UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Standings from the Human Development Index released by the United Nations on Thursday:

Top 15 (country, life expectancy, average number of years in school, gross national income per habitant in dollars)

1. Norway 81.0 12.6 58,810

2. Australia 81.9 12.0 38,692

3. New Zealand 80.6 12.5 25,438

4. United States 79.6 12.4 47,094

5. Ireland 80.3 11.6 33,078

6. Liechtenstein 79.6 10.3 81,011

7. Netherlands 80.3 11.2 40,658

8. Canada 81.0 11.5 38,668

9. Sweden 81.3 11.6 36,936

10. Germany 80.2 12.2 35,308

11. Japan 83.2 11.5 34,692

12. South Korea 79.8 11.6 29,518

13. Switzerland 82.2 10.3 39,849

14. France 81.6 10.4 34,341

15. Israel 81.2 11.9 27,831

Bottom 15

155. Afghanistan 44.6 3.3 1,419

156. Guinea 58.9 1.6 953

157. Ethiopia 56.1 1.5 992

158. Sierra Leone 48.2 2.9 809

159. Central African

Republic 47.7 3.5 758

160. Mali 49.2 1.4 1,171

161. Burkina Faso 53.7 1.3 1,215

162. Liberia 59.1 3.9 320

163. Chad 49.2 1.5 1,067

164. Guinea

Bissau 48.6 2.3 538

165. Mozambique 48.4 1.2 854

166. Burundi 51.4 2.7 402

167. Niger 52.5 1.4 675

168. DR Congo 48.0 3.8 291

169. Zimbabwe 47.0 7.2 176

For complete standings see -- http://hdr.undp.org