Human Development Index
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The Human Development Index is a composite statistic that measures a country's overall achievement in key dimensions of human development, including health, education, and standard of living.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composite index
→
development index → statistical indicator → |
| aggregationMethod | geometric mean of component indices → |
| alsoKnownAs | HDI → |
| appliesTo | countries → |
| component |
education index
→
gross national income index → life expectancy index → |
| criticizedFor |
insufficient attention to inequality
→
limited set of dimensions → oversimplification of development → |
| developedBy |
United Nations Development Programme
→
surface form:
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme → |
| domain |
development economics
→
human development studies → |
| educationProxy |
expected years of schooling
→
mean years of schooling → |
| frequencyOfPublication | annual → |
| hasCategory |
high human development
→
low human development → medium human development → very high human development → |
| hasDimension |
education
→
health → standard of living → |
| healthProxy | life expectancy at birth → |
| higherValueIndicates | higher human development → |
| incomeMeasure | GNI per capita in purchasing power parity terms → |
| incomeProxy | gross national income per capita → |
| inspired |
Gender Development Index
→
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index → Multidimensional Poverty Index → |
| introducedIn | 1990 → |
| introducedInPublication | Human Development Report → |
| lowerValueIndicates | lower human development → |
| measures |
a country's overall achievement in key dimensions of human development
→
human development → |
| publishedBy | United Nations Development Programme → |
| publishedIn | Human Development Report → |
| revisedIn | 2010 → |
| scaleMaximum | 1 → |
| scaleMinimum | 0 → |
| usedBy |
United Nations
→
governments → policy makers → researchers → |
| usedFor |
international comparison of development
→
policy analysis → ranking countries by level of human development → |
Referenced by (9)
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