Question

Answer the following question in about 30 words.

How are countries classified on the basis of the human development index?

Answer 1

Countries can be classified into four categories on the basis of the human development index as:

HDI	Number of countries	Score in Development
		Index
Very High Human Development	49	> 0.808
High Human Development	53	0.700 up to 0.807
Medium human development	42	0.556 up to 0.699
Low human development	43	< 0.555