A United Nations study on the Human Development Index (HDI) in Africa places Algeria far ahead of its neighbor Morocco. Mauritius is at the top of the ranking.
The Human Development Index was used in a United Nations study as a key metric to assess countries’ development progress. The authors rely on key indicators including life expectancy, adult literacy, internet accessibility and income equality. Other elements are also taken into account in this classification.
Algeria occupies the 3rd place
These include, among other things, the efficiency and stability of governance, the availability of remunerative jobs, access to healthcare and first-rate social services, individual freedoms, a flourishing education system. Criteria that are distributed on a scale of 0.00 to 1.00, which summarizes the level of development of a country.
Mauritius is at the top of the ranking of the most developed African countries. The country has a human development index (HDI) of 0.802. Archipelago of the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles find themselves with an index of 0.785. Next comes Algeria to occupy the third step of the podium, with a human development index of 0.745. The Moroccan neighbor is not even in the wake.
Morocco in 9th place
Indeed, in fourth place, we find Egypt and Tunisia, which are tied, with an HDI of 0.731. Next come Libya (0.718), South Africa (0.713), Gabon (0.706), Botswana (0.693). In this top 10, Morocco ranks ninth with a human development index of 0.683. The Cherifian kingdom, which does not hesitate to measure itself against its Algerian neighbour, to the point of sometimes puffing out its chest, just overtakes Cape Verde, which has an HDI of 0.662.
Conversely, in another ranking published in March 2023, the Soft Power , Morocco is better off than Algeria. The Cherifian kingdom finds itself in the top 3 African most influential nations, while Algeria is ranked eighth. Globally, Switzerland is the most developed country in the world, with an HDI of 0.962. It is ahead, according to the United Nations study, of Norway, which has an HDI of 0.961. Iceland closes the world podium with a human development index of 0.959.
