The hard fact remains that the best

The hard fact remains that the best performer in South Asia, Sri Lanka, languishes only just above the halfway mark of the countries ranked (91 out of 169 in 2010, and 97 out of 187 in 2011), although, interestingly, four of the top ten countries that had the largest HDI percentage increase between 1980 and 2010 belong to this region. The following graphic will attest to that.