The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development", taken as a synonym

of the older terms "standard of living" and/or "quality of life", and distinguishing "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries. HDI was devised and launched by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, followed by Indian economist Amartya Sen in 1990.[1] The HDI is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living of a country. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare.

India is at rank 134 out of the total 187 countries. India has an average annual HDI growth rate of 1.51 from 1980-2011. Below are the detailed statistics. Average annual growth rate in percent HDI 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 2010 2011 198019902000rank 2011 2011 2011 134 0.344 0.41 0.461 0.504 0.535 0.542 0.547 1.51 1.38 1.56 #Source : http://budget.myiris.com/uploads/2012/ES_ThuMar2012132210.pdf

Top 3 countries and their corresponding HDIs.

Rank

Country HDI(2011) Increase in HDI as from 2010 1 Norway 0.943 increase 0.002 2 Australia 0.929 steady 3 Netherlands 0.91 increase 0.001

HDIs of BRICS countries.

Rank 85 66 134 101 123

Country HDI(2011) Increase in HDI as from 2010 Brazil 0.718 increase 0.003 Russia 0.755 increase 0.004 India 0.547 increase 0.005 China 0.687 increase 0.005 South Africa 0.619 increase 0.004

HDI of neighbouring countries

Rank 145 146 97 101 157 140 Country HDI(2011) Increase in HDI as from 2010 Pakistan 0.504 0.001 Bangladesh 0.5 0.004 Sri Lanka 0.691 0.005 China 0.687 0.005 Nepal 0.458 0.003 Bhutan 0.522 0.004

HDI of Indian states

Highest HDIs

Rank 1 2 3

State/UT Kerala Chandigarh Lakshadweep

HDI 0.921 0.892 0.796

Lowest HDIs

Rank 33 34 35

State/UT Madhya Pradesh Orissa Bihar

HDI 0.375 0.367 0.362

HDI of Maharashtra

Rank 12

State/UT Maharashtra

HDI 0.689

#source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index