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difference between growth rates of OIC member states and developing countries also explains
the widening gap between the HDI values of these country groups. Given the current growth
rate, it will take approximately another 25 years22 for the OIC to reach the current level of world
average.
Figure 21: Annual growth rate in HDI between 1990 and 2015
Source: Own calculations from UNDP (2016).
Note: The rates are calculated as the annual compound growth rate.
2.2. The current level of human development in OIC
The progress in human development in OIC member states is highly uneven. The HDI values
varies between 0.352 (Nigeria) and 0.854 (Brunei Darussalam) according to HDR 2016. 25 out
of 56 OIC member states have below OIC average HDI values and the remaining 31 have above
average HDI values.
Brunei Darussalam, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait have HDI
values above 0.800 and are all placed in very high human development category. This implies
only 6 out of 51 very high human development countries (11.8 percent) are from OIC. Oman,
Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey, Albania, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Jordan, Suriname,
Tunisia, Libya, Maldives and Uzbekistan are in high human development category with their HDI
values between 0.700 and 0.800. These countries constitute 27.3 percent of this category (15
out of 55). With HDI values between 0.550 and 0.700, Gabon, Turkmenistan, Egypt, Indonesia,
Palestine, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Morocco, Guyana, Tajikistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan are the
members of medium human development category. According to HDR 2016, 12 out of 41
country in low development category is from OIC. Finally, Syria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mauritania,
Comoros, Senegal, Uganda, Yemen, Sudan, Togo, Benin, Yemen, Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire,
22 Own calculations.
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