Pakistan National Human Index ReportPakistan National Human Index Report

Pakistan National Human Index Report

Pakistan National Human Index Report: UNDP has released Pakistan National Human Index Report that categorize Pakistan as a country with medium level of development.

Pakistan National Human Index Report
Pakistan National Human Index Report

Punjab standout all the provinces in Human Development Index, according to the Pakistan National Human Index Report.

  • Punjab stands first securing 0.732 points.
    • The immunization rate in Punjab is around 89 percent
    • Six districts ranked as high-human development districts, four of these districts are in Punjab
    • high medium human-development districts, 19 districts from Punjab
    • Health facilities: 78.3%
  • Sindh with 0.640 points,
    • The immunization rate in Sindh is around 73 percent
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 0.628 points
    • IR rate: Around 78 percent in KP
    • high medium human-development districts: Four KP districts make it to the list
  • Balochistan with 0.421 points on the HDI table.
    • IR rate:Around 51 percent in Balochistan.

Some 73.2 percent in Sindh, 72.7 percent in KP and 65.8 percent in Balochistan  are satisfied with health facilities.

Pakistan National Human Index Report
Pakistan National Human Index Report

Youth Development Index

In the Youth Development Index, Punjab is number one with 0.57 points with Sindh at number two with 0.538 points. KP and Balochistan are at the bottom of the table with 0.394 and 0.373 points respectively. The eastern Punjab and Northern Punjab with respective scores of 0.611 and 0.607 are placed in the category of high youth development. The Central Punjab (0.563), Western Punjab (0.528) and Southeastern Punjab (0.518) are ranked as medium youth-development regions.

The Southeastern Punjab is ranked medium youth-development region compared to low youth-development ranking of Southern K-P (0.423) and Central K-P (0.412). Northern K-P (0.380) is further down the line in the category of very low youth development. KP is not only behind Punjab, it also falls far behind even Southeastern Punjab. In Punjab, 73.6 percent youth is literate while in Sindh this figure is around 67.7 percent and in KP it touches 63.5 percent. In Balochistan, 50 percent youth is literate.

Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index

In the category of multidimensional Poverty Index in provinces, Punjab is the least poor province with 0.152 points, Sindh with 0.231 points, KP with 0.25 and Balochistan with 0.394 points.

Health Index

Regarding the health index, around 90 percent females and 89 percent males in Punjab are immunized. In KP, 79.5 percent females and 77 percent males, in Sindh 72 percent females and 74 percent males and in Balochistan 52 percent females and 50 percent males are immunized.

Unemployment

The unemployment rate in Balochistan is 3.9 percent, around 4.8 percent in Sindh, around 5.2 percent in Punjab and around 7.9 percent in KP.

Gender Parity

In case of gender parity there is a significant disparity between literacy levels for females compared to males’ at all provincial levels.

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