Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday but China has made the biggest strides in improving the well-being of its citizens.
The index compiled by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
Norway, Australia and Iceland took the first three spots while Niger ranks at the very bottom, just below Afghanistan.
India has been ranked 134. The UN ranking clearly shows India has slipped in comparative terms in ensuring a better quality of life for its citizens as in the previous index, published for 2007 and 2008 together, it ranked 128, while the position the year before was 126.
India has failed to give its citizens a better quality of life so far and the country now ranks 134 among 182 countries in the human development index of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), released today.
India, in fact, has continued to slip in its rakings for the past three years. In the HDI published in 2007-2008 it ranked 128 while the position in 2006 was 126.
“Overall, however, India has made steady progress on the human development index. Its value has gone up from 0.556 in 2000 to 0.612 in 2007,” according to Patrice Coeur-Bizot, resident representative of UNDP in India.
In comparison, neighbouring China ranked 92 in the list of 182 countries while smaller countries such as Sri Lanka and Bhutan also ranked higher at 102 and 132.
Good to see China and Sri Lanka doing good. Sri Lanka inspite of the twenty year civil war.
Re: India - At position 134 one of the worst countries to live
We keep spending more and more money fighting each other or threatening each other by buying more and more weaponry. Until India and Pakistan kiss and make up, the kind of human development that this index relates to will not improve, because poverty reduction and skill-sets are a big part of the index.
On the gender issues side we call ourselves civilized but less said the better.
Pakistan is low on the HDI due to the war on terror. Sadly Indian doesn't suffer from such problems. So what are your excuses?
bhai jaan, didn't the war on terror start in 2001?
then how is it that pakistan has ranked lower than india in every year since the UNDP started publishing the HDI data in 1975?
/\/ hese people have something wrong with their psyche....some of them starts a topic about india....another one asks why indians are here on pakistani site (forgets that it is www) and when questions about pakistan...his psyche is again distubed...
/\/ hese people have something wrong with their psyche....some of them starts a topic about india....another one asks why indians are here on pakistani site (forgets that it is www) and when questions about pakistan...his psyche is again distubed...
What about your twisted phyche
i bet you never question that right?
its much easier to talk about others huh!!
Re: India - At position 134 one of the worst countries to live
Its a basic issue my dear bittu. You never answer a question regarding India and its problems. You always bring up Pakistan. Why stick your head in the sand mentality?
Its a basic issue my dear bittu. You never answer a question regarding India and its problems. You always bring up Pakistan. Why stick your head in the sand mentality?
and where is the question from your un-biased mind
.....an article is here and hence it exposes india' dirty side....you have taken it for granted that every word and sentence in the article (especially) about india is the final truth.
these western un or non un organisations collect datas from deep undeveloped areas of bihar or mp, but they never visit gujurat,punjab, hp, haryana and many other states.....but your un-biased mind can never accept the reality.
off course...i want to know where is your country in the map...atleast we have a lot to tell the outer world of our progress.
steudents in our IT sector and jnu do not come from urban areas only...they come from villages in bulk.....any idea how this magic is taking place....un also purchases programms from our IT sector.
shall we start discussing your terror state and non-state actors....no, let us discuss some aspects and achievements pakistan has really made and can be proud of....
by the way our indian mind was very much obsessed with pakistan when we accomplished our moon mission.
shall we start discussing your terror state and non-state actors....no, let us discuss some aspects and achievements pakistan has really made and can be proud of....
by the way our indian mind was very much obsessed with pakistan when we accomplished our moon mission.
Achievements, what would you like to discuss, poverty, infrastructure, starvations, or paint jobs aka tanks, planes, kampotaars, moon missions... pick one.
Also throw in the most and biggest terror orgs in SA.
India has been ranked 134. The UN ranking clearly shows India has slipped in comparative terms in ensuring a better quality of life for its citizens as in the previous index, published for 2007 and 2008 together, it ranked 128, while the position the year before was 126.
India has failed to give its citizens a better quality of life so far and the country now ranks 134 among 182 countries in the human development index of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), released today.
So in other words life is getting worse in india with each passing year.
I wonder what Mohandas Karamchand would be thinking about modern day india.
Re: India - At position 134 one of the worst countries to live
^ that is an eye opening question for an ardent admirer of Gandhiji such as me.
Mahatma Gandhi would have literally wept at the state of modern day India - particularly about the number of criminals elected to the parliament, about the poverty that still persists after 63 years, about the lack of electricity in so many villages, about the nuclear weapons.
He would also been disgusted with the Indian government for putting up with terrorism in Kashmir and for letting things like Kargil & Mumbai attack occur in the first place. He once said "it is worse to be non-violent by actions but violent inside oneself than to be violent".
India badly needs a real statesman or two - somebody above politics
^ that is an eye opening question for an ardent admirer of Gandhiji such as me.
Mahatma Gandhi would have literally wept at the state of modern day India - particularly about the number of criminals elected to the parliament, about the poverty that still persists after 63 years, about the lack of electricity in so many villages, about the nuclear weapons.
He would also been disgusted with the Indian government for putting up with terrorism in Kashmir and for letting things like Kargil & Mumbai attack occur in the first place. He once said "it is worse to be non-violent by actions but violent inside oneself than to be violent".
India badly needs a real statesman or two - somebody above politics
friend....have you ever paid attention that how many politicians are there in india...you will not find more than 5000 in or out of power....and can mere 5000 politicians destroy a nation of 100 crore....problem is somewhere else....
and you should know that with all irregular problems (name any problem...and you find it in india)..our democratic setup is our success. how many countries you can count in asia....changing power thru elections and working under one constitution for last 60 years.
bush had blamed india for global economic crisis....350 million strong middle class of india has derailed the buying and selling pattern in the world...said bush.
350 million strong middle class....it is more than some european countries together in numbers.