Richard F. Heydarian's "Sub-Saharan Africa" Statement About Mindanao, Can Be Refuted With RESEARCH

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It's already bad enough that political expert Richard Heydarian. I'm amazed that Heydarian compared Mindanao's HDI development to Sub-Saharan Africa?! Finding it on my Facebook feeds just made me think if he truly bothered to do any research.

Source: Nestor Necesito

I would like to share data from Facebook Netizen, Nestor Necesito: 

Representing the west coast of Sub-Saharan Mindanao, I'm Nestor from Zamboanga City, Asia's Latin City and the Sardines Capital of the Philippines!

Based on the available data, here's a comparison of the Human Development Index (HDI) for regions in Luzon and Mindanao, along with averages for Southern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Philippine Regions by HDI:

- Luzon:

  - Top Regions:

    1. National Capital Region (NCR):

       - 2024: 0.851 (Very High)

       - 2019: 0.859 (Very High)

    2. Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR):

       - 2024: 0.758 (High)

       - 2019: 0.743 (High)

    3. Ilocos Region (Region I):

       - 2024: 0.736 (High)

       - 2019: 0.712 (High)

    4. Central Luzon (Region III):

       - 2024: 0.734 (High)

       - 2019: 0.734 (High)

    5. CALABARZON (Region IV-A):

       - 2024: 0.726 (High)

       - 2019: 0.718 (High)

  - Bottom Regions:

    1. Bicol Region (Region V):

       - 2024: 0.687 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.680 (Medium)

    2. MIMAROPA (Region IV-B):

       - 2024: 0.673 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.694 (Medium)

- Mindanao:

  - Top Regions:

    1. Davao Region (Region XI):

       - 2024: 0.697 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.708 (High)

    2. Caraga (Region XIII):

       - 2024: 0.698 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.710 (High)

    3. Northern Mindanao (Region X):

       - 2024: 0.694 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.712 (High)

  - Bottom Regions:

    1. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM):

       - 2024: 0.646 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.629 (Medium)

    2. Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX):

       - 2024: 0.668 (Medium)

       - 2019: 0.672 (Medium)

Averages:

- Luzon Average HDI:

  - Calculated from the provided regional data:

    - (0.851 + 0.758 + 0.736 + 0.734 + 0.726 + 0.687 + 0.673) / 7 = 0.738

- Mindanao Average HDI:

  - Calculated from the provided regional data:

    - (0.697 + 0.698 + 0.694 + 0.646 + 0.668) / 5 = 0.681

Comparative Averages:

- Southern Europe Average HDI:

As of the 2022 data presented in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report 2023/24, Southern European countries exhibit the following Human Development Index (HDI) scores: - Greece: 0.887, Italy: 0.895, Portugal: 0.866, Spain: 0.905.

  - 2022: 0.888

These figures indicate that Southern Europe maintains a high level of human development, with HDI scores ranging from 0.866 to 0.905. It's important to note that these values are based on data up to 2022, as reported in 2024. More recent data for 2024 are not yet available. 

- Sub-Saharan Africa Average HDI:

  - 2022: 0.549

Southern Europe has a much higher HDI (0.888) compared to Luzon (0.738) and Mindanao (0.681), meaning it ranks significantly better in human development indicators such as life expectancy, education and income.

Luzon’s HDI is closer to the high category but still lag behind Southern Europe.

Mindanao lags behind Luzon and Southern Europe, remaining in the medium HDI category, highlighting disparities within the Philippines.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest HDI (0.549), making Mindanao and Luzon relatively more developed but still far from European standards.

You're welcome in advance. Wakanda forever!


Heydarian is born in Baguio City and graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Is it me or do people who graduate from Manila's most difficult to enter schools, become arrogant as a result. It may be an ignorant statement born out of arrogance. 


I took a photo of Necesito's profile (since he chose to leave it open). Some information here reveals that he shares a school with Heydarian. Necesito gave some empirical data. Of course, I wouldn't upload photos of Necesito's family photos, out of respect for his privacy. 

In my case, I've been to Surigao City and Butuan City, a couple of times. I'm offended by what Heydarian said since my paternal grandparents (both deceased) came from Butuan. My paternal grandmother was born in Surigao City. I have friends who come from Mindanao. They can testify that Mindanao isn't Sub-Saharan Levels.

This may be a problem of being too educated, but having never learned real life skills. That's why I was told to move on from my poor high school academic record. This may also stem from an education system that cares more about grades than learning (read here).

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