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| 7692966479 | Norway | This country ranks #1 on the HDI. It also has highest score of Gender Empowerment Index. 38% of its parliamentary members are women, and women earn 78% as much as men | 0 | |
| 7692967129 | Hong Kong | Part of china, remained a british colony until 1997. It is one of the 4 asian dragons and is a special economic zone in China | 1 | |
| 7692967130 | Yemen | Of countries that have been given gender empowerment score - this country ranks 93 - which is last place. Only .7% of its legislators are women and they earn only 30% as much as men | 2 | |
| 7692968041 | Singapore | This city-state is one of the 4 asian dragons which developed quickly by expanding into the global market. It was a british colony until 1965 | 3 | |
| 7692968042 | Ecuador | Ecotourism in this country helps the economy of the indigenous Achuar tribe. The Galapagos Islandds off the coast of this country also attract tourists | 4 | |
| 7692968475 | Cambodia | Protests of garment workers over working conditions in this country are common as it is the 3rd largest employment sector in the country. Levi's, GAP, and H&M are among the companies who are supplied from this country | 5 | |
| 7692968476 | Qatar | According to a 2013 statistic this country has highest GDP per capita in the world at $93,714 | 6 | |
| 7692968477 | Bangladesh | This country, formerly known as East Pakistan, is the most densely populated in the world. Due to an assistance program from the World Bank, this country now has 6+ million girls enrolled in school, up from only 1 million in 1991 | 7 | |
| 7692969318 | Moldova | This country which once belonged to USSR is the poorest country in Europe | 8 | |
| 7692969319 | Niger | Former French colony has lowest rates of literacy in the world which includes a disparity between males and females being able to read. On average citizens only attend 5-6 years of schoolingThis | 9 | |
| 7692969320 | Bahrain | This country on the Arabian Peninsula was the first country in the region to form a free trade agreement with the U.S. Even though its economy is diversified in comparison to others in the region, 70% of government revenues come from oil exports. High human rights abuse | 10 | |
| 7692969884 | Zimbabwe | This country, part of the country formerly Southern Rhodesia, has fallen into economic trouble in recent years due to the land seizures of farms owned by whites. Inflation was so bad in this country that a 100 million dollar banknote was worth more as a novelty item on ebay than to buy goods | 11 | |
| 7692969885 | S. Korea | One of the 4 asian tigers, this country has experienced a much higher level of development than its northern counterpart. This country is democratic and has a market economy, while its northern counterpart is communist and has a planned economy. Export successes of this country now include K-pop music | 12 | |
| 7692969886 | Honduras | Although many of the projects set up by the world bank in this country are laudable, a loan to a company running pal oil plantations is controversial. The company has been involved with land disputes with the indigenous people and the head of the company was linked to a coup against a democratically elected president of the country | 13 | |
| 7692970812 | Vietnam | This country is the leader in terms of gender development index in Southeast asia. The numer of women in the country's legislature has risen to nearly 25% in recent years and they are involved in other socio-political organizations that were formerly reserved for men only. Despite these strides domestic violence against women is still very common | 14 |
