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Statsguru: India ranks 130 in HDI, fares poorly on girl education

India ranks 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released by the UNDP

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
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Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Ishan Bakshi
India ranks 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). As seen in Chart 1, Norway continues to lead the latest rankings followed by Switzerland and Australia.

India’s score on the Human Development Index (HDI) has consistently improved over the past decades. As seen in Chart 2, its score has increased from 0.43 in 1990 to 0.49 in 2000 and further to 0.64 in 2017. While the country has made considerable strides over the past decades, it still fares poorly on some parameters. For instance, the mean years

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