FIFA statistics & Football & Kuwait

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) hosts world-wide football statistics including top goalscorers, club world rankings, top honors, best referees, etc. They are backed by FIFA.
Taking a look at Kuwait, it was surprising that there was a decent presence in the statistics. Following is a summary:

• As of July 2006, Kuwait's local football league is ranked 26 in terms of strength! Kuwait's league is 3rd from the Arabs after the Egyptian league, ranked 20, and the Algerian league, ranked 23.
• In 2002, Saad Kameel was ranked the 9th best referee in the world. Collina was first.
• In 1998, THE Jasem Al-Howaidi, of course, was the world's top-scorer in International games and continental championships with 20 goals, followed by Batistuta with 14 goals.
• In 2000, Bashar Abdullah was 5th in the world's top scorer list with 17 goals. Rivaldo was first with 21 goals.
• Faisal Al-Dakheel ranked #14 on Asia's player of the century list. Bum-Kun Cha of Korea was first. As for Asia's goalkeeper of the century list, Khaled Al-Fadhli ranked #8. Moh'd Al-Deyae of Saudi was first.
• In the current club world rankings, covering the period 1st of November, 2005 to 30th October, 2006, Al-Qadsiya was ranked #173 while Al-Arabi ranked #323. Total number of teams included exceeded 350 teams from around the world. Sevilla is currently the top team, followed by Barcelona and Liverpool.
• In 2006's world top goalscorer (current), Bader Al-Mutawa of Alqadsiya is ranked #38 with 7 goals. Crouch is top with 15 goals. These are only goals scored in full "A" Internationals and continental championships, like the Asian Cup etc.

Human Development Report 2006- The Case of Kuwait

The latest Human Development Report was launched by the UNDP in Cape Town, South Africa today. The report, based on 2004 statistics, is an important one tracking issues for all countries that provide relevant statistics. It has been issued annually since 1990. So what happened to the Human Development Index (HDI) for Kuwait? We will review all important information in the report that is relevant to Kuwait.

• The report shows that Kuwait's HDI is 0.871, putting it in the high human development category. The HDI rank of Kuwait is 33 out of 177, and the first in terms of Arab countries.
• The new HDI for Kuwait is an improvement from last year's report, when the HDI for Kuwait was 0.844, ranking it 44th.
• The Gender Development Index (GDI) is 0.864 for Kuwait, ranking it 31 out of 177.
  
• HDI trend for Kuwait
• 1975= 0.763
• 1980= 0.777
• 1985= 0.780
• 1990= N/A
• 1995= 0.813
• 2000= 0.837
• 2003= 0.844
• 2004=0.871
• Kuwait is one of three Arab countries that receive more than 75 percent of its water from external sources. The other two are Bahrain and Egypt.
• Further, Kuwait ranks first in terms of withdrawing water faster than it is replenished.