Human Development Report 2006- The Case of Kuwait

The latest Human Development Report was launched by the UNDP in Cape Town, South Africa today. The report, based on 2004 statistics, is an important one tracking issues for all countries that provide relevant statistics. It has been issued annually since 1990. So what happened to the Human Development Index (HDI) for Kuwait? We will review all important information in the report that is relevant to Kuwait.

• The report shows that Kuwait's HDI is 0.871, putting it in the high human development category. The HDI rank of Kuwait is 33 out of 177, and the first in terms of Arab countries.
• The new HDI for Kuwait is an improvement from last year's report, when the HDI for Kuwait was 0.844, ranking it 44th.
• The Gender Development Index (GDI) is 0.864 for Kuwait, ranking it 31 out of 177.
  
• HDI trend for Kuwait
• 1975= 0.763
• 1980= 0.777
• 1985= 0.780
• 1990= N/A
• 1995= 0.813
• 2000= 0.837
• 2003= 0.844
• 2004=0.871
• Kuwait is one of three Arab countries that receive more than 75 percent of its water from external sources. The other two are Bahrain and Egypt.
• Further, Kuwait ranks first in terms of withdrawing water faster than it is replenished.