 It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, a developing or an under-developed country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life.The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya Sen.The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report released on 9 December 2019 and based on data collected in 2018.