- slipping two places from the previous year, according to the Human Development Report (HDR) 2020.
- Norway topped the index, followed by Ireland and Switzerland. Hong Kong and Iceland complete the top five.
- HDI measures average achievement on three basic aspects of human development, life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
- India’s gross national income (GNI) per capita on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), too, fell from $6,829 in 2018 to $6,681 in 2019,