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Cape Verde moves up two places in the human development index

Index of human development

11 Dec 2019 - 00:00:00
The Human Development Index, part of the 2019 Human Development Report, analyzed 189 countries' progress in human development, focusing this year on inequality. Cape Verde fell from 128 to 126, Sao Tome and Principe fell from 138 to 137 and Timor-Leste remained at 131. According to the data, Portugal, the only Portuguese-speaking country in the group of very high development countries , remained in position 40, while Brazil, considered to be of high development, fell from a place of 78 to 79. Angola, which integrates with Cape Verde, Timor-Leste, Sao Tome and -Principe and Equatorial Guinea, all countries with medium human development, was the Portuguese-speaking country that fell the most in the assessment, falling from 147 to 149. Equatorial Guinea also fell from position 143 to 144. Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique remained at the bottom of the list of countries with low human development, with Guinea-Bissau dropping from position 177 to 178 and Mozambique remaining at position 180, being the 9th worst country in the index. Overall, Niger ranks last on the index, followed by the Central African Republic, Chad and South Sudan, while Norway tops the list, followed by Switzerland, Ireland and Germany, a country that has not changed its position compared to the previous index. The report says that despite unprecedented progress against poverty, hunger and disease, many countries continue to face serious problems caused by inequality and highlight a new generation of inequalities around education, technology and climate change. The study estimates that in 2018, around 20% of human development progress was lost due to inequality. Using gender equality as an example, the report says that if current trends continue, it will take more than 200 years to eliminate the difference in economic opportunities between men and women. For the first time, the report includes a Social Norms Index, which reveals that in half of the countries assessed, gender bias has increased in recent years. About 50% of people in 77 countries think men are better political leaders than women, and more than 40% think men are better in business. In another example, the study compares the future prospects of children born in the year 2000 in very high and low developing countries, and it is very likely that 55% of young people born in the first group will follow higher education against 3% in the second group. . On the other hand, 17% of children born in 2000 in low-income countries will have died before the age of 20, compared to only 1% of those born in highly developed countries, and those who survive will have 13 years of life expectancy. less average life. The Human Development Index (HDI) combines the country's income, life expectancy and education. Norway, which is at the top of the index, had a score of 0.954 in 2018, while Niger, which occupies the last position, had only 0.377 points.

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