UNDP’s Human Development Index puts Georgia in “Very High” category
The Human Development Index of the UNDP has put Georgia in the “Very High” human development category, positioning the country 60th out of 193 countries and territories. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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For the third year in a row, the Human Development Index of the United Nations Development Programme has put Georgia in the “Very High” human development category, positioning the country 60th out of 193 countries and territories.
The HDI is a summary measure for assessing average achievement in three basic dimensions of a “long and healthy life”, “access to knowledge” and a “decent standard of living”.
Between 2000 and 2022, Georgia's HDI value changed from 0.694 to 0.814, a change of 17.3 percent, the summary reads.
With this indicator, the country is ahead of European Union member Bulgaria and NATO members North Macedonia and Albania, while in the post-Soviet space it is ahead of Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
In his social media message Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said the country's "sustained progress" reflected "multifaceted efforts" in economic, social, and freedom of choice aspects.
He said since 2012 Georgia had made "significant strides", climbing 11 places in the Index.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said the ruling party’s legislative initiative to “protect the public from pseudo-liberal ideology” should be developed in accordance with the constitutional principles of human rights.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Parliament, on Friday highlighted the ruling party’s “principled position” of “protecting future generations from harmful effects” he said came from “LGBT propaganda and not protection of rights”.
The United Nations in Georgia, the European Union Delegation to the country, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and 25 embassies operating in the country on Friday released a joint statement on International Women’s Day to reaffirm commitment to achieving gender equality and empowerment for “all women and girls”.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Human Rights Committee, on Sunday discussed existing and future cooperation with Vladimir Shkolnikov, the Senior Advisor of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Georgia and Besarion Bokhashvili, the Human Rights Officer at OHCHR.