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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 8 September 2022 and based on data collected in 2021.
Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macao, North Korea, and Taiwan in Asia, as well as
standards of living
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for countries
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worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing
Development or developing may refer to:
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or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, no Oceanian country falls into the low human development category while Afghanistan and Pakistan and Yemen are the only Asian countries which fall into this category.
The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.
List
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 8 September 2022 and based on data collected in 2021.
Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macao, North Korea, and Taiwan in Asia, as well as Nauru
Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...
and Tuvalu in Oceania are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.
See also
* Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation *List of Asian and Pacific countries by GDP (PPP)
This is a list of gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) for the latest years recorded in the CIA World Factbook. All sovereign states with United Nations membership and territory in either Asia or Oceania are included on t ...
* List of Asian countries by GDP
* List of Asian countries by population
* List of countries by Human Development Index
* List of countries by Human Development Index by region
* List of countries by industrial production growth rate
* List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
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References
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