Why is it in the news?
UNDP Human Development Report 2025 highlighted India’s HDI value and global rankings.
India’s performance and inequality-adjusted losses have been discussed.
Category: Economy
Important Points:
● HDI developed by UNDP in 1990 inspired by Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen
● Measures three dimensions: health, education, standard of living
● Health: Life expectancy at birth
● Education: Mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling
● Income: GNI per capita (PPP adjusted)
● HDI calculated using geometric mean of three dimension indices
● Countries grouped into Very High (≥0.800), High (0.700–0.799), Medium (0.550–0.699), Low (<0.550)
● India’s HDI rose from 0.676 (2022) to 0.685 (2023); rank 130 out of 193 (HDR 2025)
● India’s HDI increased from 0.434 (1990) to 0.644 (2022), ~48.4% rise
● IHDI shows nearly 31% loss for India due to inequality