Explore the UNDP's latest Human Development Report for 2025. Discover why global human development is slowing down, see the ...

According to a range of statistical indicators that are grouped together under the rubric of “Human Development,” the square ...

For many years now, the GDP has been severely criticized as not adequately measuring economic progress and the quality of life. The truth, however, is that the GDP was not designed to measure human ...

This all took a toll on global standards of living. One measure of this, the UN ’s Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch in 1990. It fell again in 2021.

Kathmandu, June 11 -- Nepal has ranked 145th out of 193 countries in the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) for 2025, with a score of 0.622. The country ...

The Human Development Index (HDI), produced by the UN, tracks progress in life expectancy, education and income. After GDP it is one of the most widely used measures of development.