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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a simple composite measure of human development that evaluates development not only by economic advances but also by improvements in human well-being. It is a composite statistic – of life expectancy (at birth), education (mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling), and income (GNI per capita in PPP $) indices – used to rank countries with regard to human development. It is published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Human Development Report.
Norway was at the top in the Human Development Index (HDI) with a value of 0.944 points in 2014 amongst the ranked 188 countries of the world. The HDI value for the world as a whole was 0.711 points. HDI groups are: very high human development, high human development, medium human development and low human development.
Out of the nineteen individual countries of G-20 group; Australia, Germany, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Japan, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Argentina were categorized under the very high human development group of HDI. Australia had the highest HDI value of 0.935 points amongst the G-20 group and was at 2nd rank amongst all the 188 countries ranked under Human Development Report by UNDP.
Russian Federation (50th), Turkey, Mexico, Brazil and China (90th) were categorized under the high human development group of HDI. Indonesia, South Africa and India were categorized under the medium human development group of HDI. India had the HDI value of 0.609 points and was at 130th rank among all the 188 countries ranked under Human Development Report. India improved in ranking from 135th in 2013.
Note: (a) Adolescent Fertility Rate Data are annual average of projected values for 2010-2015; (b) Mean Years of Schooling Data for the year 2012 refers to 2012 or most recent year available; (c) Data on Population with at least some Secondary Education (% age 25 and Older) for the years 2005-12 refers to most recent available during the specified period; Source: Human Development Report 2015, UNDP and also published in statistical year book 2016 by MOSPI.