Global Human Capital Index 2015

 

In the top 10 of the list, compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Finland is followed by Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Belgium.

WEF said the list has been compiled on the basis of 46 indicators about "how well countries are developing and deploying their human capital, focusing on education, skills and employment".
"It aims to understand whether countries are wasting or leveraging their human potential," it added.

WEF said 14 countries have reached 80 per cent human capital optimisation while 38 score 70-80 per cent. An additional 40 countries are somewhere between 60 per cent and 70 per cent while 23 countries score 50-60 per cent and nine remain below the 50 per cent mark.
In Asia and the Pacific, where the majority of the world's population is concentrated, the spread between the highest and lowest performing countries is among the widest.

India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list.

India is ranked lower than all its BRICS peers, Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa and smaller neighbours like Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh. But Pakistan follows at 113.
Among BRICS nations, Russia comes on the top at 26^th position, followed by China (64), Brazil (78) and South Africa (92)

After China and India, the region's third most populous country, Indonesia, takes the 69th slot. Iran is ranked 80th.

Human Capital Index 2015

Rank	Economy	Score
1	Finland	85.78
2	Norway	83.84
3	Switzerland	83.58
4	Canada	82.88
5	Japan	82.74
6	Sweden	82.73
7	Denmark	82.47
8	Netherlands	82.3
9	New Zealand	81.84
10	Belgium	81.12
11	Austria	81.02
12	Ireland	80.59
13	Australia	80.22
14	France	80.15
15	Slovenia	79.95
16	Estonia	79.88
17	United States	79.64
18	Lithuania	79.33
19	United Kingdom	79.07
20	Iceland	78.86
21	Luxembourg	78.79
22	Germany	78.55
23	Latvia	78.39
24	Singapore	78.15
25	Czech Republic	77.6
26	Russian Federation	77.54
27	Cyprus	77.33
28	Poland	77.06
29	Israel	77.03
30	Korea, Rep.	76.84
31	Ukraine	76.21
32	Hungary	75.82
33	Malta	75.77
34	Slovak Republic	75.48
35	Italy	75.44
36	Croatia	75.37
37	Kazakhstan	74.56
38	Portugal	74.5
39	Romania	73.94
40	Greece	73.7
41	Spain	73.3
42	Bulgaria	72.81
43	Armenia	72.5
44	Kyrgyz Republic	71.82
45	Chile	71.8
46	Philippines	71.24
47	Uruguay	71.18
48	Argentina	71.01
49	Panama	71.01
50	Serbia	70.97
51	Mongolia	70.75
52	Malaysia	70.24
53	Costa Rica	69.75
54	United Arab Emirates	69.39
55	Macedonia, FYR	69.31
56	Qatar	69.04
57	Thailand	68.78
58	Mexico	68.5
59	Vietnam	68.48
60	Sri Lanka	68.19
61	Peru	68.13
62	Colombia	67.63
63	Azerbaijan	67.58
64	China	67.47
65	Tajikistan	67.24
66	Albania	67.2
67	Trinidad and Tobago	67.1
68	Turkey	67.09
69	Indonesia	66.99
70	El Salvador	66.89
71	Moldova	66.81
72	Mauritius	66.66
73	Bolivia	66.46
74	Jamaica	65.95
75	Paraguay	65.68
76	Jordan	65.59
77	Barbados	65.09
78	Brazil	64.6
79	Guyana	64.17
80	Iran, Islamic Rep.	63.2
81	Dominican Republic	62.79
82	Ghana	62.63
83	Zambia	62.5
84	Egypt	61.38
85	Saudi Arabia	61.38
86	Guatemala	61.34
87	Bhutan	61.11
88	Botswana	60.81
89	Cameroon	60.75
90	Nicaragua	60.65
91	Venezuela	60.51
92	South Africa	60.5
93	Kuwait	59.31
94	Namibia	59.09
95	Morocco	59.04
96	Honduras	58.93
97	Cambodia	58.55
98	Tunisia	58.21
99	Bangladesh	57.62
100	India	57.62
101	Kenya	57.54
102	Uganda	57.34
103	Tanzania	56.56
104	Madagascar	56.25
105	Lao PDR	56.16
106	Nepal	55.77
107	Lesotho	54.74
108	Rwanda	54.17
109	Mozambique	54.04
110	Malawi	53.49
111	Senegal	53.04
112	Myanmar	52.97
113	Pakistan	52.63
114	Algeria	52.14
115	Ethiopia	50.25
116	Burkina Faso	49.22
117	Côte d’Ivoire	49.02
118	Mali	48.51
119	Guinea	48.25
120	Nigeria	47.43
121	Burundi	46.76
122	Mauritania	42.29
123	Chad	41.1
124	Yemen	40.72

The major countries ranked above India include France (14th rank), the US (17), the UK (19) and Germany (22).

The countries with a better score than India also include Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Chile, the Philippines, Serbia, Mongolia, the UAE, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mauritius, Barbados, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Cambodia and Tunisia.