About the Index
- Human development index (HDI) is an index that is used to rank countries based on human development. It is used to measure a country's overall achievement in its social and economic dimensions of a country.
- It is scored using three indicators- Life expectancy, education and per capital income and education. Education comprised- Mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling.
- This Index is a tool used to follow changes in development levels over time and to compare the development levels of different countries.
- The Human Development Index is published by UNDP.( United Nations development program).
Global Findings of the Human development Index
- The HDI (Human Development Index) has enabled innovative thinking about progress by capturing the simple yet powerful idea that development is about much more than income.
- Over the years the Human development Report (HDR) has introduced new measures to evaluate progress in reducing poverty and empowering women.
- Global population increased from 5 billion to 7.5 billion between 1990 and 2017, the number of people in low and development fell from 3 billion to 926 million- or from 60 percent of global population to 12 percent- and that number of people in high from 1.2 billion to 3.8 billion- or from 24 percent of global population to 51 percent.
- Human development denotes both the process of widening people’s choices and improving their well – being.
Top Five Ranked countries in index
| Rank | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 0.954 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0.946 |
| 3 | Ireland | 0.942 |
| 4 | Germany | 0.939 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 0.939 |
India's performance in Human Development Index( HDI)
- India's rank one position up from last Ranking and rank 129th out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index released by UNDP.
- Inequality and deprivation continue to be high in the country.
- India remains the home of 364 million poor people (28 percent) out of a global population of the 1.3 billion.
Some questions related to Human Development Index
Q: 1. Human Development Index is published by?a. UNESCO
b. IMF
c. World Bank
d. UNDP
e. None of these.
Answer- d.
Solution- Human development Index is published by UNDP (United Nations development program) UNDP- United Nations development program.
Q: 2. What is the rank of India in human Development Index?
a. 128
b. 130
c. 129
d. 131
e. 132
Answer- c.
Solution- India's positions in 2019 human development index up by one position now its rank 129 out of 189 countries.
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