HDI Index sees Bangladesh unmoved
UNB
The Human Development Report 2015, released yesterday, put Bangladesh in the medium human development category with 142nd position out of 188 countries and territories, reports UNB. Bangladeshs HDI (Human Development Index) value for 2014 is 0.570, said the report - Work for Human Development. The HDI is an average measure of basic human development achievements in a country. It is a summary measure for assessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development - a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.
Between 1980 and 2014, Bangladeshs HDI value increased from 0.338 to 0.570, an increase of 68.7 percent or an average annual increase of about 1.55 percent, it said. It showed Bangladeshs progress in each of the HDI indicators. Between 1980 and 2014, Bangladeshs life expectancy at birth increased by 18.1 years, mean years of schooling increased by 3.1 years and expected years of schooling increased by 5.1 years.
Bangladeshs GNI (gross national income) per capita is increased by about 178.0 percent between 1980 and 2014, said the 2015 Human Development Report (HDR) Work for Human Development. South Asian country Sri Lanka was put in the 73rd position while Indias position is 135.
On the other hand, Pakistan is ranked 146th position while Nepal is holding 145th position.
South Asias HDI value of 0.607 is below the average value of 0.666 for the developing world. There has been remarkable progress in life expectancy, between 1990 and 2014, which increased at almost double the rate of the world average (0.7 percent vs 0.4 globally). but deprivations persist -- 800 million people suffer from multidimensional poverty in the region.
Bangladesh improved one step in Human Development Index (HDI) to rank 142 globally, up from 143 as per the Human Development Report 2014.
