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Cambodia ranks last in ASEAN; Global Human Capital Report 2017.

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:23 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
Cambodia gets low marks in ‘human capital’ report
A recent report by the World Economic Forum underscored the Kingdom’s poor performance in educating and training its citizens in order to develop a competitive workforce and put their skills to productive use, ranking it for the first time in its annual review as the worst in Asean.

Cambodia ranked 92nd out of 130 countries in terms of human capital development, up from 100 last year, showing that the country had improved globally but at the same time fell further behind its regional peers, according to the Global Human Capital Report 2017. The ranking puts Cambodia ahead of the Dominican Republic but behind Botswana, which ranked 93rd and 91st, respectively.
Meanwhile, Myanmar, which scored 109th in 2016, improved to a score of 90th this year as Laos also made significant progress, improving from 106th to 84th.

Published annually, the Global Human Capital Report index ranks countries on how well they are developing and deploying their human capital for the demands of a globally competitive economy that is becoming increasing interconnected...
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