Latest Human Development Index to be released on 14 September 2018

September 7, 2018

The latest Human Development Index to be released on 14 September 2018

‘Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update’

The Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update, which includes UNDP’s signature index, the Human Development Index (HDI), will be released on 14 September 2018 at 10 am EDT. The 2018 Statistical Update provides a brief overview of the state of human development – snapshots of current conditions as well as long-term trends – and includes the following data:

·         The Human Development Index, calculated this year for 189 countries, ranks countries according to their progress in key dimensions of human development – health, education and income;

·         Trends in the Human Development Index, which highlights changes in HDI over a period ranging from 1990 to 2017, showing which countries that have improved more and which ones have suffered setbacks in human development while allowing for the analysis of long-term trends;

·         The Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index, calculated for 151 countries, captures which countries are most and least unequal in terms of the distribution of health, education and income gains among their populations;

·         The Gender Development Index, which showcases gaps in human development achievements between men and women for 164 countries, and the Gender Inequality Index, which captures gender-based inequalities for 160 countries in health, empowerment, and economic status;

·         Five new statistical dashboards on the 1) quality of human development; 2) life-course gender gaps; 3) women’s empowerment; 4) environmental sustainability; and 5) socioeconomic sustainability.

Available on 14 September 2018 at 10 am EDT:

Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update

http://hdr.undp.org/en/2018-update

Full press package in all UN official languages

http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/2018-human-development-indicators-media-package

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Dylan Lowthian / dylan.lowthian@undp.org / +1 212 906 5516

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