Ireland has a life expectancy at birth of 82.3 years, joint 15th in the world with Hong Kong s life expectancy the highest in the world at 84.9 years.
Belgium is first in the world for years of expected schooling at 19.8 years while Ireland ranks eighth on the list at 19.7 years.
Liechtenstein is the first in terms of wealth with a gross national income of $131,032, while Ireland ranks at fifth on the list.
Ireland has shown significant growth in the quality of life index in recent years, rising from fourth place in 2018 to third in 2019, while between 2012 and 2017, it jumped 13 places.
The full report can be read here.
Ireland has a life expectancy at birth of 82.3 years, joint 15th in the world with Hong Kong s life expectancy the highest in the world at 84.9 years.
Belgium is first in the world for years of expected schooling at 19.8 years while Ireland ranks eighth on the list at 19.7 years.
Liechtenstein is the first in terms of wealth with a gross national income of $131,032, while Ireland ranks at fifth on the list.
Ireland has shown significant growth in the quality of life index in recent years, rising from fourth place in 2018 to third in 2019, while between 2012 and 2017, it jumped 13 places.
The full report can be read here.
Malaysia moves up human development index theedgemarkets.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theedgemarkets.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia moved up a rank on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) 2020 to be 62 out of 189 countries in the index measuring human progress and well-being.
Additionally, Malaysia s HDI value is 0.810 this year, which is above the average 0.747 value recorded in the East Asia and the Pacific region.
The improvement in the ranking has been attributed to Malaysia’s increase in average life expectancy to 76.2 years (76 previously) and its increase in Gross National Income per capita to USD 27,534 or RM111,554 (which was USD 27,227 or RM110,310 previously).
However, Malaysia s HDI value would have been lower if certain climate and environmental factors were taken into account.