2008 Statistical Update
A new index was released on December 18, 2008. This so-called "statistical update" covered the period up to 2006 and was published without an accompanying Human Development Report. The update is relevant due to newly released estimates of purchasing power parities (PPP), implying substantial adjustments for many countries, resulting in changes in HDI values and, in many cases, HDI ranks.
- Norway 0.968
- Iceland 0.968
- Canada 0.967 ( 1)
- Australia 0.965 ( 1)
- Ireland 0.960
- Netherlands 0.958 ( 3)
- Sweden 0.958 ( 1)
- Japan 0.956
- Luxembourg 0.956 ( 9)
- Switzerland 0.955 ( 3)
- France 0.954 ( 1)
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- Finland 0.954 ( 1)
- Denmark 0.952 ( 1)
- Austria 0.951 ( 1)
- United States 0.950 ( 3)
- Spain 0.949 ( 3)
- Belgium 0.948 ( 1)
- Greece 0.947 ( 6)
- Italy 0.945 ( 1)
- New Zealand 0.944 ( 1)
- United Kingdom 0.942 ( 4)
- Hong Kong 0.942 ( 1)
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- Germany 0.940 ( 1)
- Israel 0.930 ( 1)
- South Korea 0.928 ( 1)
- Slovenia 0.923 ( 1)
- Brunei 0.919 ( 3)
- Singapore 0.918 ( 3)
- Kuwait 0.912 ( 4)
- Cyprus 0.912 ( 2)
- United Arab Emirates 0.903 ( 8)
- Libya 0.902 ( 9)
- Portugal 0.900 ( 4)
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