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India ranks 116th position in World Bank's human capital index
Sep-17-2020

The World Bank in its latest report has showed that India has been ranked at the 116th position in the latest edition of the World Bank's annual Human Capital Index that benchmarks key components of human capital across countries.

As per the Human Capital Index report, India's score increased to 0.49 from 0.44 in 2018. The report noted that pre-pandemic, most countries had made steady progress in building human capital of children, with the biggest strides made in low-income countries.

The 2020 Human Capital Index update includes health and education data for 174 countries - covering 98 per cent of the world's population - up to March 2020, providing a pre-pandemic baseline on the health and education of children, with the biggest strides made in low-income countries.

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