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Human Development Index

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Human Development Index

Scheme devised by the United Nations in the 1990s as a measure of human well-being. It comprises a social welfare index based upon education/adult literacy, health/life expectancy, and purchasing power of income/economy. Economically more developed countries tend to have the highest human development index (over 0.9). Those that are economically less developed score lowest, (0.25 HDI).
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Human Development Index (HDI): A number from 0 to 1, based on how a country's people fare in terms of life expectancy, adult literacy, and purchasing power (a person's ability to buy food, clothing, and other necessities).
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