Very high human development (developed countries) Rank Country HDI 1 ⬠Norway 0.938 â² 0.001 2 ⬠Australia 0.937 â² 0.002 3 â² (17) New Zealand 0.907 â² 0.003 4 â² (9) United States 0.902 â² 0.003 5 ⬠Ireland 0.895 â² 0.001 6 â² (13) Liechtenstein 0.891 â² 0.002 7 â¼ (1) Netherlands 0.890 â² 0.002 8 â¼ (4) Canada 0.888 â² 0.002 9 â¼ (2) Sweden 0.885 â² 0.001 10 â² (12) Germany 0.885 â² 0.002 11 â¼ (1) Japan 0.884 â² 0.003 12 â² (14) South Korea 0.877 â² 0.005 â
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13 ⼠(4) Switzerland 0.874 Ⲡ0.002 14 ⼠(6) France 0.872 Ⲡ0.003 15 Ⲡ(12) Israel 0.872 Ⲡ0.001 16 ⼠(4) Finland 0.871 Ⲡ0.002 17 ⼠(14) Iceland 0.869 ⬠18 ⼠(1) Belgium 0.867 Ⲡ0.002 19 ⼠(3) Denmark 0.866 Ⲡ0.002 20 ⼠(5) Spain 0.863 Ⲡ0.002 21 Ⲡ(3) Hong Kong 0.862 Ⲡ0.005 22 Ⲡ(3) Greece 0.855 Ⲡ0.002 23 ⼠(5) Italy 0.854 Ⲡ0.003 24 ⼠(13) Luxembourg 0.852 Ⲡ0.002 25 ⼠(11) Austria 0.851 Ⲡ0.002 26 ⼠(5) United Kingdom 0.849 Ⲡ0.002 27 ⼠(5) Singapore 0.846 Ⲡ0.005 28 Ⲡ(8) Czech Republic 0.841 ⬠29 ⬠Slovenia 0.828 Ⲡ0.002 30 Ⲡ(2) Andorra 0.824 Ⲡ0.002 31 Ⲡ(11) Slovakia 0.818 Ⲡ0.003 32 Ⲡ(3) United Arab Emirates 0.815 Ⲡ0.003 33 Ⲡ(5) Malta 0.815 Ⲡ0.002 34 Ⲡ(6) Estonia 0.812 Ⲡ0.003 35 ⼠(3) Cyprus 0.810 Ⲡ0.001 36 Ⲡ(7) Hungary 0.805 Ⲡ0.002 37 ⼠(7) Brunei 0.805 Ⲡ0.001 38 ⼠(5) Qatar 0.803 Ⲡ0.005 39 ⬠Bahrain 0.801 Ⲡ0.003 40 ⼠(6) Portugal 0.795 Ⲡ0.004 41 ⬠Poland 0.795 Ⲡ0.004 42 ⼠(5) Barbados 0.788 Ⲡ0.001 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~?