DUSHANBE, November 5, 2010, Asia-Plus — Ranked 112th among 169 countries in the 2010 Human Development Report, Tajikistan as the lowest human development index (HDI) among the CIS nations.
Among the CIS nations, the highest HDI was reported in Belarus (61st). Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine were ranked 65th, 66th, 67th, and 69th respectively. Armenia was ranked 76th. These CIS nations are located in the “high development” category.
Turkmenistan (87th), Uzbekistan (102nd), Kyrgyzstan (109th) and Tajikistan (112th) are placed in the “medium development” category.
Norway, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Ireland, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, and Germany are among the top 10.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of “human development” and separate developed (high development), developing (middle development), and underdeveloped (low development) countries. The statistic is composed from data on life expectancy, education and per-capita GDP (as an indicator of standard of living) collected at the national level using the formula given in the Methodology section below. There are also HDI for states, cities, villages, etc. by local organizations or companies.
The origins of the HDI are to be found in the United Nations Development Programme”s (UNDP) Human Development Reports (HDRs).
Starting with the 2010 report the HDI combines three dimensions: a long and healthy life; life expectancy at birth; access to knowledge (mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling); and a decent standard of living (GNI per capita (PPP US$). The HDI combined three dimensions up until its 2009 report: life expectancy at birth, as an index of population health and longevity; knowledge and education, as measured by the adult literacy rate (with two-thirds weighting) and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weighting); and standard of living, as indicated by the natural logarithm of gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity.
