- India ranked 131/188 countries
- India scored 0.624 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:
- India’s HDI value increased from 0.428 in 1990 to 0.624 in 2015.
- Its average annual growth in HDI (1990-2015) was higher than that of other medium HDI countries.
- In 2015 HDI, India ranked 130 with score of 0.609 and was placed in the medium human development category.
- 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).