DUSHANBE, November 28, Asia-Plus – The Human Development Index (HDI) prepared by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has ranked Tajikistan the last among the CIS states in terms of quality of life.
In the list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008 (2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings), Tajikistan is ranked 122nd among 177 countries.
Neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are ranked 116th and 113th respectively. Kazakhstan is ranked 73rd and Turkmenistan 109th.
As far as other CIS states are concerned, Armenian is ranked 83rd, Azerbaijan 98th, Georgia 96th, Moldova 111rst, Russia 67th, and Ukraine 76th.
Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland are among the top five counties on the list of 2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings, and Mali (173rd), Niger (174th), Guinea-Bissau (175th), Burkina Faso (176th) and Sierra Leona (177th) are in the bottom of the list.
The list of countries by Human Development Index as included in the UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published on November 27, 2007. It covers 175 UN member countries (out of 192), along with Hong Kong (SAR of China) and PA-governed territories. 17 UN member nations are not included due to lack of data.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing, or under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
Countries fall into three broad categories based on their HDI: high, medium, and low human development. The arrows show the change from 2004 values.
The Human Development Index (HDI), published annually by the UN, ranks nations according to their citizens” quality of life rather than strictly by a nation”s traditional economic figures.
