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Human Development Index (HDI) - 2010 Rankings

Very High Human Development

1. Norway
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. United States
5. Ireland
6. Liechtenstein
7. Netherlands
8. Canada
9. Sweden
10. Germany
11. Japan
12. Korea (Republic of)
13. Switzerland
14. France
15. Israel
16. Finland
17. Iceland
18. Belgium
19. Denmark
20. Spain
21. Hong Kong, China (SAR)
22. Greece
23. Italy
24. Luxembourg
25. Austria
26. United Kingdom
27. Singapore
28. Czech Republic
29. Slovenia
30. Andorra
31. Slovakia
32. United Arab Emirates
33. Malta
34. Estonia
35. Cyprus
36. Hungary
37. Brunei Darussalam
38. Qatar
39. Bahrain
40. Portugal
41. Poland
42. Barbados

High Human Development

1. Bahamas
2. Lithuania
3. Chile
4. Argentina
5. Kuwait
6. Latvia
7. Montenegro
8. Romania
9. Croatia
10. Uruguay
11. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
12. Panama
13. Saudi Arabia
14. Mexico
15. Malaysia
16. Bulgaria
17. Trinidad and Tobago
18. Serbia
19. Belarus
20. Costa Rica
21. Peru
22. Albania
23. Russian Federation
24. Kazakhstan
25. Azerbaijan
26. Bosnia and Herzegovina
27. Ukraine
28. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
29. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
30. Mauritius
31. Brazil
32. Georgia
33. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
34. Armenia
35. Ecuador
36. Belize
37. Colombia
38. Jamaica
39. Tunisia
40. Jordan
41. Turkey
42. Algeria
43. Tonga

Medium Human Development

1. Fiji
2. Turkmenistan
3. Dominican Republic
4. China
5. El Salvador
6. Sri Lanka
7. Thailand
8. Gabon
9. Suriname
10. Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
11. Paraguay
12. Philippines
13. Botswana
14. Moldova (Republic of)
15. Mongolia
16. Egypt
17. Uzbekistan
18. Micronesia (Federated States of)
19. Guyana
20. Namibia
21. Honduras
22. Maldives
23. Indonesia
24. Kyrgyzstan
25. South Africa
26. Syrian Arab Republic
27. Tajikistan
28. Viet Nam
29. Morocco
30. Nicaragua
31. Guatemala
32. Equatorial Guinea
33. Cape Verde
34. India
35. Timor-Leste
36. Swaziland
37. Lao People"s Democratic Republic
38. Solomon Islands
39. Cambodia
40. Pakistan
41. Congo
42. São Tomé and Príncipe

Low Human Development

1. Kenya
2. Bangladesh
3. Ghana
4. Cameroon
5. Myanmar
6. Yemen
7. Benin
8. Madagascar
9. Mauritania
10. Papua New Guinea
11. Nepal
12. Togo
13. Comoros
14. Lesotho
15. Nigeria
16. Uganda
17. Senegal
18. Haiti
19. Angola
20. Djibouti
21. Tanzania (United Republic of)
22. Côte d"Ivoire
23. Zambia
24. Gambia
25. Rwanda
26. Malawi
27. Sudan
28. Afghanistan
29. Guinea
30. Ethiopia
31. Sierra Leone
32. Central African Republic
33. Mali
34. Burkina Faso
35. Liberia
36. Chad
37. Guinea-Bissau
38. Mozambique
39. Burundi
40. Niger
41. Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
42. Zimbabwe