Human Development Index (HDI)
WorldHuman Development Index scores, by country. HDI is a composite of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development: very high, high, medium, and low. The rankings are viewed as the extent to which people are able to do things in life. HDI is a measure of the "potential" that people have to achieve economic and social goals, not necessarily whether all persons actually achieve such goals.
A world map shows the Human Development Index for different countries. Dark blue (more than 0.9): Canada, U S A. Blue to light blue (0.5 to 0.9): Brazil, Russia, north and South Africa. Very light blue (less than 0.5): most central countries of Africa.
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Class | Rank | Value | Provinces of Origin | Areas of serious concern | Areas of some concern | Stable terrain | Nonvegetated land | |
19.9% | 3.98% | |||||||
31.3% | 20.7% | |||||||
3.03% | 22.0% | 8.18% | 55.1% | |||||
2.66% | 3.55% | 14.0% | 13.0% | 14.5% | ||||
7.19% | 2.27% | 71.3% | ||||||
31.7% | 43.8% | 19.5% | ||||||
17.6% | 19.7% | 9.89% | 10.8% | |||||
31.2% | 4.72% | 3.87% | 95.3% | |||||
8.43% | 2.94% | 1.97% | 8.56% | |||||
5.14% | 21.1% | 3.46% | 6.72% | |||||
41.1% | 31.7% | 1.12% | ||||||
31.6% | 38.1% | 40.4% | ||||||
36.7% | 40.0% | 20.2% | 31.2% |