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ARMENIA RANKS 83rd AMONG 177 COUNTRIES OF WORLD BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX OF 0.775
Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2007 the Human Development
Index (HDI) for Armenia is 0.775 which gives Armenia a rank of 83rd
out of 177 countries of the world. Consuelo Vidal, the UN Permanent
Coordinator and the UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia, said
this at the November 28 press conference, mentioning that the Human
Development Report is published every year since 1990.
The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three basic
dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life (as measured
by life expectancy at birth), knowledge (as measured by the adult
literacy rate) and a decent standard of living (as measured by the
log of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in USD).
It should be mentioned that according to that list, Iceland ranks the
1st, the Human Development Index for which is 0.968, and Sierra Leone
ranks the last 177th place with the index of 0.336. According to HDI,
from the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe and of the CIS
region the Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan are closer to Armenia
having the indices of 76, 96 and 98 respectively. Iran and Turkey
with their indices took the 94th and 84th places respectively.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 28, 2007
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2007 the Human Development
Index (HDI) for Armenia is 0.775 which gives Armenia a rank of 83rd
out of 177 countries of the world. Consuelo Vidal, the UN Permanent
Coordinator and the UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia, said
this at the November 28 press conference, mentioning that the Human
Development Report is published every year since 1990.
The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three basic
dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life (as measured
by life expectancy at birth), knowledge (as measured by the adult
literacy rate) and a decent standard of living (as measured by the
log of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in USD).
It should be mentioned that according to that list, Iceland ranks the
1st, the Human Development Index for which is 0.968, and Sierra Leone
ranks the last 177th place with the index of 0.336. According to HDI,
from the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe and of the CIS
region the Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan are closer to Armenia
having the indices of 76, 96 and 98 respectively. Iran and Turkey
with their indices took the 94th and 84th places respectively.