The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and limitations of how it is used.

Explore the UNDP's latest Human Development Report for 2025. Discover why global human development is slowing down, see the complete HDI ranking list, and understand how the index measures a ...

A new way of looking at the Human Development Index illustrates substantial differences between countries with similar levels of human development.

Info about the new UNDP’s Human Development Index, its addition of the planetary pressure metric, and how countries’ ranks changed – articles and reports.

How is the Human Development Index (HDI) calculated? The Human Development Index considers three key data points —health, education, and economic conditions—to provide a balanced view of ...

It aims to be as influential in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the Human Development Index (HDI) was for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

India continues its steady rise on the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 130 out of 193 countries in the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) released on Tuesday by the UN Development Programme.

One of the more important determinants of the competitiveness of a nation is the quality of its human capital. The Human Development Index (HDI) is the most widely used yardstick of human development.

The human development index initiated by the United Nations Development Programme has gained universal acceptance as a measure of human progress. This study constructs a comparable time series of HDI ...

The UNDP Office summed up Belarus' rankings in the UNDP Human Development Report 2020 released last week. “Belarus' human development index was 0.823 in 2019. The country ranks 53rd out of 189 ...