The quality of life in the Philippines, as measured by the Human Development Index, slightly improved compared to last year, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The country ranked 112th out of 187 countries with a Human Development Index, or HDI, score of 0.644 this year.
The Philippines’ HDR ranking this year was higher by a notch compared to last year.
In the Philippines, life expectancy was 68.7 years but the expected years and mean years of schooling improved to 11.9 and 8.9, respectively, from 11.5 and 8.7.
The county’s gross national income (GNI) per capita was $3,478.
The Philippines HDR ranking was better compared to Indonesia at 124th with HDC score of 0.617 and Vietnam at 128th with HDI score of 0.593.
Thailand and Malaysia, on the other hand, ranked higher at 103rd and 61st, respectively.
“The remarkable progress in human development over recent decades, which the Human Development Reports have documented, cannot continue without bold global steps to reduce both environmental risks and inequality,” Helen Clark, UNDP administrator said.
The HDR index provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and enrolment at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels) and having a decent standard of living (measured by purchasing power parity, or PPP, income).
The three dimensions are standardized to values between zero and 1, and the simple average is taken to arrive at the overall index value in the range zero to 1. Countries are then ranked on the basis of this value with a rank of 1 representing the highest index value.
The top 10 ranked countries in the index are Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, United States, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Leichtenstein, Germany and Sweeden.
The 2011 HDI includes 187 nations and territories, the most comprehensive coverage since UNDP began publishing the Human Development Report in 1990. –DARWIN G. AMOJELAR REPORTER, Manila Times
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