India ranked 100th on World Economic Forum's human capital index

India has been placed at a lowly 100th position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland tops the 124-country list. India is ranked lower than all its BRICS peers and neighbours Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Countries are ranked on the basis of 46 indicators that track “how well countries are developing and deploying their human capital, focusing on education, skills and employment”. On India, the WEF said although the educational attainment has improved markedly over different age groups, its youth literacy rate is still only 90%, well behind the rates of other emerging economies. The country also ranks poorly on labour force participation rate due to its large informal sector.