Rankings of world's nations in human development - Ghana is 129

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The annual U.N. Human Development Report surveys 174 countries in an effort to measure the lives of people beyond economic statistics, such as who goes to school or who has access to water.

Following are the rankings, released Thursday, based on income, health care, life expectancy and educational levels. Canada heads the overall list, followed by Norway and the United States:

1. Canada

2. Norway

3. United States

4. Australia

5. Iceland

6. Sweden

7. Belgium

8. Netherlands

9. Japan

10. Britain

11. Finland

12. France

13. Switzerland

14. Germany

15. Denmark

16. Austria

17. Luxembourg

18. Ireland

19. Italy

20. New Zealand

21. Spain

22. Cyprus

23. Israel

24. Singapore

25. Greece

26. Hong Kong

27. Malta

28. Portugal

29. Slovenia

30. Barbados

31. South Korea

32. Brunei

33. Bahamas

34. Czech Republic

35. Argentina

36. Kuwait

37. Antigua and Barbuda

38. Chile

39. Uruguay

40. Slovakia

41. Bahrain

42. Qatar

43. Hungary

44. Poland

45. United Arab Emirates

46. Estonia

47. St. Kitts and Nevis

48. Costa Rica

49. Croatia

50. Trinidad and Tobago

51. Dominica

52. Lithuania

53. Seychelles

54. Grenada

55. Mexico

56. Cuba

57. Belarus

58. Belize

59. Panama

60. Bulgaria

61. Malaysia

62. Russia

63. Latvia

64. Romania

65. Venezuela

66. Fiji

67. Suriname

68. Colombia

69. Macedonia

70. Georgia

71. Mauritius

72. Libya

73. Kazakhstan

74. Brazil

75. Saudi Arabia

76. Thailand

77. Philippines

78. Ukraine

79. St. Vincent and the Grenadines

80. Peru

81. Paraguay

82. Lebanon

83. Jamaica

84. Sri Lanka

85. Turkey

86. Oman

87. Dominican Republic

88. St. Lucia

89. Maldives

90. Azerbaijan

91. Ecuador

92. Jordan

93. Armenia

94. Albania

95. Western Samoa

96. Guyana

97. Iran

98. Kyrgyzstan

99. China

100. Turkmenistan

101. Tunisia

102. Moldova

103. South Africa

104. El Salvador

105. Cape Verde

106. Uzbekistan

107. Algeria

108. Vietnam

109. Indonesia

110. Tajikistan

111. Syria

112. Swaziland

113. Honduras

114. Bolivia

115. Namibia

116. Nicaragua

117. Mongolia

118. Vanuatu

119. Egypt

120. Guatemala

121. Solomon Islands

122. Botswana

123. Gabon

124. Morocco

125. Myanmar

126. Iraq

127. Lesotho

128. India

129. Ghana

130. Zimbabwe

131. Equatorial Guinea

132. Sao Tome and Principe

133. Papua New Guinea

134. Cameroon

135. Pakistan

136. Cambodia

137. Comoros

138. Kenya

139. Congo Republic

140. Laos

141. Madagascar

142. Bhutan

143. Sudan

144. Nepal

145. Togo

146. Bangladesh

147. Mauritania

148. Yemen

149. Djibouti

150. Haiti

151. Nigeria

152. Congo Democratic Republic

153. Zambia

154. Ivory Coast

155. Senegal

156. Tanzania

157. Benin

158. Uganda

159. Eritrea

160. Angola

161. Gambia

162. Guinea

163. Malawi

164. Rwanda

165. Mali

166. Central African Republic

167. Chad

168. Mozambique

169. Guinea-Bissau

170. Burundi

171. Ethiopia

172. Burkina Faso

173. Niger

174. Sierra Leone Reuters