The Human Development Index (HDI) is the highest in the country measured at 0.759 in 2006.  During the same year, 47.6 percent of the Central District's population lived in poverty—29.7 lived in moderate poverty and 17.9 in extreme poverty. Life expectancy in the District  is 72.1 years.  By 2010, 4.9 percent of the population remained illiterate, compared to the national rate of 15.2 percent.