PM: Govt aims to raise Malaysia's rank in UN Human Development Index


KUALA LUMPUR: The government intends to improve Malaysia's position in the UN Human Development Index which takes into account health and education outcomes for a country's people, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

In the 2021/22 Human Development Report, Malaysia ranked 62nd out of 191 countries with a score of 0.803, a score high enough to put it in the "Very High Human Development" category of countries, according to the UN Development Programme.

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