Human Capital Index: Saudi ranks 4th among Arab states

Saudi Arabia has the fourth most developed human capital among the Arab countries, and was ranked 82nd globally, the new Global Human Capital Index by the World Economic Forum (WEF) showed.

The UAE was the highest-placed among the Arab countries, and was ranked 45th out of the 130 global countries.

Bahrain was the second among the Arab countries, and has the 47th most developed human capital among the global countries.

Norway has the most developed human capital across the world, followed by Finland, Switzerland and the USA.

The Global Human Capital Index 2017 ranks 130 countries on how well they are developing their human capital across four dimensions - capacity, deployment, development and know-how - as well as across different age groups.

According to the report’s Human Capital Index, 62 percent of human capital has now been developed globally. Only 25 nations have tapped 70 percent of their people’s human capital or more. With the majority of countries leveraging between 50 percent and 70 percent of their human capital, 14 countries remain below 50 percent.