Human Development Index, 2019

India slips two spots to rank 131 in global Human Development Index.

Context

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development.
The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.
A long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living are the key measures to assess it.
It was developed by Pakistani economist MahbubulHaq.
It used to measure a country's development by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s in Human Development Report.

India ranked 131 among 189 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2019, slipping two places from the previous year.
India’s gross national income (GNI) per capita on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), too, fell from $6,829 in 2018 to $6,681 in 2019.
India’s HDI value for 2019 is 0.645.
Life expectancy for Indian’s at birth was 69.7 years in 2019.
The expected year of schooling in India is 12.2 years.

India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Cambodia, Kenya, and Pakistan were ranked under countries with medium human development.
Norway topped the index, followed by Ireland and Switzerland. Hong Kong and Iceland complete the top five.
Sri Lanka (72), Thailand (79), China (85) and Indonesia and Philippines (both 107), and Vietnam (117), were “high human development" countries.