ARMENIA RANKED 84TH AMONG WORLD’S MOST DESIRABLE COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN
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18:47 05.10.09
Norway has retained its status as the world’s most desirable country
to live in among 182 countries ranked, according to U.N. data released
on Monday, reports Reuters.
Armenia was ranked 84th most desirable, above Azerbaijan (86) and
Georgia (89).
According to the official UNDP Human Development Report website,
Each year since 1990, the Human Development Report has published
the human development index (HDI) which looks beyond GDP to define
well-being more broadly.
The HDI provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human
development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life
expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and gross
enrolment in education) and having a decent standard of living
(measured by purchasing power parity, PPP, income).
The index is not in any sense a comprehensive measure of human
development. It does not, for example, include important indicators
such as gender or income inequality nor more difficult to measure
concepts like respect for human rights and political freedoms. What
it does provide is a broadened prism for viewing human progress and
the complex relationship between income and well-being.
In 2007, Armenia’s score of 84 is the overall rating for human
development. However, it ranked 64th in life expectancy (at 73.6
years); 82nd in combined gross enrolment ratio; 100th place at GDP
per capita; and an amazing 14th place in adult literacy (99.5% of
adults aged 15 and above are literate)
Data collected prior to the global economic crisis showed people
in Norway, Australia and Iceland had the best living standards,
while Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone scored worst in terms of
human development.
Half the people in the poorest 24 countries were illiterate, compared
to 20 percent in nations classed as having medium levels of human
development, the index showed.
Japanese people lived longer than others, to 82.7 years on average,
with life expectan n has the highest GDP per capita at $85,383 USD
in a tiny principality home to 35,000 people, 15 banks and more than
100 wealth management companies.
Five countries — China, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and France —
climbed three or more places from the previous year, driven by greater
earnings and longer life expectancy. China, Colombia and Venezuela
also scored better due to improvements in education.
UNDP said human development had improved globally by 15 percent since
1980, with China, Iran and Nepal the biggest climbers in the chart.
From: Baghdasarian