The human development report published by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for 2018 placed Maldives in 104th position on the Human Development Index.
The report shows that the Maldives’ HDI value increased from 0.546 in 1995 to 0.719 in 2018 - an increase of 31.7 percent – putting the country in the high human development category – and positioning it at 104 out of 189 countries and territories.
The position is low compared to neighboring Sri Lanka – which ranked the highest in the region at 71st position; but high compared to other regional countries India which ranked 129th, Bangladesh which ranked 135th, Bhutan which ranked 137th, and Nepal which ranked 147th.
The regional country which ranked lowest on the HDI is Pakistan at 152nd position.
The report shows Maldives to have overall progress in all HDI indicators from 1995 to 2018; life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling, and Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
1995: 65.9 years
2000: 70.2 years
2005: 73.6 years
2010: 75.9 years
2015: 77.7 years
2016: 78.0 years
2017: 78.3 years
2018: 78.6 years
EXPECTED YEARS OF SCHOOLING
1995: 8.5 years
2000: 11.8 years
2005: 12.0 years
2010: 11.9 years
2015: 12.1 years
2016: 12.1 years
2017: 12.1 years
2018: 12.1 years
MEAN YEARS OF SCHOOLING
1995: 3.5 years
2000: 3.0 years
2005: 3.5 years
2010: 4.9 years
2015: 6.7 years
2016: 6.8 years
2017: 6.8 years
2018: 6.8 years
GNI PER CAPITAL
1995: USD 7,388
2000: USD 9,332
2005: USD 9,006
2010: USD 10,526
2015: USD 11,658
2016: USD 11,978
2017: USD 12,234
2018: USD 12,549
HDI VALUE
1995: 0.546
2000: 0.610
2005: 0.632
2010: 0.669
2015: 0.709
2016: 0.713
2017: 0.716
2018: 0.719