World Bank ranks UAE and Bahrain as top Arab nations for human capital
- Date: 01-Oct-2020
- Source: Gulf Business
- Sector:Financial Services
- Country:uae-top-picks
World Bank ranks UAE and Bahrain as top Arab nations for human capital
A new report by the World Bank has ranked the UAE as the top destination in the Arab world to invest in human capital.
The UAE ranked 44th against a global benchmark and first in the Arab world in the index, followed closely by Bahrain at 46th. Across the GCC, Oman was at 64th, Saudi Arabia at 84th and Kuwait at 88th. Worldwide, Singapore took the first-place spot, with Japan ranking second and Korea coming third.
The Human Capital Index 2020 measures potential productivity in the health and education sectors across 98% of the world's population - with a focus on the knowledge, skills and health that a child born today is expected to accumulate by their 18th birthday.
The UAE recorded a score of 0.67 compared to a previous ranking of
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