Bangladesh has moved two notches up in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2020 of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as it has ranked 133 among the 189 countries across the world, reports BSS.

Bangladesh’s rank was 135 in the last year’s index.

This year, India and Pakistan dropped two ranks in the index, standing at 131 and 154 respectively.

As per the report of UNDP Published on Tuesday, the 2020 Human Development Report presents the 2019 HDI (values and ranks) for 189 countries and UN-recognized territories, along with the Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) for 152 countries, the Gender Development Index (GDI) for 167 countries, the Gender Inequality Index (GII) for 162 countries, and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for 107 countries.

Bangladesh’s HDI value for 2019 is 0.632— which put the country in the medium human development category—positioning it at 133 out of 189 countries and territories.

Between 1990 and 2019, Bangladesh’s HDI value increased from 0.394 to 0.632, an increase of 60.4 percent. Between 1990 and 2019, Bangladesh’s life expectancy at birth increased by 14.4 years, mean years of schooling increased by 3.4 years and expected years of schooling increased by 6.0 years. Bangladesh’s GNI per capita has also increased by about 220.1 percent between 1990 and 2019.

The GDI is calculated for 167 countries. The 2019 female HDI value for Bangladesh is 0.596 in contrast with 0.660 for males, resulting in a GDI value of 0.904, placing it into Group 4.2 In comparison, GDI values for Nepal and Pakistan are 0.933 and 0.745, respectively.