COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:
Human Development in OIC
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Figure 13: HDI Values of High Income OIC Member Countries
Source: UNDP, 2015.
The values for the first dimension of HDI, GNI per capita (2011 PPP$), are between US$38,599
(Bahrain) and US$123,124 (Qatar) for the high income countries which are above the average
GNI value for the Very High Human Development (VHHD) category which is US$41,644, except
Bahrain (US$38,599). However, for all the other dimensions (life expectancy at birth, mean
years of schooling and expected years of schooling) the index values of the high income OIC
countries are below the average index values of the VHHD. Indeed, the index values for life
expectancy at birth of these countries are between 74.4 (Kuwait) and 78.8 (Brunei
Darussalam) while the average value of the VHHD is 79.9; mean years of schooling values are
between 8 (Oman) and 9.4 (Bahrain) while the average value for the VHHD category is 11.2;
and expected years of schooling values are between 13.3 (United Arab Emirates) and 16.3
(Saudi Arabia) while the average value for the VHHD category is 16.1.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Data for multidimensional poverty index is not available for high income OIC member
countries.
State of Hunger
High income OIC Member Countries does not experience food deficiency. Similarly, among high
income OIC Member Countries only Saudi Arabia has data related to global hunger index and
the index for Saudi Arabia is negligible (5.1).
Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Human Development Index
While 13 out of 16 upper-middle OIC income countries are in high human development
category, the rest are in medium human development category . Kazakhstan has
the highest HDI value in this group and positioned at 56 in the ranking, on the other hand,
Iraq’s HDI value is the lowest with 0.654 positioning at 121.
Index values for the first dimension of HDI, GNI per capita (2011, PPP, US$), are between
US$9,943 (Albania) and US$22,762 (Malaysia) for the high income countries of which nearly
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Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman