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Table 9: OIC Member States by human development level, 2009 and 2016
2009 2016
# of
Countries
% # of
Countries
%
Low Human Development 14 25 23 41
Medium Human Development 28 51 12 21
High Human Development 9 16 15 27
Very High Human Development 4 7 6 11
Total 55 100 56 100
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years’ HDR.
Note: The methodology of HDI has evolved over time. Therefore, the HDI values and hence categories are not
fully comparable over time.
The transitions between categories from 2016 to 2017 are given i
Table 10: Transition between development categories from 2016 to 2017
2017
Low HD Medium
HD
High HD Very High
HD
2016
Low HD 22 1 0 0
Medium HD 0 10 2 0
High HD 0 0 12 3
Very High HD 0 0 0 6
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years HDR.