Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

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composite index development index statistical indicator

The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index is a composite statistic that measures a country's average achievements in health, education, and income while accounting for how unequally these achievements are distributed among its population.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
IHDI	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composite index ⓘ development index ⓘ statistical indicator ⓘ
accountsFor	inequality in education ⓘ inequality in health ⓘ inequality in income ⓘ
adjustmentMethod	uses Atkinson inequality measure ⓘ
appliesTo	countries ⓘ territories ⓘ
basedOn	Human Development Index ⓘ
componentType	dimension index ⓘ inequality measure ⓘ
creatorOrganizationType	United Nations agency ⓘ
criticizedFor	data limitations in inequality measurement ⓘ methodological complexity ⓘ
dataSource	international statistical agencies ⓘ national statistical offices ⓘ
developedBy	United Nations Development Programme ⓘ
dimension	education ⓘ health ⓘ standard of living ⓘ
educationIndicator	expected years of schooling ⓘ mean years of schooling ⓘ
field	development economics ⓘ human development studies ⓘ
hasUnit	index value without physical unit ⓘ
healthIndicator	life expectancy at birth ⓘ
higherValueMeans	higher human development adjusted for inequality ⓘ
improvesUpon	Human Development Index by incorporating inequality ⓘ
incomeIndicator	gross national income per capita ⓘ
introducedIn	2010 ⓘ
lossMeasure	difference between HDI and IHDI ⓘ
measures	human development adjusted for inequality ⓘ
objective	to capture loss in potential human development due to inequality ⓘ
publishedBy	United Nations Development Programme ⓘ
publishedIn	Human Development Report ⓘ
purpose	to reflect distributional inequalities in human development ⓘ
range	0 to 1 ⓘ
relatedTo	Gender Inequality Index ⓘ Human Development Index ⓘ Multidimensional Poverty Index ⓘ
shortName	Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IHDI
updated	annually ⓘ
usedBy	development researchers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ
usedFor	cross-country comparison of inequality in human development ⓘ

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Human Development Report → includesIndex → Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index ⓘ

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HDI → relatedTo → Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index ⓘ

subject surface form: Human Development Index

Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index → shortName → Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: IHDI