Ireland 5th in Human Development Index

We must have might have missed this UN Index of Human Development - from November 2010 in which Ireland came out 5th out of 169 countries .

Here are the top 20 countries in the UN Human Development  Index 2010

1. Norway
    Australia
    New Zealand
    United States
5  Ireland
    Liechtenstein
   Netherlands
   Canada
   Sweden
   Germany
   Japan
   Korea (Republic of)
   Switzerland
   France
   Israel
   Finland
   Iceland
   Belgium
   Denmark
   Spain

United Kingdom came 26th

The HDI represents a push for a broader definition of well-being and provides a composite measure of three basic dimensions of human development: health, education and income.
Between 1980 and 2010 Ireland's HDI rose by 0.7% annually from 0.720 to 0.895 in 2010 -  which gives the country a rank of 5 out of 169 countries with comparable data.
The HDI of OECD as a region increased from 0.723 in 1980 to 0.853 in 2010 today, placing Ireland above the regional average.

Ireland ranked as follows in the different categories:
Education -  4th
Health 18th
Income 25th


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