THE country posted modest gains in human development in 2023 but remained below the regional average for East Asia and the ...

Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the ...

Korea came in 20th in the United Nations Development Programme's 2025 Human Development Index, standing at 0.937.

South Asia’s growth prospects have weakened amid increasing uncertainty in the global economy. Regional growth is projected to slow to 5.8 percent in 2025—0.4 percentage points below October ...

Despite the modest progress, the country remains in the “Medium Human Development” category, where it has remained since 2009 ...

Sri Lanka continues to stand tall in the high human development category. However, latest data by the United Nations shows ...

Sri Lanka slid 0.001 points to 89th place among 193 countries ranked on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) for ...

India moved up three spots in the Human Development Index (HDI), to 130 ... growing faster than both the global and South Asian averages. This progress has been fuelled by economic growth and ...

Iceland topped the Human ... regions, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa saw the least amount of developmentImage: Kevin Frayer/AP Photo/picture alliance The progress in global development slowed ...

Sri Lanka continues to stand tall in the high human development category ... with the index falling to 0.776 in 2023. Nevertheless, within South Asia, Sri Lanka still outperforms most peers.