Human Development Report 2016

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2016
Human Development for Everyone
Human Development Index (HDI)
Change in
HDI rank
Average annual HDI growth
Value (%)
HDI rank 1990 2000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2010–2015 a 1990–2000 2000–2010 2010–2015 1990–2015
186 Chad .. 0.300 0.370 0.381 0.387 0.390 0.394 0.396 0 .. 2.13 1.37 ..
187 Niger 0.212 0.255 0.323 0.331 0.341 0.345 0.351 0.353 1 1.85 2.41 1.76 2.06
188 Central African Republic 0.320 0.314 0.361 0.366 0.370 0.345 0.347 0.352 –1 –0.19 1.41 –0.47 0.39
OTHER COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
Korea (Democratic People’s Rep. of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Marshall Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nauru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
San Marino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Somalia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tuvalu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Human development groups
Very high human development 0.791 0.836 0.876 0.881 0.884 0.887 0.890 0.892 — 0.55 0.48 0.35 0.48
High human development 0.574 0.637 0.716 0.721 0.728 0.736 0.744 0.746 — 1.04 1.19 0.83 1.06
Medium human development 0.465 0.525 0.598 0.606 0.613 0.620 0.626 0.631 — 1.23 1.31 1.09 1.23
Low human development 0.356 0.388 0.475 0.481 0.486 0.490 0.494 0.497 — 0.89 2.02 0.92 1.35
Developing countries 0.514 0.569 0.640 0.646 0.653 0.659 0.665 0.668 — 1.02 1.18 0.85 1.05
Regions
Arab States 0.556 0.611 0.672 0.677 0.684 0.685 0.686 0.687 — 0.96 0.95 0.45 0.85
East Asia and the Pacific 0.516 0.595 0.688 0.692 0.700 0.709 0.717 0.720 — 1.45 1.45 0.92 1.35
Europe and Central Asia 0.652 0.667 0.732 0.741 0.745 0.750 0.754 0.756 — 0.23 0.95 0.63 0.59
Latin America and the Caribbean 0.626 0.685 0.730 0.735 0.739 0.745 0.750 0.751 — 0.92 0.63 0.58 0.74
South Asia 0.438 0.502 0.583 0.592 0.601 0.607 0.614 0.621 — 1.38 1.51 1.25 1.40
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.399 0.421 0.497 0.504 0.510 0.515 0.520 0.523 — 0.54 1.67 1.04 1.09
Least developed countries 0.347 0.399 0.481 0.489 0.495 0.500 0.504 0.508 — 1.40 1.90 1.08 1.54
Small island developing states 0.570 0.604 0.656 0.658 0.661 0.663 0.665 0.667 — 0.59 0.83 0.33 0.63
Organisation for Economic
Co‐operation and Development 0.785 0.835 0.872 0.876 0.879 0.882 0.885 0.887 — 0.62 0.44 0.33 0.49
World 0.597 0.641 0.696 0.701 0.706 0.710 0.715 0.717 — 0.71 0.82 0.61 0.74
TABLE
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NOTES
a A positive value indicates an improvement in rank.
DEFINITIONS
Human Development Index (HDI): A composite
index measuring average achievement in three basic
dimensions of human development — a long and
healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of
living. See Technical note 1 at http://hdr.undp.org/
sites/default/files/hdr2016_technical_notes.pdf for
details on how the HDI is calculated.
Average annual HDI growth: A smoothed
annualized growth of the HDI in a given period,
calculated as the annual compound growth rate.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Columns 1–8: HDRO calculations based on data
from UNDESA (2015a), UNESCO Institute for
Statistics (2016), United Nations Statistics Division
(2016a), World Bank (2016a), Barro and Lee (2016)
and IMF (2016).
Column 9: Calculated based on data in columns
3 and 8.
Columns 10–13: Calculated based on data in
columns 1, 2, 3 and 8.
TABLE 2 Human Development Index trends, 1990–2015 | 205