Human Development Report

Türkiye has made strides in human development over the past three decades but challenges persist in areas such as gender inequality and sustainability, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator has said.

The latest report from the UNDP highlights Türkiye's progress in various aspects of human development since 1990.

Classified in the very high human development category for the second time in a row, Turkey climbed up five places and ranked 54th among 189 countries and territories last year.

The country posted a 0.820 value in the human development index (HDI), a figure reported by the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) for 189 countries revealed on Tuesday.

Turkey ranks 64th among 189 countries and territories in the latest Human Development Index (HDI), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a report released on Sept. 14.

BELGRADE - In 2015, Serbia made progress in human development and the standard of living, ranking 66th out of 188 countries and territories, shows the UNDP's Human Development Report 2016.

Turkey has scored 71 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2016, according to the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) latest Human Development Report. 

The report said that Turkey's HDI value rose one place compared to 2015, putting it 71st with a score of 0.767, up from the previous year's score of 0.761.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global development network of the world body, has predicted in its latest ‘Asia-Pacific Human Development Report’ that India may see severe shortage of jobs in the next 35 years. In the report, the UNDP said that developing countries, like India, should concentrate on specific industries, such as manufacturing, in

Turkey’s population is expected to be higher than 86.8 million as of 2030, with an increase of more than 10 million, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Our deputy prime minister, Bülent Arınç, recently let slip his opinion that “women should not laugh in front of everybody.” Why does he think so? Beats me. I think it’s a weird thing to say. It indicates an anachronism embedded in Turkey’s ruling elite. What’s more though, is that there is a strange connection between laughter and authoritarianism.

Bulgaria ranks 58th in the list of countries in the 2014 Human Development Report (HDR) released on 24 July in Tokyo.

The HDR covers 187 countries across the world and is published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Bulgaria belongs to the group of countries characterized by high human development.

Governments must act together to lift more people out of poverty and reduce inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people, the UNDP says Improvements in life spans, education and incomes are slowing due to natural disasters, misguided government policies and worsening inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much