•    During 2012 India positions 136 (HDI value 0.554) among 187 countries in terms of HDI ranking, whereas Pakistan ranks 146 (HDI value 0.515), China ranks 101 (HDI value 0.699), Sri Lanka ranks 92 (HDI value 0.715) and Bangladesh ranks 146 (HDI value 0.515). India fares worse than the average global value of 0.694 β

•    India's ranking in terms of Gender Inequality Index is 132 (GII value 0.610) whereas in the same area Pakistan ranks 123 (GII value 0.567), China ranks 35 (GII value 0.213), Sri Lanka ranks 75 (GII value 0.402) and Bangladesh ranks 111 (GII value 0.518) β 

•    The top 5 states in terms of HDI during 2007-08 are: Kerala (0.790), Delhi (0.750), Himachal Pradesh (0.652), Goa (0.617) and Punjab (0.605) # 

•    According to HDR 2011, inequality in India for the period 2000-11 in terms of the income Gini coefficient was 36.8 ##

β 2013 Human Development Report–"The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World"

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/HDI_T
rends_2013.pdf

 

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr4press/press/outreach/figures/GII_T
rends_2013.pdf