India, May 6 -- India climbed four spots to the 130th position out of 193 countries in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) for 2023, according to the report titled 'A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of Artificial Intelligence' released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday.

The country's HDI score rose from 0.644 in 2022 to 0.685 in 2023, driven by improvements in health, education, and income. Despite this, India remains in the medium human development category, sharing the same HDI value as Bangladesh, though key metrics differ. Pakistan ranks 168th with a score of 0.544 and Nepal at 145th with 0.622, while Sri Lanka holds the 89th position at 0.776.

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