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UNDP 2015 Human Development Index (Africa)

Monday, 28 December 2015 14:29

(Ecofin Agency) - The UNDP 2015 Global Human Development Index shows that 3 out the 54 African nations fall under the “high humandevelopment” category. These are: Mauritius, Seychelles, and Algeria.

Under the Medium Development category, out of the 14 African countries listed, there are countries such as Tunisia (5th), Gabon (8), Morocco (11) and Congo (13). Among the least developed countries, the shock comes from Ivory Coast which falls at the 37th position despite its astounding economic boom.

The UNPD also measured the difference between the Gross National Income per Capita and the Human Development Index (HDI) for each country. This value which is negative for many of the African countries is proof of the disparities characterizing them. The lowest value for the difference between GNI per capita and HDI is -84 and goes to Equatorial Guinea. Gabon, Angola, Nigeria or Côte d’Ivoire still have much work to do to appropriately balance their riches.

Globally, Norway, Australia and Switzerland hold the first three places in the ranking which features 188 countries. USA, France, Russia, Brazil, China and India respectively rank 8th, 22nd, 50th, 75th, 90th, and 130th.

HDI ranking for African countries

Ranking

Country

GNI per capita minus HDI

Global Ranking

1

Mauritius

0

63

2

Seychelles

-19

64

3

Algeria

-1

83

4

Lybia

-19

94

5

Tunisia

1

96

6

Botswana

-41

106

7

Egypt

-12

108

8

Gabon

-42

110

9

South Africa

-29

116

10

Cape Verde

-1

122

11

Morocco

-8

126

12

Namibia

-21

126

13

Congo

-14

136

14

Equatorial Guinea

-84

138

15

Zambia

2

139

16

Ghana

-1

140

17

Sao Tome & Principe

8

143

18

Kenya

9

145

19

Angola

-30

149

20

Swaziland

-25

150

21

Tanzania

8

151

22

Nigeria

-24

152

23

Cameroon

-1

153

24

Madagascar

24

154

25

Zimbabwe

13

155

26

Mauritania

-14

156

27

Comoros

16

159

28

Lesotho

-16

161

29

Togo

17

162

30

Rwanda

11

163

31

Uganda

6

163

32

Benin

0

166

33

Sudan

-27

167

34

Djibouti

-22

168

35

South Sudan

-9

169

36

Senegal

-8

170

37

Côte d’Ivoire

-24

172

38

Malawi

13

173

39

Ethiopia

2

174

40

Gambia

-2

175

41

Congo (DRC)

11

176

42

Liberia

7

177

43

Guinea Bissau

-1

178

44

Mali

-8

179

45

Mozambique

1

180

46

Sierra Leone

-16

181

47

Guinea

0

182

48

Burkina Faso

-13

183

49

Burundi

1

184

50

Chad

-22

185

51

́Eritrea

-6

186

52

Central African Republic

1

187

53

Niger

-5

188





 
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