- India ranked 130/189 countries
- India scored 0.64 and was placed in medium human development category.
- Published by United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
- Norway is ranked 1
- India ranks lowest among BRICS nations
- India related Facts:
- Between 1990 and 2017, India’s HDI value increased from 0.427 to 0.640, an almost 50 per cent increase, which is an indicator that millions have been lifted out of poverty
- The HDI is a measure for assessing countries progress in three basic dimensions of human development:
- a long and healthy life (life expectancy),
- access to knowledge and
- access to a decent standard of living.
- Countries are ranked based on scale ranging between 0 (low) to 1 (high).