The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its Human Development Report 2023/24 titled ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world’.
Key highlights
- India has moved up a rank on the global Human Development Index (HDI). 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. India’s human development index (HDI) value saw an increase from 0.633 to 0.644 in 2022.
- India, Bhutan and Bangladesh are all in the Medium Human Development category. Switzerland has been ranked number one.
- India’s life expectancy at birth has slightly improved from 67.2 years in 2021 to 67.7 years in 2022.
- There is an overall increase (5.88%) in expected years of schooling (EYS) from 11.9 years to 12.6 years, leading to an improvement of 18 places when the EYS aspect was considered.
- The Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of India also improved from $6,542 to $6,951.
- The HDI is a composite index computed based on three parameters – life expectancy, mean years of schooling and average incomes – in contrast to gross domestic product (GDP), which is a gauge only of incomes or output in an economy.
