COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Table 9: OIC Member States by human development level, 2009 and 2017
2009 2017
# of
Countries
% # of
Countries
%
Low Human Development 14 25 24 42.8
Medium Human Development 28 51 9 16.1
High Human Development 9 16 14 25
Very High Human Development 4 7 9 16.1
Total 55 100 56 100
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years’ HDR.
Note: There is no data for Somalia in 2017
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.