Deputy spokesman for the government revealed that UNDP said Thailand was in the group of countries with the highest human development for 3 consecutive years, reinforcing the success of the government’s policy to accelerate the quality of life of people in all aspects.
Today (September 11), Ms. Traisuli Traisornkul, Deputy Spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said that recently The United Nations Development Programme’s Office (UNDP), the United Nations’ (UN) coordinating agency for development assistance, has released its Human Development Report 2021/2022, which highlights the uncertainty situation. various affecting human development around the world whether facing the epidemic The effects of the war on oil prices and the cost of living The threat of climate change along with recommendations for various countries in formulating policies to achieve development goals in situations of uncertainty
The report also released the Human Development Index (HDI), which measures the average success of each country in human development. The report states that Thailand’s HDI in 2021 is 0.80, ranked 66th out of 191 countries around the world. It is classified as a country with a very high level of human development. and has been in this group of countries for 3 consecutive years since 2019 or 2019 onwards
Ms Traisuli said that if considering only the ASEAN countries, there are four countries that are classified as having a very high level of human development, namely Singapore (0.939), Brunei (0.829), Malaysia (0.803) and Thailand (0.800). There are 2 countries with high human development: Indonesia (0.705), Vietnam (0.703) and 4 countries with intermediate human development: Philippines (0.699), Lao PDR (0.607) and Myanmar (0.585). )
The HDI measures the average success of each country in three areas of human development: health, knowledge and livelihood. Divide the development level into 4 groups, which in 2021 in 191 countries around the world They were classified in each group: 66 countries with high development (0.800-1.000), 49 countries with high development (0.700-0.799 index), 44 countries with intermediate level (index 0.550-0.699), and low-developed countries. (index 0.350-0.549) 32 countries
“The fact that Thailand has continued to have a very high level of human development results. It reflects the success of the government’s policy advocacy, which will continue to be driven by the recommendations of international organizations such as the UNDP to adopt and implement the plans under the National Strategy. National Economic and Social Development Plans and Master Plans that each unit is responsible The main goal is to continually improve and improve the quality of life of Thai people,” said Ms. Traisulee.
