Monday, April 11, 2011

Human Poverty Index.....


RankingCountryHPI-2Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (%)People lacking functional literacy skills (%)Long-term unemployment (%)Population below 50% of median income (%)
1Sweden6.36.77.51.16.5
2Norway6.87.97.90.56.4
3Netherlands8.18.310.51.87.3
4Finland8.19.410.41.85.4
5Denmark8.210.39.60.85.6
6Germany10.38.614.45.88.4
7Switzerland10.77.215.91.57.6
8Canada10.98.114.60.511.4
9Luxembourg11.19.2-1.26.0
10Austria11.18.8-1.37.7
11France11.28.9-4.17.3
12Japan11.76.9-1.311.8
13Australia12.17.317.00.912.2
14Belgium12.49.318.44.68.0
15Spain12.57.7-2.214.2
16United Kingdom14.88.721.81.212.5
17United States15.411.620.00.417.0
18Ireland16.08.722.61.516.2
19Italy29.87.747.03.412.7

The countries ranked in the top 22 by HDI that are not on this list are Iceland. New Zealand andLiechtenstein


Note that not all countries are included because data for the indicators are not always available. So positions could change if they were. Especially countries at the bottom could drop considerably if the list were extended. For specific values for other countries than the ones on the list.

2 comments:

  1. According to here mainly Literacy skill affect poverty
    I think

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  2. Also their life span is actually not stable, I think due to the weaknesses in the health sector...

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