Jakarta Globe, Arientha Primanita, May 14, 2015
Indonesia
has ranked 69th out of 124 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Human
Capital Index 2015, which studied countries’ success in nurturing, deploying
and developing human resources.
The country
is left lagging behind its Southeast Asian neighbors of the Philippines,
Malaysia and Singapore which ranked 46th, 52nd, 24th respectively.
Southeast
Asia’s largest economy is classified under lower to middle income nations,
along with those which have an income per capita ranging from $1,045 per year
to $4,125 per year.
The WEF’s
Human Capital Index 2015 is a study of 124 countries covering 46 indicators
that measure how far a country is from optimizing its human resources talent —
including evaluating the levels of education, skills and employment available —
to people across five different age groups, beginning with under 15 years to
over 65 years.
Measured by
age, Indonesia rank 47th for human capital index in the under 15 age group,
partly thanks to the high score in the primary enrolment rate and secondary
enrolment rate.
Indonesia
scored the worst in the category of 65 and Over Age Group (92rd), with scores
in educational attainment, including secondary education, is much lower than
the country’s other age groups.
On a 1 to 7
scale in which 1 is the worst score and 7 the best, Indonesia scored 1 for
social safety net, internet access in schools and university-business research
and development collaboration.
Finland
ranked number one in the index, with an overall score of 86 percent.
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workers at
a rubber plantation in North Sumatra. (Antara Foto/Septianda Perdana)
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