Monday, October 5, 2009

Comparative Shopping

Following are some of the results from the U.N. report released today on worldwide standards of living. This index compared such factors as educational levels, life expectancy rates and GDP.



Anyone still standing in the way of such things as a public health option might want to take a peak at how much better many people in the dreaded "socialist" health care systems are fairing. (Here's a hint: they're doing way, way, better than we are).



2009 report

Main article: List of countries by Human Development Index

The 2009 report was released on October 5, 2009. It was titled "Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development". The following countries were classified under "Very High Human Development":[1]

  1. Norway 0.971 (▬)
  2. Australia 0.970 (▬)
  3. Iceland 0.969 (▬)
  4. Canada 0.966 (▬)
  5. Ireland 0.965 (▬)
  6. Netherlands 0.964 (▲ 1)
  7. Sweden 0.963 (▼ 1)
  8. France 0.961 (▲ 3)
  9. Switzerland 0.960 (▬)
  10. Japan 0.960 (▬)
  11. Luxembourg 0.960 (▼ 3)
  12. Finland 0.959 (▲ 1)
  13. United States 0.956 (▼ 1)
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Unknown said...

Let's move to Scandinavia! I have dibs on Finland, because Finn would be so pleased!

October 5, 2009 at 7:53 PM

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