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Human development capacity remains lagging globally. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) states that the Human Development Index (HDI) released in 2013 ranked Indonesia 108th out of 187 countries. This position significantly lags behind Singapore (9th), Brunei Darussalam (30th), Malaysia (62nd), and Thailand (89th). In ASEAN, Laos (139th) and Myanmar (150th) had the lowest HDI rankings.
This Human Development Index reflects the level of health, education, and standard of living of a country's population. Health indicators are measured by life expectancy; education by expected years of schooling and mean years of schooling; and standard of living by comparing Gross National Product (GNP) per capita of a region.
According to the BPS, the HDI illustrates how the population can access development outcomes in obtaining income, health, education, and so on. The HDI shows the correlation between economic growth and improvements in the quality of people's lives. This quality of life can be linked to the availability of health facilities and access to healthcare.
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