Huambo – Angola obtained a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.591, which keeps the country in the “Medium Development” category, according to this year's report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The report, with the slogan “End the impasse: reinventing cooperation in a polarized world”, indicates that Angola is in position 150 out of a total of 193 countries with “very high”, “high”, “medium” and “human development”. low". Life expectancy at birth in Angola increased from 44 years in 2000 to 61 years today.
In the classification of the Gender Inequality Index (GII), which measures gender inequalities in the areas of reproductive health, empowerment and the labor market, Angola obtained a value of 0.520, while in Gender Development it obtained 0.905.
The "Medium Development" category includes countries with an HDI between 0.699 and 0.550, a total of 42 nations, 15 of which are African. The list of countries with Very High Human Development is led by Switzerland, with 0.967, while Portugal, with a value of 0.874, in 42nd position, is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the category.
Brazil, another Portuguese-speaking country, is part of the "High Human Development" classification, with 0.760, in 89th place, which includes African countries such as Libya, with a value of 0.742 in 92nd position, Algeria (0.746/93rd), Egypt (0.728/105º), Tunisia (0.732/101º), South Africa (0.717/110º) and Botswana (0.708/114º).
Nigeria, with 0.548, in position 161, appears on the list of countries with "Low Human Development", as do Rwanda, Togo, Mauritania, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Lesotho, Senegal, Sudan, Djibouti, Mauritania, Malawi, Benin, Gambia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau.
This category also includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Chad, Niger, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen.
According to the document, the HDI is a composite index that measures performance in three basic dimensions of human development, namely a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living. ALH/IZ/TED/jmc
