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USA (Highly Developed Country)

BackgroundPopulation:

307,212,123GDP (official

exchange rate): $14.33 trillion

Human Development Index

Literacy Rate: 99%

GDP/capita: $47,000

Life Expectancy: 77.9 years

Gender IssuesGDI as % of HDI: 98.5%Life Expectancy (Female as % male): 107%Literacy Rate (female as % male): NAGDI Value:0.937Out of the 156 countries with both HDI and

GDI values, 106 countries have a better ratio than United States

Gender Empowerment Measure

GEM Value: 0.762

Ranked 15th out of 93 countries

Human Poverty IndexChildren underweight for age (% under age 5):

2%

Adult illiteracy rate: 1.0%

Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort): 3.5%

Population not using an improved water source (%): 0%

Distribution of WealthGini Index: 45

Tunisia (Medium Developed Country)Background

GDP: $41.77 billion

Population: 10,486,339

Human Development IndexHDI = 0.762

Adult Literacy Rate (% ages 15 and above)76.9

GDP per capita (PPP US$)6,958

Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 73.7

Gender IssuesGDI: 0.747 compared to HDI: 0.762GDI= 98.0% of HDI GDI compared to the HDI – a measure of gender disparityGDI as % of HDI

98.0%Life expectancy at birth (years)

105.7Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older)

79.3%Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment

ratio107.1%

Human Poverty IndexHPI = 16.1%Probability of not surviving past age 40 (%)

4.6 Adult illiteracy rate (% Ages 15 and older) 23.1%Population without access to clean Water

6%Children underweight for their age (% 0-5)

4%

Distribution of WealthGini Index: 40

Russia (BRIC)Background

GDP (Official Exchange Rate): $1.757 trillion

Population 140,041,247

Human Development IndexLiteracy Rate: 99.4%

GDP/capita: $15,800

Life Expectancy: 66.03 years

Gender Issues

GDI as % of HDI: 99.8%Life Expectancy (Female as % male): 123.1%Literacy Rate (female as % male): 99.5%GDI Value: 0.801Out of the 156 countries with both HDI and

GDI values, 6 countries have a better ratio than Russian Federation's

Gender Empowerment Measure

GEM Value: 0.489

Ranks 71st out of 93 countries in the GEM

Human Poverty IndexChildren underweight for age (% under age 5):

3%

Adult illiteracy rate: 1%

Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort): 10.7%

Population not using an improved water source (%): 3%

Distribution of WealthGini Coefficient: 41.5

Background info GDP:

$16.26 billion (2008 est.)

Pop: 10,329,208 (July 2009 est.)

Human Development IndexLife expectancy at birth

total population: 47.7 years

Education (literacy rate) total population: 25.7 %

GDP/capita: $1,600 (2008 est.)

HDI: 0.389 - ranked 170th out of 179 countries with data

Gender IssuesLife Expectancy (female as % male): 105.6%Literacy Rate (female as % male): 31.3%Combined primary, secondary and tertiary

gross enrolment ratio: 60.4%GDI Value: 0.372 GDI as % of HDI: 95.6%Out of the 157 countries with both HDI and

GDI values, 147 countries have a better ratio than Chad's

Human Poverty IndexChildren underweight for age (ages 0-5): 37%

Adult illiteracy rate: 74.3%

Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40): 32.9%

Population not using an improved water source : 52%

HPI-1 value: 56.2 % - rank 133rd among 135 developing countries for which the index has been calculated

Distribution of Wealth Gini Coefficient: 41.5 If income were distributed with perfect equality, the index would be zero If income were distributed with perfect inequality, the index would be 100

Tunisia

Chad

Russia

USA

Gini Coefficient

40 41.5 41.5 45

ConclusionsRankings:

Low HDILow GDILow HPIMedium with Gini Coefficient

Using these statistics - lower developed economy

Bibliography

http://hdrstats.undp.org/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_TCD.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html