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	Australia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
	Human Development Index The United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of three measurable dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life; being educated; having a decent standard of living. These can be measured by looking at a country’s wealth, literacy, education, life expectancy and other factors for countries worldwide. Each year countries of the world are listed and ranked according to these measures. In 2005 177 countries were rated. How do the four countries rate? Australia — 0.955 Rank = 3rd Qatar — 0.849 Rank = 40th UAE — 0.849 Rank = 41st Kuwait — 0.844 Rank = 44th All four are rated ‘high human development’.
	Criterion	Aust	Kuwait	Qatar	UAE

	Life expectancy at birth	80.3	76.9	72.8	78.0

	Adult literacy rate	NA	82.9	89.2	77.3

	Education enrolment ratio (%)	100	74	82	74

	GDP per capita PPP US$	29, 632	18,047	19,844	22,420

	Population below income poverty line	14.3	NA	NA	NA

	Long-term unemployment	1.4	NA	NA	NA

	Women in parliament (% total)	28.3	0	0	0

	Female administrators and managers	35.5	NA	NA	7.8

	Female professional and technical workers	55.1	NA	NA	25.1

	Estimated female earned income PPPUS$	24827	8448	NA	NA

	Ratio of female to male wages	0.72	0.35	NA	NA

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