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Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN
PARIS (AFP) – Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.
The index compiled by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
Norway, Australia and Iceland took the first three spots while Niger ranks at the very bottom, just below Afghanistan.
China moved up seven places on the list to rank as the 92nd most developed country due to improvements in education as well as income levels and life expectancy.
Colombia and Peru rose five spaces to rank 77th and 78th while France -- which was not part of the top 10 last year -- returns to the upper echelons by moving up three places to number 8.
The UNDP said the index highlights the grave disparities between rich and poor countries.
A child born in Niger can expect to live to just over 50, which is 30 years less than a child born in Norway. For every dollar a person earns in Niger, 85 dollars are earned in Norway.
This year's index was based on data from 2007 and does not take into account the impact of the global economic crisis.
"Many countries have experienced setbacks over recent decades, in the face of economic downturns, conflict-related crises and the HIV and AIDS epidemic," said the UN development report's author Jeni Klugman.
"And this was even before the impact of the current global financial crisis was felt."
Afghanistan, which returns to the list for the first time since 1996, is the only Asian country among the bottom ten which also include Sierra Leone in the 180th spot, just below the Central African Republic.
The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan.
The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year.
Encabeza Chile Indice de Desarrollo Humano en Latinoamérica
Santiago, 5 Oct (Notimex).- Chile encabeza el Indice de Desarrollo Humano (IDH) 2009 en Latinoamérica, de acuerdo al informe anual del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), que en esta oportunidad centró su análisis en la migración.
El siguiente cuadro contiene el IDH del PNUD de los países latinoamericanos, obtenido con datos de 2007 y comparado con el año anterior.
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INDICE DE DESARROLLO HUMANO
PAIS HUMANO 2009 MUNDIAL 2009 MUNDIAL EN 2008
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CHILE 0.878 44 43
ARGENTINA 0.866 49 47
URUGUAY 0.865 50 49
CUBA 0.863 51 51
MEXICO 0.854 53 54
COSTA RICA 0.854 54 53
VENEZUELA 0.844 58 62
PANAMA 0.840 60 61
BRASIL 0.813 75 75
COLOMBIA 0.807 77 82
PERU 0.806 78 83
ECUADOR 0.806 80 77
R. DOMINICANA 0.777 90 89
PARAGUAY 0.761 101 101
EL SALVADOR 0.747 106 106
HONDURAS 0.732 112 112
BOLIVIA 0.729 112 113
GUATEMALA 0.704 122 123
NICARAGUA 0.699 124 124
HAITI 0.532 149 149
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PROMEDIO DE AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE 0.821
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Fuente: Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2009 del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD).
