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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 |