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Human Development Report 2009

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Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rankExcel

HDI Rank Country 2007
1 Norway 2
2 Australia 7
3 Iceland 8
4 Canada 12
5 Ireland 22
6 Netherlands 5
7 Sweden 1
8 France 17
9 Switzerland 13
10 Japan 57
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland 3
13 United States 18
14 Austria 20
15 Spain 11
16 Denmark 4
17 Belgium 6
18 Italy 21
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 10
21 United Kingdom 15
22 Germany 9
23 Singapore 16
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 28
26 Korea (Republic of) 61
27 Israel 23
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 34
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait ..
32 Cyprus 48
33 Qatar 88
34 Portugal 19
35 United Arab Emirates 25
36 Czech Republic 31
37 Barbados 37
38 Malta 74
39 Bahrain 46
40 Estonia 30
41 Poland 38
42 Slovakia 32
43 Hungary 52
44 Chile 75
45 Croatia 44
46 Lithuania 40
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia 33
49 Argentina 24
50 Uruguay 63
51 Cuba 29
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 39
54 Costa Rica 27
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman 87
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55
59 Saudi Arabia 106
60 Panama 47
61 Bulgaria 45
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania 77
64 Trinidad and Tobago 14
65 Montenegro 84
66 Malaysia 68
67 Serbia 42
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia 51
70 Albania ..
71 Russian Federation 60
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 35
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 82
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia 80
78 Peru 36
79 Turkey 101
80 Ecuador 41
81 Mauritius 71
82 Kazakhstan 73
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 93
85 Ukraine 86
86 Azerbaijan 100
87 Thailand 76
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 103
89 Georgia 95
90 Dominican Republic 64
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 72
93 Belize 81
94 Samoa 89
95 Maldives 90
96 Jordan ..
97 Suriname 58
98 Tunisia ..
99 Tonga 102
100 Jamaica ..
101 Paraguay 79
102 Sri Lanka 98
103 Gabon ..
104 Algeria 105
105 Philippines 59
106 El Salvador 70
107 Syrian Arab Republic ..
108 Fiji ..
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 96
112 Honduras 54
113 Bolivia 78
114 Guyana 53
115 Mongolia 94
116 Viet Nam 62
117 Moldova 66
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 56
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala ..
123 Egypt 107
124 Nicaragua 67
125 Botswana 65
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan ..
128 Namibia 43
129 South Africa 26
130 Morocco 104
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India ..
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo ..
137 Cambodia 91
138 Myanmar ..
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen 109
141 Pakistan 99
142 Swaziland ..
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 83
145 Madagascar 97
146 Bangladesh 108
147 Kenya ..
148 Papua New Guinea ..
149 Haiti ..
150 Sudan ..
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 69
152 Ghana ..
153 Cameroon ..
154 Mauritania ..
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 50
157 Uganda 49
158 Nigeria ..
159 Togo ..
160 Malawi ..
161 Benin ..
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia 92
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal ..
167 Rwanda ..
168 Gambia ..
169 Liberia ..
170 Guinea ..
171 Ethiopia 85
172 Mozambique ..
173 Guinea-Bissau ..
174 Burundi ..
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
177 Burkina Faso ..
178 Mali ..
179 Central African Republic ..
180 Sierra Leone ..
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger ..
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe ..

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detemined on the basis of GEM values.
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