The table below is an HTML version of the PDF table issued by the UN Development Information Service (UNIS) and the Austrian Development Corporation and is a chapter in the 2005 Human Development Report. The Human Development Index (HDI) is based on "life expectancy, educational attainment and adjusted real income."

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
High HDI	Medium HDI		Low HDI
1 Norway   2 Iceland   3 Australia   4 Luxembourg   5 Canada   6 Sweden   7 Switzerland   8 Ireland   9 Belgium 10 United States 11 Japan 12 Netherlands 13 Finland 14 Denmark 15 United Kingdom 16 France 17 Austria 18 Italy 19 New Zealand 20 Germany 21 Spain 22 Hong Kong, China      (SAR) 23 Israel 24 Greece 25 Singapore 26 Slovenia 27 Portugal 28 Korea, Rep. of 29 Cyprus 30 Barbados 31 Czech Republic 32 Malta 33 Brunei Darussalam 34 Argentina 35 Hungary 36 Poland 37 Chile 38 Estonia 39 Lithuania 40 Qatar 41 United Arab Emirates 42 Slovakia 43 Bahrain 44 Kuwait 45 Croatia 46 Uruguay 47 Costa Rica 48 Latvia 49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50 Bahamas 51 Seychelles 52 Cuba 53 Mexico 54 Tonga 55 Bulgaria 56 Panama 57 Trinidad and Tobago	58 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 59 Macedonia, TFYR 60 Antigua and Barbuda 61 Malaysia 62 Russian Federation 63 Brazil 64 Romania 65 Mauritius 66 Grenada 67 Belarus 68 Bosnia and       Herzegovina 69 Colombia 70 Dominica 71 Oman 72 Albania 73 Thailand 74 Samoa (Western) 75 Venezuela 76 Saint Lucia 77 Saudi Arabia 78 Ukraine 79 Peru 80 Kazakhstan 81 Lebanon 82 Ecuador 83 Armenia 84 Philippines 85 China 86 Suriname 87 Saint Vincent &      the Grenadines 88 Paraguay 89 Tunisia 90 Jordan 91 Belize 92 Fiji 93 Sri Lanka 94 Turkey 95 Dominican Republic 96 Maldives 97 Turkmenistan 98 Jamaica 99 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 100 Georgia 101 Azerbaijan 102 Occupied Palestinian        Territories 103 Algeria 104 El Salvador 105 Cape Verde 106 Syrian Arab Republic 107 Guyana 108 Viet Nam 109 Kyrgyzstan 110 Indonesia 111 Uzbekistan 112 Nicaragua	113 Bolivia 114 Mongolia 115 Moldova, Rep. of 116 Honduras 117 Guatemala 118 Vanuatu 119 Egypt 120 South Africa 121 Equatorial Guinea 122 Tajikistan 123 Gabon 124 Morocco 125 Namibia 126 Saõ Tomé and        Principe 127 India 128 Solomon Islands 129 Myanmar 130 Cambodia 131 Botswana 132 Comoros 133 Lao People’s Dem.        Rep. 134 Bhutan 135 Pakistan 136 Nepal 137 Papua New Guinea 138 Ghana 139 Bangladesh 140 Timor-Leste 141 Sudan 142 Congo 143 Togo 144 Uganda 145 Zimbabwe	146 Madagascar 147 Swaziland 148 Cameroon 149 Lesotho 150 Djibouti 151 Yemen 152 Mauritania 153 Haiti 154 Kenya 155 Gambia 156 Guinea 157 Senegal 158 Nigeria 159 Rwanda 160 Angola 161 Eritrea 162 Benin 163 Côte d’Ivoire 164 Tanzania, U. Rep. of 165 Malawi 166 Zambia 167 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 168 Mozambique 169 Burundi 170 Ethiopia 171 Central African Republic 172 Guinea-Bissau 173 Chad 174 Mali 175 Burkina Faso 176 Sierra Leone 177 Niger

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