United Nations Development Program (UNDP) issued a Human Development Report 2009 (HDR). Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada and Ireland are rated the best life-quality countries with higher development index among182 countries and territories.

Armenia was rated 84, leaving Ukraine (85), Azerbaijan (86), and Georgia (86) behind. Russia is number 71. Amid the most underdeveloped countries are Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra-Leone.

HDR or Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary indicator of people’s well-being, combining measures of life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and GDP per capita. HDI was initially proposed by UNDP expert group in 1990.