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Table 1 Human development indicators for Gulf Cooperating Council countries, 2016

	Human development Index (HDI)^a	Average HDI growth (%) 1990–2015	GDP per capita PPP $ (2015)^c	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Expected years of schooling	Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
Bahrain	0.824	40	44,182	76.7	14.5	6.2
Kuwait	0.8	46	67,113	74.5	13.3	8.6
Oman	0.796	121^b	35, 983	77	13.7	11.6
Qatar	0.856	51	135,322	78.3	13.4	8
Saudi Arabia	0.847	77	50,284	74.4	16.1	14.5
United Arab Emirates	0.84	58	66,102	77.1	13.3	6.8

^aHuman Development Index integrates life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling and gross national income per capita
^bData available from 2000 to 2015 for Oman
^cGross domestic Product (GDP) estimated using the purchasing power parity (PPP)

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