Matters of Scale - We're Number 1!
Rank of Norway on the United Nations Human Development Index (2003) | 1 |
Rank of United States | 10 |
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Rank of Cuba | 52 |
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Rank of Japan in life expectancy at birth in 2003 (82.0 years) | 1 |
Rank of United States (77.4 years) | 29 |
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Rank of Cuba (77.3 years) | 30 |
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Rank of Bahrain in share of one-year-olds immunized against measles in 2003 (100 percent) | 1 |
Rank of Cuba (and 23 other countries) (99 percent) | 29 |
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Rank of United States (93 percent) | 70 |
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Rank of United States in per-capita spending on health care in 2002 ($5,274/person) | 1 |
Rank of Switzerland ($3,446/person) | 29 |
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Rank of Cuba ($236/person) | 97 |
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Rank of Cuba in spending on public education as share of GDP in 2000–02 (18.7 percent) | 1 |
Rank of United States (5.7 percent) | 30 |
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Rank of Russian Federation in value of arms exports, 2004 ($6.2 billion) | 1 |
Rank of United States ($5.5 billion) | 2 |
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Sources: United Nations, Human Development Report 2005.