UNITED NATIONS, Dec 09 (APP): Pakistan was ranked at 152nd position among 189 countries in U.N.’s 2019 Human Development Index (HDI)’s annual rankings that is measured by combining indicators of life expectancy, educational attainment and income. The HDI forms part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2019, a flagship study produced annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which was released Monday. The report is 29th in a series which began in 1990. The first UNDP Human Development Report (HDR) was prepared and launched under the leadership of the late Dr. Mahbubul Haq, a former Pakistan finance minister. In other South Asian countries, India ranked at 129 on the index; Bangladesh: 135; Sri Lanka: 71; Maldives: 104; Nepal: 147, and Bhutan 134. During the period, Pakistan’s HDI value was 0.560; life expectancy 67.1 years; average years of schooling 5.2 years and gross national income per capita $ 5,190. Oil-rich Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, Germany and Hong Kong (China) led the ranking, while Niger, the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan and Burundi have the lowest scores in the HDI’s measurement of national achievements in health, education and income. This year’s Human Development Report, which reviews the performance of the countries … Continue reading Pakistan ranks 152nd in UN’s Human Development Index