Geography

Top 10 Countries with Highest Human Development Index

List Description:


This is a list of the top ten countries with highest HDI, as reported in the "Human Development Report 2013". The human development index rating is a composite statstic of Life Expectancy, Education and Income Indecies to score countries.


Tip for the players - mention that the HDI rating is tracked to 3 decimal places and always starts with 0.9..


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10

Country



Norway


Australia


United States


Netherlands


Germany


New Zealand


Ireland


Sweden


Switzerland


Japan

HDI Rating



0.955


0.938


0.937


0.921


0.920


0.919


0.916


0.916


0.913


0.912

Suggested Scoring:



2 points


1 point


Naming a correct country (take it in turns to guess)


Nearest to the HDI rating (start with the person who named the country)


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Source:


UNDP - United Nations Development Programme