Description: Countries from Natural Earth 50M scale data with a Human Development Index attribute, repeated for each of the following years: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, & 2013, to enable time-series display using the YEAR attribute.
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
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).
Copyright Text: World Bank, UNDESA, Barro and Lee, UNESCO, UN Statistics Division, UN Population Division, IMF
Description: Countries from Natural Earth 50M scale data with a Human Development Index attribute for each of the following years: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, & 2017.
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
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). 2015 & 2017 values source: HDRO calculations based on data from UNDESA (2017a), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2018), United Nations Statistics Division (2018b), World Bank (2018b), Barro and Lee (2016) and IMF (2018).
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.
Copyright Text: World Bank, UNDESA, Barro and Lee, UNESCO, UN Statistics Division, UN Population Division, IMF, Census reports (from Natl. Statistical Offices), Eurostat, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, US Census Bureau, Natural Earth