The announcement was made by the country's minister of Women, Family, and Human Rights during a global summit on the issue in Brussels.
The document places the nation as member of Blue Justice, an initiative by the Norwegian government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) aimed at promoting transnational efforts against organized crime in the fishing industry.
The data, UNDP stated, do not reflect the impact of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus.
UNDP’s goal, Professor Orrico explained, is to better understand the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic on countries, helping decision makers plan out a political response in the region encompassing Latin America and the Caribbean.
Brazil’s Human Development Index (IDH) saw a 0.001 point uptick in 2017 compared to 2016, and stands at 0.759 on a scale from zero to one—one being the maximum a country’s human development can reach.