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Weekly Report - 24 July 2014 (WR-14-29)
BRAZIL: Up one place in Human Development Index
On 24 July the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its annual Human Development Index (HDI) report. Brazil rose one place to occupy the 79th position in the list of 187 countries surveyed. Only 37 other countries rose in the rankings; 114 countries kept their position; 35 dropped down the list. Brazil continues to lag behind most other Latin American countries in the index, which measures life expectancy, education and income.
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