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2009 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANKING (2007 DATA) - __________________________________________________________________ |
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| ABS-CBN NEWS Jesus F. Llanto 10/05/2009 (9:15 PM) |
| UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX |
| VERY HIGH HDI (HDI>=0.900) Top 10 Countries et al. 1. Norway 2. Australia 3. Iceland 4. Canada 5. Ireland 6. Netherlands 7. Sweden 8. France 9. Switzerland 10. Japan 13. United States 18. Italy 21. United Kingdom 22. Germany Bottom 10 Countries 29. Slovenia 30. Brunei Darussalam 31. Kuwait 32. Cyprus 33. Qatar 34. Portugal 35. United Arab Emirates 36. Czech Republic 37. Barbados 38. Malta |
| HIGH HDI (0.900>HDI>=0.800) Top 10 Countries et al. 39. Bahrain 40. Estonia 41. Poland 42. Slovakia 43. Hungary 44. Chile 45. Croatia 46. Lithuania 47. Antigua and Barbuda 48. Latvia 53. Mexico 66. Malaysia 71. Russian Federation Bottom 10 Countries 74. Grenada 75. Brazil 76. Bosnia and Herzegovina 77. Colombia 78. Peru 79. Turkey 80. Ecuador 81. Mauritius 82. Kazakhstan 83. Lebanon |
| MEDIUM HDI (0.800>HDI>=0.500) Top 10 Countries et al. 84. Armenia 85. Ukraine 86. Azerbaijan 87. Thailand 88. Iran 89. Georgia 90. Dominican Republic 91. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 92. China 93. Belize 105. Philippines 111. Indonesia 115. Mongolia 116. Viet Nam 134. India 141. Pakistan 146. Bangladesh Bottom 10 Countries 149. Haiti 150. Sudan 151. Tanzania 152. Ghana 153. Cameroon 154. Mauritania 155. Djibouti 156. Lesotho 157. Uganda 158. Nigeria |
| PHILIPPINES |
| LOW HDI (HDI<0.500) Top 10 Countries 159. Togo 160. Malawi 161. Benin 162. Timor-Leste 163. Cote d'Ivoire 164. Zambia 165. Eritrea 166. Senegal 167. Rwanda 168. Gambia Bottom 10 Countries 173. Guinea-Bissau 174. Burundi 175. Chad 176. Congo (Democratic Rep. of the) 177. Burkina Faso 178. Mali 179. Central African Rep. 180. Sierra Leone 181. Afghanistan 182. Niger |
| MANILA - The Philippines ranked 105th among 182 countries whose human development index (HDI) were rated by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for 2009, showing a slight improvement in its HDI value for three years ago. An economist said, however, that the increase is not something to be happy about. The study used data from 2007 and do not reflect yet how the Philippines has been doing since the global economic crisis of 2008. The HDI measures human development using 3 criteria: life expectancy, adult literacy and enrolment at primary, secondary and tertiary levels; and a standard of living measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) income. The HDI ranking is part of the Human Development Report 2009, which focuses on trends in migration and development, and which was presented Monday at the Edsa Shangri-la in Mandaluyong City. The report showed that the value of the Philippines HDI slightly increased from 0.751 in 2007 from 0.747 in 2006 and put the country under the medium human development bracket classification. "The improvement in the Philippines HDI value is a result of increases in its HDI component indicators, a sign of relief and steady progress in human development," the report said. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Despite the increase in the HDI value, the Philippines stayed in the 105th spot. The Philippines landed on the 102nd spot during the last report, but an update of the data used for the study adjusted the ranking to 105th. The Philippine HDI value of 0.751 is below the East Asia and the Pacific average of 0.770, but above the average of 0.686 for countries under the medium human development. The HDI value places the Philippines in the league of El Salvador, Algeria and the Pacific island states of Tonga and Fiji. "The fact that the Philippine HDI value is increasing is not a reason to be happy," said University of the Philippines economics professor Arsenio Balisacan during the presentation of the report. He added that neighboring countries in the region have overtaken the country. Malaysia is on the 66th spot, while Thailand is on the 87th spot. The Philippines, however, ranked higher than Indonesia (111th) and Vietnam (116th). "These data do not reflect the effects of the global economic crisis which could have massive effects on the ranking," Balisacan said. European countries occupied the top 20 of the rankings. The top 20 countries were: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Japan, Luxembourg, Finland, United States, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Liechtenstein and New Zealand. (Read: Norway tops UN human development index) African countries, meanwhile, dominated the bottom 10 spots. The last 10 countries in the rankings were: Guinea Bissau, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Niger. (Newsbreak) ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ The human development index (HDI) is a summary measure of a country's human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions: - a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth. - access to knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment ratio in education; and - a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) in US dollars. These three dimensions are standardized to values between 0 and 1, and the simple average is taken to arrive at the overall HDI value in the range 0 to 1. Countries are then ranked on the basis of this value with a rank of 1 representing the highest HDI value. It is important to note that these HDI results, based on 2007 data, do not reflect the effects of the global economic crisis, which is expected to have massive impacts on human development achievements in many countries around the world. |
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