The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the Human Development Report 2025 . This report, as is tradition, presents the Human Development Index (HDI) of countries.
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The report presents a view of the importance of the rise of artificial intelligence as a decisive point for the progress of humanity, demanding decisions on the development and integration of this technology into society to ensure that its benefits extend to all and promote human flowering.
The HDI is a compound index that measures the progress of a country in three basic dimensions of human development: A long and healthy life , knowledge and one standard of living .
These dimensions are measured by life expectancy at birth, expected years of education, average school years and per capita gross national income.
The 2025 report classifies countries and territories based on the HDI value reached in 2023 . Countries are classified in decreasing order by the value of the HDI, and those with the same HDI value with three decimal places are listed as tied.
Classifications are based on fixed cutting points, dividing countries into human development groups Very tall, high, medium and low .
Top 10 in the HDI ranking
The report details the human development index and its components for 2023, as well as presenting the 2022 ranking for comparison.
In 2023, Iceland led the ranking with a HDI of 0.972. Norway and Switzerland were second, both with a HDI of 0.970. Denmark ranks 4th with 0.962, while Germany and Sweden share 5th place, both with a HDI of 0.959.
See the 10 best rates:
- 1st place: Iceland
- 2nd place: Norway
- 2nd place: Switzerland
- 4th place: Denmark
- 5th place: Germany
- 5th place: Sweden
- 7th place: Australia
- 8th place: Hong Kong, China
- 8th place: Netherlands
- 10th place: Belgium
Brazil rises 5 positions in the ranking
Brazil has advanced five positions and now occupies the 84th place between the 193 countries and territories in the Ranking of the Human Development Index (HDI), prepared by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as released on Tuesday (6).
In the previous document, which analyzed the 2022 data, the Brazilian HDI was 0.778 . In 2023, the Brazilian index was in 0.786 .
For Brazil in 2023, the life expectancy at birth was 75.8 years the expected years of education were 15.7 years, The average of years of schooling reached 8.8 years and the per capita gross national income was $ 17,749 .
Despite the growth of 0.008 point in the HDI value between 2022 (0.778) and 2023 (0.786), growth level shows a drop in recent decades.
The average annual growth of Brazil’s HDI was 0.91% between 1990 and 2000, 0.71% between 2000 and 2010. Between 2010 and 2023, this increased was 0.42%.
This content was originally published in see which 10 countries with best HDI are, according to the UN on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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