Brazil's HDI (Human Development Index) decreases and the country loses position in the world ranking.
Brazil's Human Development Index (HDI) stood at 0,754. In 2019, the country registered 0,766. Until then, the Brazilian HDI had been rising year after year.
Conjur - From 2020 to 2021, Brazil fell from 86th to 87th position in the United Nations (UN) human development ranking, which measures the well-being of the population in terms of income, education and health. The data was released this Thursday (September 8) by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Brazil's Human Development Index (HDI) stood at 0,754. In 2019, the country registered 0,766. Until then, the Brazilian HDI had been rising year after year — in 2010, for example, the index was 0,723. The closer to one, the greater the national human development.
The global HDI is 0,732. In other words, the Brazilian index is considered high. However, the country has regressed to the level of 2014, when the national HDI was also 0,754. This decline is greater than the world average—the global HDI has returned to 2016 levels.
More than 90% of countries registered a decline in 2020 or 2021, especially due to the Covid-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine. Brazil has experienced a consecutive decline in the last two years. This information comes from the newspaper... The Globe.
Compared to 2019, the only aspect that caused Brazil's HDI to drop was health. Average income has increased since then, while education indicators have stagnated.
Brazil is the second country with the most deaths from Covid-19 in the world (more than 684), behind only the USA. Meanwhile, the average life expectancy of Brazilians fell from 75,3 years in 2019 to 72,8 in 2021. This number is similar to that of 2008, when life expectancy was at 72,7 years. The drop was also greater than the global average, which decreased by 1,6 years.
When inequality is taken into account, Brazil's human development index drops to 0,576, a decrease of 23,6%. The country has poor indicators of income and gender inequality—women's life expectancy is 6,4 years lower than men's, while the average annual income is US$7 lower.
Around the world
Switzerland leads the HDI ranking with 0,962. Next are Norway (0,961), Iceland (0,959), Hong Kong (0,952), and Australia (0,951).
Germany, Europe's largest economy, is in ninth position with 0,942, closely followed by the Netherlands (0,941). The United Kingdom is ranked 18th.
The highest-ranked South American country is Chile, with 0,855, in 42nd place. Behind it are Argentina, in 47th (0,842); Uruguay in 58th (0,809); Peru in 84th (0,762); and only then Brazil. Colombia is close behind, in 88th (0,752).
In the Americas overall, Canada is the highest ranked (15th), with 0,936. The USA appears in 21st place, with 0,921. Cuba has 0,764, in 83rd place. Mexico is one position ahead of Brazil (86th), with 0,758.
The three lowest-ranked countries out of 191 are the African nations Niger (0,4), Chad (0,394), and South Sudan (0,385).
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