HDI World Map (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Human Development Index (HDI; data from 2007, published on November 4, 2010)
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- Libya has an index of 0.755, the highest standard of living of the whole of Africa. In terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2007, it has been more than comparable European countries such as Poland and Portugal. This is amazing, especially since 85% of Libya is desert (Sahara) and the land is extremely dry.
- Libya has the highest per capita income in Africa.
- Medical care is free. In more complex diagnoses or necessary operations Libyans were sent abroad for decades. Also Bonner clinics, for example, did good business with patients from Libya, where their stay was fully state-funded. Each Libyans was equipped with 5000 euros for the hospital stay. (more ...)
