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YIGAL GRAYEFF
Jerusalem Post
07-16-2004
Headline: Israel 22nd in human development index
Byline: YIGAL GRAYEFF
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 06

Friday, July 16, 2004 -- Israel is among the nations credited with reaching "high human development" in the United Nations' Human Development Index (HDI), which ranks countries according to life expectancy, levels of education, and standards of living.

Using figures from 2002, Israel placed 22nd with an HDI value of 0.908 - up from 0.907 two years earlier and 0.794 in 1975.

Norway topped the index for the fourth year in a row, while Sweden was second and Australia third. The USA was eighth and the UK 12th. Israel finished one place above Hong Kong, ...

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