HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF RIO

The human development of Rio varies greatly by locality, reflecting the city's spatial segregation and vast socioeconomic inequalities. There are neighborhoods that had very high human development indexes in 2000 (equal to or greater than the indexes of some Scandinavian countries), but also those in the lower range (in line with, for example, North Africa).

Top neighborhoods and localities:

    * Gávea (0.970) - (Greater than Iceland, Norway - 0.968)
    * Leblon (0.967) - (Greater than Australia - 0.962)
    * Ipanema (0.962) - (Greater than Canada - 0.961)
    * Lagoa (0.959) - (Equal to Ireland - 0.959)

Bottom neighborhoods and localities:

    * Complexo do Alemão (0.711) - (Less than Gabon - 0.729)
    * Jacarezinho (0.720) - (Less than Sri Lanka - 0.743)
    * Rocinha (0.732) - (Less than Algeria - 0.748)
    * Cidade de Deus (0.751) - (Less than Iran - 0.771)