Human Development Index Malaysia 2020
Between 1990 and 2018 malaysia has shown a steady progress in human development index from 0 644 to 0 804 an increase of 24 9 reflecting an average annual increase of 0 80.
Human development index malaysia 2020. Maternal mortality ratio deaths per 100 000 live births n a. Rank state hdi 2018 comparable country very high human development 1 kuala lumpur 0 860 andorra saudi arabia slovakia 2 selangor 0 855 latvia 3 penang 0 838 bahrain 4 malacca 0 828 argentina 5 negeri sembilan 0 822 russia 6 johor 0 818 belarus kazakhstan 7 perak 0 809 kuwait uruguay malaysia 0 804. A long and healthy life being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. Prevalence of female genital mutilation cutting among girls and women of girls and young women ages 15 49 n a.
Hdi is ranked on a scale from 0 to 1 0 with 1 0 being the highest human development. Singapore as a top of asean human development index has an average value of 0 906. The human development index hdi is a statistic composite index of life expectancy education literacy rate gross enrollment ratio at different levels and net attendance ratio and per capita income indicators which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development a country scores a higher hdi when the lifespan is higher the education level is higher and the gross. Gap of human development index in asean can also be seen in the average hdi trend 2010 2018.
Gender inequality index gii n a. Human development index hdi male. The hdi is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions. The human development index hdi is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development.
Only two other asean countries are categorized in the same human development category as malaysia singapore and brunei darussalam. Life expectancy at birth years number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant s life. Mandatory paid maternity leave days n a. Human development index hdi female.
Nations that rank higher on this index have a higher level of education a higher lifespan and a higher gross national income per capita than nations with a lower score. The united nations development programme undp ranks countries into four tiers of human development by combining measurements of life expectancy education and per capita income into the human development index hdi in its annual human development report. The hdi is a summary index using life expectancy at birth expected years of schooling for children and mean years of schooling for.