
The four indices used in calculation of the HIHD differ slightly from that of the HDI. It provides an indexed measure across the same three dimensions: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HIHD is based on a very similar premise to that of the HDI. The Historical Index of Human Development (HIHD) was created by Leandro Prados de la Escosura, and provides a measure of human development from 1870 onwards. The education dimension is the arithmetic mean of the two education indices (mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling). The HDI is calculated as the geometric mean (equally-weighted) of life expectancy, education, and GNI per capita, as follows: Once each of the individual indices have been calculated, they are aggregated to calculate the HDI. Aggregating the four metrics to produce the HDI The dimension index is therefore 1 in a country that achieves the maximum value and it is 0 for a country that is at the minimum value.Ģ. With the actual value for a given country, and the global maximum and minimum, the dimension (indices) value for each metric is calculated as: To do this, “goalposts” of the maximum and minimum limits on each metrics are set by the UNDP, as shown in the table. Values of each of the four metrics are first normalized to an index value of 0 to 1. Forming indices for each of the four metrics There are two steps to calculating the HDI:ġ. gross national income (GNI) per capita – to assess the standard of living.average years of schooling – to assess access to knowledge of the older generation.expected years of schooling – to assess access to knowledge of the young generation.


life expectancy at birth – to assess a long and healthy life.The Human Development Index (HDI) provides a single index measure to capture three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living.

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The second component – access to education – is measured by expected years of schooling of children at school-entry age and mean years of schooling of the adult population.Įducation has been one of the most integral drivers and outcomes of global development. Here are our entries on Literacy and the Global Rise of Education.Īnd GNI per capita we discuss in our entry on Economic Growth. Here is the Our World in Data entry on life expectancy. On all aspects Our World in Data offers research and data in dedicated entries: The metrics of the HDI and HIHD are similar, but differ slightly in how they are used to derive the development index – details on these measures can be found in the Data Quality & Definitions section below. In addition we are looking at long-term development by relying on the Historical Index of Human Development (HIHD), developed by historian Leandro Prados de la Escosura.

This entry provides a basic overview of the Human Development Index over the last decades using the standard HDI methodology of the UNDP. – And a decent standard of living – measured by Gross National Income per capita adjusted for the price level of the country. – Access to education – measured by expected years of schooling of children at school-entry age and mean years of schooling of the adult population. – A long and healthy life – measured by life expectancy. The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index that measures key dimensions of human development.
