553	59.955	10.3281	6.233653	4,002.0
143	Ghana	GHA	0.546	60.578	9.9097	5.639993	4,142.1
144	Cambodia	KHM	0.539	66.147	11.0558	4.030000	2,721.6
145	Bangladesh	BGD	0.538	67.047	8.4114	4.960000	3,546.2
146	Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	0.537	62.248	9.5533	4.829463	4,041.1
147	Haiti	HTI	0.528	61.280	10.3569	4.543371	3,276.0
148	Nepal	NPL	0.526	66.442	10.3931	3.364000	2,889.8
149	Comoros	COM	0.519	61.955	10.2727	3.972931	3,117.2
150	Zambia	ZMB	0.514	54.835	10.9873	6.118868	2,699.9
151	Mauritania	MRT	0.512	65.233	6.9737	3.661135	5,720.1
152	Eswatini (Kingdom of)	SWZ	0.507	45.853	11.5816	5.298464	7,770.7
153	Angola	AGO	0.504	55.281	8.2377	3.747596	8,222.3
154	Uganda	UGA	0.502	58.253	10.7055	5.150000	2,077.8
155	Cameroon	CMR	0.501	56.116	9.5297	4.060000	4,191.9
156	Nigeria	NGA	0.497	50.748	8.4939	6.156650	4,889.3
157	Pakistan	PAK	0.496	64.002	6.0046	4.530000	4,232.5
158	Tanzania (United Republic of)	TZA	0.495	59.896	8.7493	4.990000	2,451.9
159	Yemen	YEM	0.492	66.609	7.8686	2.567144	3,722.7
160	Madagascar	MDG	0.490	61.992	9.4175	4.612936	1,819.1
161	Papua New Guinea	PNG	0.489	62.511	7.6827	3.911812	3,112.6
162	Rwanda	RWA	0.479	60.641	10.8187	3.475672	1,632.3
163	Benin	BEN	0.475	58.099	9.9191	2.536100	2,874.9
164	Myanmar	MMR	0.468	56.364	8.9423	3.540592	2,713.0
165	Togo	TGO	0.465	56.651	10.4103	3.324501	1,922.0
166	Lesotho	LSO	0.463	44.304	11.2644	5.540000	3,390.5
167	Senegal	SEN	0.462	63.201	7.7762	1.880000	3,403.9
168	Liberia	LBR	0.459	58.675	9.9238	4.040537	1,385.8
169	Eritrea	ERI	0.457	62.422	7.6651	4.688500	1,381.5
170	Sudan	SDN	0.456	61.261	7.1602	3.050000	2,678.8
170	Zimbabwe	ZWE	0.456	48.456	10.6519	7.462000	1,400.8
172	Gambia	GMB	0.455	60.473	7.5327	2.965825	2,602.8
172	Malawi	MWI	0.455	55.715	10.4059	4.229659	1,395.1
174	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	0.452	54.179	7.5138	3.891627	3,081.4
175	Afghanistan	AFG	0.446	59.708	8.6308	1.742754	2,496.7
176	Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0.436	55.300	9.3324	2.566012	1,891.7
177	Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	COD	0.426	55.388	8.1977	5.559958	980.4
178	Guinea	GIN	0.422	55.703	8.1251	1.552857	2,641.6
179	Mozambique	MOZ	0.403	53.799	9.8157	2.289885	1,082.5
180	Burundi	BDI	0.401	55.581	9.3406	2.430000	980.3
181	Djibouti	DJI	0.400	59.815	4.5919	2.293404	2,951.1
181	Sierra Leone	SLE	0.400	50.693	8.0467	3.253800	1,493.2
183	Ethiopia	ETH	0.398	57.733	7.9138	2.057500	1,212.8
184	Mali	MLI	0.395	55.187	6.8515	1.672000	2,145.0
185	Central African Republic	CAF	0.362	49.873	5.7243	3.124450	1,335.7
186	Burkina Faso	BFA	0.357	55.199	5.7044	1.024286	1,779.7
187	Chad	TCD	0.354	49.503	6.3405	1.704000	1,623.8
188	Niger	NER	0.323	55.852	4.0394	1.466924	1,228.9

NOR

0.943

80.677

17.3786

12.480000

88,712.3

Iceland

ISL

0.935

81.244

18.0052

12.740000

49,949.2

Switzerland

CHE

0.934

81.971

15.4864

12.806566

72,847.8

Germany

DEU

0.933

79.816

16.7366

13.760000

55,364.1

Australia

AUS

0.924

81.427

22.0960

11.940000

47,441.5

Singapore

SGP

0.924

81.099

17.6109

10.490000

85,756.6

Denmark

DNK

0.922

78.714

16.7155

12.880000

61,439.6

Finland

FIN

0.921

79.695

17.1040

12.330000

57,576.0

Netherlands

NLD

0.920

80.387

16.8030

11.910000

61,132.4

New Zealand

NZL

0.920

80.246

19.3154

13.348000

35,979.2

Belgium

BEL

0.917

79.579

19.1373

11.180000

58,684.4

Canada

CAN

0.916

80.730

15.2364

13.416000

52,210.8

United States

USA

0.914

78.127

16.2809

12.990000

58,996.1

Sweden

SWE

0.913

81.137

15.7974

12.070000

58,257.3

Liechtenstein

LIE

0.912

81.855

14.8429

11.514997

158,634.9

United Kingdom

GBR

0.910

79.655

16.0538

12.810012

50,365.0

Austria

AUT

0.907

80.363

15.8611

11.470000

64,043.8

Hong Kong, China (SAR)

HKG

0.907

82.340

15.7062

11.210000

57,524.7

Ireland

IRL

0.907

79.788

17.2619

11.423333

51,527.3

Japan

JPN

0.905

82.633

15.2387

12.441000

43,158.3

San Marino

SMR

0.900

82.894

15.4317

9.758358

97,014.1

Luxembourg

LUX

0.896

80.107

13.3386

12.220000

97,787.3

Slovenia

SVN

0.894

78.595

17.0560

11.910000

41,196.0

Italy

ITA

0.885

81.645

16.3522

9.650000

51,316.7

France

FRA

0.884

81.039

15.2978

10.650000

51,950.3

Israel

ISR

0.878

81.283

14.5684

12.420000

33,328.6

Korea (Republic of)

KOR

0.878

79.996

16.6917

10.962500

34,677.1

Czechia

CZE

0.873

77.172

15.6799

12.190000

38,209.2

Greece

GRC

0.871

80.105

16.2845

10.100000

40,264.6

Spain

ESP

0.865

81.278

15.8737

9.190000

43,660.1

Andorra

AND

0.864

83.855

11.8860

10.470000

60,691.4

Estonia

EST

0.864

74.279

16.2976

13.250000

30,143.7

Cyprus

CYP

0.862

79.906

13.6666

11.280000

44,434.2

Lithuania

LTU

0.849

71.696

17.0985

12.300000

31,776.9

Malta

MLT

0.848

79.690

14.8957

10.010000

36,156.2

Slovakia

SVK

0.842

74.864

15.1470

11.828000

31,359.0

Poland

POL

0.841

75.583

15.3814

12.170000

25,342.4

Qatar

QAT

0.839

78.262

12.2256

9.590000

110,630.2

Latvia

LVA

0.837

71.999

16.3224

12.350000

27,310.4

Argentina

ARG

0.833

75.428

16.3818

10.410000

27,101.6

Hungary

HUN

0.833

73.957

15.4488

11.565000

28,389.9

United Arab Emirates

ARE

0.831

81.591

10.3720

9.494545

80,459.4

Antigua and Barbuda

ATG

0.830

76.075

15.5651

10.265939

28,872.5

Croatia

HRV

0.827

76.001

14.4947

10.777000

30,115.8

Portugal

PRT

0.826

79.603

15.7375

7.780000

34,669.2

Brunei Darussalam

BRN

0.824

74.814

13.5386

8.654000

90,079.4

Chile

CHL

0.820

78.752

14.8571

10.110000

22,040.6

Romania

ROU

0.815

73.216

15.4186

10.670000

26,626.3

Russian Federation

RUS

0.807

67.862

14.3445

12.300000

34,838.1

Montenegro

MNE

0.806

75.001

14.4827

10.965000

20,842.9

Kuwait

KWT

0.805

76.889

13.7273

6.430000

85,987.5

Bahrain

BHR

0.804

77.457

12.8982

8.098889

48,703.5

Bahamas

BHS

0.801

73.445

11.6024

11.696000

33,709.7

Belarus

BLR

0.796

70.349

15.4284

11.097346

21,938.9

Barbados

BRB

0.794

75.300

15.6943

9.599000

17,454.4

Saudi Arabia

0.792

75.301

12.7622

8.471111

43,636.3

Bulgaria

BGR

0.791

73.338

14.1834

10.590000

21,086.2

Cuba

CUB

0.788

77.589

17.5238

10.968000

7,320.0

Uruguay

URY

0.783

76.275

14.5390

8.370000

21,590.6

Oman

OMN

0.782

76.124

12.1246

7.990000

44,125.8

Trinidad and Tobago

TTO

0.782

71.117

12.4034

10.300000

34,530.7

Saint Kitts and Nevis

KNA

0.776

71.479

14.5864

9.168628

24,278.1

Ukraine

UKR

0.776

68.262

15.0397

11.439487

18,264.9

Palau

PLW

0.773

67.562

14.4926

12.529405

16,384.0

Serbia

SRB

0.773

73.904

13.7944

10.240000

16,247.6

Grenada

GRD

0.771

74.374

16.2379

8.904956

12,722.2

Kazakhstan

KAZ

0.771

66.759

14.5696

11.265000

22,263.7

Costa Rica

CRI

0.769

79.180

13.1537

8.290000

17,122.9

Panama

PAN

0.767

75.937

12.8961

9.000000

19,687.9

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

IRN

0.765

73.683

13.0679

9.390000

20,176.0

Malaysia

MYS

0.765

75.151

12.3672

9.067500

22,251.6

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

VEN

0.759

72.578

14.0653

8.140000

22,169.6

Georgia

GEO

0.757

70.949

13.4420

12.268000

10,758.7

Libya

LBY

0.754

71.936

15.0038

6.962000

23,998.0

North Macedonia

MKD

0.753

74.436

13.3241

8.832032

16,060.7

Mexico

MEX

0.750

73.695

13.1924

7.950000

21,126.8

Albania

ALB

0.749

78.248

12.6278

9.280000

11,094.0

Saint Lucia

LCA

0.749

72.963

13.4464

8.188947

19,617.6

Dominica

DMA

0.745

71.945

14.4337

8.581281

14,644.9

Armenia

ARM

0.743

72.519

11.6970

10.980000

12,864.9

Mauritius

MUS

0.742

73.124

13.4484

7.914546

18,096.9

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

VCT

0.741

70.611

13.5707

10.047643

12,954.8

Brazil

BRA

0.739

73.111

15.0044

6.670000

16,499.6

Lebanon

LBN

0.734

76.956

11.4758

8.251818

15,286.1

Jordan

JOR

0.733

73.563

12.8811

9.520000

10,755.5

Azerbaijan

AZE

0.731

69.355

11.6371

10.590000

15,459.3

Colombia

COL

0.731

74.206

13.9930

7.320000

13,350.1

Sri Lanka

LKA

0.730

72.556

13.0950

10.410000

8,852.5

Ecuador

ECU

0.729

74.709

13.9560

7.730000

11,221.6

Moldova (Republic of)

MDA

0.728

69.000

12.6241

11.380000

10,406.9

Thailand

THA

0.723

74.221

12.7240

7.290000

15,338.7

Türkiye

TUR

0.721

74.380

12.5403

6.400000

19,789.4

Belize

BLZ

0.720

70.665

12.8324

9.506000

11,149.4

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIH

0.719

76.300

12.8328

6.900815

12,612.5

Tonga

TON

0.717

71.041

15.1408

10.410000

5,762.4

Peru

PER

0.714

72.743

13.2157

8.190000

10,428.6

Algeria

DZA

0.711

73.618

13.4346

6.290000

14,208.6

Jamaica

JAM

0.711

71.502

13.6874

8.189500

9,884.0

Tunisia

TUN

0.709

74.192

13.9759

6.310000

11,234.0

100

Mongolia

MNG

0.707

67.086

13.7496

9.840000

9,543.2

101

Dominican Republic

DOM

0.704

71.331

12.8126

7.193333

13,444.4

102

Samoa

WSM

0.702

71.531

11.9404

11.452000

5,767.2

103

Suriname

SUR

0.701

68.873

11.1113

7.901728

20,112.7

104

Paraguay

PRY

0.700

72.047

12.8046

7.390000

11,136.1

105

Fiji

FJI

0.690

66.320

12.7194

9.379000

9,755.6

106

China

CHN

0.689

74.833

12.5195

6.872000

8,620.7

107

Turkmenistan

TKM

0.683

67.584

9.5677

10.868444

9,788.9

108

Maldives

MDV

0.681

75.999

12.0662

4.334529

15,812.7

109

Palestine, State of

PSE

0.679

72.204

13.4327

8.010000

5,678.5

110

Gabon

GAB

0.675

64.011

11.8668

7.310000

18,863.0

111

Viet Nam

VNM

0.672

73.455

12.2894

7.329862

6,459.6

112

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

BOL

0.668

65.299

15.3045

7.200000

7,003.1

113

Kyrgyzstan

KGZ

0.666

66.616

12.2317

10.803000

4,899.3

114

Egypt

EGY

0.665

68.761

11.0065

6.898182

12,796.8

115

Uzbekistan

UZB

0.663

69.035

11.4575

10.788934

4,384.1

116

Philippines

PHL

0.662

68.643

11.5578

8.710000

6,670.2

117

Syrian Arab Republic

SYR

0.660

73.368

11.6119

6.190000

8,029.9

118

El Salvador

SLV

0.653

70.138

12.1669

6.030000

8,447.9

118

Indonesia

IDN

0.653

68.085

11.9752

7.070000

7,957.3

120

Nicaragua

NIC

0.646

71.404

10.8846

7.799699

5,518.5

121

Botswana

BWA

0.645

57.661

11.7297

8.634000

14,958.2

122

Cabo Verde

CPV

0.643

71.888

12.0166

5.598614

6,880.5

122

South Africa

ZAF

0.643

55.982

12.4759

9.220000

12,894.9

124

Tuvalu

TUV

0.636

64.516

11.2305

9.233469

5,530.1

125

Iraq

IRQ

0.634

66.465

10.3541

6.246252

11,747.4

125

Tajikistan

TJK

0.634

67.924

10.9967

11.091765

2,951.6

125

Timor-Leste

TLS

0.634

62.858

12.5684

4.989198

14,258.9

128

Guyana

GUY

0.632

65.721

11.0310

6.980696

8,201.6

129

Nauru

NRU

0.614

59.675

11.1956

7.801365

8,141.0

130

Equatorial Guinea

GNQ

0.613

57.384

8.5322

7.157140

26,021.2

131

Guatemala

GTM

0.609

69.493

10.5770

4.033333

9,832.8

132

Micronesia (Federated States of)

FSM

0.600

64.849

11.0151

7.574641

4,109.2

133

Kiribati

KIR

0.596

65.746

10.5071

8.196083

3,394.3

134

Morocco

MAR

0.593

70.051

10.3626

4.060000

6,882.7

135

Honduras

HND

0.592

69.657

10.1114

5.107500

5,402.8

136

Congo

COG

0.591

60.790

9.6414

7.542981

6,588.4

137

Namibia

NAM

0.581

54.740

11.4632

6.287620

10,069.4

138

Vanuatu

VUT

0.578

69.302

10.4276

5.856717

3,224.5

139

India

IND

0.574

66.247

10.8686

4.849096

4,434.0

140

Sao Tome and Principe

STP

0.557

63.448

10.0681

5.112732

4,461.2

141

Solomon Islands

SLB

0.556

68.336

11.1459

5.411983

2,256.5

142

Kenya

KEN

0.553

59.955

10.3281

6.233653

4,002.0

143

Ghana

GHA

0.546

60.578

9.9097

5.639993

4,142.1

144

Cambodia

KHM

0.539

66.147

11.0558

4.030000

2,721.6

145

Bangladesh

BGD

0.538

67.047

8.4114

4.960000

3,546.2

146

Lao People's Democratic Republic

LAO

0.537

62.248

9.5533

4.829463

4,041.1

147

Haiti

HTI

0.528

61.280

10.3569

4.543371

3,276.0

148

Nepal

NPL

0.526

66.442

10.3931

3.364000

2,889.8

149

Comoros

COM

0.519

61.955

10.2727

3.972931

3,117.2

150

Zambia

ZMB

0.514

54.835

10.9873

6.118868

2,699.9

151

Mauritania

MRT

0.512

65.233

6.9737

3.661135

5,720.1

152

Eswatini (Kingdom of)

SWZ

0.507

45.853

11.5816

5.298464

7,770.7

153

Angola

AGO

0.504

55.281

8.2377

3.747596

8,222.3

154

Uganda

UGA

0.502

58.253

10.7055

5.150000

2,077.8

155

Cameroon

CMR

0.501

56.116

9.5297

4.060000

4,191.9

156

Nigeria

NGA

0.497

50.748

8.4939

6.156650

4,889.3

157

Pakistan

PAK

0.496

64.002

6.0046

4.530000

4,232.5

158

Tanzania (United Republic of)

TZA

0.495

59.896

8.7493

4.990000

2,451.9

159

Yemen

YEM

0.492

66.609

7.8686

2.567144

3,722.7

160

Madagascar

MDG

0.490

61.992

9.4175

4.612936

1,819.1

161

Papua New Guinea

PNG

0.489

62.511

7.6827

3.911812

3,112.6

162

Rwanda

RWA

0.479

60.641

10.8187

3.475672

1,632.3

163

Benin

BEN

0.475

58.099

9.9191

2.536100

2,874.9

164

Myanmar

MMR

0.468

56.364

8.9423

3.540592

2,713.0

165

Togo

TGO

0.465

56.651

10.4103

3.324501

1,922.0

166

Lesotho

LSO

0.463

44.304

11.2644

5.540000

3,390.5

167

Senegal

SEN

0.462

63.201

7.7762

1.880000

3,403.9

168

Liberia

LBR

0.459

58.675

9.9238

4.040537

1,385.8

169

Eritrea

ERI

0.457

62.422

7.6651

4.688500

1,381.5

170

Sudan

SDN

0.456

61.261

7.1602

3.050000

2,678.8

170

Zimbabwe

ZWE

0.456

48.456

10.6519

7.462000

1,400.8

172

Gambia

GMB

0.455

60.473

7.5327

2.965825

2,602.8

172

Malawi

MWI

0.455

55.715

10.4059

4.229659

1,395.1

174

Côte d'Ivoire

CIV

0.452

54.179

7.5138

3.891627

3,081.4

175

Afghanistan

AFG

0.446

59.708

8.6308

1.742754

2,496.7

176

Guinea-Bissau

GNB

0.436

55.300

9.3324

2.566012

1,891.7

177

Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

COD

0.426

55.388

8.1977

5.559958

980.4

178

Guinea

GIN

0.422

55.703

8.1251

1.552857

2,641.6

179

Mozambique

MOZ

0.403

53.799

9.8157

2.289885

1,082.5

180

Burundi

BDI

0.401

55.581

9.3406

2.430000

980.3

181

Djibouti

DJI

0.400

59.815

4.5919

2.293404

2,951.1

181

Sierra Leone

SLE

0.400

50.693

8.0467

3.253800

1,493.2

183

Ethiopia

ETH

0.398

57.733

7.9138

2.057500

1,212.8

184

Mali

MLI

0.395

55.187

6.8515

1.672000

2,145.0

185

Central African Republic

CAF

0.362

49.873

5.7243

3.124450

1,335.7

186

Burkina Faso

BFA

0.357

55.199

5.7044

1.024286

1,779.7

187

Chad

TCD

0.354

49.503

6.3405

1.704000

1,623.8

188

Niger

NER

0.323

55.852

4.0394

1.466924

1,228.9

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