sameer3694
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Looks like mean years of schooling has a lot of weight in that index. Just put in 8.7 instead of 6.7 and the HDI went up by a lot.Since this year Human Development Index didn't come out surprisingly, I tried calculating it myself.
Mean years of schooling in India in 2021 was 6.7 years
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Expected years of schooling in India in 2021 (report released in 2022) was 11.9 years
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Life expectancy this year at 70.42 years
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GNI per capita PPP in 2022 at $8230
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Result is 0.66
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In 2021 it dropped mainly due to drop in life expectancy, rest due to drop in GNI per capita and mean and expected years of school.
If I use pre-pandemic numbers of expected years of schooling and 2023 GNI per capita PPP numbers leaving rest constant it comes at...
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In 2024 we can expect a GNI per capita PPP of around $10,000
HDI comes at 0.67458
We're close to High human development countries club.
It's sad though that the average Indian only spend 7 years in school. Wonder if there's a state by state breakdown for this. Probably Bihar, Rajasthan and some other states are pulling the overall average down.