Human Development Ranking Japan 9

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by Excessum

They must be updating this index quite frequently, since in the list on the UN website some of the countries have different ranking in comparison to what the OP has posted. Mine has moved up 2 spots, while Japan dropped 1 (thus it's #10 according to the website).

Other than that Japan has some enviable stats... The highest life expectancy in the world and one of the lowest emigration rates. But I think we are all aware of that already.

Yes indeed.. The first thing I noticed living in Kyoto was the huge amount of seniors.

[Encyclopod]

I couldn't find what data they use to get these results, anyone got any idea?

[Excessum]

Originally Posted by Encyclopod

I couldn't find what data they use to get these results, anyone got any idea?

Click on the name of the country to get a quick rundown of the highlights and then there's a link to the complete list of reports at the bottom of the page.

[Ryzorian]

Is this a standard of liveing index? what exactly is this in acordance to?

[ozkai]

Originally Posted by Ryzorian

Is this a standard of liveing index? what exactly is this in acordance to?

Human Development Ranking

Go to the site and have a good read..

Don't take it to heart

[Encyclopod]

Originally Posted by Excessum

Click on the name of the country to get a quick rundown of the highlights and then there's a link to the complete list of reports at the bottom of the page.

Thanks for the tip. They do take a lot of data do show these results.

[Mortry]

Haha, Netherlands #5