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Most and Least Livable Countries: UN Human Development Index, 2000

 

The Human Development Index (HDI), published annually by the UN, ranks nations according to their citizens' quality of life rather than strictly by a nation's traditional economic figures. The criteria for calculating rankings include life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and per capita GDP.

  Most Livable Countries 1999 

  

  Least Livable Countries 1999 


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Canada
Norway
United States
Australia
Iceland
Sweden
Belgium
Netherlands
Japan
United Kingdom
Finland
France
Switzerland
Germany
Denmark
Austria
Luxembourg
Ireland
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
Cyprus
Israel
Singapore
Greece		  


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Sierra Leone
Niger
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Burundi
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Chad
Central African Republic
Mali
Rwanda
Malawi
Guinea
Gambia
Angola
Eritrea
Uganda
Benin
Tanzania
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
Zambia
Congo, Dem. Rep. of
Nigeria
Haiti

Source: Human Development Report, 1999, United Nations.

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