Human Development progress slows to a 35-year low according to UN Development Programme report - Caribbean News Global

The post-Covid, in 2024, recorded a "unexpected" and "anxious" delay in its development. The changes were still taking place before the drastic cuts in international aid, and expressed the concern of the United Nations (UN) in a published report in March.

Iceland tops the Human Development Index

Iceland has replaced Norway on the top of the Human Development Index. The index is a part of UNDP´s Human Development Report, which was launched in Brussels 6 May. All of the Nordic countries are among the world´s most advanced countries.  Norway is second on the list ex-aequo with Switzerland, Denmark is fourth, Sweden shares the fifth place with Germany and Finland is number thirteen. Norway is number two after having topped the list for many…

UNDP says human development slows to weakest pace in 35 years - Worldstage

Human development progress worldwide has slowed to its lowest level in 35 years, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report released Tuesday. While Türkiye maintained its place in the “very high human development” category with a Human Development Index (HDI) score of 0.853, the global trend points to widening inequalities and stagnation. The report stressed that projections for 2024 show stalled HDI progress in all regions. “Rather t…

Sri Lanka slides to 89th place in UN Human Development Index

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka slid 0.001 points to 89th place among 193 countries ranked on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) for 2023, as globally human development progress slowed to a 35-year low, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report found. But South Asia saw in 2023 the most rapid increase in the HDI value, increasing by 4.8 percent from 2022. The 2025 Human Development Report -“A matter of choice: people and possibili…

Human Development progress slows to a 35-year low according to UN Development Programme report - Caribbean News Global

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Human development progress is experiencing an unprecedented slowdown according to a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report shows how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could reignite development. Instead of seeing sustained recovery following the period of exceptional crises of 2020-2021, the report reveals unexpectedly weak progress. Excluding those crisis years, the meagre rise in…

The human development index is slowing in all regions of the planet while the differences between rich and poor countries are increasing.