Small assignment I did to investigate Human Development Indicators of Pakistan V Srilanka V UAE and couple more. All data is available from UNDP Website

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UnitedNations Human Development Programme
Under this programme, United Nations has been working on Human Development on a global
scale via reporting on Human Development Indicators year since 1990s. Since the 1990s most
of HDI have shown an increase and all these reports are used for analysis purposes globally.
These reports allow to bring key questions of human significance and monitor the development
programs.
Human Development Indicators
These indicators HDI- are used for measurement of human development in contrast with
economic developments. It can be used to measure how a particular nation is working
specifically for the development of the lives of people. It can be used to study, understand and
evaluate countries of similar economic growth or in a nearby region and their government
policies.
It depicts geometric means of normalized indices of these 3 performance indicators of the
country.
1. Long & Healthy Life
Health and long life is measured with life expectancy at birth.
2. Knowledge
It is assessed with means years of education for adults aged 25 and more, and with
expected years of education for students of primary education age.
3. A decent Standard of Living
Gross National Income per capita is used for measurement. HID utilizes a logarithm to
reflect increasing GNI with diminishing importance of income.
Note: HDI doesnot show corruption, terrorism, poverty, inequality, justice system, human
security, freedom, empowerment or other possibly useful indicators. It depicts basics only.

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Exports and Imports (% of GDP)
The sum of exports and imports of goods and services, expressed as a percentage of gross
domestic product (GDP). It is a basic indicator of openness to foreign trade and economic
integration and indicates the dependence of domestic producers on foreign demand (exports)
and of domestic consumers and producers on foreign supply (imports), relative to the country
ís economic size (GDP).
Life expectancy at birth
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 infants life
Expected years of schooling (years)
Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if
prevailing patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist throughout the childs life.
Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP$)
Aggregate income of an economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of
production, less the incomes paid for the use of factors of production owned by the rest of
the world, converted tointernational dollars using PPP rates, divided by midyear population.
Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)
HDI value adjusted for inequalities in the three basic dimensions of human development
Gender Development Index (GDI)
Ratio of female to male HDI values
Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
Percentage of the population that is multidimensionally pooradjusted by the intensity of the
deprivations.
Employment to population ratio(% ages 15 and older)
Percentage of the population ages 15 years and older that is employed

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Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the 5th most
populous country in the world, with a population
over 207.7 million people. Its area is 881,913 square
kilometers, the 33rd largest in the world. It belongs
to South Asian Peninsula and was born in 1947 by
the partition of India. And later in 1972, it divided
into Bangladesh<East Pakistan> and Pakistan<West
Pakistan>. The majority of Hindus were migrated to
India with a minority staying behind, but the overall population is muslimwith the national
language Urdu.
Pakistan is the only muslim nuclear power with 6th largest standing armed forces in the world.
Pakistan possesses a semi-industrialized economy with a well-integrated agriculture and a
growing services sector. It is the 24th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power and with
respect to nominal GDP, Pakistan’s 41st largest. Also ranked emerging & growth leading
economies of the world. And has the world’s largest and fastest growing middle classes. It
belongs, G20 developing nations, Group of 24 and Group of 77. Currently the
currency<Pakistani Rupee> fares as 1$ = 105.38 PKR
Human Development Index 0.550
Rank 147
Health-Life Expectancy at Birth (years) GDI Value 66.4
Education- Expected years of schooling (years) 8.1
Income/CompositionofResources- GrossNational Income Per Capita (GNI2011 PPP$) 5,031
Inequality-adjusted HDI(IHDI) 0.380
Gender Development Index 0.741
Poverty- Multi Dimensional Poverty Index 0.237
Work, Employmentand Vulnerability(EmploymentPopulationRatioages 15 &older) 51.0
Human Security- Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) 7.8
Trade & Financial flows (Exports & Imports %GDP) 28.1
Mobility & Communications- Internet Users (%Population) 18.0
Environmental Stability- Carbon Emissions Per Capita (Tonnes) 0.8
Demography- Total Population(millions) 188.9
Analytics
Pakistani HDI are not bad but not good either. These can improve and growth should be
focused. However, health & life should be primary indicator, the higher it is HDI is also reflected
higher. Education is also lacking. But probably the other political, corruption and terrorism
problems have been affecting our economy and HDI. It’s not a blame game. Its ugly truth. Our
economic indicators and potential for is growth is good from the start. Instability, Leadership
and Global politics have regretfully let other younger nations by pass in HDI too.

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United ArabEmirates
UAE's population was 9.2 million, of
which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens
and 7.8 million are expatriates. Islamis
the official religion of the UAE and
Arabic is the official language (although
English and Indian languages are widely
spoken, with English being the language
of business and education particularly
in Abu Dhabi and Dubai). The UAE's oil reserves are the seventh-largest in the world while its
natural gas reserves are the world's seventeenth-largest.
UAE is the 2nd largest economy in the Gulf after KSA, with a GDP of $377 billion as of 2012. After
the independence in 1971, Emirate's economy has multiplied by nearly 231 times to 1.45 trillion
AED in 2013. The non-oil trade has grown to 1.2 trillion AED, a multiplier effect by about 28
times since 1981 to 2012. UAE ranks the 26th best nation in the world for business, based on its
economy and regulation, by the Doing Business 2017 Report published by the World Bank
Group.
Analytics
1 AED is 28.869 PKR.UAE ranks above 100 countries ahead of Pakistan and the difference in HDI
is 0.25. Although UAE is way ahead Pakistan in most segments of HDI. Plus, UAE has more
carbon emissions per capita; approximately 18 times. But Pakistan is has huge population and
no oil reserves but more political and other issues. Although UAE is younger than Pakistan but it
had oil that got the British and world attention.
Human Development Index 0.80
Rank 42
Health-Life Expectancy at Birth (years) GDI Value 77.1
Education- Expected years of schooling (years) 13.3
Income/CompositionofResources- GrossNational Income Per Capita (GNI2011 PPP$) 66,023
Inequality-adjusted HDI(IHDI) N.A.
Gender Development Index 0.972
Poverty- Multi Dimensional Poverty Index N.A.
Work, Employmentand Vulnerability(EmploymentPopulationRatioages 15 &older) 77.1
Human Security- Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) 0.7
Trade & Financial flows (Exports & Imports %GDP) 175.9
Mobility & Communications- Internet Users (%Population) 91.2
Environmental Stability- Carbon Emissions Per Capita (Tonnes) 18.7
Demography- Total Population(millions) 9.2

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Bangladesh
Is a middle power and a developing nation. Listed as
one of the Next Eleven, its economy ranks 46th in
terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and
29th in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). It is
one of the largest textile exporters in the world. Its
major trading partners are the European Union, the
United States, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and
Singapore.
Population
• 2016 estimate
162,951,560 (8th)
• 2011 census
149,772,364 (8th)
• Density
1,106/km2 (2,864.5/sq mi) (10th)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total
$686.598 billion(33rd)
• Percapita
$4,207[7] (139th)
Human Development Index 0.579
Rank 139
Health-Life Expectancy at Birth (years) GDI Value 72
Education- Expected years of schooling (years) 10
Income/CompositionofResources- GrossNational Income Per Capita (GNI2011 PPP$) 3,341
Inequality-adjusted HDI(IHDI) 0.412
Gender Development Index 0.927
Poverty- Multi Dimensional Poverty Index 0.188
Work, Employmentand Vulnerability(EmploymentPopulationRatioages 15 &older) 59.4
Human Security- Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) 2.8
Trade & Financial flows (Exports & Imports %GDP) 42.1
Mobility & Communications- Internet Users (%Population) 14.4
Environmental Stability- Carbon Emissions Per Capita (Tonnes) 0.4
Demography- Total Population(millions) 161.0
Analytics
1BDT = 1.28 PKR. Yes the Bangladesh is competing strongly with Pakistan.It is easilyobserved
Bangladeshhas progressedfrom where it started. It usedto be a part of Pakistan and now it’s
independent.Itlacks in mobility& communicationsa bit. It’s behindinGNI percapita. Some
difference inInequalityandGenderdifferences. The restit isa bit ahead.

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Democratic Socialist Republicof SriLanka
As of 2010, the service sectormakesup60% of
GDP, the industrial sector28%,and the
agriculture sector12%.[253]
The private sector
accounts for85% of the economy.
The per capitaincome of Sri Lanka has doubled
since 2005.[259]
Duringthe same period,
povertyhasdroppedfrom15.2% to 7.6%,
unemploymentrate hasdroppedfrom7.2%to
4.9%, marketcapitalisationof ColomboStock
Exchange hasquadrupledandbudgetdeficit
has doubled.Income inequalityhasalso
droppedinrecentyears,indicatedbyagini
coefficientof 0.36 in 2010.[260] Sri Lanka's
cellularsubscriberbase hasshowna
staggering550% growth,from 2005 to 2010
Human Development Index 0.776
Rank 73
Health-Life Expectancy at Birth (years) GDI Value 75
Education- Expected years of schooling (years) 14
Income/CompositionofResources- GrossNational Income Per Capita (GNI2011 PPP$) 10,789
Inequality-adjusted HDI(IHDI) 0.678
Gender Development Index 0.934
Poverty- Multi Dimensional Poverty Index N.A.
Work, Employmentand Vulnerability(EmploymentPopulationRatioages 15 &older) 49.3
Human Security- Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) 2.9
Trade & Financial flows (Exports & Imports %GDP) 48.5
Mobility & Communications- Internet Users (%Population) 30
Environmental Stability- Carbon Emissions Per Capita (Tonnes) 0.8
Demography- Total Population(millions) 20.7
Analytics
Area
• Total 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) (120th)
• Water (%) 4.4
Population
• 2016 estimate 21,203,000 (58th)
• 2012 census 20,277,597 (57th)
• Density 309/km2 (800.3/sq mi) (40th)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total $278.415 billion
• Per capita $13,012
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total $84.023 billion
• Per capita $3,927
Gini (2010) 36.4 medium
HDI (2016) 0.766 high · 73rd
Currency Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)

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Afghanistan
The country has a population of 35 million,
making it the 42nd most populous country in
the world. Its territory covers 652,000 square
kilometers (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st
largest country in the world.
Afghanistan's economy is the world's 108th
largest, with a GDP of $64.08 billion; the
country fares much worse in terms of per-
capita GDP (PPP), ranking 167th out of 186
countries in a 2016 report from the International Monetary Fund
Human Development Index 0.470
Rank 169
Health-Life Expectancy at Birth (years) GDI Value 60.7
Education- Expected years of schooling (years) 10.1
Income/CompositionofResources- GrossNational Income Per Capita (GNI2011 PPP$) 1,871
Inequality-adjusted HDI(IHDI) 0.327
Gender Development Index 0.609
Poverty- Multi Dimensional Poverty Index 0.293
Work, Employmentand Vulnerability(EmploymentPopulationRatioages 15 &older) 47.5
Human Security- Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) 6.6
Trade & Financial flows (Exports & Imports %GDP) 53.2
Mobility & Communications- Internet Users (%Population) 8.3
Environmental Stability- Carbon Emissions Per Capita (Tonnes) 0.7
Demography- Total Population(millions) 32.5
Analytics
1 AFN = 1.53918 PKR.
There is lesshomicide in Afghanistanthan Pakistan. More better isImport and Export as % ofGDP.
Lessercarbon emissiontoo.Expectedschoolingalso higher.Health is bit lessinAfghanistan when
compared to Pakistan.