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English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
The Opportunity Cost of English Language Education

Income and Consumption inequality - An International Comparison
GDP per capita (PPP) and HDI ranking


Table 34
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Table 34 - GDP per capita and HDI Ranking
  GDP per capita (PPP)
US dollars		 HDI rank1 GDP per capita rank
minus HDI rank		 Life expectancy
at birth
 
France 24,223 12 +6 78.6
Germany 25,103 17 -2 77.7
Hong Kong 25,153 23 -9 79.5
Japan 26,755 9 +2 81.0
Singapore 23,356 25 -4 77.6
South Korea 17,380 27 +1 74.9
United Kingdom  23,509  13  +7  77.7
United States 34,142 6 -4 77.0
Source: United Nations Development Program. [online document] Human development reports / human development indicators 2002 / Search by country (9 November 2002).
Note1: The lower the HDI rank the better the overall level of human development. Although one generally expects the quality of life to improve with rising per capita income, this is not always the case. Hong Kong is an unfortunate outlier.
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