Table 6
Human Development Indices: Intercountry Comparisons, 1990

  Country Life Expectancy (years) 1990 Adult Literacy (%) 1990 Mean Years of Schooling 1990 Real GDP per capita (PPP$) 1989 Human Development Index (HDI)

1 Canada 77.0 99.0 12.1 18,635 0.982
2 Japan 78.6 99.0 10.7 14,311 0.981
6 USA 75.9 99.0 12.3 20,998 0.976
34 South Korea 70.1 96.3 8.8 6,711 0.871
40 Singapore 74.0 85.0 3.9 15,108 0.848
51 Malaysia 70.1 78.4 5.3 5,649 0.789
69 Thailand 66.1 93.0 3.8 3,569 0.685
79 China 70.1 73.3 4.8 2,656 0.612
80 Philippines 64.9 93.5 7.0 2,269 0.600
98 Indonesia 61.5 77.0 3.9 2,034 0.491
121 India 59.1 48.2 2.4 910 0.297
135 Bangladesh 51.8 5.3 2.0 820 0.185