16 July 2004	Friday	27 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425

UNITED NATIONS, July 15: Following are the 177 countries ranked in the 2004 Human Development Index, issued by the UN Development Programme on Thursday.

The index is based on per-capita income, educational levels, health care and life expectancy in measuring a nation's well-being. Accordingly, India is at 127th, Bangladesh 138th and Pakistan at 142nd position. The ranking is:

1 Norway

2. Sweden

3. Australia

4. Canada

5. Netherlands

6. Belgium

7. Iceland

8. United States

9. Japan

10. Ireland

11. Switzerland

12. Britain

13. Finland

14. Austria

15. Luxembourg

16. France

17. Denmark

18. New Zealand

19. Germany

20. Spain

21. Italy

22. Israel

23. Hong Kong

24. Greece

25. Singapore

26. Portugal

27. Slovenia

28. South Korea

29. Barbados

30. Cyprus

31. Malta

32. Czech Republic

33. Brunei

34. Argentina

35. Seychelles

36. Estonia

37. Poland

38. Hungary

39. St. Kitts & Nevis

40. Bahrain

41. Lithuania

42. Slovakia

43. Chile

44. Kuwait

45. Costa Rica

46. Uruguay

47. Qatar

48. Croatia

49. uae

50. Latvia

51. Bahamas

52. Cuba

53. Mexico

54. Trinidad & Tobago

55. Antigua & Barbuda

56. Bulgaria

57. Russia

58. Libya

59. Malaysia

60. Macedonia

61. Panama

62. Belarus

63. Tonga

64. Mauritius

65. Albania

66. Bosnia

67. Suriname

68. Venezuela

69. Romania

70. Ukraine

71. Saint Lucia

72. Brazil

73. Colombia

74. Oman

75. Western Samoa

76. Thailand

77. Saudi Arabia

78. Kazakhstan

79. Jamaica

80. Lebanon

81. Fiji

82. Armenia

83. Philippines

84. Maldives

85. Peru

86. Turkmenistan

87. St. Vincent & Gren

88. Turkey

89. Paraguay

90. Jordan

91. Azerbaijan

92. Tunisia

93. Grenada

94. China

95. Dominica

96. Sri Lanka

97. Georgia

98. Dominican Rep.

99. Belize

100. Ecuador

101. Iran

102. Palestinian Areas

103. El Salvador

104. Guyana

105. Cape Verde

106. Syria

107. Uzbekistan

108. Algeria

109. Equat. Guinea

110. Kyrgyzstan

111. Indonesia

112. Vietnam

113. Moldova

114. Bolivia

115. Honduras

116. Tajikistan

117. Mongolia

118. Nicaragua

119. South Africa

120. Egypt

121. Guatemala

122. Gabon

123. Sao Tome & Princ.

124. Solomon Islands

125. Morocco

126. Namibia

127. India

128. Botswana

129. Vanuatu

130. Cambodia

131. Ghana

132. Myanmar

133. Papua N.Guinea

134. Bhutan

135. Laos

136. Comoros

137. Swaziland

138. Bangladesh

139. Sudan

140. Nepal

141. Cameroon

142. Pakistan

143. Togo

144. Republic of Congo

145. Lesotho

146. Uganda

147. Zimbabwe

148. Kenya

149. Yemen

150. Madagascar

151. Nigeria

152. Mauritania

153. Haiti

154. Djibouti

155. Gambia

156. Eritrea

157. Senegal

158. East Timor

159. Rwanda

160. Guinea

161. Benin

162. Tanzania

163. Ivory Coast

164. Zambia

165. Malawi

166. Angola

167. Chad

168. DR of Congo

169. Cent. African Rep.

170. Ethiopia

171. Mozambique

172. Guinea-Bissau

173. Burundi

174. Mali

175. Burkina Faso

176. Niger

177. S. Leone -Reuter