Human Capital Index

How productive a child born today can expect to be by adulthood, given the health and schooling on offer, scored 0 to 1. It puts a number on the cost of stunting and weak schooling: a child's future output cut by nearly half against the benchmark of full health and complete education.

Latest

0.49

2020

Published by

World Bank

irregular

Human Capital Index over time

2017–2020 · 3 observations · 0–1

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Period	Human Capital Index
2020	0.494
2018	0.485
2017	0.44

Compared with

Japan

0.805

Germany

0.751

United States

0.702

Vietnam

0.69

China

0.653

Sri Lanka

0.598

Brazil

0.551

Indonesia

0.54

Nepal

0.505

India

0.494

Bangladesh

0.464

South Africa

0.425

Pakistan

0.406

Latest available year for each country · 0–1

Source

World Bank — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/HD.HCI.OVRL