South Sudan and Somalia had the lowest levels of human development based on the Human Development Index (HDI). Many of the countries at the bottom of the list are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, underlining the prevalence of poverty and low levels of education in the region. Meanwhile, Switzerland had the highest HDI worldwide.

Switzerland had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2022 with a value of 0.967. With a score of 0.966, Norway followed closely behind Switzerland and had the second highest level of human development in that year. The rise of the Asian tigers In the decades after the Cold War, the four so-called Asian tigers, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (now a Special Administrative Region of China) experienced rapid economic growth and increasing human development. At number four and number nine of the HDI, respectively, Hong Kong and Singapore are the only Asian locations within the top 10 highest HDI scores. Both locations have experienced tremendous economic growth since the 1980’s and 1990’s. In 1980, the per capita GDP of Hong Kong was 5,703 U.S. dollars, increasing throughout the decades until reaching 50,029 in 2023, which is expected to continue to increase in the future. Meanwhile, in 1989, Singapore had a GDP of nearly 31 billion U.S. dollars, which has risen to nearly 501 billion U.S. dollars today and is also expected to keep increasing. Growth of the UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the only Middle Eastern country besides Israel within the highest ranking HDI scores globally. Within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UAE has the third largest GDP behind Saudi Arabia and Israel, reaching nearly 507 billion U.S. dollars by 2022. Per capita, the UAE GDP was around 21,142 U.S. dollars in 1989, and has nearly doubled to 43,438 U.S. dollars by 2021. Moreover, this is expected to reach over 67,538 U.S. dollars by 2029. On top of being a major oil producer, the UAE has become a hub for finance and business and attracts millions of tourists annually.

The average for 2023 based on 184 countries was 0.744 points. The highest value was in Iceland: 0.972 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.388 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Europe and Central Asia was the region with the highest Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide at ***. Meanwhile, the lowest HDI was found in Sub-Saharan Africa, underlining the high prevalence of poverty in the region. The difference between the regions was even stronger after adjusting for inequality.

In 2023 Zurich was both the leading smart city based on the IMD smart city index as well as the city with the highest human development index score, making it one of the premier places on earth to live in. Notable exceptions to the HDI to IMD index score were Beijing, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi. Beijing is a notable outlier because although it ranked 12th on the digital smart cities ranking it was nearly 90 points lower than Zurich on the HDI score. This is compared to Munich, Germany, which was the 20th digital city but had a HDI score of 950.

Smart tech is watching.

CCTV cameras powered by artificial intelligence have become a significant growing market in the modern city. These are predominantly residential, with half the market catering to residential applications of CCTV cameras. However, commercial and business-related CCTV cameras have also seen significant growth, with the market reaching over 800 million U.S. dollars in 2023.

Digital cities need data and data needs infrastructure.

The leading issue with AI infrastructure is data management. AI is a strong influence on how digital cities work and requires a considerable amount of infrastructure to be effective. Storage of AI software is a minor concern, accounting for less than ten percent of challenges globally in 2023.

India's performance on UNDP's Human Development Index (HDI) - score, rank, and comparison with global peers.

ම ය ම නව ස වර ධන දර ශකය අන ව රටවල ල ය ස ත වක World map of countries by Human Development Index categories in increments

South Sudan had the lowest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2022 after adjusting for inequality, with a value of 0.22. Its neighbors Chad and the Central African Republic followed behind. Meanwhile, Switzerland topped the HDI not adjusted for inequality.

Is the Gini Coefficient Enough? A Microeconomic Data Decomposition StudyIvan Skliarov, Lukasz Goczek (2023).List of data files:1. theil_raw.csv - data obtained from LISSY using the lis_theil.R script.*2. scv_raw.csv - data obtained from LISSY using the scv_theil.R script.*3. hdi.csv - Human Development Index and its components.4. gini.csv - Gini coefficient from SWIID 9.4.5. wdi.csv - World Development Indicators from the World Bank.6. wgi.csv - World Governance Indicators from the World Bank.7. govcon.csv - government consumption (% of GDP) from UNCTAD.8. theil_fin.csv - final dataset (1, 3-7 combined), which is used in lis_analysis.do.9. scv_fin.csv - final dataset (2-7 combined), which is used in lis_analysis.do.10. indexes.csv - only within and between-cohort components of the Theil index and SCV with imputed values (see lis_analysis.do) for Georgia and Lithuania, which is used in lis_plot.R. * LISSY is the remote-execution system allowing access to the Luxembourg Income Study database: https://www.lisdatacenter.org/data-access/lissy/.For questions about this research please contact:Ivan Skliarov, MA: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland, Długa 44/50, Warsaw 00-241, Poland, i.skliarov@student.uw.edu.pl.Lukasz Goczek, PhD: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland, Długa 44/50, Warsaw 00-241, Poland, lgoczek@wne.uw.edu.pl.

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 0.915 points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.962 points and the lowest value was in Bulgaria: 0.845 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2023 based on 12 countries was 0.787 points. The highest value was in Chile: 0.878 points and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 0.709 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Iceland had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2022 after adjusting for inequality, with a value of 0.91. Its Nordic neighbors Norway and Denmark followed behind. Meanwhile, Switzerland topped the HDI not adjusted for inequality.

The average for 2023 based on 8 countries was 0.659 points. The highest value was in Sri Lanka: 0.776 points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0.496 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Compared to other African countries, Seychelles scored the highest in the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2022. The country also ranked 67th globally, as one of the countries with a very high human development. This was followed by Mauritius, Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia, with scores ranging from 0.80 to 0.73 points. On the other hand, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Somalia were among the countries in the region with the lowest index scores, indicating a low level of human development.

The average for 2023 based on 11 countries was 0.739 points. The highest value was in Singapore: 0.946 points and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 0.606 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2022 based on 52 countries was 0.562 points. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 0.802 points and the lowest value was in South Africa: 0.381 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2021, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Minnesota had the highest Human Development Index (HDI) score of any other states at 0.95. Many more states had a score just below this at 0.94. Mississippi had the lowest HDI score at 0.87, and the U.S. average was 0.92.

List of projects funded under the calls for projects Youth Solidarity Initiatives * * * This dataset presents the list of winners of the call for projects Initiatives Jeunes Solidaires organized by the Department as part of its international cooperation policy. The main information on the selected projects specifies in particular the title, the description, the duration, the location of each project as well as the name of the awarded associations and the amount of the voted grant. Initiatives Jeunes Solidaires is a scheme created in 2009 that encourages 18-30 year olds to invest in projects aimed at reducing malnutrition and extreme poverty. Special comments To be eligible, projects must: * be worn by young people aged between 18 and 30; * since 2018, have at least 50% of participants living, studying or working in Hauts-de-Seine; * have a duration of 1 to 12 months devoted to the project at the place of realization; * contribute to the fight against malnutrition and extreme poverty; * Subject to the safety of participants, priority must be given to: * in the countries covered by the departmental international cooperation policy: Armenia, Benin, Cambodia and Haiti (the Department has suspended its activities in Mali since 2011 in view of the problems of insecurity); * in countries with a low and medium Human Development Index (HDI) according to the ranking of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (hdr.undp.org) * be carried by an association whose registered office is in France and by a local partner; * provide for actions to restore the project on the territory of Hauts-de-Seine. A pre-selection committee studies the eligible projects and hears the project promoters. The proposed projects are then put to the vote of the Parliamentary Assembly for funding. Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Youth Solidarity Initiatives call for projects were suspended and no projects were funded.

The average for 2023 based on 18 countries was 0.754 points. The highest value was in the United Arab Emirates: 0.94 points and the lowest value was in Yemen: 0.47 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The Human development index (HDI) for European countries in 2022 shows that although all of the countries in this statistic have scores which imply high levels of development, ************* score of ***** was the highest in this year. The HDI is a statistic that combines life-expectancy, education levels and GDP per capita. Countries with scores over ***** are considered to have very high levels of development, compared with countries that score lower.