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UN Picks Best Place to Live: Norway

Thursday October 8, 2009

The Human Development Report, which is an independent report commissioned and published annually by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has been updated for 2009. The top three ranked countries in the Human Development Index are, in order:

  1. Norway
  2. Australia
  3. Iceland

The bottom three ranked countries this year are: Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, respectively.

In other words, a child born in Niger can expect to live to just over 50 years, which is 30 years less than a child born in Norway. Furthermore, the differences in per capita income are huge--for every dollar earned per person in Niger, US$85 are earned in Norway.

(Source)

Comments

October 8, 2009 at 4:24 am
(1) alex says:

norway is tops because it is full of norwegians and not black africans, but the more black africans and muslims are allowed to migrate to norway, the more norway becomes like those third world nations. the replacment of the native norwegian population by means of third world colonization will eventually lead to norway being where niger is today.

October 8, 2009 at 4:44 am
(2) Fyrre says:

Alex, you are a racist pig that does not deserve a place on this earth. The reason why third world countries remain so impoverished is because of the likes of Norway, fending from the resources produced in those third world countries. Black africans and muslims are not to be blamed for the demise of African states like Niger, but those first world countries like France that benefit from instability on the continent, for their own personal gains like Uranium and Crude.

So please, get your facts straight first you racist pig.

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