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Appendix E. Comparative Human Development Index Trends in the
Philippines and Selected Asian Countries, 1980-2010
Selected Asian Countries
Japan
Korea (Republic of)
Singapore
Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia
China
Thailand
Philippines
Indonesia
Viet Nam
India
Timor-Leste
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Cambodia
Myanmar
Year
1980
0.768
0.616
..
..
0.541
0.368
0.483
0.523
0.390
..
0.320
..
..
..
..
1985
0.790
0.671
..
..
0.585
0.418
0.518
0.527
0.434
..
0.357
..
0.323
..
..
1990
0.814
0.725
..
0.773
0.616
0.460
0.546
0.552
0.458
0.407
0.389
..
0.354
..
..
1995
0.837
0.776
..
0.787
0.659
0.518
0.581
0.569
0.508
0.457
0.415
..
0.388
0.385
..
2000
0.855
0.815
..
0.792
0.691
0.567
0.600
0.597
0.500
0.505
0.440
..
0.425
0.412
..
2005
0.873
0.851
0.826
0.801
0.726
0.616
0.631
0.619
0.561
0.540
0.482
0.428
0.460
0.466
0.406
2010
0.884
0.877
0.846
0.805
0.744
0.663
0.654
0.638
0.600
0.572
0.519
0.502
0.497
0.494
0.451
Sources: UN (2009), Barro, R.J. and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010), the World Bank
(2010) and the IMF (2010) cited in Human Development Report 2010, pages 148-151.
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