Human Development Index [HDI]

»  Human Development Index is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standards of living for countries worldwide.

»  The HDI for each country is then calculated as an average of the three indices which include the life expectancy index, the gross enrollment index and the gross domestic product.

»  It [Human Development Index] is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.

»  The results of the HDI are published in the Human Development Report, which is commissioned by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and is written by scholars, those who study world development and members of the Human Development Report Office of the UNDP.

»  The HDI was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq working alongside Indian economist Amartya Sen.

»  The United Nations has calculated the HDI for its member states since 1975

»  The top five countries based on 2015 HDI are:

v Norway 0.944

v Australia 0.935

v Switzerland 0.930

v Denmark 0.923

v Netherland 0.922

»  United Nations Declared India's HDI as 0.586 in 2014,  an 5.77% increase over 2012.

»  For the year 2015, HDI for India stood at 0.609 with global rank of 130.

»  This is a list of Indian states by their respective Human Development Index (HDI), as of 2008. Kerala stands first in Human Development Index among the states in India.

 
Human Development Index (HDI) of Indian States 

Rank	State/Union Territory	Consumption based HDI (2014–2015)	HDI (1999–2000)	Status	Country of Comparable HDI (HDI rank)
1	Kerala	0.825	0.677	Very High	Bahrain (45)
2	Delhi	0.799	0.783	High	Belarus (50)
3	Himachal Pradesh	0.709	0.581	High	Maldives (104)
4	NE (excluding Assam)	0.675	0.473	Medium	Uzbekistan (114)
5	Punjab	0.667	0.543	Medium	South Africa (116)
6	Goa	0.632	0.586	Medium	Nicaragua (125)
7	Maharashtra	0.631	0.501	Medium	Nicaragua (125)
8	Tamil Nadu	0.629	0.465	Medium	Morocco (126)
9	Karnataka	0.615	0.432	Medium	Tajikistan (129)
10	Haryana	0.612	0.501	Medium	Honduras (131)
11	Uttarakhand	0.600	0.339	Medium	Bhutan (132)
12	Gujarat	0.599	0.466	Medium	Timor-Leste (133)
13	Jammu and Kashmir	0.595	0.465	Medium	Timor-Leste (133)
14	Andhra Pradesh	0.570	0.368	Medium	Bangladesh (142)
15	West Bengal	0.560	0.422	Medium	Cambodia (143)
16	Assam	0.554	0.336	Medium	São Tomé and Príncipe (143)
17	Rajasthan	0.499	0.387	Low	Yemen (160)
18	Jharkhand	0.471	0.270	Low	Djibouti (168)
19	Madhya Pradesh	0.470	0.295	Low	Djibouti (168)
20	Uttar Pradesh	0.457	0.360	Low	Ivory Coast (172)
21	Bihar	0.455	0.292	Low	Ivory Coast (172)
22	Odisha	0.450	0.275	Low	Malawi (173)
23	Chhattisgarh	0.430	0.278	Low	Liberia (177)