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Table 3: Summary of HDI and GDI of Asia-Pacific Countries

Source: : United Nations Development Programmed (1995, 1999, 2000). Human Development Reports. New York: Oxford University Press.

County	1995 HDI	1999 HDI	1991 GDI		2000 HDI		2000 GDI
			Rank	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	Value
Western Asia
Turkey	66	86	73	0.722	85	0.732	69	0.726
Armenia	90	87	72	0.726	93	0.721	75	0.718
Georgia	92	85	---	---	70	0.762	---	---
Azerbaijan	99	103	82	0.691	90	0.722	---	---
South Central Asia
Kazakhstan	64	76	64	0.738	73	0.754	---	---
Iran	70	105	81	0.696	97	0.709	84	0.691
Turkmenistan	86	96	---	---	100	0.704	---	---
Kyrgyztan	89	97	---	---	98	0.706	---	---
Sri Lanka	97	90	76	0.712	84	0.733	68	0.727
Tajikistan	103	108	92	0.662	110	0.663	92	0.659
Maldives	118	93	77	0.711	89	0.725	72	0.720
Pakistan	128	138	116	0.472	135	0.522	115	0.489
India	134	132	112	0.525	128	0.563	108	0.545
Bangladesh	146	150	123	0.428	146	0.461	121	0.441
Nepal	151	144	121	0.441	144	0.474	119	0.449
Bhutan	160	145	119	0.444	142	0.483	---	---
Afghanistan	170	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Southeast Asia
Singapore	22	22	22	0.883	24	0.881	24	0.876
Brunei	41	25	25	0.872	32	0.848	31	0.843
Malaysia	59	56	52	0.763	61	0.772	57	0.762
Philippines	100	67	58	0.751	76	0.745	62	0.741
Thailand	103	77	65	0.736	77	0.744	64	0.739
Indonesia	104	105	88	0.675	109	0.670	90	0.664
Myanmar	132	128	104	0.576	125	0.585	102	0.582
Lao PDR	138	140	115	0.483	140	0.484	117	0.469
Cambodia	153	137	---	---	136	0.512	---	---
East Asia
Japan	3	4	8	0.917	9	0.924	9	0.916
Korea, Republic of	31	30	30	0.845	31	0.854	30	0.847
Korea DPR	83	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Mongolia	110	119	99	0.616	117	0.628	---	---
China	111	98	79	0.699	99	0.706	79	0.700
Oceania
Australia	11	7	4	0.921	4	0.929	3	0.927
New Zealand	17	18	16	0.900	4	0.929	3	0.927
Fiji	46	61	60	0.749	66	0.769	59	0.755
West Samoa	102	70	---	---	95	0.711	---	---
Solomon Islands	125	118	---	---	121	0.614	---	---
Papua New Guinea	126	---	107	0.564	133	0.542	110	0.536

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