[ Korea ] Open Question : south korea is better country than european country?

Very high human development (developed countries) Rank Country HDI 1 ▬ Norway 0.938 ▲ 0.001 2 ▬ Australia 0.937 ▲ 0.002 3 ▲ (17) New Zealand 0.907 ▲ 0.003 4 ▲ (9) United States 0.902 ▲ 0.003 5 ▬ Ireland 0.895 ▲ 0.001 6 ▲ (13) Liechtenstein 0.891 ▲ 0.002 7 ▼ (1) Netherlands 0.890 ▲ 0.002 8 ▼ (4) Canada 0.888 ▲ 0.002 9 ▼ (2) Sweden 0.885 ▲ 0.001 10 ▲ (12) Germany 0.885 ▲ 0.002 11 ▼ (1) Japan 0.884 ▲ 0.003 12 ▲ (14) South Korea 0.877 ▲ 0.005 ★★★★★ 13 ▼ (4) Switzerland 0.874 ▲ 0.002 14 ▼ (6) France 0.872 ▲ 0.003 15 ▲ (12) Israel 0.872 ▲ 0.001 16 ▼ (4) Finland 0.871 ▲ 0.002 17 ▼ (14) Iceland 0.869 ▬ 18 ▼ (1) Belgium 0.867 ▲ 0.002 19 ▼ (3) Denmark 0.866 ▲ 0.002 20 ▼ (5) Spain 0.863 ▲ 0.002 21 ▲ (3) Hong Kong 0.862 ▲ 0.005 22 ▲ (3) Greece 0.855 ▲ 0.002 23 ▼ (5) Italy 0.854 ▲ 0.003 24 ▼ (13) Luxembourg 0.852 ▲ 0.002 25 ▼ (11) Austria 0.851 ▲ 0.002 26 ▼ (5) United Kingdom 0.849 ▲ 0.002 27 ▼ (5) Singapore 0.846 ▲ 0.005 28 ▲ (8) Czech Republic 0.841 ▬ 29 ▬ Slovenia 0.828 ▲ 0.002 30 ▲ (2) Andorra 0.824 ▲ 0.002 31 ▲ (11) Slovakia 0.818 ▲ 0.003 32 ▲ (3) United Arab Emirates 0.815 ▲ 0.003 33 ▲ (5) Malta 0.815 ▲ 0.002 34 ▲ (6) Estonia 0.812 ▲ 0.003 35 ▼ (3) Cyprus 0.810 ▲ 0.001 36 ▲ (7) Hungary 0.805 ▲ 0.002 37 ▼ (7) Brunei 0.805 ▲ 0.001 38 ▼ (5) Qatar 0.803 ▲ 0.005 39 ▬ Bahrain 0.801 ▲ 0.003 40 ▼ (6) Portugal 0.795 ▲ 0.004 41 ▬ Poland 0.795 ▲ 0.004 42 ▼ (5) Barbados 0.788 ▲ 0.001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index south korea even high rank than european country like france,belgium,denmark,italy,UK! i'm surprised. what do you think about this statistics~?