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Human Development Index by country for each of the following years: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 & 2013 to enable time-series display using the YEAR attribute.

Also includes flat layer that includes separate attributes for HDI Index every 5 years from 1980-2010 plus 2013, 2015, & 2017

Country shapes from Natural Earth 50M scale data.

The Human Development Index measures achievement in 3 areas of human development: long life, good education and income. Specifically, the index is computed using life expectancy at birth, Mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling, and gross national income (GNI) per capita (PPP $).

The United Nations categorizes the HDI values into 4 groups. In 2013 these groups were defined by the following HDI values:

Very High: 0.736 and higher

High: 0.615 to 0.735

Medium: 0.494 to 0.614

Low: 0.493 and lower

In 2015 & 2017 these groups were defined by the following HDI values:

Very High: 0.800 and higher

High: 0.700 to 0.799

Medium: 0.550 to 0.699

Low: 0.549 and lower

Data Sources: Human Development Index attributes are from The World Bank: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2013a), Barro and Lee (2013), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), UN Statistics Division(2014), World Bank (2014) and IMF (2014). Population data are from (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.