COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
30
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 2015 to 2016 are given i
Table 10: Transition between development categories from 2015 to 2016
2016
Low HD Medium
HD
High HD Very High
HD
2015
Low HD 22 1 0 0
Medium HD 1 11 1 0
High HD 0 0 14 0
Very High HD 0 0 0 6
Source: Own calculations from corresponding years HDR.