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UNDP: Slovakia Ranked 31st in Table Indicating Quality of Life
Wednesday 15 December 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 15 (TASR) - Slovakia is a country with a very high level of human development, states the Human Development Report 2010 presented at the Bratislava Regional Centre of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States on Wednesday.
Listed among countries with only a high development last year and moving up from last year's 42nd spot now, Slovakia is ranked 31st in the table evaluating the quality of life, closely behind the Czech Republic and Slovenia. First place was taken by Norway, while Hungary and Poland were ranked 36th and 41st, respectively. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa were placed at the very bottom of the table.
The report, which states that there is no automatic link between economic growth and human development, divided 169 countries into four categories (very high level, high level, medium and low level of human development). The very high level group also features countries such as Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The countries judged to have the worst quality of life were Mozambique, Burundi, Niger, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe.
The Human Development Report is an independent UNDP publication. Ever since it was first published in 1990, the annual report has provided an overview of some of the most difficult issues faced by humanity. The evaluation is based on the so-called human development index, which combines not only economic but also social parameters such as average life-expectancy, access to education, equality of the sexes, access to drinking water, health care, etc.
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