BASIC CAPABILITIES INDEX (BCI) 2009

The BCI uses an alternative methodology to register the progress – or lack of progress – towards compliance with the Millennium Development Goals. This index constitutes a new methodology that complements in numerous respects the human development indexes most commonly used.

To reach an acceptable BCI does not imply a high level of social development. It merely signifies that the country has achieved universal coverage of minimum essential needs that are a prerequisite for advancing towards greater wellbeing. It is a departure point, not a destination.

Basic Capabilities Index: a starting point

More effort required from the weakest

All Quiet on the Poverty Front

Evolution by countries and regions