APPENDIX
Table 9
Human development index, selected countries, 1997
School-
Real
Life
Adult
college
GOP
Human
expectancy
literacy
enrollment
per
development
at birth
rate
rate
capita
index
Canada
79.0
99.0
99
22,480
.927
United States
76.7
99.0
94
29,010
.927
United Kingdom
77.2
99.0
100
30,730
.918
Singapore
77.1
91.4
73
28,460
.888
Argentina
72.9
96.5
79
10,300
.827
Malaysia
72.0
85.7
65
8,140
.768
Thailand
68.8
94.7
59
6,690
.753
Russian Federation
66.5
99.0
77
4,370
.747
Brazil
66.8
84.0
80
6,480
.739
China
69.8
82.9
69
3,130
.701
South Africa
54.7
84.0
93
7,380
.695
Indonesia
65.1
85.0
64
3,490
.681
Zimbabwe
44.1
90.9
68
2,350
.560
India
62.6
53.5
55
1,670
.545
Kenya
52.0
79.3
50
1,190
.519
Nigeria
50.1
59.5
·54
920
.456
Sierra Leone
37.2
33.3
30
410
.254
SOURCE: United Nations, Human Development Report, 1999, 146-48. Seenote
in table 8 above.
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