Human Development Report 2005- Kuwait

As you might have read in local newspapers, the Human Development Report for 2005 is out. To obtain a complete official copy of the report click here (I advise you to use save as.. option from the UNDP site instead of opening the .pdf file right there. Also, the 6.3 megabytes .pdf file is completely searchable!). For Arabic, there are parts, including a summary, available here.
The report includes detailed data about education, economics, political participation, the environment, technology, gender-related development, and other areas of interest. Brief notes about Kuwait from the report include:

• In the Human Development Index, HDI, (2003 data) Kuwait ranks 44th with a value of 0.844. Norway ranks first with a value of 0.963.
• Life expectancy at birth is 76.9 years
• Adult literacy rate (15 years-old and above) is 82.9 percent
• GDP per capita is $18, 047
• Live expectancy index value= 0.87
• Education index value= 0.80
• GDP index value= 0.87
• 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
• Demographic Trends
• Fertility rate (births per woman)
• 1970-1975= 6.9 births
• 2000-2005= 2.4 births