Guyana ranks higher on Human Development Index- UNDP

Sep 18, 2018 News

Guyana has maintained its position in medium human development, with an improvement in its Human Development Index (HDI) according to a 2018 statistical update published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The UNDP defines the HDI as a summary measure for accessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.
Positioned at 125 out of 189 countries and territories, with a value of 0.654, Guyana’s HDI places the country in the medium human development category. UNDP explained that between 1990 and 2017, Guyana’s HDI value increased from 0.538 to 0.654, an increase of 21.5 percent with a change in the 2016 position (127) to 125.
Between 1990 and 2017, Guyana’s life expectancy at birth increased by 3.5 years, mean years of schooling increased by 1.6 years and expected years of schooling increased by 1.3 years. Guyana’s GNI per capita increased by 252.4 percent between 1990 and 2017.
The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (HDI), the Gender Development Index (GDI), and the Gender Inequality Index (GII) were used as key indicators of human development.
The GII reflects gender based inequalities in three dimensions, reproductive health, empowerment and economic activity. Guyana has a GII value of 0.504, ranking it 122 out of 160 countries in the 2017 index. Fluctuations in a country’s HDI are driven by changes in a country’s health, education and financial sector.
UNDP sees the HDI as a means of shedding light on the presence of inequality, unequal distribution of economic wealth and shortcomings in the education sector.

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