HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2020

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX 2020

OUT OF 189 COUNTRIES, INDIA RANKED 131, PAKISTAN 154 AND BANGLADESH WAS POSITIONED AT 133 ON THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX A REPORT PUBLISHED BY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

The index was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub Ul Haq in 1990. The countries are divided into four categories. These categories are-

  • VERY HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.
  • HIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.
  • MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.
  • LOW HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX.

The calculation of the index is based on three parameters. These parameters are-

  • EDUCATION.
  • LIFE EXPECTANCY.
  • PER CAPITA INCOME.

The index of 2020 included a new parameter. It is the impact caused by each country’s per capita carbon emission, it is material footprint the number of fossil fuels used, metals and other resources used.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANKING 2020 TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN EACH CATEGORY.

VERY HIGH HDI RANKINGS (1-64)COUNTRYHIGH HDI RANKINGS (67-119)COUNTRYMEDIUM HDI RANKINGS (120-156)COUNTRYLOW HDI RANKINGS (157-189)COUNTRY
1NORWAY67SEYCHELLES120KYRGYZSTAN157MAURITANIA
2IRELAND67TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO121MOROCCO158BENIN
2SWITZERLAND69ALBANIA122GUYANA159UGANDA
4HONG KONG70CUBA123IRAQ160RWANDA
4ICELAND70IRAN124EL-SALVADOR161NIGERIA
6GERMANY72SRI-LANKA125TAJIKISTAN162COTE D IVOIRE
7SWEDEN73BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA126CABO VERDE163TANZANIA
8AUSTRALIA74GRENADA127GUATEMALA164MADAGASCAR
8NETHERLANDS74MEXICO128NICARAGUA165LESOTHO
10DENMARK74SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS129BHUTAN166DJIBOUTI


HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANKING OF THE SAARC COUNTRIES

RANKCOUNTRYCATEGORY
72SRI-LANKAHIGH HDI
95 MALDIVES HIGH HDI
129BHUTANMEDIUM HDI
131INDIAMEDIUM HDI
133BANGLADESHMEDIUM HDI
142NEPALMEDIUM HDI
154PAKISTANMEDIUM HDI
169AFGHANISTANLOW HDI
  • The United Kingdom ranked-13, theUnited States Of America ranked 17, Japan-19, France-26, Russia-52 and China was positioned at 85.

Madhvendra Mishra

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