Learn how the Human Development Index (HDI) assesses global human development using income and education to rank countries ...

Composite indicators have become an indispensable tool to synthesise multifaceted data into a single, interpretable metric for assessing human development. The construction of these indicators ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Making wealth creation easy, accessible and transparent. The Human Development Index evaluates individual human development in ...

Each year, the United Nations Development Program produces the Human Development Report. This is a compilation of country-level data around education, health, and economic security that aspires to ...

The Human Development Data (HDD) of the United Nation is the integrated database for the Human Development Reports created in 1990. This database provides statistics essential for economic, ...

Nigeria consistently features in the lower rungs of the global ladder of human development index (HDI) including maternal and child health and access to education, among others. But Co-chair of the ...

Srilanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Sri Lanka leads ...

For a country to be classified as "developed", it must meet certain standards and posses specific, necessary features. Chief among these features is the availability of modern amenities such as good ...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun on Tuesday, March 19, launched the 2023/2024 Human Development Report (HDI). The report was put together by the United ...