Human Development Index

From Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia
World map indicating the Human Development Index to 2015. Darkest green: 0.900+ / Dark green: 0.850–0.899 / Green: 0.800–0.849 / Light green: 0.750–0.799 / Lighter green: 0.700–0.749 / Light yellow: 0.650–0.699 / Dark yellow: 0.600–0.649 / Light orange: 0.550–0.599 / Orange: 0.500–0.549 / Dark orange: 0.450–0.499 / Red: 0.400–0.449 / Blood red: 0.350–0.399

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic (composite index) of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the GDP per capita is higher. The HDI was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq for the UNDP.[1][2]

The 2010 Human Development Report introduced an Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI). While the simple HDI remains useful, it stated that "the IHDI is the actual level of human development (accounting for inequality)", and "the HDI can be viewed as an index of 'potential' human development (or the maximum IHDI that could be achieved if there were no inequality)".

The index is based on the human development approach, developed by Ul Haq, often framed in terms of whether people are able to "be" and "do" desirable things in life. Examples include—Beings: well fed, sheltered, healthy; Doings: work, education, voting, participating in community life. It must also be noted that the freedom of choice is central—someone choosing to be hungry (e.g. during a religious fast) is quite different to someone who is hungry because they cannot afford to buy food.[3]

Complete list of current, former, future and associated Karno-Ruthenian states[edit | edit source]

  • Increase = increase.
  • Steady = steady.
  • Decrease = decrease.

Very high human development[edit | edit source]

Rank Country/Territory HDI
2018 estimates for 2017
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Change in rank from previous year[4] 2018 estimates for 2017
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Change from previous year
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1 Increase (1) Ruthenia 0.941 Increase 0.002
2 Steady Scotia 0.923 Increase 0.001
3 Increase (1) Acrin 0.912 Increase 0.002
4 Increase (3) Nordinsel 0.894 Increase 0.000
4 Steady Romitria 0.894 Increase 0.001
5 Increase (1) Karnia 0.893 Increase 0.002
6 Increase (1) Roschfallen 0.892 Increase 0.002
7 Increase (1) Nossia 0.885 Increase 0.001
8 Increase (1) Libertia 0.884 Increase 0.002
9 Steady Tsechia 0.878 Increase 0.001
10 Steady Appinfeldt 0.865 Increase 0.003
11 Increase (1) Lifréia 0.855 Increase 0.002
12 Steady Schneeblutig 0.845 Increase 0.001
13 Increase (1) Hakodate 0.838 Increase 0.001
14 Increase (1) Letzembourg 0.817 Increase 0.001
15 Increase (1) Horvatia 0.805 Increase 0.001
16 Steady Carpathia 0.802 Increase 0.002
17 Steady Lomellina 0.801 Increase 0.001

High human development[edit | edit source]

Rank Country HDI
2018 estimates for 2017
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Change in rank from previous year[4] 2018 estimates for 2017
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Change from previous year
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18 Decrease (1) Bessabia 0.799 Decrease 0.002
19 Decrease (2) Cumagne 0.797 Decrease 0.006
20 Steady Argadia 0.791 Increase 0.001
21 Increase (1) Savage Islands 0.782 Increase 0.004
22 Increase (1) Axvalley 0.769 Increase 0.002
23 Steady Badakistan 0.766 Increase 0.001

Unknown human development[edit | edit source]

Rank Country HDI
2018 estimates for 2017
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Change in rank from previous year[4] 2018 estimates for 2017
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Change from previous year
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24 Steady Gaussland TBD Steady
25 Steady Santa Cruz TBD Steady

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Human Development Index". Economic Times.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  2. "The Human Development concept". UNDP. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2011.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  3. "What is Human Development". UNDP. 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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