UPDATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PH AT MEDIUM SCORE

UPDATE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PH AT MEDIUM SCORE

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

In the latest UNDP report on human development, 169 countries were evaluated and scored accordingly. Four general ranking scales were employed and countries properly fit based on their scores, to note: Very High Human Development, High Human Development, Medium Human Development, and Low Human Development.

My country the Philippines was ranked No. 99, and was classed among the Medium Human Development countries. After two (2) decades or so of UNDP, PH remains at the medium HD level, and so the message is clear here: work harder to graduate to High HD level.

The industrialized countries happen to comprise the core of the Very High HD. That is indicative enough of their greatest formula for achieving developed country status before the 2^nd world war yet: their successes in capacity-building. A well-capacitated work force redounds to high productivity, high value-added indices, and high incomes.

The ranking is shown in the table below.

[Philippines, 10 July 2011]

Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

Human Development Index (HDI) - 2010 Rankings

Very High Human Development Norway Australia New Zealand United States Ireland Liechtenstein Netherlands Canada Sweden Germany Japan Korea (Republic of) Switzerland France Israel Finland Iceland Belgium Denmark Spain Hong Kong, China (SAR) Greece Italy Luxembourg Austria United Kingdom Singapore Czech Republic Slovenia Andorra Slovakia United Arab Emirates Malta Estonia Cyprus Hungary Brunei Darussalam Qatar Bahrain Portugal Poland Barbados

High Human Development Bahamas Lithuania Chile Argentina Kuwait Latvia Montenegro Romania Croatia Uruguay Cuba* Palau* Libya Panama Saudi Arabia Mexico Malaysia Bulgaria Trinidad and Tobago Serbia Belarus Costa Rica Peru Albania Russian Federation Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Iran (Islamic Republic of) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Mauritius Brazil Georgia Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Armenia Ecuador Belize Colombia Jamaica Tunisia Jordan Turkey Algeria Tonga

Medium Human Development Fiji Turkmenistan Dominican Republic China El Salvador Sri Lanka Thailand Gabon Suriname Occupied Palestinian Territory* Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Paraguay Philippines Botswana Moldova (Republic of) Mongolia Egypt Uzbekistan Micronesia (Federated States of) Guyana Namibia Honduras Maldives Indonesia Kyrgyzstan South Africa Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Viet Nam Morocco Nicaragua Guatemala Equatorial Guinea Cape Verde India Timor-Leste Swaziland Lao People's Democratic Republic Solomon Islands Cambodia Pakistan Congo São Tomé and Príncipe

Low Human Development Kenya Bangladesh Ghana Cameroon Myanmar Yemen Benin Madagascar Mauritania Papua New Guinea Nepal Togo Comoros Lesotho Nigeria Uganda Senegal Haiti Angola Djibouti Tanzania (United Republic of) Côte d'Ivoire Zambia Gambia Rwanda Malawi Sudan Afghanistan Guinea Ethiopia Sierra Leone Central African Republic Mali Burkina Faso Liberia Chad Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Burundi Niger Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Zimbabwe

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