Human Development Index (HDI)

What is the Human Development Index?

• The health of an individual.

• A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

• The country a person lives in,

• The number of preventable diseases in a country.

Which one is NOT a factor when determining the HDI of a country?

• Education

• Health

• Income

• Miltary Size

What is the range of the Human Development Index?

• 0-1

• 0-100

• 50-99

• 99-100

The closer the HDI is to 0, the _____ developed the country is.

• less

• more

Japan has an HDI score of 0.884. The life expectancy is 79, literacy is 100%, and the income of an average family is $34,000. Japan would be classified as a less developed country.

• True

• False

How do we determine if a country is less developed, developing or developed?

• Using the Human Development Index

• The size of the country's Government

• The amount of tourism the country has

A composite index is......(choose two)

• An index that uses the average of two or more development indicators

• A more reliable view of a country's development than a single indicator

• An index that uses just one development indicator

• A less reliable view of a country's level of development than a single indicator