As per their achievements, the countries were broadly classified into different categories with a range of points on the index. Which one of the following is not correct?
High Human Development Countries : 0·800 - 1·000 points on the index
Medium Human Development Countries : 0·500 - 0·799 points on the index
Low Human Development Countries : 0·000 - 0·499 points on the index
Very Low Human Development Countries : 0·000 - 0·004 points on the index
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UPSC SO-Steno – 2018
The Human Development Index (HDI) ranges from 0 to 1. While the theoretical minimum is 0, actual observed HDI values for countries typically range from around 0.3 to over 0.9. A range of 0.000 – 0.004 is extremely narrow and not representative of any recognized category of Human Development, including the lowest ones. The typical classification ranges for HDI are much broader and start from significantly higher values for the lowest category (e.g., below 0.550 for Low Human Development in recent reports).