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RANKING OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO LIBERTARIAN DEGREE

HDI rank Libertarian degree (rank, highest =1)*

Human development index
(HDI) value

 2003

Life expectancy at birth
(years) (HDI)

2003 a

Adult literacy rate
(% ages 15 and above)

1990 b

2003 b

GDP per capita
(US$)

 2003

GDP per capita
(PPP US$)

2003

Inequality measures - Gini index

c

World

0.741

67.1

..

..

5,801

8,229

   ..   

High Human Development

1

Norway 1 (ca 54%)

0.963

79.4

..

..

48,412

37,670

25.8

2

Iceland 3 (ca 52%)

0.956

80.7

..

..

36,377

31,243

   ..   

3

Australia 17 (ca 45%)

0.955

80.3

..

..

26,275

29,632

35.2

4

Luxembourg 5 (ca 49,2%)

0.949

78.5

..

..

59,143

62,298

30.8 p

5

Canada 12 (ca 46,8%)

0.949

80.0

..

..

27,079

30,677

33.1

6

Sweden 10 (ca 47,5%)

0.949

80.2

..

..

33,676

26,750

25.0

7

Switzerland 2 (ca 53%)

0.947

80.5

..

..

43,553

30,552

33.1

8

Ireland 14 (ca 46,2%)

0.946

77.7

..

..

38,487

37,738

35.9

9

Belgium 8 (ca 48,2%)

0.945

78.9

..

..

29,096

28,335

25.0

10

United States 22 (ca 42,5%)

0.944

77.4

..

..

37,648

37,562

40.8

11

Japan 7 (ca 48,5%)

0.943

82.0

..

..

33,713

27,967

24.9

12

Netherlands 11 (ca 47,2%)

0.943

78.4

..

..

31,532

29,371

30.9

13

Finland 9 (ca 47,9%)

0.941

78.5

..

..

31,058

27,619

26.9

14

Denmark 6 (ca 48,8%)

0.941

77.2

..

..

39,332

31,465

24.7

15

United King. 18 (ca 44,5%)

0.939

78.4

..

..

30,253

27,147

36.0

16

France 20 (ca 43,5%)

0.938

79.5

..

..

29,410

27,677

32.7

17

Austria 13 (ca 46,5%)

0.936

79.0

..

..

31,289

30,094

30.0

18

Italy 21 (ca 43%)

0.934

80.1

97.7

..

25,471

27,119

36.0

19

New Zealand 19 (ca 44%)

0.933

79.1

..

..

19,847

22,582

36.2

20

Germany 15 (ca 45,9%)

0.930

78.7

..

..

29,115

27,756

28.3

21

Spain 16 (ca 45,5%)

0.928

79.5

96.3

..

20,404

22,391

32.5

22

Hong Kong, 24 (ca 42,1%)

0.916

81.6

..

..

22,987

27,179

43.4

23

Israel 23 (ca 42, 3%)

0.915

79.7

91.4

96.9

16,481

20,033

35.5

24

Greece 25 (ca 42%)

0.912

78.3

94.9

91.0

15,608

19,954

35.4

25

Singapore 26 (ca 41,8%)

0.907

78.7

88.8

92.5

21,492

24,481

42.5

26

Slovenia 28 (ca 41,5%)

0.904

76.4

99.6

99.7d

13,909

19,150

28.4

27

Portugal 34 (ca 39,3%)

0.904

77.2

87.2

..

14,161

18,126

38.5

28

Korea, Rep. of 29 (ca 41,2%)

0.901

77.0

..

..

12,634

17,971

31.6

29

Cyprus 32 (ca 39,6%)

0.891

78.6

94.3

96.8

14,786

18,776e

   ..   

30

Barbados 33 (ca 39,4%)

0.878

75.0

99.4

99.7d

9,708

15,720

   ..   

31

Czech Republic 27 (ca 41,6%)

0.874

75.6

..

..

8,794

16,357

25.4

32

Malta 31 (ca 39,8%)

0.867

78.4

88.4

87.9f

12,157

17,633

   ..   

33

Brunei 35 (ca 39,2%)

0.866

76.4

85.5

92.7

   ..   

   ..   

   ..   

34

Argentina 45 (ca 37,8%)

0.863

74.5

95.7

97.2

3,524

12,106

52.2

35

Hungary 30 (ca 40%)

0.862

72.7

99.1

99.3

8,169

14,584

26.9

36

Poland 43 (ca 38,1%)

0.858

74.3

99.6

..

5,487

11,379

34.1

37

Chile 46 (ca 37,6%)

0.854

77.9

94.0

95.7

4,591

10,274

57.1

38

Estonia 41 (ca 38,4%)

0.853

71.3

99.8

99.8

6,713

13,539

37.2

39

Lithuania 40 (ca 38,5%)

0.852

72.3

99.3

99.6

5,274

11,702

31.9

40

Qatar 47 (ca 37,5%)

0.849

72.8

77.0

89.2f

31,558q

   27,664q   

   ..   

41

Emirates 48 (ca 37,4%)

0.849

78.0

71.0

77.3d

   .. g

   ..   

   ..   

42

Slovakia 36 (ca 39,1%)

0.849

74.0

..

99.6

6,033

13,494

25.8

43

Bahrain 49 (ca 37,3%)

0.846

74.3

82.1

87.7

   .. g

17,479g

   ..   

44

Kuwait 50 (ca 37,2%)

0.844

76.9

76.7

82.9d

17,421

18,047h

   ..   

45

Croatia 39 (ca 38,6%)

0.841

75.0

96.9

98.1

6,479

11,080

29.0

46

Uruguay 51 (ca 37,1%)

0.840

75.4

96.5

97.7d

3,308

8,280

44.6

47

Costa Rica 52 (ca 37%)

0.838

78.2

93.9

95.8d

4,352

9,606h

46.5

48

Latvia 42 (ca 38,3%)

0.836

71.6

99.8

99.7

4,771

10,270

33.6

49

St. Kitts/Nevis 57 (ca 36,1%)

0.834

70.0i,j,k

..

..

7,397

12,404

   ..   

50

Bahamas 44 (ca 38%)

0.832

69.7

..

..

16,571

17,159g

   ..   

51

Seychelles 53 (ca 36,9%)

0.821

72.7i,k

..

91.9

8,610

   ..   

   ..   

52

Cuba 65 (ca 32,9%)

0.817

77.3

95.1

96.9d

3,548 q

 4,100 q   

   ..   

53

Mexico 58 (ca 35,7%)

0.814

75.1

87.3

90.3

6,121

9,168

54.6

54

Tonga 66 (ca 32,7%)

0.810

72.2

..

98.9f

1,603

6,992h

   ..   

55

Bulgaria 54 (ca 36,8%)

0.808

72.2

97.2

98.2

2,539

7,731

31.9

56

Panama 67 (ca 32,6%)

0.804

74.8

89.0

91.9

4,319

6,854

56.4

57

Trinidad/Tob. 61 (ca 34,5%)

0.801

69.9

96.8

98.5d

8,007

10,766

40.3

Medium Human Development

58

Libya 68 (ca 32,5%)

0.799

73.6

68.1

81.7d

   .. g

   ..   

   ..   

59

Macedonia 55 (36,7%)

0.797

73.8

..

96.1

2,277

6,794

28.2

60

Antigua/Bar. 59 (ca 35,3%)

0.797

73.9i,j,k

..

..

9,629

10,294

   ..   

61

Malaysia 62 (ca 34,1%)

0.796

73.2

80.7

88.7

4,187

9,512

49.2

62

Russia 56 (ca 36,5 %)

0.795

65.3

99.2

99.4

3,018

9,230

31.0

63

Brazil 69 (ca 32,4%)

0.792

70.5

82.0

88.4

2,788

7,790

59.3

64

Romania 60 (ca 34,9%)

0.792

71.3

97.1

97.3

2,619

7,277

30.3

65

Mauritius 64 (ca 33,5%)

0.791

72.2

79.8

84.3

4,274

11,287

37.0 q

66

Grenada 70 (ca 32,3%)

0.787

65.3l,k

..

..

4,199

7,959

   ..   

67

Belarus 71 (ca 32,2%

0.786

68.1

99.5

99.6f

1,770

6,052

30.4

68

Bosnia/Herz. 63 (ca 33,7%)

0.786

74.2

..

94.6

1,684

5,967

26.2

69

Colombia 72 (ca 32,1%)

0.785

72.4

88.4

94.2

1,764

6,702h

57.6

70

Dominica 73 (ca 32%)

0.783

75.6l,k

..

..

3,639

5,448

   ..   

71

Oman 74 (ca 31,9%)

0.781

74.1

54.7

74.4d

   .. g

13,584g

   ..   

72

Albania 75 (ca 31,8%)

0.780

73.8

77.0

98.7

1,933

4,584

28.2

73

Thailand 78 (ca 31,5%)

0.778

70.0

92.4

92.6

2,305

7,595

43.2

74

Samoa W. 79 (ca 31,4%)

0.776

70.2

98.0

98.7d

1,505

5,854h

   ..   

75

Venezuela 80 (ca 31,3%)

0.772

72.9

88.9

93.0

3,326

4,919

49.1

76

Saint Lucia 81 (ca 31,2%)

0.772

72.4

..

90.1

4,314

5,709

   ..   

77

Saudi Arabia 82 (ca 31,1%)

0.772

71.8

66.2

79.4

9,532

13,226h

   ..   

78

Ukraine 76 (ca 31,7%)

0.766

66.1

99.4

99.4

1,024

5,491

29.0

79

Peru 83 (ca 31%)

0.762

70.0

85.5

87.7

2,231

5,260

49.8

80

Kazakhstan 77 (ca 31,6%)

0.761

63.2

98.8

99.5f

2,000

6,671

32.3

81

Lebanon 84 (ca 30,9%)

0.759

72.0

80.3

..

4,224

5,074

   ..   

82

Ecuador 85 (ca 30,8%)

0.759

74.3

87.6

91.0

2,091

3,641

43.7

83

Armenia 86 (ca 30,7%)

0.759

71.5

97.5

99.4

 918 

3,671

37.9

84

Philippines 87 (ca 30,6%)

0.758

70.4

91.7

92.6

 989 

4,321

46.1

85

China 88 (ca 30,5%)

0.755

71.6

78.3

90.9

1,100

5,003m

44.7

86

Suriname 89 (ca 30,4%)