Bulgaria Ranked 61st Globally in UN Human Development Index

From http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_BGR.html

Bulgaria is 61st globally in the annual Human Development Index ranking released Monday by the UN.

The index compiled by the UN Development Program (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

The 2009 Human Development Report is available HERE.

According to the index, Norway is the most attractive country, whereas Niger has the worst performance. The 2009 UN Development Index is based on data from 2007.

Norway, Australia, and Iceland are the places with the best living standards, whereas Afghanistan and Sierra Leone are at the bottom of the ranking together with Niger.

Bulgaria’s 61st position is based on its human development index of 0,840; this is an increase from 2000, when the figure was 0,803. The countries with indexes above 0,900 are defined as countries with very high human development.

Bulgaria is ranked 67th under the life expectancy criteria (73,1 years), 26th under adult literacy rate (98,3%), 49th under combined gross enrolment ratio (82,4%), and 69th under GDP per capita (USD 11 222 per capita - purchasing power parity).

The UN Human Development Report factsheet on Bulgaria is available HERE.

Of Bulgaria’s neighbors, Greece is ranked 25th, Romania – 63rd, Montenegro – 65th, Serbia – 67th, Albania – 70th, Macedonia – 72nd, and Turkey – 79th.

Slovenia does best in Eastern Europe with its index of 0,929 and 29th position. The Czech Republic is 36th with an index of 0,903. Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary occupy the spots from 40 to 43, with indexes from 0,883 to 0,879.

The UN Human Development Report shows the greatest life expectancy is in Japan – 82,7 years, whereas the smallest is in Afghanistan 43,6 years.

Lichtenstein is the country with the highest per capita GDP – USD 85 383; Congo is at the bottom with USD 298.

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