YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, Armenia is in 80th place among 177 countries by its human development index of 0.768. Consuelo Vidal, UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia and UNDP Resident Representative to Armenia, stated this at the November 14 press conference, explaining that since 1990, every year the Human Development Report of the UNDP publishes the human development indices (HDI) that give a broader definition of prosperity than the gross domestic product (GDP). The HDI is a combination of three components of human development: to live a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), to be educated (measured by the degree of adults' education in various systems) and have dignified living conditions (measured by the national income corrected by the equivalent of purchasing capacity). It is noteworthy that Norway with its human development index of 0.965 is in first place, while Niger with its index of 0.311 is in last - 177th place.

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