Human Development Index : Report
India has moved up a rank on the global Human Development Index (HDI), according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world’.
Highlights of the recent report:
- The report stated that while India ranked 135 in 2021, it had moved up to 134 in 2022.
- A total of 193 countries were ranked in 2022 and 191 countries in 2021.
- In 2022, India saw improvements across all HDI indicators – life expectancy, education and Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
- Life expectancy rose from 67.2 to 67.7 years, expected years of schooling reached 12.6, mean years of schooling increased to 6.57 and GNI per capita saw an increase from $6,542 to $6,951.
- While the country has moved up in 2022, it is still behind its South Asian neighbours, such as Bangladesh (129th), Bhutan (125th), Sri Lanka (78th) and China (75th).
