World Bank ranks UAE, Bahrain as top Arab nations for human capital

World Bank ranks UAE, Bahrain as top Arab nations for human capital

DUBAI/MANAMA — The World Bank has ranked the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as top destinations in the Arab world to invest in human capital.The Human Capital Index 2020 measures potential productivity in the health and education sectors across 98 percent 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.In the global rankings, the UAE came 44th against a global benchmark and first in the Arab world in the index, followed by Bahrain at 46th, Oman