Syed Hussein Al -Qassab
The Kingdom of Bahrain has made remarkable progress in the 2025 Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Program, where it ranked third in the Arab world, and the 38th place globally with a human development index of 0.899, which reflects the continuous improvement in the Kingdom’s performance in the fields of health, education and income, which is the basic pillars of the index.
The United Arab Emirates topped the Arab countries, and ranked 15th in the world, achieving the highest human development index in the region, which amounted to 0.940, followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked 37 globally with an indicator of 0.900, while Bahrain ranked third in the Arab world, ahead of a number of Gulf countries and the region.
In the fourth in the Arab world, the State of Qatar, which achieved 43th in the world with an indicator of 0.886, was followed by the Sultanate of Oman, which ranked fifth in the Arab world and 50 globally with a human development index of 0.858, while Kuwait was sixth Arab, and ranked 52 globally with an index of 0.852.
In order to move to North African countries, Algeria achieved the 96th place globally with a human development index of 0.763, followed by Jordan and Egypt, which participated in the center 100 globally with a joint indicator of 0.754. Lebanon ranked 102 globally with an index of 0.752, followed by Tunisia in 105th place globally with 0.746 index.
As for Libya, it ranked 110 scientists with an index 0.721, followed by the Kingdom of Morocco in 120 globally with an index 0.710, while Iraq ranked 126 globally with a human development index of 0.695, and Palestine ranked in the last ranking of the Arab countries in this indicator, in 133 globally with an indicator of 0.674.
The Human Development Index is defined as a complex scale used to evaluate the progress made in three main dimensions, namely health “through the average life expected at birth”, education “the average year of study and educational achievement”, and the total national income for the individual, where the index is measured by a number ranges from zero to one, and the more the state approaches the number 1, this indicates a higher level of human development.
The Kingdom of Bahrain highlights among the advanced Arab countries in this indicator, which confirms the success of its national strategies in investing in people and enhancing the quality of life, in line with the goals of sustainable development and Bahrain Economic Vision 2030, which puts the citizen at the heart of the development process.
