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 | Caledonian and Hercynian (or Appalachian) remnants | Isolated volcanic areas | Alpine system | Sedimentary covers | Rifted shield areas | Laurasian shields | Gondwana shields | |
85.4% | 19.3% | |||||||||
55.8% | 71.3% | |||||||||
38.0% | 65.2% | 56.6% | ||||||||
20.5% | 76.8% | 4.69% | ||||||||
11.2% | 27.6% | 54.3% | 2.84% | 4.06% | ||||||
35.5% | 97.4% | 44.6% | 50.7% | 7.06% | 50.3% | 6.93% | ||||
1.81% | 52.7% | 30.3% | 51.9% | |||||||
20.9% | 11.7% | 18.7% | 85.2% | 66.6% | ||||||
8.52% | 31.9% | 30.9% | 29.9% | |||||||
23.9% | 38.4% | 51.7% | ||||||||
95.7% | 5.08% | |||||||||
4.12% | 51.2% | 52.5% | 18.0% | 23.4% | ||||||
10.8% | 10.8% | 20.1% | 27.2% | 76.1% |