The United Arab Emirates ranked first in the Arab World, and 43rd globally in the Human Capital Index issued by the World Bank.
According to the report, the UAE has made progress by improving its rating in the rating from 0.62 points in 2010 to 0.67 points in the current year’s assessment. The report showed that the UAE has made remarkable progress in terms of education and healthcare services in recent years, which are the two main criteria in global human capital rankings. Singapore topped the index, followed by Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Canada in the top five.
According to the World Bank's Human Capital Report 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the world's poorest countries.
The Human Capital Index 2020 includes data on health and education in 174 countries covering 98% of the world's population; This is until March 2020, providing a pre-pandemic baseline for children's health and education. The analysis shows that most countries made steady progress in building human capital for children before the outbreak of the pandemic, with the largest jumps in low-income countries.
Source (Al Khaleej UAE newspaper, Edited)
