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Friday, July 16, 2004
NEW-YORK—NIGERIA is ranked 151st of the 177 nations in the 2004 Human Development Index released yesterday by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The annual quality-of-life index looks at life expectancy, literacy and education levels, per-capita income and health care.
1. Norway
2. Sweden
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. Iceland
8. United States
9. Japan
10. Ireland
11. Switzerland
12. Britain
13. Finland
14. Austria
15. Luxembourg
16. France
17. Denmark
18. New Zealand
19. Germany
20. Spain
21. Italy
22. Israel
23. Hong Kong
24. Greece
25. Singapore
26. Portugal;
27. Slovenia
28. South Korea
29. Barbados
30. Cyprus
31. Malta
32. Czech Republic
33. Brunei
34. Argentina; 35. Seychelles; 36. Estonia; 37. Poland; 38. Hungary; 39. Saint Kitts and Nevis; 40. Bahrain; 41. Lithuania; 42. Slovakia; 43. Chile; 44. Kuwait; 45. Costa Rica; 46. Uruguay; 47. Qatar; 48. Croatia; 49. United Arab Emirates; 50. Latvia; 51. Bahamas; 52. Cuba; 53. Mexico; 54. Trinidad and Tobago; 55. Antigua and Barbuda; 56. Bulgaria; 57. Russia; 58. Libya; 59. Malaysia; 60. Macedonia; 61. Panama; 62. Belarus; 63. Tonga; 64. Mauritius; 65. Albania; 66. Bosnia-Herzegovina; 67. Suriname; 68. Venezuela; 69. Romania; 70. Ukraine; 71. Saint Lucia; 72. Brazil; 73. Colombia; 74. Oman; 75. Western Samoa; 76. Thailand; 77. Saudi Arabia; 78. Kazakhstan; 79. Jamaica; 80. Lebanon; 81. Fiji; 82. Armenia; 83. Philippines; 84. Maldives; 85. Peru; 86. Turkmenistan; 87. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 88. Turkey; 89. Paraguay; 90. Jordan; 91. Azerbaijan; 92. Tunisia; 93. Grenada; 94. China; 95. Dominica; 96. Sri Lanka; 97. Georgia; 98. Dominican Republic; 99. Belize; 100. Ecuador; 101. Iran; 102. Palestinian Territories; 103. El Salvador; 104. Guyana; 105. Cape Verde; 106. Syria; 107. Uzbekistan; 108. Algeria; 109. Equatorial Guinea; 110. Kyrgyzstan; 111. Indonesia; 112. Vietnam; 113. Moldova; 114. Bolivia; 115. Honduras; 116. Tajikistan; 117. Mongolia; 118. Nicaragua; 119. South Africa; 120. Egypt; 121. Guatemala; 122. Gabon; 123. Sao Tome and Principe; 124. Solomon Islands; 125. Morocco; 126. Namibia; 127. India; 128. Botswana; 129. Vanuatu; 130. Cambodia; 131. Ghana; 132. Myanmar; 133. Papua New Guinea; 134. Bhutan; 135. Laos; 136. Comoros; 137. Swaziland; 138. Bangladesh; 139. Sudan; 140. Nepal; 141. Cameroon; 142. Pakistan; 143. Togo; 144. Congo; 145. Lesotho; 146. Uganda; 147. Zimbabwe; 148. Kenya; 149. Yemen; 150. Madagascar; 151. Nigeria; 152. Mauritania; 153. Haiti; 154. Djibouti; 155. Gambia; 156. Eritrea; 157. Senegal; 158. East Timor; 159. Rwanda; 160. Guinea; 161. Benin; 162. Tanzania; 163. Ivory Coast; 164. Zambia; 165. Malawi; 166. Angola; 167. Chad; 168. Democratic Republic of Congo; 169. Central African Republic; 170. Ethiopia; 171. Mozambique; 172. Guinea-Bissau; 173. Burundi; 174. Mali; 175. Burkina Faso; 176. Niger; 177. Sierra Leone.
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