On November 4, the HDR office at the United Nations Development Programme published the 20 th Edition of the Human Development Report. Among the many background studies that were conducted for ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a measurement system used by the United Nations to evaluate the level of individual human development in each country. It was introduced by the U.N. in 1990.

The Human Development Index has been published every year since 1990 as an alternative measurement of a country’s development. Instead of just comparing economic growth as embodied by each country’s ...

India currently ranks 130th with a Human Development Index score of 0.685. While it has made progress in education and healthcare, factors like income inequality and fair access to quality public ...

Human Development Index 2020 is a report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). India ranked at 131st position out of 189 countries in the index.

Human development levels were “very high” in Hong Kong (fourth), Singapore (ninth), South Korea (19th), Japan (24th) and Brunei (55th). “Life expectancy at birth is at 74.6 years in the ...

India climbs to 130 in Human Development Index, at par with Bangladesh but way behind Sri Lanka India’s HDI score rose by over 53 per cent, highest since 1990, growing faster than both the ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and limitations of how it is used.