#National: The Human Development Index (HDI) of India - Latest Data

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic or index of life expectancy, education and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the GDP per capita is higher. The HDI is used to measure the countries' development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). [1]

India being a developing country has been ranked among the lowest among all the countries. But if we look at the past statistics and trend, good news is that India's HDI has been improving every year in the past years:

Year: HDI [2]

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2012: 0.600

2013: 0.618

2015: 0.627

2016: 0.636

2017: 0.640

Recently, latest HDI data has been released. India has climbed one spot to 130 in the latest human development index released by the UNDP. India's HDI value for 2017 is 0.640.

It is worth noticing that within South Asia, India's human development index (HDI) value is above the average of 0.638 for the region. [3]

We still have a long way to go.

- Rahul

References:

[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/human-development-index

[2] http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/trends

[3] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-ranks-130-in-uns-human-development-index/articleshow/65812719.cms