Human Development Index

  • India ranks 129 out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI) — up one slot from the 130th position last year —according to the Human Development Report (HDR) released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in December 2019.
  • Norway, Switzerland, Ireland occupied the top three positions.
  • The HDI measures average achievement in three basic dimensions of human development — life expectancy, education and per capita income.
  • However, for inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI), India’s position drops by one position to 130, losing nearly half the progress (.647 to .477) made in the past 30 years.
  • The IHDI indicates percentage loss in ....
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