Table 7.
Selected international and Aboriginal HDI scores, 2001
| HDI Rank | Country | HDI Score |
| Selected Countries with High Human Development (0.800–1) | ||
| 1 | Norway | .944 |
| 2 | Iceland | .942 |
| 3 | Sweden | .941 |
| 4 | Australia | .939 |
| 5 | Netherlands | .938 |
| 6 | Belgium | .937 |
| 7 | United States | .937 |
| 8 | Canada | .937 |
| 9 | Japan | .932 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | .930 |
| 16 | Austria | .929 |
| 17 | France | .925 |
| 19 | Spain | .925 |
| 20 | New Zealand | .917 |
| 23 | Portugal | .896 |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | .879 |
| U.S. American Indian and Alaska Native | .877 | |
| 32 | Czech Republic | .861 |
| Canadian Aboriginal Population | .851 | |
| 34 | Argentina | .849 |
| 42 | Costa Rica | .831 |
| 43 | Chile | .831 |
| 52 | Cuba | .806 |
| 53 | Belarus | .804 |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | .802 |
| 55 | Mexico | .800 |
| Selected Countries with Medium Human Development (0.500 – 0.799) | ||
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | .769 |
| New Zealand Māori | .767 | |
| 75 | Ukraine | .766 |
| 85 | Philippines | .751 |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | .737 |
| 103 | Cape Verde | .727 |
| Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders | .724 | |
| 104 | China | .721 |
| 105 | El Salvador | .719 |
| 120 | Egypt | .648 |
| Selected Countries with Low Human Development (0. – 0.499) | ||
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.499 |
| 150 | Haiti | 0.467 |
| 161 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.396 |
Source: UNDP (2003); Authors' Calculations