''Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.
The index compiled by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
Norway, Australia and Iceland took the first three spots while Niger ranks at the very bottom, just below Afghanistan.
China moved up seven places on the list to rank as the 92nd most developed country due to improvements in education as well as income levels and life expectancy.
The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan.''
I noticed Romania on a 63 place (still in the high level development countries though) and Denmark on 16th while The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year.
Somewhere at the buttom of the article I discover that ''This year's index was based on data from 2007 and does not take into account the impact of the global economic crisis.'' ....So I wonder what tops the UN index list after or during the global economical crisis?Easy guess?
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