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Table 1.2.1
Human Development Index Scores 2009 and Component
scores for a selection of Countries classified as Very High, High, Medium and
Low Human Development nations
Combined
gross
enrolment
ratio in
education
%
Life
expectancy
at birth in
years
GDP
per
capita
US $
Difference
between
GDP and
HDI rank
HDI Rank
(Group)
HDI
value
Country
Very High
1
Norway
0.971
80.5
98.6
53,433
4
2
Australia
0.970
81.4
114.2
34,923
20
13
United States
0.956
79.1
92.4
45,592
-
4
21
United Kingdom
0.947
79.3
89.2
35,130
-
1
33
Qatar
0.910
75.5
80.4
74,882
-
30
37
Barbados
0.903
77.0
92.9
17,956
11
High
39
Bahrain
0.895
75.6
90.4
29,723
-
9
51
Cuba
0.863
78.5
100.8
6,876
44
64
Trinidad/Tobago
0.837
69.2
61.1
23,507
-
26
66
Malaysia
0.829
74.1
71.5
13,518
-
5
32
Medium
87
Thailand
0.783
68.7
78.0
8,135
-
5
96
Jordan
0.770
72.4
78.7
4,901
11
129
South Africa
0.683
51.5
76.8
9,757
-
51
Low
160
Malawi
0.493
52.4
61.9
761
12
169
Liberia
0.442
57.9
57.6
362
10
181
Afghanistan
0.352
43.6
50.1
1,054
-
17
182
Niger
0.340
50.8
27.2
627
-
6
Source
: UNDP 2009: Human Development Report, 2009, Table H, pp 171-175
GDP per capita at US$74,882 per annum, followed by Norway $53,433
and the United States at $45,592. Norway performs better than Qatar
on the overall HDI, being the world's top ranked country by virtue of a
combination of its relatively high income with a life expectancy of 80.5
years and a combined gross education enrolment of 98.6. Norway
thereby ranks four places higher on the HDI than on GDP. The United
States records lower scores on life expectancy at 79.1 years and on edu-
cational enrolment (92.4) and, therefore, a lower rank on HDI than on
