Human Development Index

Human Development Index

A resource from the United Nations Development Program that provides scores for countries on advancing human wellbeing. Looks at expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people, their opportunities and their choices. It looks at a variety of measures such as health, education, income & composition of resources, inequality, gender, poverty, work & employment vulnerability, human security, trade & financial flows, mobility & communication, environmental sustainability, demography & social economic sustainability. Learn more.