Some selected indicators of Human Development, 2016-2017
| Item | Indian | China | Pakistan |
| Human development Index (value) | 0.640 | 0.752 | 0.562 |
| Rank (based on HDI) | 130 | 86 | 150 |
| Life Expectancy at Birth (years) | 68.8 | 76.4 | 66.6 |
| Means years of Schooling (% aged 5 and above) | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| GDP per capita (PPP US$) | 6,427 | 15,309 | 5,035 |
| People below poverty line( at $3.20 a day PPP) (%) (2011) | 60.4 | 23.5 | 46.4 |
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births) | 34.6 | 8.5 | 64.2 |
| Maternal Mortality Rate (per 1 lakh births) | 174 | 27 | 178 |
| Population using Improved Sanitation (%) | 44.2 | 75 | 58.3 |
| Population with sustainable access to improved water source (%) | 94 | 96 | 91 |
| Percentage of Undernourished Children | 37.9 | 8.1 | 46.4 |
Which of the following Liberty indicators has been added as a measure of the Human Development Index ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is option (1) : 'The extents of democratic participation in social and political decision making'
"LIBERTY INDICATORS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT : Some liberty indicators have been added in the HDI. One such indicator has actually been added as a measure of ‘the extent of democratic participation in social and political decision-making’ but it has not been given any extra weight. Some obvious ‘liberty indicators’ like measures of ‘the extent of Constitutional protection given to rights of citizens’ or ‘the extent of constitutional protection of the Independence of the Judiciary and the Rule of Law’ have not even been introduced so far. Without including these (and perhaps some more) and giving them overriding importance in the list, the construction of a human development index may be said to be incomplete and its usefulness limited."