Posted by European on August 31, 2012 at 18:36:47
In Reply to: Re: Mitt said posted by Pastor Don on August 31, 2012 at 13:12:55:
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to determine and indicate whether a country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.
The top ten nations for the HDI in 2006:
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. Netherlands 0.947
10. Switzerland 0.947
Norway has been number 1 every year since 2001. Canada was number 1 from 1994 to 2000.
Once adjusted for inequality factoring, the US ranks much further down:
1. Norway
2. Australia
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Iceland
6. Ireland
7. Germany
8. Denmark
9. Switzerland
10. Slovenia
11. Finland
12. Canada
13. Czech Republic
14. Austria
15. Belgium
16. France
17. Spain
18. Luxembourg
19. United Kingdom
20. Slovakia
21. Israel
22. Italy
23. United States