Indonesia's Human Development Index Enters High Category

Indonesia's Human Development Index (HDI) falls into the high human development category. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assigned a score of 0.707 to this index, placing Indonesia 6th in Southeast Asia.

According to the Head of the UNDP Indonesia Representative Office, Christophe Bahuet, Indonesia's inclusion in this category is due to a strong national commitment to human development in terms of health, education, and people's welfare. However, Indonesia still needs to reduce and anticipate future inequalities.

Besides Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines also fall into this category. Meanwhile, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and Malaysia are in the very high human development category. Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia are classified as medium human development.

The UNDP categorizes HDI scores into four levels: very high, high, medium, and low development.