Human Development Index
- Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
- Created by economist Mahbub ul Haq, economist Amartya Sen in 1990, and published by the United Nations Development Programme.
- Human Development Report the HDI combines three dimensions: from 2011
- A long and healthy life: Life expectancy at birth.
- Education index: Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling
- A decent standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP US$).
- Top Three : Norway , Australia , Netherlands.
- Bottom Three : Democratic republic of Congo , Niger , Burundi.
- India's Ranking In HDI : 134
- Multidimensional Poverty Index :
- developed in 2010 by Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and the United Nations Development Programme.
- reflects deprivations in very rudimentary services and core human functioning for people across 104 countries.
