What is India rank according to HDI?

United Nations declared India’s HDI is 0.586 in 2014, a 5.77% increase over 2012. As for the year 2018, HDI for India stood at 0.647.

Who developed the Human Development Index?

economist Mahbub ul Haq
Description: Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq created HDI in 1990 which was further used to measure the country’s development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Which of the following is not one of the factors related to HDI?

From among the following options ( literacy rate ,per capita income , poverty rate , life expectancy) Poverty rate is not a part of HDI. HDI (Human development index) is an index which is used to rank countries into four groups based on the human development.

WHO releases the Human Development Report?

the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues trends and policies.

What is China’s HDI?

0.761
China’s HDI value for 2019 is 0.761— which put the country in the high human development category— positioning it at 85 out of 189 countries and territories.

Is national income a component of HDI?

The Human Development Index (HDI) measures each country’s social and economic development by focusing on the following four factors: mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, life expectancy at birth, and gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Is HDI and HDR same?

The HDI simplifies and captures only part of what human development entails. It does not reflect on inequalities, poverty, human security, empowerment, etc. The HDRO offers the other composite indices as broader proxy on some of the key issues of human development, inequality, gender disparity and poverty.